This month we’re beginning the Summer of Jojo with JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Season 1: Phantom Blood/Battle Tendency.
Read moreAnime Explorations Episode 8: JoJo Part 1 – Phantom Blood + Battle Tendency
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.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 362 – Taking Oream III
We finally ascend to the upper level of the map.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 361 – Taking Oream II
We attempt to claw our way up the hill.
Read moreBook (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.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 360 – Taking Oeram I
Only the town of Oream lies before the enemy stronghold.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 359 – Walking on Water III
We finally cross the river to mop-up any remaining resistance.
Read moreBook 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.
Read moreComic 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.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 358 – Walking on Water II
We continue our plan to lure the enemy to us.
Read moreLet’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).
Read moreBreaking 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.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 356 – Return of Roadside Randos IV
We finish off these bandits (again).
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 355 – Return of Roadside Randos III
We slowly turn this fight around.
Read moreQuick 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.
Read moreAlternative 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.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 354 – Return of Roadside Randos II
Our low-level characters (unsurprisingly) aren’t doing well.
Read moreLet’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.
Read moreBook Review: The JRPG Book
It’s time to take a look at Bitmap Books companion volume to the CRPG Book – the JRPG Book.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 352 – Mold Pit of the Dead II
We finally clear out this side of the fork.
Read moreLet’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.
Read moreSupport Your Local Libraries
I’m occasionally political on this blog. Normally it’s bringing up discussion of the politics of a particular work and how it impacts my perspective on it while I’m reviewing it or Let’s Playing it because, ultimately, all art is political. However, I don’t, you know, get into current events – partly because my audience is kind of international and partly because with exceptions Current Events discussion ages poorly. However, there’s a current political issue going on in the US that, indirectly, puts this blog under existential threat – so I need to talk about that.
Libraries are under attack.
Read moreShadows of the Empire: Book Review
It’s time to get to the book version of Shadows of the Empire.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 350 – Sudden Drop of the Dead
We have a map with a sudden drop at the starting area.
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