Sep 13, 2021Kind of An Otakon 2021 Report(I am vaccinated and tested negative for COVID both after this convention, and very recently.) If you enjoy this report, I have a ko-fi account for tips that you might be interested in. Every contribution is greatly appreciated and contributes to keeping your guy alive while I seek better employment. …Anime7 min readAnime7 min read
Jun 3, 2021Give Virtua Fighter 5 Real Competitive Netcode: An Open Letter to Sega, Sega-AM2, and Ryu ga Gotoku StudioDear Sega, Sega-AM2, Ryu ga Gotoku Studio, and anybody else whom it may concern: Here is what it’s like to play Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown online right now.Gaming7 min readGaming7 min read
May 12, 2021Justly Forgotten Double-Retro Robot Anime: Z-MindBack when I was a teen and the Internet was less reliable, I used to read Animerica magazine to find out what was going on in Japanese anime, both here and across the ocean in Japan. I specifically recall the very long title at the top of the Japanese sales…Anime6 min readAnime6 min read
Apr 11, 2021Glass Mask and Soap-Grade MelodramaWhen I started on Glass Mask I remarked on Twitter that I was about to begin on a “good old fashioned telenovela”. In American terms, a soap opera. Where do you draw the line between an ordinary melodrama and a soap? As an observer, I have come to conclude…Anime6 min readAnime6 min read
Apr 7, 2021What’s so important about Melty Blood?If you were on games social media recently, you might have noticed that the announcement of Melty Blood: Type-Lumina got a lot of old fighting game players very excited. I was just about jumping out of my seat for joy. But what the hell is Melty Blood? Isn’t that…Video Games5 min readVideo Games5 min read
Mar 18, 2021Astro City Mini review — hardware perfect, software mixedSega Toys, 2020 ($140) Nobody has put quite so much into the recent “mini-console” trend as Sega. Nintendo certainly started the resurgence with its replicas, but the Genesis/Mega Drive Mini went a step further with obsessive attention to hardware detail and a quirky curated list of games that revealed hidden…Gaming10 min readGaming10 min read
Mar 17, 2021Galaxy Angel — Our Invincible Success Story2020 sucked in every way, and I have had nothing but time during the lockdown. I bought a small mountain of Blu-Rays, mostly anime and tokusatsu series, that I haven’t even come close to making a dent in. One thing that was completely out for me was tragic or even…9 min read9 min read
Oct 27, 2020Game Gear Micro review — You might not need this, but I didI’m the kind of Sega lover who buys silly merchandise like polygon-accurate Virtua Fighter action figures and scale model kits of the Astro City arcade cabinet. After all, we love Sega for selling quirky products. Even so, the Game Gear Micro was still a bridge too far for me when…Video Games7 min readVideo Games7 min read
May 20, 2020Also, Games: Reviewing the TurboGrafx 16/PC Engine Mini (3/3)Real Talk 2020: Things are rough for everyone right now. As a remote-working freelancer I’ve already started to lose work, so I’ve been keeping myself busy with personal projects like bringing dead freelance pitches back to life. …Retro Gaming7 min readRetro Gaming7 min read
May 17, 2020I Was A TurboGrafx 16 Kid: The Games (2/3)Part One → Part Two → Part Three Real Talk 2020: Things are rough for everyone right now. As a remote-working freelancer I’ve already started to lose work, so I’ve been keeping myself busy with personal projects like bringing dead freelance pitches back to life. …Gaming6 min readGaming6 min read
