This 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.
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This 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.
Leave a CommentIn a tailor-made episode for the resident musou queen, Jared and I talk about Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition this week. Two of my favorite franchises, The Legend of Zelda and musou, are mashed together for this game. While this is my third time buying it, the utter joy it brings me still exists. We discuss the story, the awesome fan service, what should have been in there, and how ridiculously fun it is to take down thousands of dudes with the mashing of buttons. I also will put it on the record that Groose should have been playable, and I forgot to mention that in the podcast.
Leave a CommentThis week, Jared and I talk about two relatively recent games that have been quite controversial. Jared talks about Mass Effect: Andromeda, where he discusses the development cycle, whether it deserves all the flack it gets, and his thoughts as a fan of the series. I discuss Final Fantasy XV, which we’ve talked about a lot on the pod up to this point but had yet to actually play. I discuss the story, the issues I had, and whether or not it deserves the criticism Jared and I have directed towards it for a good while.
Leave a CommentYet again, I have convinced Jared to tackle another Zelda game. This time, we played Majora’s Mask. We talk about what’s good, what’s bad, how it compares to Ocarina, why it’s so controversial, and how Jared and I absolutely despise the Zelda timeline.
Leave a CommentIn a very on-brand podcast this week, Jared and I tackle two games very different games that serve up healthy amounts of wackiness and emotion. First, I discuss the most recent otome I have played, Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly. (Say that three times fast!) I discuss the characters, the interesting flow chart mechanic, my favorite of the guys, unexpected sadness, and how completely bonkers the story gets at times. Jared then takes over to finish talking about Yakuza 6. Jared first talked about Yakuza a bit ago, but now that he has completed the game, he talks about the rest of the story beats, playing baseball, how many people he beat up, and also a massive amount of sadness.
Spoilers for both games!
And please enjoy the art that is Jared’s cover art this week.
This week, Jared and I took a different approach to the OVA. Since I defended (and passed!) my dissertation defense this week, we decided to talk in depth about the early years of the video game industry in the United States. We discuss the very first video games, the formation and culture of Atari, women and video games in the 1980s, the video game crash, and Nintendo’s resurrection of the industry, as well as some parallels of the early industry into today. If you want a crash course on the early history of the US video game industry, look no further!
Leave a CommentHonestly, I wish I had counted how many times this series has made me cry. I know that it is a lot. I love the story, and I have since tried to locate any and all supplementary media for it. The three-volume manga run just ended in the US around a week ago, and so Jared and I decided to discuss it. We previously talked about the movie Your Name, so we don’t really dive into a detailed description of the story. Instead, we talk about what’s new, what’s different, how the manga handles certain important scenes, and how the story translates into a completely different format.
Leave a CommentOn April Fools, Toonami showed a preview of the new FLCL, and I learned that Jared had never seen the original FLCL. I previously watched it in the early 2000s, and so after a rewatch on my part and an initial watch by Jared, we decided to chat about it. Is it a product of its time? Does it hold up after 18 years? Does nostalgia have any factor into the quality? We also talk about Richard Cheese and Crystal Pepsi, because if you had any doubts of when this was dubbed, you’ll know by those references. Also, LISTEN TO THE PILLOWS.
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