We help a Space Force soldier escape, before we clear out ourselves.
Read moreLet’s Play Zone of the Enders 2 – Mars: Ep 05 – Total Recall Reference
Godzilla vs Kong: Film Review
The Legendary Monsterverse has, unlike the last Western attempt at doing a Godzilla film with the 1996 film, has lead from the get-go with the monster fights. Even Kong: Skull Island had the climax of the film be a fight between Kong and the largest of the Skull Crawlers. So, when the film series made it clear that yes, Kong and Godzilla were taking place in the same universe (both with the involvement of Monarch and Skull Island‘s stinger), it was clear that somewhere down the road – Godzilla and Kong were going to have to rumble. And when the time comes for that brawl, you might as well make the main event the title – Godzilla vs Kong.
Read moreThe African Queen: Film Review
The African Queen is what I would describe as a “Man vs. Nature” film in the guise of a “Man vs. Man” film, particularly done as a very claustrophobic character piece. It’s also, unintentionally, the latest in a theme of reviewing World War I movies.
Read moreLet’s Play Zone of the Enders 2 – Mars: Ep 04 – Deus Ex Mecha
We finally get to meet Col. Nohman face to face, and we end up really getting personal with Jehuty.
Read moreLet’s Play Zone of the Enders 2 – Mars: Ep 03 – Voice from the Past
We encounter an enemy from the first game, in AI Construct form.
Read moreBreaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightfall, Act 5
It’s the moment we’ve all been dreading.
Read moreLet’s Play Zone of the Enders 2 – Mars: Ep 02 – Friend In Need
Dingo comes to rescue his co-workers, before going to draw off BAHRAM.
Read moreLet’s Play Zone of the Enders 2 – Mars: Ep 01 – New Old Rig
We start off ZoE 2, meet Dingo Egret, and re-discover Jahuty.
Read moreFalcon and the Winter Soldier: TV Review
If WandaVision was an experiment within an experiment, Falcon and the Winter Soldier is a much more conventional limited TV series. It’s still very much a MCU work, with the higher budgets that come with a show like this. However, if you were expecting some more standard superheroic action, this is certainly the show for that. That said, this is, when all is said and done, a show in the vein of the Captain America movies, and like Cap’s comics counterpart, while all comics are political to some degree, Captain America comes to the table planning to be overtly political, with things to say, so to really discuss this show, I’m going to have to say upfront, I’m going to have to get into spoilers – starting below the cut.
Read moreWandaVision: TV Review
WandaVision is the first part of Marvel’s new initiative for incorporating TV series into the MCU. Rather than the long ongoing series like Agents of Shield, or more street-level series that are superheroic but smaller in scope than the Netflix series, these are more limited series that are more limited in scope, while also involving some of the actual Avengers. In the case of WandaVision, they’re also starting off with a series that is considerably more experimental in style and far more personal in tone than the main films.
There will be spoilers below the cot.
Read moreLet’s Play Zone of the Enders HD: 16 – Run Away!
We have our last words with the pilot of Neith, before running into Anubis.
Read moreLet’s Play Zone of the Enders HD: 15 – Round 3
We have our final showdown against Neith, after some heavy angst.
Read moreMarvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales – Video Review
This week I’m taking a look at the expansion to Marvel’s Spider-Man (which I previously reviewed).
Read moreLet’s Play Zone of the Enders HD: 14 – Rematch
It’s time to take on Neith once again.
Read moreLet’s Play Zone of the Enders HD: 13 – “…Straight Down This Trench…”
To proceed to the rendezvous point, we first have to do a Trench Run.
Read moreSilent Mobius Vol. 9-12: Manga Review
The last 4 volumes of the Silent Mobius Manga are, in a lot of respects, representative of everything about the manga that works, and everything that really doesn’t. We have some truly spectacular action in these volumes, but also a reiteration of some of the more considerably cringy elements of the series. There will be spoilers for the ending below the cut.
Read moreSK8: The Infinity: Anime Review
Much as how Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl was created by legendary manga writer and artist Naoki Urasawa in advance of the Barcelona Olympics having the first women’s Olympic Judo competition, the 2020 (now 2021) Tokyo Summer Olympics has had several sports anime released for the various new sports for those games. I’ve already discussed the bouldering anime, and we also got a surfing anime which I wasn’t really able to get into – at least not enough that I felt comfortable reviewing it. However, arguably the best of these is has been SK8: The Infinity, which wrapped just last season.
Read moreLet’s Play Zone of the Enders HD: 12 – Fate of Tyrant(s)
We take on the next big boss – Tyrant.
Read moreLet’s Play Zone of the Enders HD: 11 – See the Unseen
To proceed, we need an upgrade that lets us see stealthed enemies.
Read moreBreaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightfall, Act 4
This time Batman takes down Firefly, and the unholy alliance of Joker & Scarecrow.
Read moreLet’s Play Zone of the Enders HD: 10 – Anti-Virus
We get rid of the virus and save the colony’s central axis.
Read moreLet’s Play Zone of the Enders HD: 09 – Malware
We continue to the spaceport, only to be hit by a virus.
Read moreSpider-Man: Miles Morales – Video Game Review
Last year, I played through and reviewed Marvel’s Spider-Man for the PlayStation 4. It was a fun game that played very well, but had some narrative issues – some of which were iffy at the time of the game’s initial release, and had aged even worse by the time George Floyd had been murdered by a police officer. So, we now have a new expansion for the game, focusing on Miles Morales, who had developed his powers at the end of the last game, and centering him in the story. The question is, can it also address some of the main game’s narrative hiccups?
Read moreLog Horizon: The Destruction of the Round Table: Anime Review
It’s been a long time since the last Log Horizon series came out. That series ended with several mysteries still in play, and several new plot hooks set up, like Krusty having been teleported to the Chinese server, and the introduction of Geniuses – more powerful monsters with their own weird, metagame logic sent by whoever on the moon server had brought them to this world in the first place. This season doesn’t resolve those issues particularly, but it does push some plot developments forward in that regard, particularly related to the characters’ plot development.
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