My prose review of Videodrome is up on the blog:https://countzeroor.wordpress.com/2016/08/28/film-review-videodrome/
Film Review: Videodrome
Videodrome is the weird stuff. It’s one of those movies that I’d held off on watching because of the film’s reputation for gore, and horrific content that would melt your mind and would leave you with nightmares. Read more
Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 58
This time we’re covering issue #42 of Nintendo Power for November of 1992 Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 9 – “…In the last years of the 23rd Century…”
We set out to rescue the Turian Primarch. (Archived from my stream).
Please support my Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/countzeroor
Member of The Console Xplosion Network: http://www.theconsolexplosion.com/
Watch my Live-Streams on http://twitch.tv/countzeroor/
Anime Review: Shirobako
This week I’m taking a look at the anime series Shirobako, from 2015. (Video Revised to add missing end credits music and adjust some footage). Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 8 – The Slaver Weapon
This time Cerberus is involved in some shady research, and we figure out what they’re up to.
Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 7 – World of Ptavvs
This time, we get a new party member from a time long past.
TV Series Review: The Story of Film – An Odyssey
This time I’m doing a meta-review, a review of a critical analysis of film – “The Story of Film: An Odyssey” written and directed by Mark Cousins. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 6 – On Citadel Station
In this double-length episode, we take a tour through the map environments for Citadel Station, and the new interior of the Normandy.
(Audio)Book Review: The Legend of Drizzt – The Collected Anthology
This week I’m doing a book review, covering a collection of short stories featuring R.A. Salvatore’s most famous creation – Drizzt Do’Urden – and also covering the audio book release by Audible.com. Read more
Film Review: Solaris (1972)
When it comes to the “science and technology” part of Science Fiction, there tend to be three axis of thought, that end up forming into a sort of spectrum-ish thing – like those charts used in some video games where your character’s stats are portrayed in context of a geometric shape, with portions sticking out in different directions based on how you’ve chosen to weight things. There’s a technical term for this, but I don’t know what its. Read more
Video Game Vlog Review: Hatsune Miku – Project Mirai DX
This week I’m doing my second review of a Hatsune Miku game with Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX for the 3DS. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 5 – Sector General
We arrive on Citadel Station and check up on a downed party member.
Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 4 – Cigarette Smoking Man
Our attempt to get the artifact is stifled by an old nemesis.
Film Review: Outrage (2010)
If I was to summarize this film in one meme, it would be “That Escalated Quickly”, and I mean that very much in the original context where it’s used in Anchorman. Read more
Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 57
This time we’re covering issue #41 of Nintendo Power for October of 1992. Read more
Video Film Review: Damnation Alley
This time I’m reviewing the film adaptation of Roger Zelazny’s science fiction novel, “Damnation Alley” Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 3 – Red Mars
We continue to make our way to the Prothean archive.
Tor.Com has started running a series of articles on African SFF (Science Fiction/Fantasy) writers. This is really awesome. SF/F Fandom tends to focus on writers and artists from the “Anglophone Zone” – The US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and the EU (yes, not all EU countries have English as their primary language, but English is a fairly major language in the EU). East Asian countries – primarily Japan, China, and to a lesser degree Korea have also been getting some attention as well, but Africa and Latin America have not gotten near the same degree of attention that other countries have had.
So, this article is great, and I’m looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
Video Game Vlog Review: Hatsune Miku Project Diva F
This week I have a Vlog style review of Hatsune Miku Project Diva F for the PS3. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 2 – Get Your Ass To Mars
Earth has fallen – we now head to Mars for a chance to fight back.
Anime Review – Record of Lodoss War (1990)
This time I’m reviewing the fantasy anime series “Record of Lodoss War” from 1990.
Footage:
- Actual Play – Star Wars: Edge of the Empire – by WhyCalibur
- Titansgrave: Ashes of Valkana – by Wil Wheaton
Both used with Permission - Record of Lodoss War – by Kadokawa Shoten
Used under fair use.
Music:
“Little Lily Swing” – Tri-Tachyon
Used under a Creative Commons License.
Please support my Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/countzeroor
Member of The Console Xplosion Network: http://www.theconsolexplosion.com/
Watch my Live-Streams on http://twitch.tv/countzeroor/
Notes: Matt Walton suggested that I cover some of the material I’ve previously covered in my fanzine on the show – this is meant to be a part of that – I did an article on Western Fantasy in Anime that covered Lodoss and several other shows that I’ll get to in future episodes.
Film Review – Fury (2014)
“$NAME_OF_FILM” on/in a “$LOCATION_OR_VEHICLE” is a pretty good reductive way to describe some films. Under Siege is Die Hard on a Battleship. The Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Starship Mine” was pitched as Die Hard on the Enterprise. The Magnificent Seven is The Seven Samurai in the old west. While it’s reductive, it’s not necessarily bad, nor is it necessarily a derogatory way to describe a film. Thus, don’t take it as a minus when I say that Fury is Das Boot (which I’ve previously reviewed) in a Sherman Tank. Read more
Let’s Play Mass Effect 3: Part 1 – “No One Would Have Believed…”
Part 1 of my new Let’s Play of Mass Effect 3 went live on Tuesday. I’ve also been trying to live-stream my recording sessions, so I’ll be on-camera for most of these episodes.