This past weekend, the Hollywood theater did a film festival of OVAs, featuring Neo-Tokyo, Baoh: The Visitor, Dragon’s Heaven, and Project A-Ko. As I haven’t seen the first three, I’ll give my thoughts on those (and I’ll be doing a podcast episode on A-Ko later for the Anime Explorations Podcast).
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PSA: Register to Vote
This is me doing an evergreen reminder that, in the US, if you are legally able to vote, to please register to vote, and vote when elections come around – and vote in every race on the ballot. It matters.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 363 – Taking Oream IV
It’s time to take on the enemy commander, Hanzo.
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Anime Explorations Episode 8: JoJo Part 1 – Phantom Blood + Battle Tendency
This month we’re beginning the Summer of Jojo with JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Season 1: Phantom Blood/Battle Tendency.
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Thoughts on Sony’s 2023 State of Play
So, we don’t have an E3 this year, but we have a lot of other things – starting off with Sony’s 2023 State of Play this week – and while I will do a video at the end of the… stuff – summing up my thoughts on the whole thing, I figure it would be reasonably appropriate to give some quick thoughts on the stuff showcased at this event.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 362 – Taking Oream III
We finally ascend to the upper level of the map.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 361 – Taking Oream II
We attempt to claw our way up the hill.
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Book (Video) Review: The Murderbot Diaries (up to May 2023)
The new Murderbot novel is coming out later this year, so it’s time to get caught up here so I’m ready to talk about it once it comes out.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 360 – Taking Oeram I
Only the town of Oream lies before the enemy stronghold.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 359 – Walking on Water III
We finally cross the river to mop-up any remaining resistance.
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Book Review: Children of Time
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky was this month’s pick for the Sword & Laser Book Club, and it’s a bit of a complicated book. The novel juggles two different kinds of stories, with two different levels of stakes, and which also vaguely intersect until the very end of the story. One of those stories was one which I enjoyed and looked forward to encountering – which was good because it took most of the book. The other kind of just had me on edge and wasn’t exactly a pleasant read.
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Comic Review: Shadows of the Empire
As I’ve already covered the full novel of Shadows of the Empire, this time I’m going to be focusing more on the comic book version and some of the differences that were made between the two.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 358 – Walking on Water II
We continue our plan to lure the enemy to us.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 357 – Walking on Water I
We begin our advance by fording a river (or rather, getting them to ford it first).
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Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightquest – Robin Part 2
It’s time to check back in to see what Tim Drake has been up to, as he teams up with The Spoiler.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 356 – Return of Roadside Randos IV
We finish off these bandits (again).
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 355 – Return of Roadside Randos III
We slowly turn this fight around.
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Quick Thoughts on K Manga & Manga Up!
So, Kodansha’s planned manga app – “K Manga” – which they’d yanked all their titles from various simul-pub services (like Azuki) in preparation for, has finally come out, and I’d like to give some quick thoughts, and compare it to Square Enix’s Manga Up app, and with it the Shonen Jump, Viz Manga, and Azuki apps.
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Alternative Dungeon Fantasy Games
Well, once again, Wizards of the Coast has stuck their head in it. This time, they sicced the Pinkertons on a YouTuber who had been mistakenly shipped the wrong Magic: The Gathering material – specifically a box of an epilogue expansion to March of the Machine that was due to come out later in May. Rather than just doing the more… practical thing, like leaving a voicemail or sending a certified letter, instead the Pinkertons came out, and threatened the YouTuber with felony criminal charges, in addition to having all their magic cards seized by the police.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 354 – Return of Roadside Randos II
Our low-level characters (unsurprisingly) aren’t doing well.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 353 – Return of Roadside Randos I
I decide to move forward with the story – but have to deal with a random encounter first.
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Book Review: The JRPG Book
It’s time to take a look at Bitmap Books companion volume to the CRPG Book – the JRPG Book.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 352 – Mold Pit of the Dead II
We finally clear out this side of the fork.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 351 – Mold Pit of the Dead I
Our next map has a big pit with a whole bunch of Mold in the middle.
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