Several years after the first season of the Ultraman anime came out, we’ve finally gotten our second season of the show – this time only half the length of the first season, with a second season the same length coming out next year (giving a whole new meaning to the concept of the “Split Cour”). The question becomes “how well does a shorter, tighter narrative handle the series.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 161 – Mind the Drop I
From a battle on a bridge to a battle atop a cliff.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 160 – Battle of the Bigger Bridge III
We finish taking the bridge, and prepare for the next battle.
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Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 124
We’re finishing Nintendo Power’s ninth year, and we have the results of the Nintendo Power Awards.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 159 – Battle of the Bigger Bridge II
We continue to fight our way across the bridge.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 158 – Battle of the Bigger Bridge I
We continue with the main plot, as we go to save Catuia.
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Moon Knight: TV Review
These past few Marvel TV series have been generally alright. I checked out of What If with the zombies’ episode (as I’m generally wholly done with Zombies with a small handful of exceptions), but otherwise have enjoyed the MCU TV series. So, Moon Knight, starring Oscar Isaac, has recently concluded, and I figure I should give my thoughts on that. There will be some spoilers below the cut.
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The History of Science Fiction: Graphic Novel Review
I have, in the past, gotten into my appreciation of works discussing and examining works that examine the history of technology, art, and fandom, and the intersection thereof – and there is no place where those three intersect more than in Science Fiction as a genre. So, when I learned in a passing mention on the Sword & Laser Podcast about the graphic novel The History of Science Fiction by Xavier Dollo and Djibril Morissette-Phan, I knew that I needed to check it out. It is lacking in some significant ways, but they’re also ways that can be rectified in a second volume, if the creators are up for it.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 157 – Not Roberts
We learn more about the background of our ex-pirate friend.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 156 – Undead Swamp
We have a random encounter with a bunch of undead in a swamp.
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Autism Talk: Job Hunting With Autism
Following up on my video from December of 2021 on going through The Pandemic with Autism, this time I’m talking a bit about my job search, and what it’s like to look for a job (and find a new job) with Autism.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 155 – Family Reconciled
The family is reconciled, and we prepare for Sherri’s first fight with the rest of the party.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 154 – Signs & Portents
We meet with Cistina, Olivya, and Sherri’s father, and we prepare to continue some sidequests.
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Machinehood: Book Review
Probably in the first time in a while, I have finished a Sword & Laser Book Pick not only in the month it came out, but I also have a review before the end of the month – such is the case for Machinehood by S.B. Divya – another first novel, and this time in a cyberpunk or cyberpunk adjacent subgenre, and it is an absolutely fantastic book.
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A Master of Djinn: Book Review
After a bit of a break, I’m getting back to the current book pick for the Sword & Laser Book Club – this time getting into the alternate history urban fantasy novel A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 153 – Estranged Relatives II
We defeat Sherri without killing her, opening up some sidequest options.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 152 – Estranged Relatives I
The party is reunited with Cistina & Olivya’s sister Sherri.
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Anime Video Review: Boogiepop & Others (2019)
2019, 3 years ago, was the first time that the Boogiepop novels had gotten an anime adaptation. It’s time for me to give my thoughts before I get into the earlier Boogiepop anime series.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 151 – Eruption III
We finish off the enemy commander and prepare to move forward.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 150 – Eruption II
We get the enemy commander on the ropes.
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Shikimori’s Not Just A Cutie: Quick Thoughts
Moving on to the next of the anime series of the Spring Season that I’ve been watching – as of this writing I’m about 4 episodes into Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie – one of the new rom-com anime of the Spring 2022 Season that caught my interest. I’m about 4 episodes in so far, which is far enough to give me a pretty good feel of the show’s dynamics.
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Thoughts on The Essential James Beard Cookbook
When I gave my thoughts on James Beard’s Theory and Practice of Good Cooking, the focus of my thoughts on that book were – this is a solid template on how to write about cooking, and some of the guidance is good, but the passage of time has hindered the utility of some of these recipes. In 2012, The Essential James Beard Cookbook was published – collecting approximately 450 recipes from Beard’s writing and collecting it together into one book, with additional notes and sidebars addressing the passage of time – so I decided to check the book out.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 149 – Eruption I
Our next story mission gives us another volcano fight.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 148 – Rando Encounter
We have a random encounter on our way to the next story mission.
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