Most of the major studios do spring/fall releases for anime, so summer/winter tend to be a bit sparse. Have found maybe 2 shows worth following this season, after pruning all of the obviously moe-oriented stuff ( Read more... )

Went to dentist. Bought a chicken sandwich at Whole Foods for lunch. Obviously this resulted in philosophy ( Read more... )

Nintendo

-New 1st party releases announced: Super Mario Bros., Super Smash Bros., Donkey Kong, Mario Kart. Other random miscellany about WiiVerse. Where's that SMT/Fire Emblem crossover?

-3rd party(ish) titles of note: Bayonetta 2, Xenoblade sequel.

Microsoft-NextBox $500. Anti-used-games policy and internet connection requirements, though ( Read more... )

Spring 2013 anime ( Read more... )

Movies-Iron Man 3. Not as good as the original, and subject to a couple of instances of weird logic in the end. In particular, if you lived in a world like the Marvel universe where alien invasions and supervillians are everyday occurrences, the ability to be a superhero, regardless of origin, seems to be pretty handy to have. Still, pretty pretty ( Read more... )

Weird dreams are fun. Such as when you're suddenly a Mary Sue trying to escape from bad fanfiction land and promising to destroy the author with their own sparkles and purple prose. Maybe it's all a part of this extremely belated adolescence phase.

I'd worried awhile back when consoles started drifting in the direction of always having an internet connection that it meant that the technical quality of console games would drop since, like PC games, it became possible patch them instead of having to recall the discs. This hasn't yet been an overwhelming issue, but it does come up now and again ( Read more... )

One of the side effects of poking for parody vids on Nico is occasionally turning up interesting articlesI generally avoid forums because they wind up turning into clubs for echoing confirmation bias and bizarre hive mind behavior rather than open venues for intelligent discussion. It's hard to have a discussion about anything if none of the ( Read more... )

Hey, there's enough info to actually do one of these.

Recently Released

-Super Robot Wars UX (3DS). Latest SRW installment, though there are no particularly high-profile new series debuting in this.

-Kingdom Hearts 1.5 ReMIX (PS3). PS3 remaster/remake of the first three games timeline-wise (Kingdom Hearts, Chain of Memories, and 358/2 Days), for ( Read more... )

Haven't posted on this journal in awhile due to a general lack of interesting gaming news (the dual soul-eating juggernaughts of WoW and Skyrim are factors, really), but a couple of pieces of interest have cropped up, surprisingly, on this side of the pond.

Shut Up And Take My Money

First, Kickstarter projects of note:

-Project Eternity, an ( Read more... )