I talk about some recent discourse about the importance of the “canon” and why maybe it’s more important to recommend what you like instead of what’s historically important.
Where I Play Final Fantasy XVI Part 100: Map Explored
Where I Play Final Fantasy XVI Part 99: Filling Out The Map
Dragonlance: Shadows of the Dragon Queen Part 11: Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
We’ve reached the end of Chapter 4.
Read moreNextGen #45 (September 1998)
We are approaching the final hurrah for Sega’s consoles.
Read moreWhere I Play Final Fantasy XVI Part 98: Mark & Exploration
Where I Play Final Fantasy XVI Part 97: Errant Apprentice
Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 141
We’re back for August of 1998, and a bunch of N64 games.
Games Covered (Links are Affiliate Links)
- Bomberman Hero
- GT 64 Championship Edition
- Waialae Country Club
- F1 World Grand Prix
- International Superstar Soccer ‘98
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Where I Play Final Fantasy XVI Part 96: Desperadoes Under The Eaves
Where I Play Final Fantasy XVI Part 95: Inner Voices
Anime Explorations Episode 35: Macross II
This month, we’re covering the anime OVA that came out for the 10th anniversary of Macross, and was the first non-Robotech version of the Macross universe to reach the US, along with the Macross II tabletop RPG from Palladium Games. Before that, we get into the current situation ongoing with Visa & MasterCard blocking transactions for NSFW content due to pressure from a Far-Right-Wing Australian group.
Note: I’m trying a new recording platform with this episode, and I ran into some technical difficulties that carried over to my backup recording. Consequently, my audio is impacted, but not necessarily the audio from my guest and cohosts.
NextGen #44 (August 1998)
We’re approaching a big shift in the console market soon.
Read moreWhere I Play Final Fantasy XVI Part 94: Closure
Where I Play Final Fantasy XVI Part 93: To Thyself Be True
Anime Video Review: Overtake!
As we go through this season of Formula 1, I talk about the anime series that got me into watching motorsport, rather than just playing racing video games – Overtake.
Where I Play Final Fantasy XVI Part 92: Titan Lost?
Where I Play Final Fantasy XVI Part 91: Titan Bested?
Film Review: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
One of the things about having read Paperbacks From Hell is that Grady Hendrix does a really solid job of laying out that for all the ways that the horror genre can be progressive, it can also be tremendously conservative as well, drawing the root of the threat of the horror from societal prejudices. The same lies with the thriller and disaster genres – a place where The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) falls. When a screenwriter or author succumbs to the temptation to make bystanders and victims into archetypes as a shorthand, what archetypes are used matter.
Read moreDragonlance: Shadows of the Dragon Queen Part 10: War Pigs
We’re approaching the end of the chapter, and the pace is picking up.
Read moreWhere I Play Final Fantasy XVI Part 90: Firin’ My Lazers
Where I Play Final Fantasy XVI Part 89: Disposable Soldiers
In Memoriam: Ozzy Osbourne
One of the defining voices of heavy metal music has passed away, and I give my thoughts on what his work has meant to me.
‘Solecism’ by Scott Buckley – released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
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