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Month: March 2016

  • From Up on Poppy Hill

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    Even though I’ve always loved Ghibli films (and for the record, my favorite is still My Neighbor Totoro), I never got around to watching the last few films that came out of the studio, starting with From Up on Poppy Hill, and those that followed. I’m finally rectifying that, and started by watching Poppy Hill…

  • FLCL

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    With the news coming out this past week that two new seasons of FLCL are going to get made, my first reaction was that I felt it wasn’t really something that needed to happen – instead, why not give these people the opportunity to do something new. My other reaction was a desire to re-watch…

  • From Air to Pro

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    The current MacBook Pro really is pretty sweet, and makes for a surprisingly great upgrade from the Air. I won’t go through my entire history of Macs, but until recently, my computer was a MacBook Air, and the two before that were MacBook Pros. Back in the day I felt the need for Pros because…

  • Mark of the Ninja

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    I did want to play this game when it originally came out – especially considering how much I enjoy the games by Klei – but for some reason I didn’t get around to it back then. When I got to playing Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: China, that I quite liked, a friend of mind reminded me…

  • Far Cry Primal

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    When I picked this up, I hadn’t really played a Far Cry game extensively since the second one (I dabbled a bit in Far Cry 3), but I was really attracted to the prehistoric setting, and so was really excited for this to come out. Since I’d been out of Far Cry games for so…

  • The Division

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    When I started playing this game the other night I complained on Twitter that I was finding the first mission much harder than when I played it in the Beta, before the game’s release (which isn’t too surprising, as a lot of games make their demos/betas slightly easier, so as not to frustrate potential customers).…

  • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD

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    It’s been an absolute joy to revisit this game, and it really does look great with its new HD sheen, and like with Wind Waker HD, I enjoy the handiness of having my map and items on the Wii U controller. Sure, there are occasional frustrations – like anytime you ride Epona, with her clunky…

  • The Beginner’s Guide

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    I finally got around to playing this recently, playing it in two sessions at work, during lunch time. Overall, I really did quite enjoy it – it’s a fantastic way to tell a story, enveloping a narrative by letting you experience someone’s work first-hand, and it isn’t something I think I’ve ever experienced in this…

  • The Big Short

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    In the end I found myself enjoying this movie, but it took a while to get into the groove of it. At first, I was really annoyed by the editing style Adam McKay decided to use (lots of old school MTV-style cuts and non sequiturs) – it really felt forced to me, and so it…

  • Billy Bat

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    The serialization of the latest (and penultimate) volume of Billy Bat was recently completed, and boy does it make me look forward to the final volume, which will begin serialization in June. I can definitely say that I’ve enjoyed Billy Bat more than Urasawa’s 20th Century Boys, and even though it sometimes felt like it…