Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 279 – Wind Temple Steps I
We have our first level where the tileset shifts from “Fortress” to “Temple”.
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Anime Review: Do It Yourself
When I put Do It Yourself on my watchlist for this month, I was expecting a more generally explanatory anime series – something along the lines of Diary of our Days at the Breakwater something comedic, and explanatory about the subject matter in question (handicrafts in this case) – and chill but not necessarily a “healing” or “Iyashikei” anime. I was pleasantly surprised to find that this was also one of the warmest and most life-affirming anime of the season.
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Anime Review: Shinobi no Ittoki
Shinobi No Ittoki is probably the most mediocre of the anime series that I’ve watched this season. It’s not bad, it’s kind of “mid”
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 278 – Griffins & Dragons
We go against a combined group of Winged, Griffons, and Wind Dragons.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 277 – Creepy Crow
We encounter a new subclass of the Winged – the Night Crow.
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Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 130
We have our first issue after issue 100, and we have a whole bunch of N64 games this issue.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 276 – Downward Draft
We continue our decent through the Wind Temple’s fortress levels.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 275 – Chase The Wind
We decide to go after the Wind Shrine first.
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Anime Explorations Episode 3: Nutcracker Fantasy (1979)
This month, for Christmas, David, Tora, & I are taking a look at the 1979 Sanrio stop-motion animated film “Nutcracker Fantasy”.
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Anime Review: Godzilla Singular Point
2022 is the first year that I have finally decided to knuckle down and get involved with a thing I’d been meaning to do for quite some time. Well, two things – one being doing a convention panel, the other being taking part in Anime Secret Santa. I’ve been a long-time listener of the Reverse Thieves Podcast, so I’d heard about it through them – and more recently it has shifted to being organized by the All Geeks Considered podcast, with Kate & Alan of the Reverse Thieves still taking part. So, when the call came out for participants (and which was repeated on the Reverse Thieves Discord), I tossed my hat into the ring as a participant. So, I was tremendously pleased to see a series that I’d been meaning to watch for quite some time was among the three series put before me – specifically, Godzilla Singular Point.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 274 – Clean Out The Dead IV
We finally take down the boss, and learn the truth about the Fortresses.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 273 – Clean Out The Dead III
We finally start to make our approach directly on the Lich themselves.
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Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightquest – The Search Pt. 2
It’s time to get back to Bruce & Alfred, as they travel to the UK to chase down Benedict Asp and his hostages – Jack Drake & Dr. Kinsolving.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 272 – Clean Out The Dead II
We continue slogging through the Lich’s minions.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 271 – Clean Out The Dead I
Our last one of these is a fortress that a Lich appears to have moved into.
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Next Gen #31: July 1997
We’re almost caught up with Nintendo Power magazine – or rather this issue will get us caught up about where we’re at with Nintendo Power magazine (but not where this month’s issue of the Nintendo Power Retrospectives would put us).
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Manga Review: The Rose of Versailles
Shojo manga has, historically, been underserved by American manga publishers – and when we have gotten shojo series, they have tended to be more conventional romance series – and not necessarily works in other genres (whether fantasy, science fiction, or historical fiction). However, some of the more influential works of the genre have fallen overlapped with other genres, and probably few more influential and more high profile than Riyoko Ikeda’s The Rose of Versailles. It’s also a manga that until fairly recently, hasn’t been available (legally) in its entirety in English.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 270 – Mop Up Duty II
We continue to fortress number three to get mopped up.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 269 – Mop Up Duty I
We move on to the next of the fortresses we need to clean out for this side quest.
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Vlog: 2022 Holiday Letter
Taking it easy a little bit this week, as I wish all of you some very happy holidays, in whatever form you celebrate them.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 268 – Parts of a Puzzle II
We end this session by clearing out another fortress.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 267 – Parts of a Puzzle I
We start to clear the path to our next big side quest.
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Top 5 Favorite Games Announced at The Game Awards (2022)
The Game Awards have happened, and there were some fun performances (including a 63-year-old flutist from Venezuela, Pedro Eustache, who stole the show), and other great moments (Christopher Judge getting an award for Best Performance presented by Al Pacino – something that you usually don’t get outside of the Oscars or Emmys). Also, as always, there were a whole bunch of trailers and new game announcements. So, rather than picking apart the winners and who did or did not get robbed, I figure I can talk about some of the new games we got to see, and was excited about. As always, these are in no particular order.
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NextGen #30: June 1997
We’ve fallen a few issues behind when it comes to our NextGen magazine recaps, compared to where we’re at in Nintendo Power magazine. It’s time to try to catch up some.
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