I take on the last of the Showcase Events in the game, where I race a fighter jet.
Read moreForza And Chill: Ep. 3 – Made Of Jets
Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightquest – The Crusade Part 1
We start AzBat’s run as Batman, after defeating Bane – as we introduce the new incarnation of the Trigger Twins.
Read moreForza And Chill: Ep. 2 – Dude, Where’s My Car?
I go looking for a Barn Find… in the dark.
Read moreForza And Chill: Ep. 1 – Scottish Vacation
While I deal with this little grind-wall in Tactics Ogre, I’m shifting gears with my streams (har har), for some driving in Scotland in Forza Horizon 4.
Read moreWotakoi: Love is Hard For Otaku – Anime Review
Wotakoi is a remarkably chill slice-of-life rom-com anime. It’s just a fairly drama light series, which focuses on two otaku couples who share a workplace, and have mutual friends, just spending time together. It makes for a nice, refreshing bowl of vanilla bean ice cream in anime form.
Read moreNo Time To Die: Film Review
When it was determined that, no really, No Time To Die was going to be Daniel Craig’s last outing as James Bond, we then had the question of just how his Bond was going to go out. Most of the previous Bonds to date ended at the status quo at the end of their last outing – each film having an ending like all the rest of the bond movies. However, Craig’s bond films, however, have generally never quite been like any of the other Bonds. Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace were films setting up the start of Bond’s career, and Skyfall and Spectre were very much about changing up the status quo (changing of the guard for M and the re-introduction of SPECTRE, respectively). So, there was a real question here of whether Craig’s departure would be about continuing the plot thread with a new actor picking up the baton from the last, or doing a mostly fresh-start of the continuity, as was done with Casino Royale.
Read moreFast & Furious: Film Review
Fast & Furious is an attempt to course-correct after Tokyo Drift didn’t do as well as planned, moving the focus from “Street Racing Movie with crime elements” to “Crime movie with street racing elements” and bringing the characters of Dom & Brian back to center stage. Unfortunately, the film does this by cribbing from 2 Fast 2 Furious heavily.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 145 – Underleveled
We take on the one sidequest we have to do now, before we advance the plot, and learn we’re underleveled.
Read moreBook Review: Demon City Shinjuku
I’ve finally read the novel version of Demon City Shinjuku, after having previously reviewed the anime, and have some thoughts comparing the book to the movie.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 144 – Divine Blade
We finally find out why Lanselot Hamilton and company are here.
Read moreMy Dress-Up Darling: Anime Review
I’m a sucker for an anime that has an element of instruction and education to its premise, and as someone who also appreciates cosplay, but who does not cosplay himself, I’m interested in the craft behind it. So going into the Winter 2022 season, I’d already suspected that My Dress-Up Darling would be my jam on that front. What I wasn’t expecting was to get a tremendously sweet love story along the way.
Read moreBoogiepop Phantom: Anime Review
Boogiepop Phantom was an anime that came out in 2000 that very much served as a counterpoint to Serial Experiments Lain in the eyes of American anime fans. Both works are dark psychological suspense works containing conspiracies and supernatural elements. Both works are heavy on suspense, and depict their high school-aged protagonists dealing with a heavy weight of intense personal dread, psychological pressure, and often with that trauma based on the burdens of society and how they play on their peers.
Read moreRasputin: The Mad Monk: Film Review
While Sir Christopher Lee was generally closely associated with Hammer films, his career there was often tied with three main kinds of roles. There was his stint as Frankenstein’s Monster and the Mummy, where in The Mummy’s case you couldn’t tell it was him, and in case of the Monster, the character was not as well spoken as his literary counterpart. There were a variety of genteel, semi-posh aristocrats who were calm and reserved, even if they had their own forms of menace (and I’m including Fu Manchu in this). And then there was Dracula – arguably his most famous role, full of animal magnetism, elegance, and menace, but quite frequently very little dialog to sink Lee’s teeth into (pun intended). Rasputin: The Mad Monk gave Lee a character with all the magnetism of Dracula, but with an incredibly solid script to work with.
Read moreLupin The Third Part 6: Anime Review
Lupin The Third: Part 6 is, unfortunately, a mess. Unlike previous Lupin series, this one neither has a serialized focus (like with Woman Called Fujiko Mine) or a primary episodic focus (like Parts 1 through 3). Instead, the series tries to be a hybrid, sort of like Part 4, but instead of the stand-alone episodes fitting in the overall continuity, they go off on their own directions in ways that are very hit-or-miss. This is all aggravated by splitting the show into two different serialized plots – one per cour.
Read moreYashahime Second Season: Anime Review
Yashahime was a sequel series to Inuyasha that was somewhat unique by the fact that it was a completely anime-original story, with a new generation of characters, that Rumiko Takahashi was not actively involved in. The first season felt somewhat aimless, though, and going in I had concerns that the second season would be similarly directionless. Thankfully, this is not the case.
Read moreVlog: Cyberpunk 2077 Post-Patch Thoughts
The 1.5 patch of Cyberpunk 2077 is out, so I played it some on the PS5 and give some thoughts on how it plays on that system now.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 143 – Tearful Reunion
Denam is reunited with his father, and learns the truth about Catuia.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 142 – Ambush Again II
We take out the enemy commander, cutting the fight short.
Read moreBakemonogatari: Anime Review
Bakemonogatari is my first introduction to Nisioisin and to Shaft as an anime studio. I had tried to watch the show in fansubs when it first came out, as it hadn’t been licensed, and I remember being struck by the visuals of the series and the level of visual style – I could tell that the show was doing something – but I couldn’t tell yet, and I ultimately decided that I’d get around to it once the show had finished. And then I forgot about it entirely until this past year, when I decided it was time to finally get around to watching the damn thing – and I’m glad I finally have.
Read moreSanto & The Treasure of Dracula: Film Review
I have a soft spot for the El Santo movies. They are corny and campy, but universally sincere. No one in the films has any doubt that El Santo has the Doc Savage skill set he demonstrates over the series. There is no question that a professional wrestler can be a detective, an occultist, and a science hero. That said, the films are not without their flaws, and sadly Santo & the Treasure of Dracula is no exception.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 141 – Ambush Again I
We are ambushed on our way to our negotiations.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 140 – New Status Quo
We check out the state of the world in Act 4 before we proceed.
Read moreThe Anime Appendix N: Sidebar 1
For the first Anime Appendix N Sidebar episode, I take a look at what use a “Recommended Works” section provides to an RPG, to GMs, and to Players, and how you can use one to help prepare players for your own game.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 139 – Win The Battle, Lose The War
We get the chapter break, and on the other side we find we’re not in a great spot.
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