It’s March, and it’s time for White Day—and with it, time to cover a romantic comedy, or in this case, a romantic dramedy, with ToraDora.
Deadly Fight in Hiroshima Video Review Blocked
As a quick heads up – my video review of Deadly Fight in Hiroshima has been blocked internationally by Toei. My written review is still up, but the video review is done. I might try re-recording the review as video only, but honestly, the video has had a pretty good life. This is the problem with trying to discuss a visual medium in another visual medium – sometimes the people who own the works want more control of the dialog around the work than the people doing the talking – which is even more of a situation if you’re working with creators from countries which don’t exactly have Fair Use protections enshrouded in law. Ah well.
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Where I Play Super Mario World Part 1: Yoshi’s Island I
I show off some of the Polymega’s features and start the game.
My Emulation Rules:
- Save States are OK.
- No Clip and Invulnerability Cheats are not.
- In short – I Have Perform The Actions To Do The Thing.
Where I Play Mark of the Ninja Part 29: The End
Vlog: Why I Switched Web Hosting Providers
I’ve changed my web hosting from WordPress.com to Bluehost, and I think it’s important to talk about why.
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Where I Play Mark of the Ninja Part 28: The Return II
Where I Play Mark of the Ninja Part 27: The Return I
How To Support The Blog
Having moved hosting companies from directly going through WordPress to going through Bluehost, I’ve possibly gotten some new readers through the site getting re-indexed. So, while I have included notes at the bottom of each post on how to support the site, I haven’t elaborated any further on those methods. So, here’s a more in-depth list of ways to support me.
Read moreMy Next Two Let’s Plays
We’re coming up the end of Mark of the Ninja, so it’s time to announce my next couple games – if you’ve been watching my Twitch Channel (http://twitch.tv/countzeroor), you’ll already know what these are, but if you haven’t (and you should) here’s the picks – determined by a semi-unscientific poll on one of the Discord servers I’m on, since I didn’t get any responses on the Patreon. Both of these are games on my Video Game New Year’s Resolution List.
Next up is probably one of the biggest shames on my Pile of Shame—a game that I’ve played extensively, including for Nintendo Power Retrospectives, but never got around to beating (at least not that I remember)—Super Mario World. This Let’s Play is already completely in the bag, with all the videos recorded as of this writing.
After that, continuing my pincer strategy of making my way through both ends of the Final Fantasy series, it’s Final Fantasy XVI, including the DLC.
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Where I Play Mark of the Ninja Part 26: Set to Flight III
Where I Play Mark of the Ninja Part 25: Set to Flight II
Anime Review: Heavenly Delusion/Tengoku Daimakiyo
This week, I’ve got an older animer review – Tengoku Daimakiyo (or Heavenly Delusion, as the manga is localized as).
Tengoku Daimakiyo is available for streaming on Hulu/Disney+
Read moreWhere I Play Mark of the Ninja Part 24: Set to Flight I
Where I Play Mark of the Ninja Part 23: A Shattered Stronghold V
Book Review: The History of Hentai Manga
Kimi Rito’s The History of Hentai Manga is something that is not common in general – an academic text aimed for wider audience on the topic of adult materials which does not approach the topic from what I’ll call a sex-negative perspective. On more than a few occasions I’ve accounted works on sex work and pornography which are sex (and sex worker)-negative, or try to take a neutral perspective and end up on a somewhat patronizing point of view. Certainly, I haven’t encountered any which cover the medium from an art-history standpoint. Kimi Rito’s work does provide what I’d almost call a more art-history point of view – not in the form I’d have chosen, but still an interesting form nonetheless.
Read moreDragonlance: Shadows of the Dragon Queen Part 6: No Longer “Tacti-cool”
We had a bit of a more role-play heavy chapter this time, somewhat related to some technical difficulties.
Read moreWhere I Play Mark of the Ninja Part 22: A Shattered Stronghold IV
Where I Play Mark of the Ninja Part 21: A Shattered Stronghold III
Video Game (Video) Review: Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition
Where I Play Mark of the Ninja Part 20: A Shattered Stronghold II
Where I Play Mark of the Ninja Part 19: A Shattered Stronghold I
Book Review: The Ministry Of Time
The Ministry Of Time, by Kaliane Bradley is, of the recent Sword & Laser picks, the most recent one I’ve finished as of this writing. It was an interesting read, but tonally it’s all over the place.
Read moreSome Quick Thoughts on the Radio Play adaptation of The Fellowship of the Ring
Earlier this month, I decided to give a listen to the radio play adaptation of the Fellowship of the Ring from the BBC in the 1980s. Having finished the first installment, I have a few thoughts.
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