This week we continue with the Best of the Rest of Nintendo Power’s fourth year, with part two of our run-through of SNES titles that didn’t get feature coverage in Nintendo Power.
Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 52
Movie Review: The Yakuza Papers – Final Episode
It’s odd how much polish a film series can undergo over the course of two years. The first installment in the Yakuza Papers series of films came out in 1973. This film, the final installment in the tetralogy came out in 1974. Kinji Fukasaku was already an accomplished director when he made the first film, but over the course of two years he quickly came up with a very definitive style to this series. Read more
Editorial – #WTFU
This time I’m striking when the iron is hot, and talking about my dealings with YouTube, ContentID, and what can be done to fix things – and what you can do to help. Yes, you. Read more
Let’s Play Lost Planet 3: Part 14 – Thank God That’s Over
We finally end that terrible, horrible, no good, very bad boss fight.
Book Review: How To Cook Everything – The Basics
This time I’m reviewing the second cookbook I’ve talked about thus far: How To Cook Everything – The Basics, by Mark Bittman. Read more
Let’s Play Lost Planet 3: Part 13 – No, Really, I Hate This Boss Fight
This time the terrible, terrible boss fight continues.
Film Review – Deadpool
When I heard that a Deadpool movie was in production, as a fan of the comics I was pretty pumped. That said, a situation like that is almost a recipe for disappointment – Star Wars: The Phantom Menace really shows how much high expectations can lead to equally high disappointment. Fortunately, there was no disappointment to be found for me in this film. Read more
Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 51
This week we continue with the Best of the Rest of Nintendo Power’s fourth year, with part one of our run-through of SNES titles that didn’t get feature coverage in Nintendo Power.
Due to restrictions on my YouTube channel, this episode has been split into two parts. Read more
Film Review: The Yakuza Papers, Vol. 4: Police Tactics
The problem with getting into the later installments of the Yakuza Papers series of films is that by the later installments Kenji Fukasaku has gotten into a stylistic groove when it comes to what this series of films are – what they look like, what they sound like, and how their action is presented. Read more
Let’s Play Lost Planet 3: Part 12 – I Hate This Boss Fight
This time we start the worst boss fight in the game thus far.
Let’s Play Lost Planet 3: Part 11 – Investigations
This time we discover this weird lost facility and try to figure out who built it.
Film Review – The Spy Who Loved Me
There is one Bond film that, before today, I had not seen: The Spy Who Loved Me. I refer to official Bond films, as opposed to parodies like the ’60s Casino Royale, or knockoffs like Never Say Never Again (which I have seen), and spiritual ripoffs like Operation Double 007 (as seen on MST3K). Read more
Let’s Play Lost Planet 3: Part 10 – Working In A Heat Mine
Wherein we get around to placing another heat spike.
Video Game Review – Dragon Age II
Due to the Copyright Strike putting a crimp in my Let’s Play, this time I’m doing a video review of Dragon Age II, with my thoughts on the game. Read more
Anime Review – Angel’s Egg (1985)
This is a gorgeous, darkly beautiful work of film that’s probably the most surreal work that Oshii has made (helped by the fact that Yoshitaka Amano did much of the art for the film and co-wrote the story). It is the first film I’ve seen that I don’t feel qualified to analyze. Read more
Film Review – TMNT (2007)
TMNT is a film that has the heart that the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film had (and the other two sequels lacked), but it falls short in a few significant places. Read more
Let’s Play Lost Planet 3: Part 9 – Salvage Run
We expand the number of options we have for navigating environments this episode.
Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 50
This week we continue with the Best of the Rest of Nintendo Power’s fourth year, with the 6 Game Boy titles that made the top 30 (or 20) but weren’t featured in the magazine. Read more
Let’s Play Lost Planet 3: Part 10 – Working In A Heat Mine
This time we get around to staking out a new heat… vein… thingie.
Let’s Play Lost Planet 3: Part 8 – Giant Enemy Crab
Another mission, another giant crab monster.
Let’s Play Lost Planet 3: Part 7, Station to Station
It’s rare when a game gives you an opportunity to make a timely David Bowie reference in the title.
Film Review – The Short Life of Charles Beaumont
This time I’m taking a look at the documentary, Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone’s Magic Man. I was provided with a copy of this documentary at no cost for purpose of review from the film’s director at OryCon 2014. Read more
Film Review: Executioners from Shaolin
It’s been a while since I reviewed a martial arts film from Hong Kong, and even longer since I reviewed a film from Shaw Brothers. With Netflix including more and more of the Shaw Brothers filmography, now is as good a time as any to revisit the studio and their works. Read more
Let’s Play Lost Planet 3: Part 6 – Roll On
This episode we have the hardest fight I’ve encountered thus far.