During his search, Shinjiro is asked on a date by Subaru – provided he goes as Peppermint.
Read moreLet’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 47 – Walk on the Wild Side
Nintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 100
We have our 100th episode – and we celebrate with an issue that teases great games to come (but otherwise features some pretty mediocre titles)
Read moreLet’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 46 – Cast a Deadly Spell
Mr. Sunnyside tasks Shinjiro with finding the Masked Swordswoman.
Read moreLet’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 45 – Ill Met By Moonlight
Following a performance at the Little-Lip Theater, Shinjiro finds himself in combat with the Masked Swordswoman.
Read moreMy Hero Academia: Heroes Rising – Anime Review
The latest My Hero Academia movie hit theaters here in the US, and I have my spoiler-free thoughts on the movie in the wake of its release and in advance of any physical release.
Read moreLet’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 44 Turn to Stone
The Boss shifts into his Final Form, forcing Subaru and Shinjiro to take to the skies to beat him once and for all.
Read moreLet’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 43 – Trust & Duty
We get some of the victims to the Ahab before facing off with the villain.
Read moreA Quick Update
I spent the past few days rebuilding my computer – the new computer is now online, and I’ll be able to return to my regular schedule soon.
Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 42 – Cruise Control
Anri and Cherry have been turned to stone, so the New York Combat Review has to turn them back and stop those responsible.
Read moreLet’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 41 – Drag Race
After losing a duel with Subaru, Shinjiro has to prepare for the stage, and with it dressing in drag.
Read moreBreaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Road to Knightfall Act 1, Rise of Robin Issue 2
I’m continuing with the beginnings of Tim Drake’s time of Robin with the follow up in Batman – issues #455 – #457, rounding out 1990.
Read moreLegends of the Dark Knight #20: Comics Recap
Today we’re wrapping up this part of the Road to Knightfall.
Read moreLet’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 40 The Duel
We get our duel with Subaru, and with some save scumming I show a couple of different ways the duel can articulate.
Read moreLegends of the Dark Knight #19: Comics Recap
After getting clean, Batman is on the hunt for the men who got him addicted.
Read moreLet’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 39 – Getting Out Of Her Shell
We try to get Subaru to chill out, while stumbling into traps and, purely by accident, running into the villain (Hi Liam O’Brian!)
Read moreOreimo: Kuroneko: Manga Review
Oreimo is a manga which starts well – high school boy Kyousuke discovers his fashionable (as in fashion model) and popular younger sister Kirino is secretly an otaku who is really into games with moe little sisters and decides to bond with her through her fandom while also covering for her with their parents – and then hits an ending where the brother ends up in an incestuous relationship where he ends up marrying that sister. One of the supporting characters in that work is Kuroneko – one of Kirino’s friends in otakudom, who also has a romantic interest in Kyousuke. Now, Oreimo Kuroneko dares to ask the question – what if instead of boning his sister, Kyousuke decides to court his sister’s classmate who is also into him instead.
Read moreOdin: Starlight Mutiny – Anime Review
Anime, often, cribs from works of western science fiction – particularly films. Star Wars, Star Trek, the Starship Troopers novel, and Lensmen have all been borrowed from or in some cases adapted outright. However, there are some instances where the level of cribbing doesn’t quite pan out, and Odin: Starlight Mutiny is one of those.
Read moreLegends of the Dark Knight #18: Comic Recap
Last time Batman was asked to kill Commissioner Gordon – we’ll see what his response is this time.
Read moreLet’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 38 – This Is Why You Pay Attention To The Meter
The rest of the Revue tries to figure out how to handle the Subaru situation, and my Shin ends up saying something he didn’t intend because I wasn’t paying attention to the meter.
Read moreLegends of the Dark Knight #17: Comics Review
Let’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 37 – Bullets Over Broadway
Subaru and the rest of the New York Combat Revue get in a massive argument.
Read moreLegends of the Dark Knight #16: Comic Recap
After finishing with Robin, we’re moving closer to Knightfall with a storyline from Legends of the Dark Knight.
Read more5 Retro Game Series That Should Be Remastered
We’ve gotten a lot of great retro video game anthologies over the past few years – here are a few titles or collections I’d like to see get released going forward – mainly weighted toward RPGs.
Read moreRobin (1991) #5: Comic Recap
We now come to the end of Robin’s first solo miniseries.
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