This week I’m starting off my Halloween horror reviews with a review of a nonfiction book about horror fiction.
Read morePaperbacks From Hell: Book Review
The Detective Is Already Dead: Anime Review
There’s a point, in a flashback sequence in The Detective Is Already Dead, where the titular Detective, Siesta, is asked by our protagonist and her sidekick, Kimihiko, why she calls herself a detective when she’s closer to being a spy. Siesta responds that she protects the interests of her client, which what a detective does, so she chooses to identify herself (professionally) as a Detective. This kind of encapsulates the show in a nutshell.
Read moreGirlfriend, Girlfriend: Anime Review
Many romantic comedy anime series use misunderstandings as the focus of their humor. Something is misheard, or not told, and it sets up a snowballing series of events, like in Maison Ikkoku. Girlfriend, Girlfriend is the exact opposite of that. It is a series based on the fundamental premise of “What if people were maybe just a little too open and direct?”
Read moreSaturn 3: Movie Review
Saturn 3 feels like a film coming off of the environmental dystopia films of the 1970s – like Silent Running – combined with a bit of horror. However, having a cast smaller than that of Alien – just 3 actors – ultimately ends up working against the film.
Read moreIt Came From Beneath The Sea: Film Review
It Came From Beneath The Sea is the kind of giant monster movie I can enjoy mostly guilt free. No appliances glued or stapled onto animals – just good old fashioned, cruelty-free Ray Harryhausen stop-motion. It’s how Willis O’Brian did it – it’s how the movie industry had done, and at that point in the ‘50s it had worked pretty well so far.
Read moreHameFura Season 2: Anime Review
My Next Life As A Villainess All Routes Lead To Doom X (or HameFura Season 2 for short) – continues the adventures of Katarina Claes. In the first season she successfully survived the events of the otome game “Fortune Lover” after being reincarnated as that game’s antagonist – and in the process got every possible route (and rival, and the game’s protagonist) to fall for her, all without deliberately trying to do so, and she is still unaware of this fact. Now with a bright future ahead of her, clearly it’s all just slice of life comedy, right? Well… not exactly.
Read moreMother of the Goddess’ Dormitory: Anime Review
I have been known to enjoy a fan-service anime or two in varying circumstances – even series with premises that, at first glance can be skeezy, can be executed well – as with What The Hell Are You Doing Here, Teacher? I had hoped that Mother of the Goddess’ Dormitory would fit into that criteria – and it almost does. However, it has a few points that don’t quite make it work.
Read moreNintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 116
At long last, we have come to the N64.
Read moreNight Head 2041: Anime Review
I normally don’t review shows when I drop them, though considering my reasons for dropping Babylon in 2019, I probably should have done so. Considering that, and with how far I got in Night Head 2041, I feel I’ve watched enough of the show to make it worth reviewing. And, much like Babylon, it had done enough to draw me in, in spite of some serious red flags, that I do want to talk about it.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 53 – Refuge VII
The boss finally goes down, and we figure out our next goal.
Read moreApocalyptica Plays Metallica Live: Album Review
When I listened to Apocalyptica’s first album when I was in high school, I was impressed. I’d listened to classical re-arrangements of rock music in the past – my parents own “The Baroque Beatles Book” – but I’d never been impressed by them. It always felt like they (whoever did the arrangement) mapped the various notes 1-for-1 with other parts from the original performance (with either brass or violins for vocals). Apocalyptica, on the other hand, felt like more of a clear re-interpretation.
Read moreUtawarerumono Mask of Truth: Video Game Review
Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth picks up (more or less) right where Mask of Deception’s Story ended. The game mechanics are pretty much the same as those from the previous game, with the addition of a very well done tutorial mode that not only provides a solid refresher on the base mechanics, it also does a very solid job of getting across some higher skill level techniques, to help if you get in a tight spot.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 52 – Refuge VI
The enemy has finally been whittled down to a few units.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 51 – Refuge V
And now we have to keep and both our Ninja & Terror Knight alive.
Read moreBreaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightfall, Act 8
With Bruce Wayne out of action, the question becomes, who will take the mantle of The Bat.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 50 – Refuge IV
We continue to pare them down, as the Terror Knight goes down.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep 49 – Refuge III
We try to slowly chip away from the boss’s health.
Read moreThe Mandalorian: Seasons 1 & 2
A while back I finished watching the first two seasons of The Mandalorian, and as I’ve finally finished with my (written) recaps of the Knightfall Saga, it’s time to get my feet wet again in Star Wars.
Read moreSilver Hawk: Movie Review
Silver Hawk is a film that feels a lot like it’s part of various SE Asian countries (not just Hong Kong, but also Taiwan) film industries’ making their own attempts to follow in the footsteps of the superhero films of the early 2000s – X-Men, the Spider-man movies, and the Blade films.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep 48 – Refuge II
We try to soften up the boss while contending with his support units.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep 47 – Refuge I
We try to find refuge in a town, and end up having to take control of it first.
Read moreFilm (Vlog) Review: Shang-Chi
The next film in the MCU is out, and the first one that really moves the timeline forward. So, it gets a little complicated to review without too much in terms of spoilers, so I’m apologizing about that in advance, as I have a Vlog Review of the movie.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 46 – Unfriended V
We finally force Vyce to flee, and take stock of the new state of the map.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 45 – Unfriended IV
I’ve finally figured out how to keep Arycelle alive!
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