Every so often, along comes a game that captures our attention and lead us down a rabbit hole of unexpected wonder. The last time we felt that way was after finding Eternal Poison (Poison Pink in its original Japanese release), a punishingly hard turn-based strategy RPG with many interlocked replayable stories, each told from a different character' ( Read more... )

Dorian, our cat with the telescopic neck and an uncanny ability to manifest over our shoulders when fish is on the plate, has recently developed an untenable habit of zipping in when Sif pauses mid-meal, and running off with as much of her meal as he can stuff in his cheek pouches. His other mutant ability, as it turns out, is food inhalation. You ( Read more... )

I predict that Darker than Black is going to be one of the "cool" shows this season -- the series clearly has high production values, an illustrious director, a Yoko Kanno soundtrack, pretty attractive characters, light but nice action and not bad OP/EDs either. Apparently, it's going all over the place in Japan. There is no doubt in my mind this ( Read more... )

I'd originally wanted to wait until I finished the whole series before I said something, but after the first two episodes, I had to talk about this title -- it's one of those shows that's just going to compel me to.

( Venjuuuuuuuuns. Bluud. Cute Girls. What Purgatory Should Be. )

( Where the Hamp discusses TVB period dramas, expert poisonings and a high proliferation of pretty men in shows where its all about the costumes. )

So, one of my pet fascinations lately has been this animated series about a team of multi-denominational ghost hunters that seems slightly billed in the wrong genre. Ghost Hunt comes in a season peppered with ghost-busting shows. While it doesn't break the mold as an investigative show, it is a very well done show, and has a real added benefit of ( Read more... )

( Swords, Ninjas, the Like. )

Feel So Bad are a combination of great people who on first listen sound like their music was run through a blender. They aren't an easy listen by any means, but they're not difficult to get into. Their sound of choice is hard, unforgiving, often very messed up rock. Masato "Pon" Yamaguchi, drummer on-board, has a driven, relentless style that will ( Read more... )

( A whole bunch of disparate thoughts on an old subject. )

I do not understand high school romance anime. It seems to require some sort of extra genetic material I just don't have. My brain refuses to compute it. *This was supposed to be a mecha show. I swear, looking at the promo shots, this was supposed to be a mecha show. And there are cool mecha in this show, in tiny pieces of airtime. I'll start with ( Read more... )