We finish our fight with Domel and prepare to go after Lt. Yuki.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 244 – Space Wolf VI
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 243 – Space Wolf V
With the Invaders out of the way, it’s time to go one one on one with the Space Wolf himself, Admiral Domel.
Read moreDC Comics: Zero Year (New 52) – Comics Review
DC Comics: Zero Year is meant to be something of a starting point for various characters in the DC Universe, showing Superman, Batman, and Catwoman in the early days, if not the start, of their superhero careers. The book also shows Dinah Lance, Barry Allen, Jason Todd, Dick Grayson, John Stewart, and Oliver Queen either before they started superheroing or, in the case of Barry and John, before they got their powers.
Read moreLaid Back Camp: Anime Review
Never has an anime been so perfect in its title as Laid Back Camp. This is a chill, relaxing, and also educational anime.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 242 – Space Wolf IV
When it rains it pours – after fending off the enemy fleet, a force of Invaders has just shown up.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 241 – Space Wolf III
Enemy boarders have snuck onto the Yamato and kidnapped Lt. Mori!
Read moreLegends of the Force Part 32: Children of the Jedi
This month I’m returning to Star Wars novels with the first appearance of Callista, with the novel “Children of the Jedi” by Barbara Hambly
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 240 – Space Wolf II
The Yamato’s Wave Motion engine has been taken out of action, forcing the rest of the fleet to fend off the enemy attack.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 239 – Space Wolf I
We run into a fleet of four enemy carriers, and prepare to take them out in turn.
Read more[Where I Read] NextGen Magazine #2 (Feb, 1995)
Children of the Jedi by Barbara Hambly: Book Review
There were a couple more Star Wars Novels in 1995, with the first two Callista novels, starting with Children of the Jedi by Barbara Hambly.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 238 – Shipper on Deck
Earth Fleet Tenku gets back up to speed, as they prepare for a new daring plan.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 237 – The Final Push
We deal with what we’re doing with our prisoners and reunite with the other half of our forces.
Read moreAvengers – Endgame: Movie (Vlog) Review
This week I’m taking a look at the end of an era with my (relatively) spoiler-free review of Avengers: Endgame.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 236 – The Reason We Live V
We finish off the Invaders and the mission.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 235 – The Reason We Live IV
We continue to press the attack against the Jupiter Empire.
Read moreThe Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings – Review
The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings is part of a series I bounced off of at first. I bounced off of the PC release of The Witcher for a variety of factors. Some of them were bugs – like one where the game would crash whenever I walked into a particular quest-giver’s hut. Some of them were because of the combat, and how the game handled the combat with rhythmic mouse clicks (more on this later). Some of this was due to the re-use of character models and portraits to enough of an extent that it made the game lifeless and hard to navigate.
What kept me hooked enough to finish experiencing the game through a Let’s Play was the story. The narrative was engrossing (though the rampant misogyny was grating). So, when I saw that The Witcher 2 fixed the control issues, was less buggy, was on sale on GoG (and later on Games with Gold), I decided it was time to play this game all the way through.
Read moreSpace Runaway Ideon: Anime Review
Yoshiyuki Tomino has something of a reputation as an anime director, for multiple reasons. Tomino has a reputation for being full of himself. His interviews about Brainpowerd in Animerica magazine demonstrate this. Anyone who has gone to an anime con and asked a Japanese guest who worked with him for a “Tomino story” can attest to this. Tomino also has a reputation for his absolute ruthlessness for killing off characters in his work. The normal examples of this are Zeta Gundam, the last half of ZZ Gundam, and Char’s Counterattack. However, the work that started Tomino down this road was Space Runaway Ideon. (Pronounced E-day-on).
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 234 – The Reason We Live III
The Invaders make their presence known, and the Gamillans react in a manner that I didn’t quite anticipate.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 233 – The Reason We Live II
We continue our push to finish off the Jupiter Empire forces before moving on to the Gamillans.
Read moreNintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 89 – Donkey Kong Country Exposed
In this episode, I’m giving my thoughts on the Donkey Kong Country Exposed video that was sent out to Nintendo Power subscribers, alongside the last issue of Nintendo Power.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 232 – The Reason We Live I
We run into the Gamillan, Neo Zeon, Jupiter Empire alliance.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 231 – Food for the Soul
The Yamato’s lance has downtime between sorties – and scheming is afoot among the Gamillan forces (again).
Read moreFate/Extella: The Umbral Star – Video Game Review
One of my guilty pleasures is the Dynasty Warriors games. They’re fun, engaging, somewhat mindless hack-and-slash games. However, they are not without their faults. There comes a point where you’ve put the Yellow Turban Rebellion down enough times that you just can’t play through it anymore. Thus the appeal of the other takes on the concept from within Koei and without. Such is the case with Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star.
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