To make a successful virtual idol like Hatsune Miku, you need two things: a good-sounding virtual voice and awesome visuals of your singer to capture people’s imaginations—which is why Vocaloid character designs tend to be so darn cool looking. Below is a collection of the best-looking character designs among the dozens of Vocaloids out there.…
There’s two things I spend a lot of time writing about: JRPGs and anime. Welp, Ray Gigant’s a game big on both. So let’s play it. Update: Stream is finished, check out the full archive (in two parts because twitch is weird) below. PART 1 PART 2 Ray Gigant was released in Japan for the…
The first (excellent) season of My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU was two parts cynical comedy, one part drama. Season two is the exact opposite—and an anime that reminded me so much of my own high school existence, I often felt ill with remembered embarrassment. [This review contains spoilers for both the first and second seasons…
Ever wanted to know what Ace Attorney would be like if ittook place in 1901? Well, if you speak Japanese you can—and it’s awesome. The setting is the unquestionable star of Dai Gyakuten Saiban: Naruhodo Ryunosuke no Boken. The game takes place in Japan, London, and on the high seas at the turn of the…
While the popular anime Charlotte didn’t quite make the cut for our must watch anime of this season, watching it has encouraged me to go back and check out other works by writer Jun Maeda: namely his 2010 hit, Angel Beats Angel Beats is the story of a group of dead teenagers—“living” in a sort…
Hey, everyone remember that rail-shooter with the orgasm-inducing gun? Well, it has a sequel. Let’s play it. Update: The Stream has finished but you can watch it in its entirety below. Part 1 Part 2 Gal Gun: Double Peace was released on August 6, 2015. There are plans for an international release but no date…
For years now, virtual idol Hatsune Miku’s greatest hits have been showcased in the Project Diva music game series. Now however, fellow Vocaloid and rival “IA” has her own game IA/VT -Colorful-. And its music is pretty good in its own right. IA/VT -Colorful- has 60 songs right out of the box—with 5 additional tracks…
After 150 issues spread over 13 years, the grand comic that is Fables has finally come to an end. For those of you not in the know Fables is a comic series written by Bill Willingham that started in 2002 and ended last month. It is the last of the zeitgeist-changing Vertigo comics titles that…
Every season brings us a massive new amount of anime theme songs. Here are ten of the best from summer 2015. Anime: The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Arslan Senki) Song: “One Light” Artist: Kalafina Why I Love It: The ethereal voices of these two three singers and their use of counter-melodies makes this into a…
The new Ace Attorney, Dai Gyakuten Saiban, is full of the over-the-top courtroom drama you know and love. But outside of the courtroom, you have to prepare for the trials—mainly by proving how terrible a detective Sherlock Holmes is. In Dai Gyakuten Saiban you meet and befriend the world famous Sherlock Holmes. Several times throughout…
Dai Gyakuten Saiban, the latest game in the Ace Attorney series is set not in the near future but over 100 years in the past. The game never gives an exact year for its setting—but that doesn’t mean you can’t figure it out using a bit of real-world information. A few weeks back I put…
So, did you ever think that the wildly popular anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya would be better as a by-the-numbers cutesy romance? Then The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan was tailor made for you. The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan takes place in a reality similar to that of the Haruhi feature film The Disappearance of…
When picking up Fire Emblem Fates, I had two choices: the stereotypical “good guy” story in Birthright, or the far darker “good people forced to do bad things” story in Conquest. Even as I slaughtered the would-be Birthright heroes, I was glad with the choice I made. Fire Emblem Fates is three games, not one—though…
Bikini Warriors is an anime about two things: buxom fantasy heroines dressed in nothing but bikini armor, and making fun of some of the most prevalent JRPG clichés. Let’s be clear up front: There is a stupid amount of fanservice in this short-form anime. So that alone may move it off (or onto) your watch…
We’ve seen Naruto as a hero and leader; now, in Boruto: Naruto the Movie we get to see him as a father. As it turns out, he’s pretty bad at it. That doesn’t mean this is a bad movie. Boruto is basically two movies in one film. The first (and by far the better of…
There are three versions of the newest Fire Emblem title: Fire Emblem Fates. Yet, it’s not just the plot that changes between each version, but the gameplay as well. To start, let’s take a look at the differences between Conquest and Birthright—and leave the DLC version of the game, Invisible Kingdom, for later. Of course,…
This year marks the fifth anniversary of Steins;Gate in Japan. As part of the celebration, a free augmented reality game was released for fans visiting the game’s location—otaku mecca Akihabara. So, of course, I decided to head over there and play it. Steins;Gate AR Rally uses the free iPhone/Android app Furatto Annai to direct you…
As I’ve already talked about at length, breeding the characters in your army is a big part of Fire Emblem Fates. But which parents create which children, you may wonder. To answer that, let’s first look at the ground rules of breeding in Fire Emblem Fates. It is the father—not the mother—that determines which child…
While Pokken may be a portmanteau word of “Pokémon” and “Tekken,” the actual game Pokkén Tournament is anything but a mixture of the two. When it comes down to it, Tekken is a complex fighting game filled with numerous combos that tend to result in your juggling your opponent in the air as long as…
Move over Miku. There’s a new virtual idol in town and she’s got a game all her own. So come join me as I play it. Update: The stream is now over. And sadly, as a music game with copyrighted music, twitch has automatically muted most of the stream. However, a chunk of it has…
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