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.
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After waking up from our nap, we take on a Gamillan fleet.
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.
This week I’ve got a vlog on the 8th book in the Legend of the Galactic Heroes series of novels.
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We finish our training exercise – and our preparations for the trip to Iscandar.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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We finish off the first of these next two DLC missions, and Exiv’s goons.
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In the next DLC mission, Banjo Haran and Joe The Ace get some down-time before leaving for the NCC – before being interrupted.
This time we’ve got Rare’s first big title for the SNES – Donkey Kong Country.
Read moreWe finish off this force of Gamillans and Neo Zeon, before heading back to the New Correct Century.
One batch of enemies is taken out – but another group remains.
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.
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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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Our departure plans are interrupted by a figure from Team Getter Robo’s past.
All the members of the various relationships hash out where they stand before we head off to space.
We have a new live-action manga adaptation in theaters. How did it turn out!
We finish off the last angel, catch up on our Ace Interviews, and figure out our next move.
Shinji and Kaworu in Unit 13 join the fight (along with the rest of Londo Bell)
These past few years have been interesting for anime and manga re-imaginings of Tokusatsu series. There’s been the Netflix Godzilla anime series of films, there was the Ultraman short that was part of the Japan Animator Expo, and there’s the Ultraman reboot manga that is also getting adapted to an anime this year (2019). And there’s S.S.S.S. Gridman, from Studio Trigger in a co-production with Tsuburaya Productions, based on the live-action Gridman: The Hyper Agent from the ’90s (released in the US as Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad).
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I’m still not particularly able to pick the locks (or force the door) to Mendor’s Library, so when it comes to the main body of the city, this means we’re moving on to the Cadorna Textile House quest.
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It’s Asuka, Mari, and Rei against a bunch of robot drones and an Angel.
After the last mission, things aren’t going well.
