We overcome this battle against Karla, and her alternate form, only to find her cutting a deal with Pirotess.
Read moreWhere I Play Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth: Part 12 – Battling the Grey Witch
We have a boss fight against Karla, where she uses multiple forms.
Read moreAnime Explorations Episode 11: Record of Lodoss War (OVA)
This month we talk about the Record of Lodoss War OVA – with some tangents to the novels, the Actual Play, and the Chronicles of the Heroic Knight OVA (and also Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth).
Read moreSupers RPG Experimentation: A-Ko
So, with tabletop RPGs, I like to pick out a few character concepts to use for creating characters to help learn the system – often based on anime, movies, TV shows, or novels – trying to emulate those characters to help learn the system. For example, for Fantasy games I tend to go with the Heroes of Lodoss. Recently I’ve picked up a couple of supers RPGs – the Marvel Multiverse RPG and the Sentinels Comics, and I’m creating some test characters in the process of trying to learn the system. My first trial run: A-Ko.
Read moreWhere I Play Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth: Part 11 – Souls of Heroes
We continue collecting spirit keys for the Heroes of Lodoss – our old friends.
Read moreWhere I Play Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth: Part 10 – Groundskeeper Deedlit
We move to a more overgrown area of the Labyrinth.
Read moreVlog: Seeing Band-Maid at the Crystal Ballroom
I saw Band-Maid on their most recent US tour at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland. I give my thoughts on the venue (having gone there for the first time), the opening act (Starcrawler), and the concert itself.
Read moreWhere I Play Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth: Part 9 – Who Needs Dragonlances?
We take down Shooting Star and continue our exploration.
Read moreWhere I Play Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth: Part 8 – Playing With Fire
We have a boss fight against Shooting Star.
Read moreNextGen #38 (February 1998)
It’s time to get ahead of the game (so to speak) with NextGen Magazine.
Read moreNextGen #37 (January 1998)
We are now getting NextGen Magazine caught up with where we’re at with Nintendo Power.
Read moreWhere I Play Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth: Part 7 – Firewalking
I learn that Salamander will let Deedlit go through Lava.
Read moreWhere I Play Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth: Part 6 – Backtracking
We get the double-jump, and also some cryptic statements from Etoh.
Read moreTRPGs: Potholes to Adoption for Powered by the Apocalypse & Forged in the Dark
It’s August, when I normally do TTRPG videos, so now is a good time for another one of those – in this case talking about a few of the things have that caused me (and my GM) to bounce off of Forged in the Dark & Powered by the Apocalypse games in the past, which you should consider if you want to move from your Dungeons & Dragons game to one of those systems (especially if your group has primarily played D&D).
Read moreWhere I Play Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth: Part 5 – Spirits of Wind & Fire
We have boss fight number 3 against Djinn & Efriit.
Read moreWhere I Play Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth: Part 4 – Arch-Rival
We have a run-in with Pirotess and our second boss fight.
Read moreStill sore from after the concert
So, I’m still kinda dealing with some muscle pains from after the concert which impacts how much typing I can do, so here’s a photo gallery of the pictures I took during the concert.
Read moreGoing to see Band-Maid
I went to see Band-Maid at the Crystal Ballroom last night, so I wasn’t quite able to finish the posts I had planned for this weekend in time for Saturday, so here’s the video for their latest single.
Where I Play Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth: Part 3 – Serpent
We fight our first boss.
Read moreWhere I Play Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth: Part 2 – New Verb
We get a bow, and run into Slayn & Ghim.
Read moreVlog: SAG-AFTRA Strike, Podcasts, and Talking About Film
I give a few quick notes about whether the SAG-AFTRA Podcast guidelines (as of 7/29/2023) will impact the Anime Explorations Podcast, and talk about why actors and writers matter, and why we need to keep talking about performances and writing (brought on by a podcast I listen to saying that talking about that is scabbing).
Read moreWhere I Play Deedlit In Wonder Labyrinth: Part 1 – “You Wake In A Ruin…”
Deedlit awakens in some ruins, starts to explore, and is taunted by Karla.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 402 – Epilogue
The war has ended, so it’s time to find out how everyone turned out.
Read moreManga Review: Devilman
I’ve been endeavoring to fill some of the broad gaps in my manga back catalog – I’ve watched far more anime than I have manga – and one of the particularly significant gaps is in the career of one Go Nagai. While I’m familiar with him as being frequently referred to as “Anime’s Horny Uncle”, or “Perpetually Horny On Main” – not all of his works necessarily seemed to fit with that tonally, Devilman more than any other. So, considering the reputation of that work (and its, shall we say, end of The Elric Saga-esque ending), once the Devilman manga became available in print, I decided that eventually, I would take the time to seek it out and give it a read. Having finally finished reading it, I do indeed have some thoughts. There will be spoilers.
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