We’ve arrived at the place where the hostages are being kept, but there’s something more to this than we suspected going in. Read more
Video Game Review: Final Fantasy III (DS)
Final Fantasy III had never gotten an official US release prior to the release of the DS remake of the game. The Famicom version had received an unofficial fan-translation, but there was no way to play it legally, until the DS release of the game. Even the somewhat controversial sophomore outing of the series had gotten by that point two updated remakes, for the Playstation as part of the Final Fantasy Origins collection, and for the GBA as part of Dawn of Souls. Read more
Anime Review: Dallos
Dallos is an anime that reminds me a lot of what got me into anime in the first place. I came into anime as a fan of science fiction and fantasy, and I came in through OVAs and films like Akira, Demon City Shinjuku, Ghost in the Shell, and Record of Lodoss War. So, when I found out that Dallos, an anime considered to be the first OVA (or one of the first alongside the Cream Lemon series), and which was directed by Mamoru Oshii (who also directed Ghost in the Shell and Angel’s Egg – which I’ve previously reviewed), had been licensed by Discotek Media, and later made available for streaming on Crunchyroll, I put it on my to-watch list. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 65 – Exploring H-047C
We head to H-047C for Vetra’s loyalty mission, and explore some of the planet on the way to the site. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 64 – The Course to Kadara
We make our way to Kadara, exploring a few systems on the way there. Read more
Vlog: E3 2017 Sold & Unsold
This time I’m doing a one-month belated-due-to-technical difficulties Vlog ( Vlog because I don’t want to get clobbered under ContentID) of my thoughts on the 5 things I was sold and unsold on from this last E3. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 63 – The Lower Decks
After leaving Aya, we talk to a bunch of the crew members. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 62 – Exploring Aya
After having rescued the Moshae, we are finally able to return to Aya and explore the city on our own. Read more
Documentary Review: Sgt. Pepper’s Musical Revolution
It’s been a while since I did a review of a music documentary – the last one that comes immediately to mind is a documentary review on the career of Pink Floyd. Well, this year is the year that the Beatles concept album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart’s Club Band has it’s 50th anniversary, and the BBC did a documentary on the album, which also broadcast on PBS, which is where I saw it. Read more
Book Review: Log Horizon Book 2 – The Knights of Camelot
When I reviewed the first Log Horizon book, I mentioned that were a few plot concepts that were set up in the next book in the series – a general malaise filling Akiba, along with the state of food in the world – and in turn a new discovery by Nyanta related to that. With the second installment of the series, the book dives further into that, and shifts genres somewhat. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 61 – Counseling Session
That last mission ended on a very heavy note, so it’s time to sit and talk with the crew. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 60 – Resistance Isn’t Futile
The time has come to rescue the Moshae – so we head off with a team to get her out. Read more
Legends of the Force: Episode X – Tales of the Jedi Part I
This time we travel into the ancient past of the Star Wars universe with Tales of the Jedi. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 59 – Voeld Again
We head back to Voeld to prepare for a hostage rescue, and get lost inside a base. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 58 – Something’s Fishy
We discover that there was more to the founding of the Andromeda Initiative than we first thought. Read more
Book Review: Deities and Demigods (1980)
Probably one of the first sourcebooks put out for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons was Deities and Demigods, a book with a collection of beings that would provide something for your Cleric to be, well, a cleric of. However, it doesn’t really hold up very well, particularly compared to later deity books for later editions of AD&D and D&D. Read more
Movie Review: The Legend of Hell House
I enjoy a good haunted house film – like Poltergeist and the Woman in Black. When this film, adapting a novel by Richard Matheson which was in turn inspired by a Shirley Jackson novel, came up on my radar. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 57 – More Exploration and Returning to the Nexus
We check out one more star system and return to the Nexus to do some side-quests. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 56 – Finishing Havarl
We have a couple more missions to finish on Havarl. Read more
Video Game (Vlog) Review: Dragon Quest IV – Chapters of the Chosen
This time I’m doing a Vlog-style review of the fourth Dragon Quest game, and the first of the older titles to get re-released on the DS in the US. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 55 – Havarl Vault
Finally, it’s time to take on the Havarl vault. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect Andromeda: Part 54 – And Baby Makes Three
We finally get the third Havarl monolith online. Read more
Comic Review: The Shadow – Seven Deadly Finns
This time I’m finishing up the run of DC’s The Shadow Comics – at least the ones that I own a copy of, with a story arc that goes back to some of the character’s original pulp roots. Read more
Book Review: The Siren Depths
I’ve previously covered the first two books in Martha Wells’ Books of the Raksura series – The Cloud Roads and The Serpent Sea. I’ve finished reading the third installment of the series, and I want to give my thoughts on that. Read more