I head out to an island in the middle of the map.
Anime Explorations Episode 23: Bubblegum Crisis
NextGen #43 (July 1998)
NextGen gets a bit of a format and layout change this issue.
Read moreWhere I Play Xenoblade Chronicles: Part 20 – A Few More Side Quests
Where I Play Xenoblade Chronicles: Part 19 – Friendly Crush
Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightsend Part 1
It’s the beginning of the end, as Bruce trains with Lady Shiva, and Azrael becomes more unhinged.
Where I Play Xenoblade Chronicles: Part 18 – Not Reticent
Where I Play Xenoblade Chronicles: Part 17 – More Side Quests
Book Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett puts a bit of weirdness into the urban fantasy genre. It’s not urban – not even close – it’s a very pastoral story. It’s not contemporary, being set in the 1800s. However, it’s definitely not heroic fantasy or horror, and certainly fits more into some elements of urban fantasy than it does to the other subgenres I’m familiar with. It’s also very enjoyable.
Read moreAnime Review – Texhnolyze
So, the second of the anime series on my New Year’s Resolution list that I’m done with is one I’m dropping – Texhnolyze. I did give it a reasonable try – getting about a cour through the series before I had enough, and because I had the show on my resolution list, I do feel it’s important to talk about why this series failed for me when two other Chiaki Konaka projects – Serial Experiments Lain and The Big O – were fine.
Read moreWhere I Play Xenoblade Chronicles: Part 16 – Fellowship of the Monado
Where I Play Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition (JIP): Part 15 – Horrifying Truth
Vlog: Spectrum of Lost Media
I get into a discussion of Lost Media – and how being “Lost” is less a binary, and more a spectrum.
Where I Play Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition (JIP): Part 14 – Prometheus Bound
Where I Play Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition (JIP): Part 13 – Khatori Seal
Remembering my Kitty, Patacon
So, I’ve posted a bunch of pictures on the blog of Patacon, but I never really got around to talking about Patacon. I should do that.
Read moreMy Kitty Passed Away
In the past, when I’ve been tired, rushed, burned out, or just hadn’t been able to put a blog post together, I would post pictures of one of my two cats – Patacon – who basically adopted me as her person. My profile photo on Twitch even had me with her on my lap.
She passed away today. She was 16 years old.
Where I Play Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition (JIP): Part 12 – Soltnar Seal
Where I Play Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition (JIP): Part 11 – The Way Is Shut
Book Review: Sword of Kaigen
It’s time for another book review – as I take a look at one of the titles that was a recent Sword & Laser Book Club pick.
Where I Play Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition (JIP): Part 10 – Something Wicked This Way Flies
Where I Play Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition (JIP): Part 9 – Knocking Out Some Side Quests
Also RIP Romhacking.Net
I didn’t intend to be memorializing two entities in the video game fandom and media space this weekend, but this has been a hell of a week, as Romhacking.net has also gone into archive-only mode.
Read moreRIP Game Informer
So, I will admit I fell behind in writing blog posts for today, so I had planned to post some cat pictures – and then this morning I learned that Game Informer had closed its doors.
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