We finally push back the forces of Neo Zeon and the Gamillans. Read more
Film Review: Stop Making Sense
Live music is theater. Yes, live music is often seen in a theater, but they the act of performing music publically is, in some manner or another, theatrical. It’s a performance that seeks to tell a story or convey an emotion through music. Some genres of music try to lean away from this, like folk or punk (though arguably punk leans so far away from theatricality that it ends up accidentally leaning into theatricality). Others, like metal, prog, and some parts of pop lean into it, either through telling a deliberate story or through the presentation. Stop Making Sense definitely fits into the latter category. Read more
Film Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp
Well, after Avengers: Infinity War, there was some room for a lighter palate cleanser. Ant-Man and The Wasp is a film that intends to be something along those lines, and it generally succeeds. There will be some spoilers, as this review is coming out Early August after the film has been out for a while. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 86 – An Opened Door III
After last episodes’ game over, we take another shot. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 85 – An Opened Door II
The Yamato and Tuatha de Dannan come to the Nahel Argama’s aide, but things run into a bit of a hiccup. Read more
Legends of the Force Part XXIII – Jabba the Hutt Parts 1-3
This time I have the most violent Star Wars comic I’ve covered to date. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 84 – An Opened Door I
The Nahel Argama tries to make a break for it. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 83 – Poor Passengers
Meanwhile, on the Nahel Agarma… Read more
Video Game Review: Pillars of Eternity
I’m a fan of the RPGs from companies like Bioware and Obsidian. I haven’t beaten a lot of them, but I do enjoy playing them a great deal. Between getting on sites like Completionator, and recently (as of this writing) finding myself in between jobs, I’ve found myself with a bunch more time to play video games (when I’m not going through the process of looking for work). That, combined with a recent hiatus in my regular D&D group, gave me the time to finally beat Pillars of Eternity – not long after the sequel came out.
This review will contain some spoilers. Read more
Anime Review: Darling in the FranXX
So one of the things I did not know until recently is that A-1 Pictures is one of the anime studios that has benefited from the exodus from former Anime industry titan GAINAX (in addition to other studios like Trigger and Khara popping up in the wake of this as well). Consequently, a lot of discussions I encountered on the lead up to the anime series Darling in the FranXX started out as a discussion of the series as a Trigger joint, before moving on to talking about it as a sort of GAINAX reunion. I’d consider that analogy not that far off. The series feels something like the Anime equivalent of the Led Zeppelin reunion concert – the band getting back together to revisit their old hits (in this analogy, the newer staffers from A-1 Pictures and Trigger would represent Jason Bonham). Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 82 – Ring the Bell
We come to a decision over which route we’re taking. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 81 – A Disquieting Clash II
The team finishes off the exercise. Read more
Book (Video) Review: The Brothers’ War
This week, in honor of GenCon being this month, I’m starting off a short series video of reviews of books based on tabletop games. First off is an adaptation of the plot of one of the earliest sets of Magic: the Gathering. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 80 – A Disquieting Clash I
To help deal with concerns with the perils ahead, Nine prepares a training exercise. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 79 – Learning the Hathaway II
What’s a little training exercise without an interfering Zeon patrol? Read more
Book Review: The Corellian Trilogy – Part 3 – Showdown at Centerpoint
I now come to the conclusion of the Corellian Trilogy as we get to the bottom of events in the villain’s plan. Read more
Thoughts on Cassandra Nova in X-Men Red
I’ve been reading X-Men Red since it started. I appreciate having a team lead by Jean Grey The Elder (particularly since, as of this writing, they’ve killed off Jean the Younger in X-Men Blue), along with having a team with Wolverine II/Laura Kenny (soon to be X-23 again) and Honey Badger/Gabby. However, I do have a problem with the opening villain, Cassandra Nova. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 78 – Learning the Hathaway I
This batch of DLC missions starts off with a flashback with Hathaway on the Tuatha De Dannan. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 77 – Red Earth II
The crew continues the fight against the Gamillans and the Jupiter Empire. Read more
Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 81
We wrap up the Best of the Rest with some movie licensed games and fighting games. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 76 – Red Earth I
The four ships arrive in a new universe – one which the Tuatha De Dannan and the Gundam ZZ crew are from. But some old friends are waiting. Read more
Let’s Play Super Robot Wars V: Part 75 – The Status is not Quo
The aftermath of this fight is going to have some lasting ripples on the world that the Nadesico and her crew are from. Read more
Film Review: Stray Dog (1949)
Stray Dog is one of the earlier film noir styled films from Akira Kurosawa. It’s an interesting example of the genre, and it also makes for an interesting snapshot of post-war Japan. The premise has Toshiro Mifune playing a rookie homicide op whose weapon is stolen by a pickpocket while on the bus. The detective ends up being partnered with a veteran detective as they make their way through Tokyo’s underworld to find the gun. Read more
Movie Review: The Searchers
I never really watched many western films with plots based around Native Americans when I was a kid. Not even The Searchers. I kinda knew, at a fundamental level, that most of those films had something of a simmering undercurrent of racism that would leave a bad taste in my mouth. Even after I got older, and started hearing people talking about The Searchers in particular as one of the best Westerns, if not one of the best films of all time, I couldn’t quite quell those lingering doubts. However, after much deliberation, this year I decided to get around to watching this movie. Read more