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Pederson's Playlist: Top 25 Albums of 2025
Aging is a great. One thing, however, that I am still just as incredible at as I was when I was younger, is belting screamo songs out at the top of my lungs. Surprisingly, this year I didn't just listen to new music by old bands I loved when I was younger. I stumbled upon some new ones.
Josh Pederson
Jan 918 min read


Pederson's Playlist: My Top Films of 2024 and the Ones that I Slept Through
when you can read some thoughts by a rapidly approaching middle age male, who hasn't had a rational thought since his twenties?
Josh Pederson
Jan 2, 20259 min read


Pederson Ponderings: Day 2 (I'm Awful at Journaling and Equally Bad at Ticket to Ride)
Sometimes, as parents you get frustrated by things, but you can't show it, so you just have to keep bracing yourself for those metaphorical
Josh Pederson
Dec 27, 20244 min read


Pederson Ponderings: Day 1 (Bath and Body Works for Dummies)
Have you ever looked at a small space and thought to yourself that the large item you want to put there, probably won't fit?
Josh Pederson
Dec 16, 20243 min read


Pederson Watched an Anime Once: Some Thoughts on Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin's First Episode (Blue-Eyed Casval) A Retrospective
Speaking of Char Aznable, back in 2015, Sunrise released an anime adaptation of a manga called Gundam: The Origin.
Josh Pederson
Nov 24, 202411 min read


Pederson's Playlist: The First 25 Albums I Owned (My Musical Genesis)
This culture that I grew up in put so much red-tape on every aspect of life outside of the church, that I missed out on a lot of alternative
Josh Pederson
Nov 23, 202418 min read


Pederson's Playlist: 25 Albums To Get You Through High School
So when I say that these albums got me through those four years intact, I don't say that lightly. I mean it.
Josh Pederson
Oct 29, 202423 min read


Pederson Will Never Watch that Show You Recommended: That One With all the Houses and Dragons
After being told for an entire year by more people than I can count that I need to watch House of the Dragon, I finally did.
Josh Pederson
Jul 29, 20247 min read


Pederson Watched a Movie Once: I Think It's Time to Admit that Prometheus Wasn't a Bad Movie
After watching this movie twelve years later, here's some thought for controversy . . . the fans are wrong.
Josh Pederson
Jul 20, 20248 min read


The World According to Pederson: I'll Definitely Lose Some Friends For This
I will trust God, but I cannot trust the people who claim to speak for Him. I will also never do any of those things while wearing a fedora.
Josh Pederson
Jul 9, 202410 min read


The World According to Pederson: It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
The truth hurts. Even under the best circumstances, it's hard to swallow. However, conflict and struggles - even ones that exist deep down.
Josh Pederson
Jun 19, 20246 min read


Jurassic Park (Review): Must Run Faster
There are very few films in the world that capture the imagination quite like Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park. Based on the novel by...
Josh Pederson
Jun 19, 20245 min read


The Big O Episode 1: Roger the Negotiator (Review)
I’ve been taking some time lately, to go back and watch the anime series I grew up with. As a novel writer, going back to my inspirations...
Josh Pederson
Jun 19, 20243 min read


Children of Morta (Review): A Family Struggle Worth Visiting
hildren of Morta (Dead Mage/11-Bit Studios, MSRP $29.99) is a game that believes in that age-old, rogue-like proverb . . . die until...
Josh Pederson
Jun 19, 20245 min read


Josh Pederson's 2019 Video Game List
This last year has been an incredibly interesting year for games. It hasn’t quite been as busy as 2017, which saw the release of some...
Josh Pederson
Jun 19, 202411 min read


Josh Pederson's Albums of 2019 (and older things)
Last year, I started keeping track of all of the albums, television shows, movies, and video games I played over the course of the year....
Josh Pederson
Jun 19, 20248 min read


Alan Wake (Review): A Beautiful Nightmare
Alan Wake is a beautiful, Lovecraftian nightmare. Written to resemble old television shows like the Twilight Zone, it feels like a Friday...
Josh Pederson
Jun 19, 20247 min read


Josh Pederson's Films of 2019
As somebody who grew up watching movies, and then rewatching them over and over again, you’d think that I would love movies in 2019....
Josh Pederson
Jun 19, 202411 min read


Everything I Watched in 2021 (and What I Thought About It)
Here's a list of everything I watched this year, as well as a few thoughts on each. They're in no particular order.
Josh Pederson
Jan 1, 202212 min read


The World According to Pederson: I Can't Handle the Truth, and Neither Can You
The world is ending and everybody is going to die. That's what you'd think is happening by everything going on in the news. Our love of...
Josh Pederson
Jun 24, 20213 min read
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