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Month: January 2015

  • Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate

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    I got my hands on the demo of the upcoming 3DS version of this game, and was really excited to take it out for a spin. On the latest Nintendo Direct there was a mention of how the demo was set to help newbies to the series (like me) get started. It does indeed start…

  • Whiplash

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    There are not many movies that I like more than I did Whiplash. I watched this last night, and wow, I was just completely carried away in the rhythm of the film. Sure, there are aspects that feel so typical of the student-mentor film genre, but it really does go beyond that and in slightly…

  • Goodbye Japan, Hello World

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    So I’m leaving Japan. It’s a simple thing to say, but it still feels pretty crazy to say it. I’ve been living in Tokyo for over 15 years. That’s a pretty giant chunk of my life, and that’s pretty much all of my adult life.  But it’s time to move on. I’ve been feeling the…

  • The Interview

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    After everything that’s happened, it’s just not really that funny a movie. I was really hoping for a laugh riot like This Is the End, but it definitely wasn’t that. Sure, there are some funny bits here and there, but overall it’s pretty disappointing.

  • Bayonetta 2

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    When I finished the first Bayonetta the other day, I did something I’ve never done before: I immediately started playing the sequel, because I couldn’t wait to play more. And as much as I had fun playing through Bayonetta, that first level alone in 2 was enough to let me know that I’m in for…

  • Secret Ponchos

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    This was one of the games offered through PS+ in December (I think you can still download it, until next week’s update), and it was something I was looking forward to trying, if only because of the cool western aesthetics – I’m not much of an arena battler kinda guy. The thing I find the…

  • The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth

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    I’d been looking forward to this coming out on PS4 and Vita – I’d played a bit of it on my laptop a while back – and my first impression was that I couldn’t stand what they did with the aesthetics on the console version. I’ve been told that they were going for some sort…

  • Rainbow Moon

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    This is a neat little JRPG-like game that was released on Vita, and although it was offered up as part of PS+ in October, I had bought it the month before on a sale. I was enjoying it for the few hours I played it, but in the end, the fact that I stopped playing…