This session we finished up the first chapter, along with moving into a little bit of the next with some role-play.
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Video Game Review: Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
Playing the first Xenoblade Chronicles game was an interesting experience, especially after having played some of its sequel before it. It end up giving me some new context on how the series has progressed, how the sequel improved on its predecessor – and some ways in which the predecessor was better. Now that I’ve beaten the game in my Let’s Play, it’s time to give my thoughts.
Read moreWhere I Play Mark of the Ninja Part 6: Hunting Count Karajan
Where I Play Mark of the Ninja Part 5: At the Foot of the Hessian Tower
Book (Video) Review: Akata Witch
It’s time for a book vlog for the month – this time a urban fantasy YA novel from a Nigerian-American author, Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
Where I Play Mark of the Ninja Part 4: The Darkest Alleys
Where I Play Mark of the Ninja Part 3: Inside Hessian’s Complex
Anime Review: Majestic Prince
At the end of 2024, having missed the submission date for regular Anime Secret Santa, I decided to take part in AniList’s Secret Santa event (my AniList profile is here, by the way). The show I ended up getting in my pick was Majestic Prince – a show that had ended up on my watchlist anyway due to it showing up early in Super Robot Wars 30. So, after finishing my rewatch of season 3 of Thunderbolt Fantasy for the Anime Explorations Podcast, I moved on to this.
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A while back, I reviewed the first Emmanuelle novel, a book which, through its film adaptation, kicked off what was, for a time, a mainstreaming of erotica. I’ve now finished reading the sequel, titled Emmanuelle II, and it almost addresses some of the problems that I had with the first book, but ends up re-introducing them late in the book, and introducing some new ones.
Content Warning: As with the first novel, I will get into some frank discussion of sex, sexuality, and some of the sex acts that are depicted in this novel.
Read moreWhere I Play Mark of the Ninja Part 2: Outside the Perimeter
Where I Play Mark of the Ninja Part 1: Rude Awakening
Video Game Review: Halo: Infinite
Where I Play Xenoblade Chronicles: Part 114 – Der Wille zur Macht
I learn the true story of the world’s creation, see the game’s ending, and I give my final thoughts.
Where I Play Xenoblade Chronicles: Part 113 – Attack and Dethrone God
Video Game Review: Trails in the Sky 3rd
Trails in the Sky 3rd is the final installment of the Grancel Trilogy of what has become the larger series of Trails games. While the narrative focus for this game moves away from Joshua and Estelle Bright (their time in the spotlight finished in Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter) – the third installment instead serves as something of an epilogue for the series, and with it sets up not only the Crossbell arc (Trails from Zero), but also the Erebonia (Trails of Cold Steel) and Calvard (Trails from Daybreak) arcs as well.
Read moreBook Review: Akata Witch
I’m finally getting somewhat caught up on some of the more recent Sword & Laser book club picks – this time one of the first YA novels (that aren’t light novels) that I’ve read in a while – Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor.
Read moreWhere I Play Xenoblade Chronicles: Part 112 – Earthshine
Where I Play Xenoblade Chronicles: Part 111 – Death of a Roadie
Video Game Review: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
This week I’m reviewing the first of the game I played through on my Let’s Play channel – Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth.
Where I Play Xenoblade Chronicles: Part 110 – For Whom The Bell Tolls
Where I Play Xenoblade Chronicles: Part 109 – Second Exam
Anime Explorations Episode 28: Thunderbolt Fantasy – Bewitching Melody of the West & Season 3
This month, in honor of Lunar New Year, we’re discussing the second Thunderbolt Fantasy film and the third season of the show. As of this recording season 4 was not available on Crunchyroll for streaming, but it ended up going up while I was editing this episode.
Dragonlance: Shadows of the Dragon Queen Part 4: Rearguard Action
This was then we din’t quite get through the big string of fights that mark the end of this first chapter. We also got a new player (and thus a new character) in the party.
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