It is a long-standing trope in romance fiction to have an author protagonist whose own romantic inexperience drives them into the relationship that is the focus of the plot. Normally, the way this premise works is that the author has a degree of self-awareness of their own inexperience, in turn leading to them being self-conscious about it as they look for a partner. Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-Kun, however, is not one of those stories. Oh, the male lead is inexperienced, but he’s also a grade-A Wholesome Himbo.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 113 – Battle of the Little Bridge I
It’s time to deal with the last holdouts of the Galgastani monarchy.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 112 – Battle of the Big Bridge IV
We finally take the enemy commander down.
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Neon Genesis Evangelion Ultimate Edition Unboxing
Haven’t done an unboxing in a while – I’ve received my copy of the Neon Genesis Evangelion Ultimate Edition, so let’s take a look at what’s on the inside of the box.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 111 – Battle of the Big Bridge III
We almost catch up with the enemy commander.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 110 – Battle of the Big Bridge II
We continue this sort of circular chase.
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Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Comic Review
A while back, I reviewed the 1978 Space Pirate Captain Harlock anime on the blog. My general verdict was that, after finishing the show, it was an enjoyable work of space opera. Well, almost 40 years after the series originally aired, the story is getting revisited and expanded in the form of a comic by Leiji Matsumoto & French comic writer Jerome Alquire.
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The CRPG Book: Book Review
Bitmap Books is a company that’s been on my radar for a while, but whose books I’d never gotten around to picking up. They had built up a very solid reputation for generally very well-written books about video games, both on the computer and the PC with really solid production values, both in terms of the layout of the books, and the quality of the materials used. The book I’m reviewing today – The CRPG Book – is no such exception.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 109 – Battle of the Big Bridge I
It’s time to attack the last bastion of the Galgastani government.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 108 – The Monsters We Slew II
We finish off this batch of monsters before calling it a session.
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Anime Video Review: Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Well, I’ve reviewed all of the Legend of the Galactic Heroes novels, so now it’s time to review the OVA series.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 107 – The Monsters We Slew I
We have another random encounter on the way to the next story mission.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 106 – Less Sudden But Still Inevitable
We learn Ronwey’s plan for the Black Knights.
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Final Fantasy XV: Video Game Review
Final Fantasy XV is, technically, not the most recent Final Fantasy Game (that would be VII Remake: Part 1) but it is the most recent mainline little in the series. With the next game, XVI, having been announced, I decided now was a good time to focus my attention on beating XV.
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NextGen #22: October 1996
We’re slowly getting caught back up with Nintendo Power with our next issue of NextGen, for October, 1996
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 105 – Return of the Necromancer II
It’s time to take down Nybeth for a second time.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 104 – Return of the Necromancer I
It’s time to have a rematch with Nybeth.
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Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 120
We finally have come to Shadows of the Empire, and the start of 1997.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 103 – Daughter of Darkness
We take down the third Necroprentice.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 102 – Mother
It turns out Nybeth had more Necroprentices.
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The Green Knight: Film Review
The Green Knight is the perfect re-imaging of this particular part of the Arthurian legend. It is dark, but not without hope. It presents honor & chivalry, but not without flexibility. It presents Gawain as, perhaps, the perfect Millennial knight.
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Guardians of the Galaxy (2021): Video Game Review
Square’s last game using the Marvel license, Marvel’s Avengers, was a live-service game that did not fare well. Last year, however, they put out a different video game take on some of Marvel’s characters – The Guardians of the Galaxy – which focuses on the spacefaring team of heroes, and it pulls of the concept much, much better.
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The Anime Appendix N: Fantasy (Part 2)
Now that I’ve gotten the larger scope spectrum of fantasy anime out of the way, it’s time to get into some specifics for three different anime and manga series and what GMs and DMs can take from them.
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Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 101 – Re: Your Brains II
We clear out the zombies, and learn they’re caused by a loose end.
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