I’ve finally gotten caught up on the Murderbot Diaries series of novellas (and one novel), by Martha Wells – after taking far too long to read them. Frankly, I honestly think I should have read the books much sooner.
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We manage to beat the monster trainer, and end up recruiting him.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 262 – Master Trainer II”
We run into one of our old opponents – the skeevy bounty-hunting monster trainer.
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We have come to Nintendo Power’s 100th issue.
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We finish off this fight, with a couple more side-quests to go.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 260 – Keelhaul The Pirates III”
We make some progress in cleaning these scallywags out.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 259 – Keelhaul The Pirates II”
This month, David, Tora, and I look at the 2019 adaptation of some of the Boogiepop light novels – Boogiepop & Others.
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A while back, I was pleasantly surprised to see Jo Walton, the author of Among Others, a wonderful book about the power of books and reading and how that can help us when we’re in a tough space, done through a magical realist lens (and which won a Hugo Award) had gotten a book commentary column on Tor.com, and I was equally pleased to see a bunch of her columns collected into a book – What Makes This Book So Great – which I have finally gotten around to reading.
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We encounter another group of pirates we have to clear out.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 258 – Keelhaul The Pirates I”
We save our “client” and now have a fusilier.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 257 – Stupid Clients III”
Kumoricon 2022 has come and gone, and I’ve done a panel for the first time! So, it’s time for a con report!
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Oddly enough, the person we’re trying to protect is competent at defending themselves, so it’s not too hard to keep them alive.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 256 – Stupid Clients II”
We try to save our first fusilier, and end up seeing them rush headlong into an enemy formation.
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As the title says, Twitter is on the brink of death, which leads to the question, where can you find me now on social media – should Twitter follow Myspace and Google+ into virtual oblivion? Well, there are a few options.
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As always at Kumoricon, I took a few cosplay photos – not as much as normal, unfortunately, but I did take a handful.
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We clear the beach and take some time to level up our characters’ abilities.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 254 – War’s a Beach III”
We’re done with most of the Takoyaki, more or less, so it’s time to move on to the rest of the goons.
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We return to Young Jedi Knights, where the Shadow Academy Arc is coming to a head.
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We end up fighting a bunch of Octopi and Medusae on a Beach.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 252 – War’s a Beach I”
We clear this random encounter out, and decide to call this session here.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 251 – Randos’ Ruins III”
In writing my review of The Game Wizards, I came to a horrifying realization – I hadn’t given my thoughts on the other previous sequel by Jon Peterson to Playing at the World that I’d read – The Elusive Shift. Considering that all three of these books kind of form a full narrative, I realized I really needed to rectify that situation. So I’m rectifying that situation.
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If you’re at Kumoricon this weekend, come see me! Today! I have a panel – “Anime at 33 1/3 RPM: Collecting Anime Soundtracks On Vinyl” – in Panel Room 5 at 1:30 PM! Don’t be a stranger! Continue reading Kumoricon Panel Announcement
We get a fairly long random encounter this time.
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Our third random encounter of the session – now in some ruins.
Continue reading “Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 249 – Randos’ Ruins I”