We find one of the controls we need to activate the elevator.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 20 – The Switch
Playing at the World: Book Review
This week I’m covering a non-fiction book on the history of Dungeons & Dragons, and the various influences that fueled it.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 19 – Lift
We explore further and find the elevator.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 18 – Bloodied
We get down to B2, and a party member goes down for the first time.
Read moreMy Hero Academia Season 4: Anime Review
The gravity of pro hero work has always been kind of been in the background throughout the past few seasons of My Hero Academia. However, Season 4 of the show puts the situation the members of Class 1-A are going to be getting into once they graduate into much sharper relief.
Read moreSpace Battleship Yamato 2199: Anime Review
After completing Super Robot Wars V a year or so ago, I decided I wanted to watch some of the anime series from that show, particularly before moving on to X (along with wanting to watch a couple of the shows from X as well to set up the story for comparison). That, combined with the fact that I’d been watching various anime series on weekends with my parents, and that my mother had watched the original first season of Space Battleship Yamato while growing up in Hawaii, lead me to bump the reboot of that series up on my list.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 17 – Brains!~
We have our first battle with the undead.
Read moreBatman #497 Recap
It’s has very much all come down to this – Batman vs. Bane.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry Tale of the Forgotten Land: Part 16 – Shortcut
We finally get the locked door in the opening area unlocked.
Read moreBreaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Knightfall Prelude Act 1 – Vengeance of Bane
Knightfall’s prelude begins with the Secret Origins of its antagonist – Bane.
Read moreDetective Comics #663 Recap
The Mayor has been rescued, but Batman and Krol have to escape a watery grave.
Read moreBatman #496 Recap
The Joker and Scarecrow are still in play, and they still have the mayor as their hostage.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 15 – Dance With The Reaper
The party has our first encounter with a Reaper.
Read moreDetective Comics #662 Recap
The Riddler has yet to be solved, and Firefly is still running hot.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 14 – Big Level Up
We turn in our quests and get enough XP to level up most of the party.
Read moreDoctor Who: Cat’s Cradle – Time’s Crucible Book Review
Virgin Books’ Doctor Who: New Adventures series was, back in the day, meant to provide fans of Doctor Who the thing they wanted after the show was put on indefinite hiatus after the serial Survival. Time’s Crucible is the 6th book in the series, part of a pair of thematically linked stories under the heading of “Cat’s Cradle”.
Read moreSakura Wars: So Long My Love Video Game Review
The Sakura Wars franchise is one which US audiences have, for most of the series run, been generally inaccessible for English speaking players. Yeah, we’ve had the anime adaptations of some of the games as TV shows, OVAs, and occasionally movies, but that’s pretty much been it. Finally, in 2001, the US received its first Sakura Wars game, Sakura Wars: So Long My Love, which was the first new game in the series on the PS2, and which also introduced a new group of characters working out of New York City.
Read moreBatman #495 Recap
We continue with Bruce Wayne’s obligations creeping up on him as well.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry Tale of the Forgotten Land: Part 13 – Don’t Cross the Boss
We learn something about the Royal Guard, before collecting some quest materials.
Read moreDetective Comics #661 Recap
As Joker and Scarecrow torment the Mayor, Gotham burns!
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 12 – Bend the Knee
We have our first encounter with the Queen, after passing a test to prove (we’re high enough level) our worthiness.
Read moreBatman #494 Recap
The Joker hasn’t made their presence known in Knightfall yet. Time to fix that.
Read moreVlog: Mt Saint Helens Eruption 40th Anniversary
40 years ago this year, Mt. Saint Helens erupted, and I give my thoughts on the eruption from my perspective – as growing up with the aftermath.
Read moreDetective Comics #660 Recap
Knightfall continues with a rematch.
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