Recently, Jared and I looked through the sale co-op games on PS store, and we landed on a game that I’ve been meaning to finish. I’m a huge fan of Resident Evil, and Resident Evil 6 seemed like a fun ride, given that it combined so many series regulars into one interwoven narrative. Plus, co-op! This week, we discuss the story, how Jared could have mistaken this for a Metal Gear game, how much we both yelled at Leon S. Kennedy, and how the real best character of the entire series made his debut in this game.
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CONTENT WARNING: Lots of talk about suicide in this episode.
Recently, I watched then 2016 anime Orange, which involves time-travel, a cute love story, and a lot of angst and tragedy. Jared previously watched and reviewed it for the mainline podcast. We decided to go episode-by-episode and talk about the story, the heart-wrenching moments, the issues with the animation, how it treats mental illnesses and serious topics, and what we think about the series as a whole.
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I never got into Dragon Ball Z as a kid, and I didn’t ever understand the hype. With weird schedule changes on Toonami lately before JoJo, I kept catching pieces of Dragon Ball Z Kai and Dragon Ball Super, and I was mega confused by what the heck was going on. So in this episode, Jared attempts to teach me about Dragon Ball Z through the Cell Saga, while I attempt to guess what happens next. It’s a different format episode than normal, but it’s a really wild ride.
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For this week, we decided to do a mini-grab bag, so we talk about BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle and the most recent otome in the Summer of Mystery–Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk. First up, we talk about BlazBlue (which has no consistent pronunciation) and how fun the story is, how nice it is to see the P4 crew hanging out again, and how neither of us knew a dang thing about Under Night In Birth, but now we’re interested in those characters and story. Next up, we talked about Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk, which really plays more as a straight-up visual novel than an otome. As always, I walk everybody through the wild story, as well as each route and ending (with one flub because I didn’t care about the dude.) You can also check out our twitter for my updated list of otome rankings!
Leave a CommentBack in the day, Jared and I did a 2-part retrospective episode of the Persona series, but this week, we decided to focus solely on my favorite Persona game–Persona 3– after our recent play through of FES. In this episode, we talk about what worked and what really didn’t in the different iterations of the game, the story, why some controversial characters deserve more love, how FeMC route in P3P fleshed out a lot more of the characterizations, what we’re missing in recent Personas and what we’re glad is gone, and why I was initially drawn to the game and have loved it (and Akihiko Sanada) ever since.
Leave a CommentThis week, Jared and I decided to talk about the recently completed anime adaptation of The Caligula Effect–Caligula. We talk about our extremely brief experiences with the Vita release of the game and the pedigree behind the writing, and then we hop right into the anime and how our opinions have changed. We also talk about how the adaptation of Caligula differs from most game adaptation anime (in a good way), the fantastic music, and how I’ve learned something about myself when it comes to dudes and swan boats.
Leave a CommentThis week is WILD. First, Jared and I talk about the Splatoon 2 and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 DLC that launched during E3. We give our overall thoughts on the DLC, how it plays, what it adds, and if it’s worth it. Finally, we take our otome train down a path everybirdie has been waiting for (I’m 10000% positive on this.) We played through Hatoful Boyfriend and its holiday pack, so we talk about how this otome parody nails otome, which was Jared’s best boy bird, and the wackiness that is this amazing game. Plus, Jared on-the-spot had me update my otome rankings.
Leave a CommentThis week, we breakdown all the press conferences from this year’s E3! We discuss all the main video games shown from EA on Saturday to Nintendo on Tuesday, as well as our reactions to the overall show. We also talk about which games we’re looking forward to most and how this was a weird year of E3.
Leave a CommentThis is a wild and crazy otome week on the SAC OVA! Jared and I kicked things off by talking about the surprise release of the Code Realize OVA, which follows Lupin, Sholmes, and the gang in a unique post-game story. After that, I get to talk about 7’Scarlet, the newest otome game in the Summer of Mystery. I talk about the individual guys, the overall story, and how much I love my newest anime boyfriend. (Spoilers, obviously, in this section) Finally, Jared and I make some E3 predictions, so we can see how right or wrong we are over the next few days!
Leave a CommentIn the past, Jared and I talked about the Persona games and spinoffs in a two part retrospective episode. This week, to celebrate the Japanese release of Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night and Persona 5: Dancing Star Night, we decided to talk about these games as well as Persona 4: Dancing All Night in depth. Jared tells us the differences and similarities in the new games to DAN, how the new comm mode works and if it compares to a story mode, and we both get mad at a particular dance in Dancing Star Night that perpetuates our issues with Persona 5. We also talk about how surprisingly great that Dancing All Night story was and the tragedy of no FeMC or playable Koromaru in Dancing Moon Night.
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