After a long hiatus, it’s time to return to the Legends timeline.
Read moreThe Black Fleet Crisis: Before the Storm – Book Review
Let’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 95 – Rescue Mission I
We learn some fellow resistance members are in need of rescue, so we take a detour to save them.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 94 – Blasting Off Again II
We manage to beat this trainer again, though, alas, Arycelle still hates us.
Read moreAurora Rising: Book (Video) Review
Let’s start off 2022 with a book review, this time of my first book by Alastair Reynolds that I’ve read, Aurora Rising (also published as The Prefect)
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 93 – Blasting Off Again I
We start heading for the next town, only to run into one of the late Heirophant’s goons.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep. 92 – Skewed Priorities
We report back in after the last mission and get an odd reaction from the duke.
Read moreSakugan: Anime Review
We have a trio of mecha anime that I watched this past year – the first of which to finish was Sakugan, something of an underdark exploration anime, combined with some Gurren Lagann-esque hot-bloodedness, and a well-done father-daughter dynamic with the leads.
Read moreTakt Op.: Destiny: Anime Review
Takt Op: Destiny – the first part pronounced “Takt Opus” – is the second of the two anime I watched this season based on a mobile game – specifically a mobile game that wasn’t out yet. Unlike Pride of Orange – this was a show where how the ultimate game would work out in practice felt like it was a little more established from the get-go. This still left the question of whether we’d get a solid story out of the bargain.
Read morePride of Orange: Anime Review
The past couple of years have had a wide array of new sports getting represented in anime forms, some of which I’ve reviewed on this blog – like Sk8: The Infinity, Re-Main, and Sport Climbing Girls. Well, this year we had not just the first hockey anime (which is a surprise right there), but it’s also the first girls’ hockey anime (and potentially the first girls’ hockey TV series – full stop), with Pride of Orange.
Read moreHawkeye (Season 1): TV Review
The next installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has wrapped on Television, this time with a solo(-ish) series focused on Clint Barton/Hawkeye, and introducing the character of Kate Bishop/Hawkeye II to the MCU, all set around Christmas in New York City. There will be some discussion of spoilers from Avengers: Endgame and Black Widow, both of which are also spoiled over the course of the show.
Read moreNintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 119
Four titles this issue – two for the N64, two for the SNES.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep 91 – Fission Mailed V
We finally bring down Oz, and avenge Cerya, with another predicament on the horizon.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep 90 – Fission Mailed IV
We continue to duke it out with the Templars & Oz.
Read moreEdens Zero: Anime Review
When I learned that Hiro Mashima’s next project after Fairy Tail was going to be a science fiction series, I was intrigued to see where this was going. When I learned it was going in more of a science-fantasy direction, I wasn’t exactly surprised, considering his track record. However, when I finally watched the first season of the anime adaptation of this project, Edens Zero, on Netflix, I was absolutely surprised by just how dark the show is. There will be some spoilers for the show below the cut, mainly for early episodes.
Read morePrincess Principal: Anime Review
It felt, for a bit, like Steampunk was getting out of vogue. However, with this year’s Video Game Awards, along with a few other places, we started getting hints of Steampunk coming back to the market. However, even before this, there was a sense that much of what was marketed as steampunk was stuff that was less “punk” and more just Victorian-inspired Pulp Sci-Fi, or as the Foglios refer to their webcomic Girl Genius – “Gaslamp Fantasy”. Works that circumvented the social and political ills of the Victorian Period – not necessarily pretending they didn’t exist, but creating worlds where they could have adventures inspired by Wells, Verne, and Haggard, but without the racism, classism, and imperialism. Princess Principal, on the other hand, feels like a Steampunk Ghost in the Shell – a series that engages with the trappings of its setting and does not paint over the cracks and warts, but instead calls attention to them and works with them.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep 89 – Fission Mailed III
Oz talks crap, gets bapped.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep 88 – Fission Mailed II
If we can’t save Cerya, we can – at least – avenge her.
Read more6 of My Favorite Anime from 2021
The year is wrapping up, so it’s time to a year in review video where I give my 6 anime that I recommend from 2021.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep 87 – Fission Mailed I
We fail to save Cerya, as we realize her AI keeps getting her killed.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep 86 – Another Rescue VI
We try again after some grinding, and things seem to be going better…
Read moreNextGen #21 – September 1996
We’re slowly getting closer to catching up with the Nintendo Power Retrospectives, as we come to NextGen’s coverage of the N64 launch.
Read moreWay of the Househusband: Anime Review
Way of the Househusband, like Science Fell In Love So I Tried To Prove It earlier, is a comedy anime based around variations on one theme – the theme being, “What if a super badass retired yakuza was really goddamn good at domestic tasks.”
Read moreThe Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Manga Review
I started going to anime conventions during peak Haruhi-ism. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya anime had first aired – fans were debating in which viewing order was the “right” one to watch it in, conventions had panels about how to do the Hare Hare Yukai, it was a wonderful time. As the years have gone, and in the wake of Endless Eight, and a general lack of Haruhi content, the visibility of the series has kind of faded to the background. However, the novels and the manga were still out there, so I came to the decision that if I wasn’t able to see the whole story animated, I’d read it in manga form and see how it all played out.
Read moreLet’s Play Tactics Ogre PSP: Ep 85 – Another Rescue V
As this chunk of attempts ends in failure, I have to decide if I should press on, or grind off camera before another attempt
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