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Kino's Journey Episode 13 Part 2!
Click here for the full episode.Click here for just this part.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Holy shit. I'm SO MAD! Those monsters! They murdered their children! And forced Kino to suffer the knowledge of their fates and the burden they placed on them! God damn.Mind you, I'm pissed in a complimentary way. Great art makes you feel things, and this has me in a way, let me tell you. God, seeing the look on Kino's face as they watched that town die...it was really rough.Something I like about this series is that it presents you with facts,not opinions....
Helluva Boss Episode 1!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WELL THAT WAS FUCKED UP
Amphibia Shorts!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Well! That was a cute set of shorts. I liked that. Very little substances, but fun little peeks into the lives of Anne and the Plantars. My favorite was the video game one--I thought the spritework was very cute, the chiptune rendition of the main theme was great, and I'd definitely play a Scott Pilgrim-esque Amphibia beatemup. After that, my second-favorite was the off-roading short. It was a cool look at the environments of the island they're on, and in particular I'd like to see them do ...
Kino's Journey Episode 13 Part 1!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Well that was a cryptic last line! Did they stop worrying because they decided the other travelers were wrong, or because they've seen something I haven't picked up on? Do people just find themselves wanting to stay and have a hard time rejecting that so they dislike the place? I wonder. I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop and I just hope Lily doesn't get hurt by it.That’s it for today’s liveblog, so tomorrow we’re going to be starting episode 11 of Amphibia! Tune in at noon ES...
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Episode 5 Part 1!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ugh, I'm so mad at Dave. This episode's going to make me cringe a bunch, I can tell. I'm proud of Kipo for fucking with him like that on the fly, though. Well played. The wolves should be an interesting group--I can't wait to see the battle of the nerds! But other than that I don't have a lot to say about the episode thus far.That’s it for today’s liveblog, so tomorrow we’re going to be starting episode 13 of Kino's Journey! Tune in at noon EST for that. You can also tune ...
Amphibia Episode 10!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~That was a fun one. Not too consequential, but Anne (hopefully) learned a good lesson and it was heartwarming to see the Planters support her. Not bad at all. I'm kind of itching for there to be Main Plot, though.That’s it for today’s liveblog, so tomorrow we’re going to be starting episode 5 of Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts! Tune in at noon EST for that. You can also tune in to my Twitch channel today at 1 PM EST where I’ll be playing the Pokemon Scarlet DLC!Thank you all for tuning in,...
Kino's Journey Episode 12 Part 2!
Click here for the full episode.Click here for just this half.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Well! That was messed up! That was awful! Great evils being perpetrated on innocent people, and then those no-longer-innocent people perpetrating smaller evils on more innocent people. I don't like that the victims in this episode started victimizing people themselves; I get that it's a morally "gray" story, but this is on the blacker end of the scale in a very cynical way that I dislike. Plus, it lends justification to Kino's habitual neutrality, w...
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Episode 4 Part 2!
Click here for the full episode.Click here for just this half.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Man, this show is good. I really do prefer shows with an ongoing storyline as opposed to episodic experiences, and this is a good one. The main cast is good, the side characters are neat, the way you get swept along with Kipo is great.I'm wondering just how the cats are going to come to Kipo's aid. Is it a magical tuna can that summons them to her side? Do they just hear it and come running? It'll be interesting to see.Also, I like how Dave, Benson, and Wol...
Amphibia Episode 9!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I liked that one. Actual character development for Anne? A tale of derring-do? A cute snail? This was a good one. I really like that Hoppop is genuinely enthusiastic about Sprig and Anne learning to drive, that was a little unexpected. I wonder how much driving Anne's going to do in future episodes; it'll be cool if this is genuinely a long-term status quo change.That’s it for today’s liveblog, so tomorrow we’re going to be watching the second half of episode 4 of Kipo and the Age of Wond...
Kino's Journey Episode 12 Part 1!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Man, I'm curious as hell about this "war". Is it a yearly skirmish that determines some political aspect of the "truce"? Is it against the other country at all? That live fire training was concerning. What sort of bloodsport are we about to see?We won't be seeing right away, though. That's it for today's liveblog, so tomorrow we're going to be watching episode 9 of Amphibia! Tine in at noon EST for that. You can also tune in to my Twitch channel today at 2 PM EST whe...
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Episode 4 Part 1!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The snakes are pretty cool! I like how many of the mutant races are musical, and I definitely appreciate the rock more than what the cats were playing. Great character designs, too. I wonder, will this just earn Kipo safe passage, or will the party now have a second set of allies?Also, Kipo is obviously a Bard, and Benson is obviously a Rogue, but I'm having trouble pinning Wolf down. Is she just a Fighter, is she a Barbarian based on her background? She fights with...hrm, would you class that as a...
Amphibia Episode 8!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~That was a very fun one. I wasn't expecting a "everyone's scheming against everyone else because one person is lying and everyone else is being dumb" plot to be that enjoyable! It adds a lot to Hoppop's character that he's so into Anne's show, something for them to bond over. I hope it gets referenced in later episodes.And hey, as much as that should have melted the phone down or at least fried its internals, now we have an in-universe reason why Anne's phone will never ...
Kino's Journey Episode 11 Part 2!
Click here for the full episode.Click here for just this half.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Man, that was REALLY interesting at the end there! That was messed up in a really fascinating way. I like that the indomitability of the human spirit was implied, rather than stated outright--no matter what those people did to the wise man and his caretaker, they couldn't eradicate their spirits completely. I like that. It dovetails nicely with my own beliefs.That’s the blog for today! Tune in tomorrow at noon EST for Amphibia episode 8, or you can tune in to my ...
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Episode 3 Part 2!
Click here for the full episode.Click here for just this part.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~That was a very fun one (except for having to watch the cats vomit everywhere). The cats are great and a detailed society, the party is feeling more and more like a cohesive group, the dynamic between everyone is great, Kipo's Power of Friendship is pretty fun. I like this show a lot. And I REALLY like that we're getting an ongoing story as opposed to an episodic one--that's my preferred type of show.That’s the blog for today! Tune in tomorrow at noon EST...
Amphibia Episode 7!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~That was a good one. Domino 2 was really cute, Anne's emotional arc was very well done, and Domino 2 was also a really good monster design. I liked that a lot. And Hoppop loves pets! Who knew! He just completely forgave Anne because he knew what it was like to miss a pet you loved. How nice.That's the blog for today! Tune in tomorrow at noon EST for the continuation of Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts episode 3, or you can tune in to my Twitch channel today at 1 PM EST where I'll be finishi...
Kino's Journey Episode 11 Part 1!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~We’re getting another look at Young Kino! I’ve been hoping we’d get this for a while. It’ll be cool to see how they got to be the way they are now.Kino’s passivity I’m less a fan of. Their policy of just standing by while other people do things good or bad grates a little. I get it, but I don’t think I could live that way.That’ll be all the liveblogging for today! Tune in tomorrow at noon EST for episode 7 or Amphibia, or you can tune in to my Twitch channel today at 1 PM EST where I’...
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Episode 3 Part 1!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The fun worldbuilding continues. The cat lumberjack civilization is pretty neat, and they’re fairly fleshed out already. I like it. I feel bad for them, despite them trying to sell our protagonists to a crime lord or whatever Scarlemagne turns out to be. I’m looking forward to the rest of the episode.That’ll be the blog for today! Tune in tomorrow at noon EST for the start of episode 11 of Kino’s Journey, or you can tune in to my Twitch channel today at 1 PM EST where I’ll be continuing Final...
Amphibia Episode 6!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Holy shit, poor Sprig! He was completely terrified! How traumatic must that have been for him? When he was curled up crying it really hit me that he’s just a little kid. That poor kid. I hope everyone got together after this and hashed it out, because holy shit.Overall a good episode with some good jokes. I liked it, but man, I can’t get over poor sprig at the end. This really made me feel for him.That’ll be the blog for today! Tune in tomorrow at noon EST for the start of episode 3 of Kipo and t...
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Episode 2 Part 2!
Click here for the full episode.Click here for just this half.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I like this show. The characters are great, the voice acting’s great, the art’s great, the story is interesting, the worldbuilding is interesting. I like it. Searching for Kipo’s people is a good plot hook; my biggest question about it is whether this is going to be an episodic story or an ongoing primary narrative. The cliffhanger we just had points to the latter, and I HOPE it’s the latter, but we’ll have to see.Dave and Benson in particular are very fun. I...
Kino's Journey Episode 10 Part 2!
Click here for the full episode.Click here for just this half.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Man, that SUCKS. Those poor robots. So overwhelmed by the prospect of being alone and “pointless” that they couldn’t handle it. And Kino barely reacted! I guess they didn’t really see the robots as people, but god damn, Kino, have a heart.I’m not much for tragedies these days, but this was a pretty good episode. Not my favorite by a long shot, but a good one.That’ll be the blog for today! Tune in tomorrow at noon EST where I’ll be continuing episode 2 of ...
Amphibia Episode 5!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~That was a fun one. I’m kind of sad they didn’t get to make pizza, but the bonding was nice and it was a pretty amusing one. Also, I LOVE Sprig’s creepy fiance and I hope she shows up a bunch.That’s going to be all for today! Tomorrow we’re continuing episode 10 of Kino’s Journey, so tune in at noon EST for that! You can also tune in to my Twitch channel at 1 PM EST today where I’ll be continuing Final Fantasy II!Thank you all for tuning in, and thank you to my 44 blog patrons, who make i...
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Episode 2 Part 1!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Benson and Dave are fun. I enjoy roguish characters that step up to help people when the chips are down, and these two have a fun dynamic. And it’s time to go to the rescue! Character development! This is going to be fun.It’ll be a long swim, though.That’s going to be all for today! Tomorrow we’re starting episode 5 of Amphibia, so tune in at noon EST for that! You can also tune in to my Twitch channel at 1 PM EST today where I’ll be continuing Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward!Thank you al...
Kino's Journey Episode 10 Part 1!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Man, this episode is just full of twists and turns! An old lady pretending to be a robot tending to a family or robots pretending to be human, a city at the bottom of a lake, food waste that should shame anyone in the world. This is an interesting one. I like it.That’s going to be all for today! Tomorrow we’re starting episode 2 of Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts! I’ll see you at noon EST for that, or you can tune in to my Twitch channel today at 1 PM EST where I’ll be continuing Zero Escape: ...
Amphibia Episode 4!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~That was fun. The core humor didn’t overstay its welcome, it had some fun character development for Anne and Sprig, and the lampreys were pretty good horror. I liked it. Remember, kids, communication is important in friendships! If you leave it off and just butt heads forever, it’ll damage your friendships and make you grow apart.That’s going to be the liveblog for today! Tune in tomorrow at noon EST for the start of episode 10 of Kino’s Journey, or you can tune in to my Twitch channel at 1 PM ...
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Episode 1 Part 2!
Click here for the full episode.Click here for just this half.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~What an immediately intriguing show. I’m always a sucker for a cool post-apocalyptic world, the animation is great, the monster design is neat, the characters are fun, it’s got evil frog people, the works. I’m looking forward to more--and I’m REALLY looking forward to learning the details of the apocalypse. How did we get from 2020 normalcy to 22XX monster world? This is going to be very interesting.That’s going to be today’s liveblog--short, I know, I’m ...
Kino's Journey Episode 9 Part 2!
Click here for the full episode.Click here for just this half.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Damn. What an episode. Setting aside the fairly simple surface-level story, this raises a ton of questions--what does it mean to be a part of the story of the world? How in control of our own lives are we? How do we square what we want with what’s good for the people around us?Are we truly free?I like that the book of “everything in the world” was blank canvas, free for anyone to write for themselves. I like that a lot. This was a really cool episode, and while I ...
Amphibia Episode 3!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ARE THEY NOT GOING TO TELL HIM ABOUT THEIR ADVENTURE COME ONThat was a fun episode. Not really a standout or anything, but perfectly serviceable and with some character development for Anne. Good on her for facing the consequences of her actions.That’s going to be it for Amphibia for right now. Tomorrow at noon EST we’re going to be continuing Kino’s Journey, so tune in for that, or you can tune in to my Twitch channel at 1 PM EST today where I’ll be streaming Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Rewar...
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Episode 1 Part 1!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~This is a very fun show so far. Kipo’s likable and amusing, the worldbuilding is great, and I’m very interested in finding out what the hell happened to the world that it ended up like this.That’s going to be it for Kipo for right now--up next is going to be Amphibia episode 3! It’ll be fun to get back to that. You can tune in tomorrow at noon EST for the start of that, or you can come to my Twitch channel in forty minutes where I’ll be continuing 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim! I’ll see you there...
Kino's Journey Episode 9 Part 1!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The patron who picked this show told me before I started this episode that it was their favorite, and I can see why. I’m drawn in. I’ve got strong opinions about books and the freedom to read (as you can probably tell) and this episode is tying into those nicely. It’s also kind of appropriate to do this episode now, considering what’s been happening in America lately.That’ll be the liveblog for today--up next is going to be episode 1 of Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts! I’ve heard that one...
Fooly Cooly Episode 6 Part 2!
Click here for the full episode.Click here for just this half.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~And that’s...Fooly Cooly.What an interesting show. I find myself wishing that it was longer; there’s so much worldbuilding that would’ve been cool to see fleshed out. On the other hand, the brevity and mystery of the show really helps drive home Naota’s perspective--all of this is happening so swiftly in his life and so confusingly on top of that that he gets overwhelmed and latches on to the one constant in all of it.The show is a very interesting metaphor for...
