Battle Fleet Tenku launches their attack on the Gamillan lines.
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 211 – Beyond the Gloomy Light I
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 Feel route will be no exception, it’s important to go in knowing 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.
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 205 – Danger! Danger!
This time the Yamato is under attack from within, as we appear to take one or two episodes and shrink them down to about 10 minutes.
Book Review: Legends of the Galactic Heroes – Book 8
This week I’ve got a vlog on the 8th book in the Legend of the Galactic Heroes series of novels.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 204 – Bellicose Star Sea II
We finish our training exercise – and our preparations for the trip to Iscandar.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 203 – Bellicose Star Sea I
In the next DLC mission, before making the jump to the NCC, Captain Okita leads the fleet’s capital ships in a fleet action exercise.
Read moreAnime Review: Double Decker – Doug and Kiril
Double Decker: Doug and Kiril is from the same studio and creative team who brought us Tiger and Bunny – a series that I’ve only seen in part, back when Neon Alley was a Thing That Existed. So, I can say, with a degree of confidence, that you need to know nothing about Tiger & Bunny to get into this series.
Read moreComics Review: Tales of the Jedi – The Sith War
I’m wrapping up the first major arc of Tales of the Jedi this week with the conclusion of the saga of Ulic Qel’Droma and Exar Kun.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 202 – Power to Pierce Through Darkness II
We finish off the first of these next two DLC missions, and Exiv’s goons.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 201 – Power to Pierce Through Darkness I
In the next DLC mission, Banjo Haran and Joe The Ace get some down-time before leaving for the NCC – before being interrupted.
Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 87
This time we’ve got Rare’s first big title for the SNES – Donkey Kong Country.
Read moreLet’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 200 – Into The Sea of Stars III
We finish off this force of Gamillans and Neo Zeon, before heading back to the New Correct Century.
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 199 – Into The Sea of Stars II
One batch of enemies is taken out – but another group remains.
[Where I Read] NextGen Magazine #1
It has been a long time since I did Where I Read for a video game magazine, as much of the work I had been putting into my read through of Nintendo Power has been going into the Nintendo Power Retrospectives, and the second magazine I’d been covering – Electronic Gaming Monthly – has made something of a return. However, with my coverage of Nintendo Power for the show having reached 1995, I feel like I’ve lost some perspective on where the game industry was at this point, so I’ve decided to launch a read-through of another magazine, that is contemporaneous for where we are in gaming in the N.P.R.
Read moreAnime Review: Gundam NT
When I heard about the upcoming release of Gundam NT (or Gundam Narrative) the thought I had coming in was that the film was going to be the kickoff point for the next chapter of the saga of the Universal Century. That, after the conclusion of Gundam Unicorn set up something of a new status quo, this would start a series of films that would basically lay the groundwork for eventually reaching F91, Crossbone Gundam, and Victory Gundam.
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