We get a phosphorous charge and make our way out of the mine.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 19 – Breakout
Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural – Film Review
Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural is a vampire film that’s been on my watch list for a while. I’ve seen it praised for its theme and tone, but due to the film’s cast and how relatively unknown the director was – and it’s limited DVD release – never really bumped it up my list. Why do a little known vampire film from a director known more for co-writing Eating Raoul than anything else, and starring an actress known for myriad sexploitation films over, say, a film by Amicus? On a whim, I bumped this to the top of my DVD Netflix Queue and gave it a try – and it wasn’t exactly worth the wait.
Read moreFutureworld: Film Review
Let’s Play Gears 5: Part 18 – Cutters
In a bit that we haven’t done in a while, we fend off a bunch of Swarm while Jack rips a door.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 17 – Sappers
We head to a deserted mine to get some explosives.
Read moreNintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 94
This week we have a bunch of movie licensed games and the launch of a major puzzle franchise that continues to this day.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 16 – Upgrades
We find an upgrade for Jack’s flash attack, and find the location of the mine.
I’m fighting allergies this session, so no VO.
Let’s Play Gears 5: Part 15 – Triangulation
We reach the second relay and get a cloaking device!
As with the other episodes from this session, I’m fighting allergies so there’s no VO.
Yu-No (2019): Anime Review
There are some anime with a strong first half, and then which utterly shits the bed in the second half of the show. Yu-No, an anime series based off of an Eroge (and which had an earlier hentai adaptation back in the ’90s) is one of those shows.
Read moreCop Craft: Anime Review
With the Summer 2019 anime season, while I enjoyed El Melloi II Case Files, I found it somewhat lacking as a mystery or detective series and had hoped that Cop Craft would make up for that. Cop Craft executes its Urban Fantasy Buddy-Cop story well from a narrative standpoint, but less so from an animation standpoint.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 14 – Salvage
We check some salvage points to get supplies.
No VO this time, as I’m dealing with some allergies.
Let’s Play Gears 5: Part 13 – Relay
We reach the first relay and get some info on our next destination.
Note: I’m dealing with some bad allergies in this session, so no VO.
Mother of Tears: Film (Video) Review
This time we come to the final, and worst, installment of the Three Mothers trilogy, Mother of Tears.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 12 – Refugee
We find one of the outsiders holed up in a relay substation.
Note: I’m dealing with allergy issues, so no VO this time.
Let’s Play Gears 5: Part 11 – Bad Science
We get data on the research and the lead on another research installation.
Note: No VO this video – my allergies are giving me grief.
Lord El-Melloi II Case Files: Anime Review
Lord El-Melloi II is a mystery series that breaks from the conventions of the genre. Specifically, the convention of using the question of “Howdunit” to determine “Whodunit”. When urban fantasy normally sets into this territory, you see writers structure out their magic system to fit within this magical structure. Lord El-Melloi II, on the other hand, tosses convention out on its head and decides to play Calvinball instead.
Read moreHensuki: Anime Review
A while back I reviewed the anime We Never Learn: Bokuben – and I described it as a fanservice anime with Enthusiastic Consent. Hensuki is, unfortunately, less so.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 10 – On the Road
We make our way to the research facility, with a couple detours.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 9 – Voices In My Head
Kait learns more about her headaches, and Marcus points her toward answers.
Read moreInferno (1980): Film (Video) Review
Let’s Play Gears 5: Part 8 – Peace and War
After a time skip, we go to Oscar’s settlement to ask for help.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 7 – The Damn Fool That Shot ‘Em
We learn JD’s dark secret.
Read moreLupin the Third Part IV: Anime Review
Lupin the Third is a character who refuses to be tied down. Like Tom Servo, he’s like the wind, baby. His various earlier anime series and films have set him up as a consummate flirt and womanizer, and his adventures have spanned the globe. Lupin the Third Part IV upends that status quo immediately in both respects. In the second, Lupin’s adventures in this series are generally limited to Italy. In the first case, the series opens with Lupin getting married, and not to Fujiko Mine.
Read moreO Maidens in Your Savage Season – Anime Review
Occasionally, I watch an anime series that I feel utterly unqualified to review. Sometimes it’s something like Angel’s Egg, where I can clearly feel the concepts flying over my head and ruffling my hair – where I can tell what I’m seeing is art, but I lack the vocabulary to properly expand on the concept. In the case of O Maidens in Your Savage Season, it’s life experiences.
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