Not a lot of games this issue, but we do get some discussion of the N64 controller!
Read moreMillionaire Detective: Balance Unlimited: Anime Review
Millionaire Detective: Balance Unlimited is the anime series about a co-protagonist who buy anything except a break for their show. It’s a show that came out the year that officers from Minneapolis Police Department murdered George Floyd, leading to a new wave of Black Lives Matter protests that not only spanned not just the United States, but Japan as well. It’s a show that got postponed for a cour due to production difficulties from COVID-19. Consequently, as a part of that, it’s a series that wrapped up its season just in time for the officers who murdered Breanna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky to not face charges for their actions. And it’s about a co-protagonist who uses their astronomical, Nagi Sanzenin levels of wealth to get away with breaking the law under the auspices of having a badge.
Read moreDiary of Our Days at the Breakwater: Anime Review
I love anime that are somewhat educational about something. While Hajime No Ippo has a very over-the-top depiction of boxing, I felt like I came away from it with a better appreciation of the sport. Shirobako and Animation Runner Kuromi gave me a better appreciation of what goes into anime (though again, both works are romanticized), and so on. So, this past season, I decided to give the anime series Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater a shot for a similar reason, and I’m very glad I did.
Read moreFruits Basket Season 2 Anime Review
Season 1 of Fruits Basket stopped at about the same place that the previous adaptation of the show had done – after Tohru had seen Kyo’s true form for the first time, and unlike others before had refused to reject him – and had indeed accepted and embraced him (both literally and figuratively) in spite of this, along with Tohru getting to, albeit briefly, meet Akito for the first time. Season 2 enters some new ground (as far as anime adaptations are concerned), diving a little deeper into the inter-relationships between members of the Zodiac, Akito, and the larger Sohma family.
Read moreHayate the Combat Butler Volume 36: Manga Review
So, remember that creepy coffin in the attic? Neither does this volume. It does, however, remember Ruka and Nagi’s challenge.
Read moreAstra: Lost In Space – Anime Video Review
This week I’m taking a look at another SF anime from last year, that, like Bodacious Space Pirates, borrows thematic notes from 50s Juvenile SF novels – but without the shitty racism, misogyny, or other crap.
Read moreShinji Ikari Raising Project: Manga Review
The manga Shinji Ikari Raising Project does a lot with a pretty simple concept – what if we take the small slice-of-life rom-com anime vignette from the last episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion, and expand on that to its own series? Generally, it succeeds at that concept, with some solid humor, though with some missteps later in the series that gets things kind of awkward.
Read moreNext Gen #12: December 1995
At long last, I’ve gotten caught up with NextGen magazine, at this month we are at in Nintendo Power.
Read moreBatman: Legend of the Dark Knight Annual #3 Recap
It’s time to finally finish up the Bloodlines tie-ins.
Read moreDetective Comics Annual #6 Recap
We continue with Bloodlines and return back to Batman.
Read moreBreaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightfall Prelude Act 4 – The General
This time the writers borrow a bit from two B-Movies to create an engaging side story.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 67 – Diablo
We meet the fairy, and have a fight with a Lesser Demon.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 66 – The Two “J”s
On our way to the fairy, we have a reunion with Annemarie.
Read moreRobin Annual #2 Recap
Getting back to some of the Bloodlines storyline, to take a bit of a break of the end of the world around me.
Read moreFilm Review: Mandy (2018)
I don’t know if I’m watching Mandy at the best of all possible times or the worst. I’m watching it while surrounded by a toxic cloud of smoke that makes it unsafe to go outside, in the largest wildfire season Oregon has faced in my lifetime or my parents’ lifetime, while under a Level 1 evacuation warning. On the one hand, I’m watching the movie with an ambient atmosphere that exudes dread going in. On the other hand, maybe that’s what’s helping me get the most out of it.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 65 – Shortcut II
We unlock another shortcut back to Level B1.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 64 – The B- Is Back
We end up having a surprise reunion with Virgo!
Read moreBury Me High: Film (Video) Review
This week I have another martial arts film review, as I’m taking a look at Golden Harvest’s Feng Shui fueled adventure film, “Bury Me High”
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 63 – Freebird!
We return to the music shop and learn the proprietor’s story.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 62 – Write The Songs
We restore the spring before falling back to town to pick up the next quest.
Read moreNextGen #11: November 1995
Almost caught up with where we are in Nintendo Power Magazine.
Read moreNextGen #10: October 1995
We’re a couple issues behind in NextGen where we are in the Nintendo Power Retrospectives, so it’s time to do a little catch-up.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 61 – Giant Problems
We fight our first giant before having to take a detour.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 60 – Restoration
We return to town, heal and level-up.
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