This weekend we have the conclusion of the Dark Empire Trilogy.
Read moreComics Review: Empire’s End
Gold Box Playthrough: Pool of Radiance Part 8 – Mendor’s Library
With the Belt of Giant Strength, at last we can bash through the doors of Mendor’s Library and get this quest completed!
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 218 – Supporting a Long Journey I
The fleet is running low on supplies, so it’s time for some piracy!
(Apologies for the audio, I’m getting my new mic set up.)
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 217 – Clash of the Mazin Redux
Team Mazinger goes on a little training exercise that doesn’t go according to plan.
(Apologies for the audio, I’m getting my new mic set up.)
Read moreNintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 88
This time we have what might be the last new NES game to be featured in Nintendo Power.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 216 – …Long Live the Emperor
Our fleet finishes breaking through the enemy lines, as Dessler makes clear he can’t just be offed off camera.
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 215 – Beyond the Gloomy Light V
Finally done blowing stuff up this mission.
Movie Review: The Island of Lost Souls
I haven’t necessarily seen a lot of pre-Hays Code films. A few of the classic Universal horror films pre-dated the code, like Dracula. However, the 1932 film Island of Lost Souls, is one that I’d been meaning to watch but I’d never gotten around to, until now.
Read moreFilm Review: The Sentinel (1977)
I learned about The Sentinel first through the book Paperbacks from Hell, where it was described as a book made in the wake of the success of The
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 214 – Beyond the Gloomy Light IV
Still blowing more stuff up.
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 213 – Beyond the Gloomy Light III
This mission doesn’t really have much in terms of plot twists.
Legends of the Force Part 30 – Tales of the Jedi: The Sith War
This week I’m taking a look at the conclusion of the Exar Kun saga.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 212 – Beyond the Gloomy Light II
The fleet continues its push.
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 211 – Beyond the Gloomy Light I
Battle Fleet Tenku launches their attack on the Gamillan lines.
Comic Review: Detective Comics (Rebirth) Vol. 3 – League of Shadows
After the end of The Victim Syndicate, I found the volume to be something of a missed opportunity – like the volume was deciding to take on one of the most cliched criticisms of Batman, a dead horse that was beaten into glue, and decided to address it by – not addressing it. By saying that Batman didn’t have an answer to a question that people who are a moderately serious superhero fan would have been able to answer immediately while reading the book.
Read moreAnime Review: Fate/stay night – Heaven’s Feel II. Lost Butterfly
It feels like an unnecessary point to say, but it bears mentioning nonetheless – Fate/Stay Night: Heaven’s Feel II. Lost Butterfly is very much the middle installment of a trilogy. While the first film in this route, Presage Flower, had a very dark ending, this film manages to go into darker places and ends in a dire place. While the first two routes had a degree of brightness to their endings, and I have no doubt that
It also bears mentioning going in, and I’m mentioning this before the cut for those who don’t want to read further before seeing the film – even though I’m going to minimize spoilers, that I would give this film a content advisory for sexual assault and suicide. Neither is depicted explicitly on screen (sort of), but it comes up, so it’s important to know going in.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 210 – The Emperor is Dead…
It seems that Emperor Dessler has been killed off-camera, just as the Yamato prepares to do a dash through the Gamillan lines.
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 209 – Family Memories
Kodai learns a bit about his brother, and Chitose reflects on Soji’s apparent betrayal.
Film Review: Captain Marvel
This week I have a vlog review of the next film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – Captain Marvel. Being that the film is still in theaters as of when this is going up, please refrain from posting spoilers until August 2019.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 208 – At the Bottom of the Sea of Memories III
We get a surprise visit from a former ally – now turned enemy!
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 207 – At the Bottom of the Sea of Memories II
We press the assault against the Gamillan forces.
Anime Review: Today’s Menu for Emiya Family
When I think of food porn in anime, I think of Food Wars – in part because of the risque reactions to the food, but more so because of the very involved dishes that are featured in the work – some of them are dishes that I feel I could make with some time and practice, but there are more than few others that I don’t think I could pull off, due to ingredients that aren’t available, or techniques that can be tricky to master (filleting a cut of meat, for example). Though there are a few other series that focus on food that is easier to pull off in the home, like Sweetness and Lightning.
Read moreGold Box Playthrough: Pool of Radiance Part 7 – Ruins of Adventure
This time I’m getting into something slightly different. I ordered a copy of the tabletop RPG adaptation of Pool of Radiance, titled Ruins of Adventure, and while I’m getting through the next chunk of the game, I figure this is a good time to talk about that.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 206 – At the Bottom of the Sea of Memories I
After waking up from our nap, we take on a Gamillan fleet.