We run into some frame-dropping issues that distract me from play.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 317 – Slow Current I
Anime Review: Girlfriend, Girlfriend
In honor of White Day, it’s time for some silliness with a bunch of horny idiots.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 316 – Pack Your Waders II
We properly open the path to the Water Temple.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 315 – Pack Your Waders I
It’s time to take on the Water Temple.
Read moreBook Review: Sailor on the Seas of Fate
When I reviewed Fortress of the Pearl, I was partway through the next book in the first of the more recent Elric omnibus collections, and I came to the realization that book was written less with the thought of “How do I fit this story within the larger Elric saga?” and more “I have an Idea for an Elric story – where do I put it?” By contrast, Sailor on the Seas of Fate, which was published soon after Elric of Melnibone, feels like Moorcock continuing with the concepts he had with that first story – setting up the chain of events that lead to where the first published Elric story – “The Dreaming City” – picks up, and in the process further building up the concept of the Eternal Champion Mythos, based on the other incarnations that had been published at this point.
Read moreLegend of Vox Machina Season 2: TV Review
The first season of Legend of Vox Machina left off on a significant cliffhanger – Vox Machina had overcome the Briarwoods and liberated Whitestone – and had succeeded at their first major act of deliberate heroism. However, the Chroma Conclave were literally on the doorstep. Season 2 kicks off the start of the Chroma Conclave arc.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 314 – Fire Guardian II
We take out the fire guardian, and I get set to do some gear crafting in between streams.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 313 – Fire Guardian I
We finally get to take on the Fire Guardian.
Read moreBook (Video) Review: City in the Autumn Stars
We get to the second of the Von Bek books I’ve read (and the last of them I’ll be reading for a while).
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 312 – No Railings II
After some close calls, we finally clear our path to the Fire Guardian.
Read moreThe Runestaff Review
We get to the conclusion of Dorian Hawkmoon’s story this week, with the final book in his series – The Runestaff.
Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 311 – No Railings I
We reach the main entrance to the temple, and once again there is no OSHA compliance.
Read moreAnime Explorations Episode 5: Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family
This month, Tora, David, and I kick off the inaugural installment of Fate-uary with a discussion of our background with the franchise, and a look at Today’s Menu for the Emiya Family.
Read moreThe Fortress of the Pearl: Book Review
The Fortress of the Pearl is Michael Moorcock, in 1989, writing a book set between Elric of Melnibone (1972) and Sailor on the Seas of Fate (1976). The current Elric omnibus collections put this in that space in the chronology in their reading order, while my previous video on the Elric reading order recommended reading it significantly later. Re-reading the book now, in its place at the timeline – I think my assessment is accurate, but not necessarily for the reasons that I thought originally.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 310 – Flaming Flanks II
This time their positioning makes more sense, even if it still fails.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 309 – Flaming Flanks I
We have another fight set up to have the PCs be flanked.
Read moreBook Review: The Warhound and the World’s Pain
It’s time to get back to Michael Moorcock (in the video reviews) with the first of the Von Bek novels.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 308 – Ruins of Fire II
We clean out the next wave of guards.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 307 – Ruins of Fire I
We reach the outside of the temple – I think.
Read moreNettle & Bone: Book Review
Nettle & Bone was this month’s Sword & Laser Book Club pick, and was a tremendously brisk, and very enjoyable read. It also introduced me to a variety of fantasy fiction I hadn’t encountered before – the “Grimcozy”
Read moreBook Review: Brightness Falls from the Air
Of the past few Sword & Laser picks, Brightness Falls from the Air, by James Tiptree Jr./Alice Sheldon ended up being a bit more of a controversial pick – and I definitely get why, as it gets into some squicky subject matter, and not necessarily in an elegant way.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP Part 306 Caldera Combat II
We clean out this fight without getting knocked into the lava.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Part 305 – Caldera Combat I
We fight way closer to some lava than would actually be safe.
Read moreNintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 131
We have another port of a PC first-person shooter to the N64.
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