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Month: April 2016

  • Nioh (Alpha Demo)

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    Even though I’m playing Dark Souls III right now, I’m not really that into the series (it kicks my ass so hard), but I was really curious about Nioh, Koei Tecmo’s attempt at a Dark Souls-like game. I dig the feudal Japan setting, and the combat system is interesting and different enough from the DS…

  • The Legend of Korra (Game)

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    As I wrote the other day, I started watching the Legend of Korra series recently, and I’m enjoying it so far (6 episodes in). I remember that when the Korra game came out a while back, although it looked great – and it has Platinum Studios behind it (I love the Bayonetta games to death)…

  • Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: Russia

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    I’ve now played through the first two Assassin’s Creed Chronicles games (China and India), and so I’ve now hit Russia. I’ve only played the first level or two, but so far I’m really digging the black and white and red aesthetic the game has – I’m finding it much more visually appealing than India. With…

  • Dark Souls III

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    I’m back at it, back in that nasty Dark Souls world, trying miserably to get through a game in a series that just keeps kicking my ass. The best experience I’ve had playing a Dark Souls game was the first one, with a friend sitting next to me and guiding me through what I should…

  • Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin

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    My wife is a huge fan of the original Gundam series, and she really wanted to watch this new OVA series (2 episodes are out, with the 3rd one out next month) and so we watched it together, even though I know next to nothing about the series (I keep meaning to watch that original…

  • Game of Thrones (Season 6)

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    Did the season premiere live up to the hype? Well, it was fun to be in that world again, no matter how interesting the episode ended up being. Sure, I would have liked more development in regards to my namesake (is he fucking dead or what), but I don’t know how much we could expect…

  • The Bourne Identity

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    I love the Bourne movies so damn much – well, the original trilogy at least – and so I’m hyped to the max for the Jason Bourne movie this summer (much more than anything else coming out this year, other than Rogue One). After seeing the trailer last week for the new film, it got…

  • Black Road

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    The other new series from Brian Wood is Black Road – the first issue came out this month – and I’m also enjoying it immensely. It feels like a follow-up to Northlanders – the viking setting is similar – but this time in the guises of what appears to be a mystery story. It’s hard…

  • Starve

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    I’ve enjoyed the work of Brian Wood ever since Channel Zero, and have followed him through pretty much his entire career. After the terrific Northlanders and DMZ though, I did find The Massive to be a bit less interesting to me (even though I read all of it, but I skipped the new mini-series that…

  • Joker Game

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    The only anime series I’m watching in this current season is Joker Game (I don’t count AJIN, since that aired in Japan earlier this year), and two episodes in, I’m really enjoying it. It revolves around a governmental spy agency in 1937 Japan, and those first 2 episodes (a story arc told in 2 parts)…