After Knightfall, we move on to the second act – Knightsquest – which is in turn split into two types: The Search and The Crusade. We kick this off with the start of The Search.
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Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC: Video Game Review
RPGs from Falcom are known for being kinda difficult and/or mechanically complex. Trails in the Sky, while still somewhat mechanically complex, reduces some of that complexity and replaces the heavy difficulty with a deep and engaging story.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 91 – Foreshadowing
While picking up supplies, we run into Walter, who drops some hints as to what’s going on.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 90 – Return to the Labyrinth
We make a very brief jaunt to B7, before heading back to town and wrapping up this session.
Read moreReviewing Works From Problematic Creators: Editorial
In the past I have reviewed several works from creators who are problematic, whether having previously committed sexual assault (David Eddings), or who have said very racist things and have endorsed genocide by a totalitarian dictatorship (Cixin Liu and the Chinese government’s oppression of Uyghurs), so it’s time for me to have something of a discussion of what goes into decisions of what I’m reviewing going forward, and my policies for reviewing works from problematic creators.
Also, for the record, Trans Rights are Human Rights. Black Lives Matter.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 89 – Triumphant Return
We return to town, level up, and get ready to head to B7.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 88 – Rematch
It’s time for the rematch with the Greater Demon!
Read moreJedi: Fallen Order Video Game Review
When I saw footage of Jedi: Fallen Order at the last in-person E3 (note, I was not attending, it was online, but the E3 in question was the last in-person one before Covid-19), I was impressed by the style of the game, using Dark Souls style mechanics with Uncharted traversal, within the Star Wars setting.
Read moreC1 Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan: Adventure Review
It’s been a while since I wrote my last adventure review, as I examined the GDQ adventure series (Giants, Drow/underDark, Queen of the Demonweb Pits). This time I’m taking a look at the first adventure in the Competition Series. C1: The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 87 – The Return Trip
We make our way to the threshold of the fight with the Greater Demon.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 86 – Prep For Rematch
We pick up some supplies for a rematch with the Greater Demon.
Read more6 More Tabletop RPGs for Anime Fans
I’m about due for one of these Anime & RPG recommendation videos, so it’s time for another.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 85 – Wiped
We reach the boss of level B6, and end up running into a monster we’re just not ready for yet.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 84 – Other Side
We get started on the other route on B6.
Read moreManga Review: Maison Ikkoku Vol. 1 (Re-Release)
In what feels like decades since the last release of Maison Ikkoku, Viz is re-releasing the manga, using the 10-volume format that the series received in Japan, instead of the 15-volume release they used for the previous version, and with a new translation. Since I didn’t get particularly far in the manga with the previous release, I figured now is a pretty good time to start over from scratch.
Read moreThe Vampire Lovers: Film Review
Hammer Films has always had some form of sexual content in their movies, generally in the form of various generic barmaids with cleaving-accentuating outfits being menaced by some form of monster (usually Dracula, but occasionally a werewolf or Frankenstein’s monster. However, due to Hammer’s frequent clashes with the BBFC, never with actual nudity. Similarly, while critical discussion of vampire fiction has discussed a degree of homoeroticism, up until the 70s, much of what you got was male actors staring intensely into someone’s eyes before feeding on them – with probably the distinct exception of Lemora: A Child’s Tale of the Supernatural. The Vampire Lovers crosses both of those lines.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 83 – Dead End
We reach a dead-end in the dungeon and warp back to town to plan an alternate route.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 82 – Forfeited Humanity
We discover what has become of Hina’s brother.
Read moreNintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 107
We get a bunch of upcoming N64 titles this issue – not reviews of them, just discussion, as a bunch of them aren’t ready yet. But we’re getting closer to launch.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 81 – Out of the Office
After checking to see that the “Queen” is “safe”, we continue our exploration of B6.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 80 – Something’s Fishy
We take on a new party member for one of the side quests, before rescuing the queen from a Demon.
Read moreThe Devil’s Rain: Film Review
The Devil’s Rain, like Scream and Scream Again, is not a good movie. It is a more competently shot film. However, its story is barely comprehensible and the dialog is painful to listen to, in spite of its solid cast.
Read moreScream and Scream Again: Film Review
Amicus Films greatest strength as a studio has been, in their films I’ve previously reviewed (like Tales from the Crypt and Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors) has been their anthology films. Their films were always fairly low budget, but the short form anthology film format allowed them to get good actors in for short narrative works. Scream and Scream Again shifts things by doing a more ambitious narrative, but one which stumbles out of the gate and is fumbled in its execution.
Read moreLet’s Play Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land: Part 79 – D’oh
We realize that we forgot to pick up the book and return to the dungeon to get it, and then almost wipe again.
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