We’re continuing with NextGen Magazine and are finally getting caught up with where we are in Nintendo Power Magazine.
Read moreNextGen #17: May 1996
Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Special – Looking Back on the SNES
We’re coming to the end of the SNES’s lifespan, so I give some thoughts looking back at the console’s life, what it introduced, and the impact it had on video games – and how that may have helped lead to the exodus to the PS1.
Read moreVlad Love: Anime Review
It’s been a long time since Mamoru Oshii did any anime, with the short film Je T’aime from 2010. It’s been even longer since he did comedy, with the last clear-cut comedy he did having been several episodes of Patlabor: The Mobile Police New Files in 1990. Over a decade since the last time he did anime, and over 30 years since he’s done comedy anime. There are fans who have only know his creative output as not only a director of serious anime, but a director of deadly serious anime. So, it was a surprise this past year to see Oshii returning not only to anime, but to comedy anime, and as a series instead of a short or a film, with Vlad Love.
Read moreYashahime (Season 1): Anime Review
Inuyasha was a show based on Rumiko Takahashi’s works that I fell off of back in the day before it completed. A combination of heavy filler on a more conventional shonen action series, combined with the show’s very long length made it tricky for me to keep up with the show. When I learned that there was a sequel series due to come out, that was an anime original show, and was following the daughters of the first series protagonists, I was intrigued, and decided to try to keep up with the show this time. That show was Yashahime.
Read moreDetective Comics #673 Recap
It’s the third act, and everything is coming to a head!
Read moreDetective Comics #672 Recap
We continue with the second act of Joker’s little drama.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 144 – Free
We watch the ending cutscene, and I give my final thoughts on the game.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 143 – Godslayer
We have our final boss fight with the Dark God Bu’Shin.
Read moreThe Fold: Book (Vlog) Review
I haven’t done a book review in a while, so this week I’m taking a look at February’s Sword & Laser Book Club pick. Also, on top of the earlier review, I do get into some spoilers regarding the plot’s reveals in the second half of the video, if you want something more in-depth.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 142 – The Friends We Made Along The Way
We make our way to the final boss fight, and the party readies themselves for the battle to come.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 141 – The Rift
We head to the portal to Dimension World, picking up some more gear along the way.
Read moreDetective Comics #671 Recap
We get around to The Joker’s blockbuster plot.
Read moreAstro’s Playroom: Video Game Review
I have finally, after much waiting, obtained a PS5. With that, among other things, comes Astro’s Playroom, a platformer designed to showcase the features of the Dual-Sense Controller.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 140 – Unlimited Power
The Dark Bishop sacrifices himself to his god, and the party withdraws to town in order to regroup before heading to the last area of the game.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 139 – Maybe Fear the Reaper
We finally get to the boss fight we’ve been waiting for – our third match with The Reaper.
Read moreA Touch of Zen: Movie (Video) Review
I’m continuing my look at the films of King Hu with his other film that the Criterion Collection has brought to the states – A Touch of Zen.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 138 – Dialog & Monsters
We fit a couple more dialog triggers in leading up to the next boss fight, before we hit another wall and have to retreat.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 137 – Missteps
I screw up some button inputs and have to cut my run short.
Read moreFar Cry 4 and First Person Driving In Video Games
Driving a car in first person in a video game is, to me, the anti-fun. Far Cry 4 is a game that manages to make that experience worse, and ruins the enjoyment of the game.
Read moreNextGen #16: April 1996
We continue ever close to the launch of the N64.
Read moreUQ Holder Vol. 1-17 Manga Review
Negima, Ken Akamatsu’s previous manga, was one that Akamatsu wanted to make as a battle manga, his publisher wanted to make as a fanservice-heavy rom-com, and ended up being both. UQ Holder, Akamatsu’s current manga, starts as a battle manga and has, to date, stayed that way, with plenty of fanservice and some rom-com hi-jinks scattered through the series.
Read moreWolfenstein: The New Colossus: Video Game Review
It’s weird for a game to become topical after the fact. That feels like the case though for Wolfenstein: The New Colossus.
Read moreBreaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightfall, Act 3
This time, we get the unholy alliance of The Joker and Scarecrow…
Read moreHayate the Combat Butler Vol. 37 Review
If you were expecting the Manga Contest to come to some sort of a head this volume, expect disappointment.
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