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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA–The State of Video Game Reviews

This week, Jared and I are discussing video game reviews and whether they’re really useful in 2022. We talk about review aggregate websites and the negatives that come with those for the industry, how fandoms weaponize reviews, and how they’ve changed throughout the years, including questioning how useful one paragraph reviews actually were back in the day.

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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA–Dairoku: Agents of Sakuratani

Valentine’s Day is coming, and love is in the air! That means it’s time for another otome episode! This week, we chat about Dairoku: Agents of Sakuratani, where you play as a new agent who helps out supernatural beings…and dates them. (And her boss) I talk about the routes, how much I enjoyed the side characters, and how the whole time I just kept wanting to get to the Semi route to see what would make him finally open his eyes.

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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA–The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening & Pokémon Legends: Arceus

This week, we have a few things to chat about. First up, we have the big news about another studio acquisition and reiterate how this is not a good direction for the video game industry. After that, Jared and I talk about The Legend of Zelda Link’s Awakening, and how Nintendo folks must’ve gotten high and watched Twin Peaks before making it. Finally, Jared talks about the new Pokémon Legends: Arceus and the new directions that game takes.

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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA–Jared Played Super Mario 64

This week, Jared and I start the episode by chatting down the news of Microsoft attempting to buy Activision Blizzard and what that will mean for the video game industry as a whole and if it’ll clean up the mess that is Activision Blizzard. After that, Jared finally really played through Super Mario 64 for the first time, and we chat about our (mostly) differing opinions on the game.

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