This week I’m finally reviewing the final installment of David Eddings‘ Elenium trilogy with The Sapphire Rose
Book Review – The Sapphire Rose
Nintendo Power Retrospective – Part 12
This week I’ve come to the end of Nintendo Power’s first year, and boy is this issue weak on games to review. On the bright side, one of these is a classic from Capcom. We also have the results of the first annual Nintendo Power Awards, which can best be described as a mixed bag. Read more
Film Review – Is Paris Burning?
This week I’m doing another film review – this time of a World War II Ensemble film – Is Paris Burning?
Naturally, this includes some discussion of this sub-genre as a whole. Read more
Nintendo Power Retrospective – Part 11
This week we come to the second to last issue of Nintendo Power’s first year, featuring another classic title in Ninja Gaiden, and two classically bad titles in The Adventures of Bayou Billy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, along with an underrated gem.
Nintendo Power Retrospectives – Part 11
This week we come to the second to last issue of Nintendo Power’s first year, featuring another classic title in Ninja Gaiden, and two classicly bad titles in The Adventures of Bayou Billy and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, along with an underrated gem.
Book Review – The Runestaff
I’ve come to the last installment of the story of Dorian Hawkmoon with Michael Moorcock‘s book, The Runestaff
Nintendo Power Retrospective – Part 10
This week I continue with the Nintendo Power Retrospectives with part 10, covering issue #4 of Nintendo Power – including looks at Zelda II: The Adventure of Link, and a whole bunch of NES Football games. Oh, and Metal Gear?!
Book Review – The Sword of the Dawn
I’m continuing with the Hawkmoon series with the third book – The Sword of the Dawn
The Sword of the Dawn Review
I’m continuing with the third installment of the Hawkmoon series with the third book – the Sword of the Dawn.
This is an awesome piece of work. I’d like to see the a picture of what PrimeJunt did with the spine of the book.
Manga Review – Hayate The Combat Butler, Volume 7
I have a manga review that’s actually topical for Valentine’s Day next week.
Hayate the Combat Butler, Vol. 7 by Kenjiro Hata
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Whenever I’ve had a rough day, and I feel like I can’t remember the last time I laughed, one of the manga or anime I turn to, in order to lighten my spirits is Hayate the Combat Butler. The blend of oddball comedy and reverentially referential humor, along with a willingness to just chip away at that fourth wall blends together well to make an enjoyable comic, and the fact that the characters are incredibly likable really helps to keep me coming back in a way that TV shows like Family Guy, which also relies on referential humor, fails to do. Read more
Nintendo Power Retrospective – Part 9
Manga Review: The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, Vol. 2
The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, Volume 2 by Eiji Otsuka
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery service is a very interesting manga to describe, in terms of being a horror manga that contains elements of the supernatural, but is ultimately bases its horror out of what people do to each other, then it does with the actions of the restless dead – though those elements are there. Read more
Book Review – The Mad God’s Amulet
This week I’m continuing with the Hawkmoon reviews with the second book – The Mad God’s Amulet
The Mad God’s Amulet Review
I’m continuing with the Hawkmoon reviews with the second book – the Mad God’s Amulet.
Nintendo Power Retrospective – Part 8
Book Review – The Jewel in the Skull
This week I’m reviewing a novel by Michael Moorcock. Specifically, I’m taking a look at the first novel in the Hawkmoon series – The Jewel in the Skull
Jewel in the Skull Review
This week I’m reviewing a novel by Michael Moorcock. Specifically I’m taking a look at the first novel in the Hawkmoon series – The Jewel in the Skull.
Image Credits
Art from ~Jewel In The Skull~
Published by First Comics
Script by Gerry Conway
Art by Rafael Kayanan
Used for purposes of criticism
Nintendo Power Retrospective – Part 7
Vlog – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
On New Years Eve I saw The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Here’s what I thought of the movie.
Manga Review – King of Thorn, Volume 2.
(Originally Published on Goodreads)
King of Thorn, Volume 2 by Yuji Iwahara
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This volume is causing the series to risk becoming cluttered, from a plot standpoint. Coming into this volume, the plot had the main driving conflict of “How do these characters, which are almost all infected with a disease that could kill them, survive in this post-apocalyptic world with massive thorny plants that have consumed everything, and freaking dinosaurs?” Read more
Movie Review – Sword of the Beast
This week I’m reviewing another film in the Criterion Collection – the samurai film “Sword of the Beast”.
To Terra…/Towards The Terra, Volume 1 Review
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a kind of slow-paced manga. This volume does a lot of world-building with regards to Terran society and Mu society, as well as our two leads views of their respective societies, Jomy Marcus Shin for the Mu, and Keith Anyan for the Terrans. (Cont. below the Cut) Read more
Nintendo Power Retrospective – Part 6
This week I’m recapping the last issue of Nintendo Fun Club News. From here on, we enter the realm of Nintendo Power. It’s just a shame that Fun Club News goes out with a whimper.
Game Reviewed:
Wizards & Warriors