Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 295 – Pincered I

We end up between a bunch of Fusiliers & some monsters.

Alexander CaseJanuary 30, 2023January 13, 2023Leave a comment

Anime, Podcast

Anime Explorations Episode 4: Thunderbolt Fantasy Season 1 + The Blade of Life & Death

This month, David, Tora and I are taking a look at the first season & film of Thunderbolt Fantasy for Lunar New Year.

Alexander CaseJanuary 29, 2023January 28, 2023Leave a comment

Manga

Manga Review: Naoki Urasawa’s Monster

Naoki Urasawa’s Monster was the series that got him on my radar when I learned (10 years ago) that Guillermo Del Toro was trying to get a live-action adaptation of the series made for HBO (which ultimately fell through). That was enough to get me to hunt down the manga and slowly, over time, read it through my local library system (impacted by books falling out of and then back into print). Well, at long last, I’ve finished reading it.

Alexander CaseJanuary 28, 2023January 22, 2023Leave a comment

Let's Play

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 294 – Chill Out II

We finish the Ice Temple’s one fortress map.

Alexander CaseJanuary 27, 2023January 13, 2023Leave a comment

Let's Play

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 293 – Chill Out I

We move on to the Ice temple.

Alexander CaseJanuary 26, 2023January 13, 2023Leave a comment

Role Playing Games, videos

Editorial: Why the OGL Matters

In the wake of Wizards of the Coast announcing that they are revoking OGL V1.0a, there have been a bunch of hot takes that the OGL does not matter and it and other licenses never mattered – so I get into a few of the legal cases that made the OGL important, and which makes current open gaming licenses important.

Alexander CaseJanuary 25, 2023January 21, 2023Leave a comment

Let's Play

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 292 – Crafty Commander

We make a new weapon – which Denam isn’t a high enough level for.

Alexander CaseJanuary 24, 2023January 13, 2023Leave a comment

Let's Play

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 291 – Lightning Guardian II

We finish dealing with the minions and take on the Guardian directly.

Alexander CaseJanuary 23, 2023January 1, 2023Leave a comment

Anime

Anime Review: Lupin Zero

On the one hand, Lupin Zero is a show that doesn’t “need” to exist. We’ve had several TV specials and the series A Woman Called Fujiko Mine has covered some of this in the past. Lupin Zero tries to put their own spin on it by making Jigen & Lupin either late-Middle Schoolers or early High Schoolers, in a series set contemporaneously with when the manga started running.

Alexander CaseJanuary 22, 2023January 17, 2023Leave a comment

Anime

Anime Review: Mobile Suit Gundam: Witch from Mercury (S1)

Mobile Suit Gundam: Witch from Mercury is an excellent example of how to handle shifting the tone of a series incredibly well. The show opens with a prologue episode set several years before the main body of the series, establishing what the Gundams are, and what the Gundam (or GUND-ARM) technology that powers them is based on – before setting up why the Gundams are rare and restricted, and how the main character’s Gundam, in particular, is going to be special in the series to come.

Alexander CaseJanuary 21, 2023January 16, 2023Leave a comment

Let's Play

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 290 – Lightning Guardian I

It’s time to take on the Lightning Guardian.

Alexander CaseJanuary 20, 2023January 1, 2023Leave a comment

Let's Play

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 289 – First Step is a Doozy II

We end up having to bust out some cheats due to how the “remove debuff” spell works.

Alexander CaseJanuary 19, 2023January 1, 2023Leave a comment

Anime

8 Favorite Anime of 2022

A little bit late, I have a rundown of 8 of my favorite shows from 2022, with two per season.

Alexander CaseJanuary 18, 2023January 13, 2023Leave a comment

Let's Play

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 288 – First Step is a Doozy I

We have our most hazardous map when it comes to knockback.

Alexander CaseJanuary 17, 2023January 1, 2023Leave a comment

Let's Play

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 287 – U-Turn

We have a u-shaped layout for this map.

Alexander CaseJanuary 16, 2023January 1, 2023Leave a comment

Anime

Anime Review: Chainsaw Man

Chainsaw Man is a manga series that I’d have to admit that I held off on reading because I’d read some of the early art and thought it was edgelord crap. However, I kept hearing that no, it’s actually that good. So, when the anime adaptation aired, I decided that this was what I needed to take the plunge and give it a shot. It turns out it’s actually that good. There will be some spoilers for the first season.

Alexander CaseJanuary 15, 2023January 1, 2023Leave a comment

Anime

Anime Review: Spy X Family Cour 2

Season 1 of Spy X Family aired as a split cour show – that is, we got 12 episodes, then a break, then the other 12 episodes of this “Season” – so it’s time to get into how the back half of the show turned out.

Alexander CaseJanuary 14, 2023January 1, 2023Leave a comment

Let's Play

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 286 – Uphill Current II

We deal with another uphill climb-themed map.

Alexander CaseJanuary 13, 2023January 1, 2023Leave a comment

Let's Play

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 285 – Uphill Current I

We clear this one out again – and still no fusil drops. 😔

Alexander CaseJanuary 12, 2023January 1, 2023Leave a comment

News

Episode Delay

I’m going to end up missing an episode this week due to various delays related to illness and postponed holiday plans. We will have my otherwise regularly scheduled episode of Breaking It All Down next week. Continue reading Episode Delay

Alexander CaseJanuary 11, 2023January 9, 2023Leave a comment

Let's Play

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 284 – Lightning Shot II

Unfortunately, we don’t get any dropped fusils.

Alexander CaseJanuary 10, 2023January 1, 2023Leave a comment

Let's Play

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 283 – Lightning Shot I

We run into a few enemy Fusiliers!

Alexander CaseJanuary 9, 2023January 1, 2023Leave a comment

Anime

Anime Review: Uzaki Chan Wants To Hang Out Season 2

The first season of Uzaki-Chan wants to hang out was a fun, if kind of standard, sitcom RomCom anime which played into the whole concept of “male character being lightly bullied by a younger female character” which also showed up in “Teasing Master Takagi-San” and in “Don’t Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro!” – only this time moving the concept up to college. Unsurprisingly, the anime adaptation got a second season – officially titled “Uzaki-Chan Wants To Hang Out W” (but using the lower-case Greek omega, because it looks like an anime character’s mouth getting mischievous). There will be some spoilers.

Alexander CaseJanuary 8, 2023January 1, 2023Leave a comment

Anime

Anime Review: Akiba Maid War

Akiba Maid War was a series I came into this season out of curiosity, and which immediately demonstrated it was something that was absolutely my jam. There will be some spoilers in this review

Alexander CaseJanuary 7, 2023January 1, 2023Leave a comment

Breaking it all Down

Dissecting Everything Since 2008

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 295 – Pincered I

Anime Explorations Episode 4: Thunderbolt Fantasy Season 1 + The Blade of Life & Death

Manga Review: Naoki Urasawa’s Monster

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 294 – Chill Out II

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 293 – Chill Out I

Editorial: Why the OGL Matters

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 292 – Crafty Commander

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 291 – Lightning Guardian II

Anime Review: Lupin Zero

Anime Review: Mobile Suit Gundam: Witch from Mercury (S1)

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 290 – Lightning Guardian I

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 289 – First Step is a Doozy II

8 Favorite Anime of 2022

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 288 – First Step is a Doozy I

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 287 – U-Turn

Anime Review: Chainsaw Man

Anime Review: Spy X Family Cour 2

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 286 – Uphill Current II

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 285 – Uphill Current I

Episode Delay

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 284 – Lightning Shot II

Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 283 – Lightning Shot I

Anime Review: Uzaki Chan Wants To Hang Out Season 2

Anime Review: Akiba Maid War