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!
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Back 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.
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I recently came to a decision–life is too short to watch bad anime. When every single week, you feel yourself either angry or embarrassed at having watched a show, it’s ultimately time to step away from it. This is what happened with me and Persona 5: The Animation and FLCL: Progressive. I tried to give these shows a fair shake in hopes that they could possibly be better than the original media they stem from. What I learned in the process, though, is that there is a level of bullshit that I cannot take when it comes to anime consumption.
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.
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.
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