May 05, 2012
Earnestly Paving The Road to Hell
Magical girl shows:
Someone has given ENTIRELY too much thought to the concept.
I'd long heard that Puella Magi Madoka Magica was good.
But...
It's a magical girl show
I'm 42.
I'm a dude.
To say I have little interest in the genre is an understatement. It was, therefore, rather far down on my to watch list.
I was particularly afraid that it was going to be a creepy underage cheesecake vehicle.
Oh my!
It's not. It's creepy in an entirely different way! Six episodes in I'm finding this to be an an intelligent, albeit rather disturbing show that raises a lot of questions. Those include hard questions about ethics as well as questions about who the HELL the target audience is.
The character designs and animation are nothing to write home about but the art direction and writing is really inspired. Set in the near future (as envisioned by Corning it would seem) the backgrounds are gorgeous and imaginative. This contrasts jarringly with moments of frightening otherworldlieness that come off as downright Lovecraftian.
The story is excellent thus far and is consistently surprising. This show has quite important things to say....Be advised though, it goes to some very dark places.
I'm hoping against hope that they can keep this up for the last half of the show. At the midway point I'm inclined to recommend it highly.
UPDATE: Wow...
more...
Someone has given ENTIRELY too much thought to the concept.
I'd long heard that Puella Magi Madoka Magica was good.
But...
It's a magical girl show
I'm 42.
I'm a dude.
To say I have little interest in the genre is an understatement. It was, therefore, rather far down on my to watch list.
I was particularly afraid that it was going to be a creepy underage cheesecake vehicle.
Oh my!
It's not. It's creepy in an entirely different way! Six episodes in I'm finding this to be an an intelligent, albeit rather disturbing show that raises a lot of questions. Those include hard questions about ethics as well as questions about who the HELL the target audience is.
The character designs and animation are nothing to write home about but the art direction and writing is really inspired. Set in the near future (as envisioned by Corning it would seem) the backgrounds are gorgeous and imaginative. This contrasts jarringly with moments of frightening otherworldlieness that come off as downright Lovecraftian.
The story is excellent thus far and is consistently surprising. This show has quite important things to say....Be advised though, it goes to some very dark places.
I'm hoping against hope that they can keep this up for the last half of the show. At the midway point I'm inclined to recommend it highly.
UPDATE: Wow...
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April 29, 2012
"Then Lets Take Them Out."
Great googly moogly....
Episode 17 of Bodacious Space Pirates was full of all sorts of surprises...
...and had a thoroughly satisfying story that...
...that...that... ENDED!!1!?
I gotta wait a week? A whole week? GHAAAH!
UPDATE:
more...
Episode 17 of Bodacious Space Pirates was full of all sorts of surprises...
"...and that, children, is a 'Zuka review."
...and had a thoroughly satisfying story that...
...that...that... ENDED!!1!?
I gotta wait a week? A whole week? GHAAAH!
UPDATE:
more...
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April 22, 2012
The Hakuoh Pirates' First Job
This episode of Bodacious Space Pirates was largely humorous with less adventure and more silliness than usual. There was a
serious point though.There are no longer ANY training wheels. Marika is well and truly in
command now. She OWNS this, and although she has a solid XO there is really no
one to fall back on.
Also: I didn't see this coming.
The XO is shocked too! At what, we won't tell.
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Also: I didn't see this coming.
The XO is shocked too! At what, we won't tell.
Bodacious Space Pirates really is an intriguing show. Set in the FAR FAR FAR future, the story of a 16 year old girl, who due to an unlikely set of circumstances,* ends up in charge of an interstellar privateer is obviously a thing of whimsy. However, it is surprisingly down to earth and thoughtful in other ways.
One of the things that has impressed me is that it actually deals with leadership. I mentioned in an earlier post that Marika, the young CO, was initially thrown into a position not unlike that of a green ensign or "90 day wonder". That is, she had considerable skill, but zero experience and found herself in command of a small unit, virtually every member of which has been doing their jobs far longer than her. She had to learn to delegate, take advice and cope with the fact that the buck stops with her. It is upon her decisions that the crew will live or die (or go bankrupt...the privateer is a business after all). This has been handled with far more intelligence and subtly than one has any right to expect from a sci-fi cartoon.
Now they've turned this on its head and Marika is in a situation where SHE is the veteran and has to train, mentor and direct people who, while they are volunteers, have very rudimentary training, and not all of them have gotten their heads around the fact that this is a real job, and not just a lark. Marika and her acting XO handle this quite well. The writing on this is impressive. It's like 12 O'Clock High with zap guns.
This show has a 16 year old female protagonist and it is (very occasionally) set in a high school, and yet it is not a teen angst show, or a show about slacking or raging against an unfair world.
If I had a daughter, I'd want her to watch this.
This show actually has a lot in common with Heinlein's juvies in that it's is aspirational. Marika is a young adult who is dealing with life's challenges as an adult. She does not run from her responsibilities, and while she takes them seriously she does so with good humor.
Quite aside from all that, the premise is pretty clever....
The treaty loophole** that allows the planet to keep highly regulated privateers as naval auxiliaries, combined with the "official" synergy between the insurance companies, the Cruise Lines and the Privateers...is just inspired.
The action is superb, the characters are likeable and 16 episodes in we haven't had a single upskirt shot yet. I'm quite impressed.
UPDATE: Slightly spoilerish explanations for * and ** added below the fold.
One of the things that has impressed me is that it actually deals with leadership. I mentioned in an earlier post that Marika, the young CO, was initially thrown into a position not unlike that of a green ensign or "90 day wonder". That is, she had considerable skill, but zero experience and found herself in command of a small unit, virtually every member of which has been doing their jobs far longer than her. She had to learn to delegate, take advice and cope with the fact that the buck stops with her. It is upon her decisions that the crew will live or die (or go bankrupt...the privateer is a business after all). This has been handled with far more intelligence and subtly than one has any right to expect from a sci-fi cartoon.
Now they've turned this on its head and Marika is in a situation where SHE is the veteran and has to train, mentor and direct people who, while they are volunteers, have very rudimentary training, and not all of them have gotten their heads around the fact that this is a real job, and not just a lark. Marika and her acting XO handle this quite well. The writing on this is impressive. It's like 12 O'Clock High with zap guns.
This show has a 16 year old female protagonist and it is (very occasionally) set in a high school, and yet it is not a teen angst show, or a show about slacking or raging against an unfair world.
If I had a daughter, I'd want her to watch this.
This show actually has a lot in common with Heinlein's juvies in that it's is aspirational. Marika is a young adult who is dealing with life's challenges as an adult. She does not run from her responsibilities, and while she takes them seriously she does so with good humor.
...and humor is an important thing to have when things go all higgly piggly...
The treaty loophole** that allows the planet to keep highly regulated privateers as naval auxiliaries, combined with the "official" synergy between the insurance companies, the Cruise Lines and the Privateers...is just inspired.
The action is superb, the characters are likeable and 16 episodes in we haven't had a single upskirt shot yet. I'm quite impressed.
UPDATE: Slightly spoilerish explanations for * and ** added below the fold.
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April 21, 2012
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san
I'm not really keen on magical girlfriend shows, but when the magical girlfriend is Nyarlathotep I've got to watch at least one.
This was much better than it ought to have been. I ended up watching both of the episodes that have aired as of tonight and I'll add it to my list. The shows premise is that the Lovecraft Mythos is real, but Lovecraft, perhaps because he was a paranoid bigot , got a lot of stuff wrong. The magical girlfriend (seen holding the blasphemous, baleful big-gulp above) is Nyaruko, an alien. Nyarlathotep is actually the name of her race. She claims to be an intergalactic cop who's been in Tokyo trying to disrupt the lucrative hentai smuggling trade (Tentacle pr0n is popular with several mythos races. Who'd've thunk it?), She claims to have then stumbled onto a related slavery operation that involves a plot to kidnap a fellow named Mihiro Yasaka for ghastly and indescribable purposes. With the help of an "unspeakable tire iron" she saves him from several night-gaunts (which Lovecraft was largely right about) and proceeds to inform him that to keep him safe she'll have to move in with him...and he is totally her type.
Cyclopean hijinks ensue.
This show made me laugh out loud. I'm very surprised that they got so many mythos jokes to cross the language barrier. It's a fun show that uses the 'shotgun method' of humor and aims at targets far removed from Lovecraft as well. Despite the implied love dodecahedron in the credits it appears to actually involve a love...umm...line and not be a harem show.
Of course its geometry is less Euclidian in other areas.
Be advised though that It manages to be at once quite clever and bone-crushingly stupid ...which in itself risks some san loss.
An abominable, aberrant, anomalous, appalling, atrocious, and animated alien ahoge!
more...
This was much better than it ought to have been. I ended up watching both of the episodes that have aired as of tonight and I'll add it to my list. The shows premise is that the Lovecraft Mythos is real, but Lovecraft, perhaps because he was a paranoid bigot , got a lot of stuff wrong. The magical girlfriend (seen holding the blasphemous, baleful big-gulp above) is Nyaruko, an alien. Nyarlathotep is actually the name of her race. She claims to be an intergalactic cop who's been in Tokyo trying to disrupt the lucrative hentai smuggling trade (Tentacle pr0n is popular with several mythos races. Who'd've thunk it?), She claims to have then stumbled onto a related slavery operation that involves a plot to kidnap a fellow named Mihiro Yasaka for ghastly and indescribable purposes. With the help of an "unspeakable tire iron" she saves him from several night-gaunts (which Lovecraft was largely right about) and proceeds to inform him that to keep him safe she'll have to move in with him...and he is totally her type.
Cyclopean hijinks ensue.
This show made me laugh out loud. I'm very surprised that they got so many mythos jokes to cross the language barrier. It's a fun show that uses the 'shotgun method' of humor and aims at targets far removed from Lovecraft as well. Despite the implied love dodecahedron in the credits it appears to actually involve a love...umm...line and not be a harem show.
Of course its geometry is less Euclidian in other areas.
Be advised though that It manages to be at once quite clever and bone-crushingly stupid ...which in itself risks some san loss.
An abominable, aberrant, anomalous, appalling, atrocious, and animated alien ahoge!
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April 05, 2012
Trailers!!
The first 10 minutes of Yamato 2199 have been previewed on Japanese TV. This remake of the 1974 series is going to be a series of 7 THEATRICAL releases over the next year or two. Interestingly, aside from the possibility of other specials there won't be a TV release for at least 2 years.
Be sure to hit "CC" for the subtitles! And hit the fullscreen option to enbigulate. It's a good quality clip.
A few quick observations:
There is a new trailer out for Ridley Scott's Prometheus. This looks cool too!
A few quick observations:
There is a new trailer out for Ridley Scott's Prometheus. This looks cool too!
The trailer for The Hobbit also looks VERY good.
I'd missed the Hobbit trailer until I stumbled upon it here. Which reminds me that Gone to Amerikay is out and getting rave reviews in places as diverse as the Wall Street Journal and The Comics Bulletin.
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April 02, 2012
Achievements Unlocked
I've unlocked achievements playing...er...Crunchyroll?
That was just odd.
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April 01, 2012
Midori Kanda and Friends
Sadly, no...There is no Gai Rei series.
There is, however, a particularly awesome group of cosplayers....
Siergen, this one's for you.
Also, I finally figured out how to use fancy Kanji fonts in Paintbrush.
For the sake of posterity the original post is below the fold.
For legal purposes this was all Wonderduck's fault.*
I hope April is good to you all.
*That is my story and I am sticking to it.
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Siergen, this one's for you.
Also, I finally figured out how to use fancy Kanji fonts in Paintbrush.
For the sake of posterity the original post is below the fold.
For legal purposes this was all Wonderduck's fault.*
I hope April is good to you all.
*That is my story and I am sticking to it.
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March 28, 2012
Ozuma
Thus begins Ozuma (Ozma?) a series set in a post apocalyptic future that has generated some buzz because it's a resurrection of a canceled early-80s Leiji Matsumoto project.
Although the beginning narration doesn't sound fun AT ALL, this show is rather more upbeat than its grim premise would suggest.
This show has a decidedly retro feel.. It's not just Matsumoto's distinctive art style, which is evident both in the characters and the very retro-futuristic mechanical designs, the story is a a throwback in a lot of ways with the dystopic 'future in a desert' so prevalent in the 80's.
In other ways the times have caught up to Matsumoto. He has generally had strong women to compliment his male leads and this series is no exception. Despite the grim backdrop, the characters are pretty likable, even admirable. The show has a somewhat whimsical, occasionally upbeat feel to it as well.
OZUMA also has a decent, somewhat catchy, theme song....
...In English.
The OP sounds like...my God it sounds like it was translated from Japanese to English to fit the rhythm...(Like several US dubs in the 80's). I feel I should be watching this on a UHF channel in the late afternoon or at, like, six in the morning.
This is actually kind of brilliant!
Two episodes in, things are proceeding at a very decent pace. The story is actually engaging and seems to have a bit of depth to it. I'm really liking it thus far.
A quick collection of spoilers from episode 1 are below the fold.
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Sometimes The Sun is a
loving mother bringing life to the surface of the earth Sometimes
it is a strict father bringing terrible trials. These trials, which have
occurred many times since the creation of the earth have come once
again. The land is dry, the oceans barren, what little life survives is
on the verge of extinction, clinging to the thin atmosphere that
remains. But some still live on in the dry seas of sand....
Thus begins Ozuma (Ozma?) a series set in a post apocalyptic future that has generated some buzz because it's a resurrection of a canceled early-80s Leiji Matsumoto project. Although the beginning narration doesn't sound fun AT ALL, this show is rather more upbeat than its grim premise would suggest.
This show has a decidedly retro feel.. It's not just Matsumoto's distinctive art style, which is evident both in the characters and the very retro-futuristic mechanical designs, the story is a a throwback in a lot of ways with the dystopic 'future in a desert' so prevalent in the 80's.
In other ways the times have caught up to Matsumoto. He has generally had strong women to compliment his male leads and this series is no exception. Despite the grim backdrop, the characters are pretty likable, even admirable. The show has a somewhat whimsical, occasionally upbeat feel to it as well.
OZUMA also has a decent, somewhat catchy, theme song....
...In English.
The OP sounds like...my God it sounds like it was translated from Japanese to English to fit the rhythm...(Like several US dubs in the 80's). I feel I should be watching this on a UHF channel in the late afternoon or at, like, six in the morning.
This is actually kind of brilliant!
Two episodes in, things are proceeding at a very decent pace. The story is actually engaging and seems to have a bit of depth to it. I'm really liking it thus far.
A quick collection of spoilers from episode 1 are below the fold.
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March 12, 2012
Hopeful Liscencing News.
Sentai has landed Unlimited Blade Works and K-On! season 2. This is hopeful because it indicates that some of the Bandai properties that were abandoned when Bandai USA dissolved may yet come over. ULBW gives some slim hope that there will be a version of Fate Zero available that is not....350 bucks.
Also the fact that they are putting out to have Bang Zoom do dubs for both is a vote of some confidence in there being a future.
Also the fact that they are putting out to have Bang Zoom do dubs for both is a vote of some confidence in there being a future.
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March 10, 2012
Pursue! Beat them to it! Take a piece of the action!
Just a few observations.
It's really nice to see that Kurihara actually enjoys her work... a lot.
It's somewhat reassuring that princesses are not exempt from child labor laws.
Slower than light generation starships ought not to be making hyperspace jumps.
I predict whining about the weather, as nebulae just aren't that thick. However, they established earlier that our heroes would be inspecting proto-stars and getting perilously close to black holes. The "turbulence" is arguably consistent with those.
Having watched the series thus far in 3 sittings it occurs to me that I've caught up...and need to wait a WHOLE WEEK until I can see more. That sucks.
For those than know not of what I speak...you are sad, deprived, pitiable souls and you have my deepest sympathies.
Here's a hint...
Also,
It's really nice to see that Kurihara actually enjoys her work... a lot.
It's somewhat reassuring that princesses are not exempt from child labor laws.
Slower than light generation starships ought not to be making hyperspace jumps.
I predict whining about the weather, as nebulae just aren't that thick. However, they established earlier that our heroes would be inspecting proto-stars and getting perilously close to black holes. The "turbulence" is arguably consistent with those.
Having watched the series thus far in 3 sittings it occurs to me that I've caught up...and need to wait a WHOLE WEEK until I can see more. That sucks.
For those than know not of what I speak...you are sad, deprived, pitiable souls and you have my deepest sympathies.
Here's a hint...
Also,
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February 27, 2012
Fortunately it is a leap year...
....so you have one extra day to order a lot of things from Colleen Doran.
The store is here...scroll down and buy,
You have till March 1st.
The up side of this is that this seems to be due to her career going into overdrive.
Due to a very high work load, we regret to announce that the shop will shut down all art and custom book orders on March 1st. A selection of signed books will remain available.
The store is here...scroll down and buy,
You have till March 1st.
The up side of this is that this seems to be due to her career going into overdrive.
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February 21, 2012
Well This Looks Exciting
People keep telling me to look at this trailer, saying things like...
"Oh my! Yes please!"
"I am SO ready..I've got my Wave Motion Goggles and everything!"
It's in Hi-def so you can embigulate it!
"Oh my! Yes please!"
"It's...Squidtacular!"
"I am SO ready..I've got my Wave Motion Goggles and everything!"
So I figured I ought to at least look at it...
It's in Hi-def so you can embigulate it!
Oh my stars and garters! That looks really..really nice!
Yamato 2199 looks to be a straight-up remake of the 1974 series, and aside from the character designs and a few added female crewmembers, it looks astoundingly faithful. This is obviously a labor of love for Enagio.
Interestingly, although it will be a 26 episode series, it's going to be released in theaters as seven full length features!
I'm very curious as to whether this will be brought over eventually (given the state of the market) and if so if it will be released as SCY or Star Blazers. Star Blazers was actually quite successful and aside from "That Knox thing" was as faithful as 1979 Standards and practices would allow, in some ways improving on the original.
I'd be quite pleasantly surprised if there were to be a Star Blazers revival, but whatever form the US release takes (If it does so at all) I am seriously looking forward to this.
Yamato 2199 looks to be a straight-up remake of the 1974 series, and aside from the character designs and a few added female crewmembers, it looks astoundingly faithful. This is obviously a labor of love for Enagio.
Interestingly, although it will be a 26 episode series, it's going to be released in theaters as seven full length features!
I'm very curious as to whether this will be brought over eventually (given the state of the market) and if so if it will be released as SCY or Star Blazers. Star Blazers was actually quite successful and aside from "That Knox thing" was as faithful as 1979 Standards and practices would allow, in some ways improving on the original.
I'd be quite pleasantly surprised if there were to be a Star Blazers revival, but whatever form the US release takes (If it does so at all) I am seriously looking forward to this.
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February 09, 2012
Anyone in the DC Area From the 15th to the 25th of February
...might be interested in going to the Studio Theater which will be featuring the show Astro Boy and the God of Comics. It tells the fictional story of Astro Boy, and the historical tale of his creator Osamu Tezuka.
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February 07, 2012
Is This a Thing?
.....I mean, a REAL thing?
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February 05, 2012
Romance At the Crossroads of "Awww" and "Ewww"
A few days ago, I received in the mail a parcel from some place called Duckford. It contained about 5 feet of bubble wrap and this....
I've been quite sick lately and for a few days couldn't leave the house so...
umm...
I...
Well, I went ahead and played through all the paths.
I found the game to be quite uneven, but it's rather better than it ought to have been. In some places it was tedious or just aggravating, in other places it was absolutely superb.
More thoughts on this interesting fan work are below the fold, some that are slightly spoilerish, others that are behind spoiler tags.
Konata here approves of the packaging *
..which in turn contained 18 inches of bubble wrap and a flash drive loaded with the Mac version of Katawa Shoujo,... you know...THAT game: The dating-sim/visual novel in which the young ladies of interest posses
various disabilities. Put together by a group of US fans, it is based on
a joke
sketch by a Japanese Doujinshi artist. Despite the cringe worthy subject matter, I have, as mentioned previously, been looking forward to this, albeit with some trepidation. I've been quite sick lately and for a few days couldn't leave the house so...
umm...
I...
Well, I went ahead and played through all the paths.
I found the game to be quite uneven, but it's rather better than it ought to have been. In some places it was tedious or just aggravating, in other places it was absolutely superb.
Art by Wee (Raemz)
More thoughts on this interesting fan work are below the fold, some that are slightly spoilerish, others that are behind spoiler tags.
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January 04, 2012
The Old Grey Lady Issues a Correction
This is an interesting piece on the travails faced by borderline autistics.
This is the associated correction:
Well....I'm glad they cleared THAT up.
This is an interesting piece on the travails faced by borderline autistics.
This is the associated correction:
An article on Monday about Jack Robison and Kirsten Lindsmith, two college students with Asperger syndrome who are navigating the perils of an intimate relationship, misidentified the character from the animated children’s TV show "My Little Pony†that Ms. Lindsmith said she visualized to cheer herself up. It is Twilight Sparkle, the nerdy intellectual, not Fluttershy, the kind animal lover.
Well....I'm glad they cleared THAT up.
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December 24, 2011
Win
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December 18, 2011
Squid Girl Volume 2
Saturday night I went to a friends house and watched the second volume of Media Blasters DVD release of Squid Girl. I'd been impressed
with the first volume and was curious as to whether this show would
maintain its quality or flounder...I felt that the fish puns alone were likely to
wear quite fin.
However, the second set is just as good if not better. Squid girl continues her career as a seaside noodle shop waitress while plotting (occasionally) to conquer the surface world and liberate the seas from pollution. Along the way she has to deal with making friends, creepy fan-girls, art appreciation and bears. The show is a schizoprenic mash-up of a sitcom, Looney Tunes sketch comedy and Mad Magazine, yet it all works surprisingly well. The show drifts between the sentimental and the hilarious. I laughed so hard at one point I nearly pulled a mussel.
One theme of the show really speaks to me. Even if one is stuck in a dead end service job and is stymied by the demands of provincial academics who look down at you, your beliefs and your goals like you are some sort of alien....
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However, the second set is just as good if not better. Squid girl continues her career as a seaside noodle shop waitress while plotting (occasionally) to conquer the surface world and liberate the seas from pollution. Along the way she has to deal with making friends, creepy fan-girls, art appreciation and bears. The show is a schizoprenic mash-up of a sitcom, Looney Tunes sketch comedy and Mad Magazine, yet it all works surprisingly well. The show drifts between the sentimental and the hilarious. I laughed so hard at one point I nearly pulled a mussel.
One theme of the show really speaks to me. Even if one is stuck in a dead end service job and is stymied by the demands of provincial academics who look down at you, your beliefs and your goals like you are some sort of alien....
"Help.Meeeee."
...you can still take what life gives you and make the best of it. I really enjoyed this show and I highly recommend it. Go out, buy it, gift it. As I type this you have six days till Christmas.
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December 17, 2011
Does Looking Forward to This Make me a Bad Person?
Of course not.
Being a bad person makes me look forward to this.
Understanding cause and effect are important.
Being a bad person makes me look forward to this.
Understanding cause and effect are important.
Yes, the full version of Katawa Shoujo, better known as That Atrociously Atrocious Atrocity (with the really cool characterizations) is coming out on January 4th.
Why the cringing you ask? Well, this is a dating-sim visual novel in which all of the young ladies posses various disabilities. Put together by a group of US fans, it is based on a joke sketch by a Japanese Doujinshi artist. Given such dubious subject matter and provenance, the correct response would normally be NO FREAKKING WAI GTFO!
However...
Back in '09 I sent a link to the demo release to our EBP who provided a review here. I played through the abomination myself and was impressed. The demo was quite large and the characters were superbly realized. The demo was not exploitative or insulting in the least. It was actually engaging, thoughtful and even touching. This promises to be a quite entertaining visual novel. I find myself looking forward to it. Still, I feel funny posting this heads up on my blog since I'm pretty sure that...well...there's gonna be talk.
..you know...talk.
Why the cringing you ask? Well, this is a dating-sim visual novel in which all of the young ladies posses various disabilities. Put together by a group of US fans, it is based on a joke sketch by a Japanese Doujinshi artist. Given such dubious subject matter and provenance, the correct response would normally be NO FREAKKING WAI GTFO!
However...
Back in '09 I sent a link to the demo release to our EBP who provided a review here. I played through the abomination myself and was impressed. The demo was quite large and the characters were superbly realized. The demo was not exploitative or insulting in the least. It was actually engaging, thoughtful and even touching. This promises to be a quite entertaining visual novel. I find myself looking forward to it. Still, I feel funny posting this heads up on my blog since I'm pretty sure that...well...there's gonna be talk.
..you know...talk.
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December 01, 2011
Completely Off Topic
Star Turtle Village needs NINJAS!
It's an AWESOME village!
It's got TONS of upgrades, which makes a beginning ninjas life much easier!
And now we are doing a membership drive....hence tacky retro mimeographed FLIERS!
Star Turtle Village needs NINJAS!
It's an AWESOME village!
It's got TONS of upgrades, which makes a beginning ninjas life much easier!
And now we are doing a membership drive....hence tacky retro mimeographed FLIERS!
UPDATE: One of the neat things about this particular time waster is that the stamina limit keeps one from wasting more than about 20 minutes of time a day.
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