Having finished with Tim Drake’s path to becoming Robin, it’s time to get into his first solo adventure.
Read moreRobin (1991) #1: Comic Recap
Breaking Down The Knightfall Saga: Road to Knightfall Act 1, Rise of Robin Issue 1
I’m putting Legends of the Force on hold for a bit so I don’t burnout. In the meantime, I’m a starting an (ultimately) shorter limited-run series taking a look at the Knightfall Saga. This time I’m starting off with some of the building blocks, with the start of the introduction of Tim Drake.
Read moreBatman #457: Comic Recap
We’re finishing up the second arc of Tim Drake’s introduction as Robin, where last time we learned our villain is Scarecrow.
Read moreLet’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 32 – …Comes Great Responsibility
In the face of this threat, and receiving new hope – Diana decides to lend her power to the New York Combat Revue.
Read moreBatman #456: Comic Recap
In the last issue of Batman, we saw a series of spree killings unfold in Gotham, with a plot inspired by Larry Cohen’s film God Told Me To, and with a cliffhanger where Vicki Vale was being menaced by a skull-hooded man with a sledgehammer.
Read moreLet’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 31 – Birdless Night
After the incident downtown, Shin goes on patrol, trying to find the root of the problems.
Read moreBatman #455: Comics Recap
We’re continuing with Tim Drake’s rise as Robin, and shifting books from Detective Comics to Batman.
Read moreGenshiken Second Season Vol. 11: Manga Review
When we last left off on Genshiken, we had eliminated about two possible candidates from Madarame’s Harem, as well as establishing a possible romantic interest between Hato and Mirei Yajima. Two candidates in the Harem remain, Sue and Hato.
Read moreLet’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 30 – The Birds
We learn that the enemy plans to put humanity and birds in conflict!
Read moreLet’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 29 – A Night at the Opera
We finish our excursion and proceed to the theater, where Shin and Diana see Hamlet, and I talk some about the play and it’s most famous speech.
Read moreNintendo Power Retrospectives: Part 99
We finish off the Best of the Rest before we start Nintendo Power Year 8.
Read moreLet’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 28 – A Night on the Town
We take Diana on a night on the town.
Read moreLet’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 27 – No, A Lot Extra
After that last little catastrophe, we decide to restore Diana’s will to live.
Read moreNextGen #5 (May 1995): Where I Read
It’s been a month, so it’s a good time for another recap of NextGen Magazine. This time, as mentioned in my last recap, I’m going to be skipping over the review section, as the reviews in NextGen over the past 4 issues have been very brief and not very informative – and have not had any names attached to them so I can’t get a vibe for individual critics taste in games.
Read moreGenshiken Second Season Vol. 10: Manga Review
As we further approach the conclusion of Genshiken and continue Kuchiki’s farewell trip, things around Madarame’s harem start to come further and further to a head, and we start approaching the answer to the question of who will Madarame choose.
Read moreLet’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 26 – A Little Extra
We get to know Diana and discover that she is very intense.
Read moreLet’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 25 – To the Rooftops
Dokurobo tries to make a break for it, only for the New York Combat Revue to catch up with him.
Read moreIT: Book Review
Almost a year after the film adaptation finished, and almost 35 years after the book came out, I have read IT. Time to give my thoughts.
Read moreLet’s Play Sakura Wars So Long My Love: Part 24 – Guns of Wall Street
Once again we take the fight to Dokurobo and his anti-air guns.
Read moreGBP – Curse of the Azure Bonds #4: Liberation of Hap
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: Video Game Review
The first two Marvel Ultimate Alliance games, and their predecessors in the X-Men Legends series, felt like love letters to Marvel Comics. They had a wide variety of characters who you could team up in different ways – with special modifiers based on characters shared history, and a variety of costumes and side missions that played off with that history. With Team Ninja developing MUA3, I had a hope that they would keep with that experience, and combine it with Team Ninja’s background with presenting stylish action. Instead, they just did the bare minimum.
Read moreGenshiken Second Season Vol. 9: Manga Review
Volume 9 of Genshiken Second Season puts us in something of a double focus situation. On the one hand, Kuchiki has completed his senior project and is going to be graduating, so the Genshiken is going on a retreat. On the other hand, all of the members of Madarame’s Harem are coming along, and at their insistence – so is Madarame.
Read moreGBP – Curse of the Azure Bonds #3: Road to Hap
On leaving Tilverton, Curse of the Azure Bonds finally opens up – sort of. We now have a larger world to travel through, but we’re still somewhat limited by what quest flags are available to trigger.
Read moreDetective Comics #621: Comics Recap
This time we wrap up the first of the three main arcs leading to the start of Tim Drake’s tenure as Robin.
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