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Reviews! Posted by
Joe
on 12.05. at 14:39
After a eventful few months to say the least I'm back with reviews...This should be the start of several updates over the next few weeks to catch up with my backlog of review copies...
Anime:-
.Hack//Roots - Volume 1
.Hack//Sign - Box 1
Fantastic Children - Volume 6
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny - Volume 5
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny - Volume 6
Yukikaze - Volume 3
Games:-
Super Mario Galaxy
Manga what I have been reading Posted by
Huxley
on 30.03. at 19:54
It's been a while, but I finally got around to writing up a couple of reviews for some manga I've been reading recently. First is Free Collars Kingdom, a comic with an obvious fetish for everything cat girl. Understandable. And second is Othello, Satomi Ikezawa's follow up to the excellent Guru Guru Pon Chan. Sadly, unlike Pon Chan, there's not a hint of potential bestiality in Othello. Maybe Free Collars Kingdom can make up for that? We can only live in hope.
Prince of Reviews Posted by
Huxley
on 24.03. at 20:40
OK Game Gear fans...don't get too giddy, because this update doesn't show much love for Sega's grey chunk of plastic perfection (using 'perfection' in a not exactly literal sense). Instead David has focussed on American manga reviews for the time being, with Prince of Heroes, Pirates vs Ninjas 2, Dramacon and Way of the Rat up for appraisal. Surprisingly upbeat tone to this batch of reviews, too. Not a stinker amongst them.
And the quality doesn't stop there, because David has been playing the PSP's version of God of War. I mean, was there any chance it wasn't going to be awesome? It's almost as if David has been starved of quality for some reason and needed an antidote...hmm. I wonder why?
Not-so-handheld part 2 Posted by
Huxley
on 21.03. at 20:00
Do you like sports games? How about mid-90's sports games on the Sega Game Gear that have nothing to do with Sensible Software or EA? No? Then how about card games on the Sega Game Gear?
Yes, it's time for more Game Gear retrospective as David takes a look at some of the console's sport and card games. Just don't go expecting Pro Evo.
As with last time, all reviews are linked from his original Game Gear article. Enjoy!
Not-so-handheld Posted by
Huxley
on 09.03. at 21:02
David continues his retro stint this week with reviews of several Game Gear games. I'd like to say there are some hidden gems there, yet sadly it's more of a testament to the quality of mid-90's licensed videogames. But stay tuned, because David has a whole bunch more to work his way through, so hopefully there will be at least a couple that show what the Game Gear was capable of.
In the meanwhile you can pick through reviews of The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man and X-O Manowar, Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing, George Foreman's KO Boxing (these two in a head-to-head article), The Incredible Crash Dummies, WWF Wrestle Mania: Steel Cage Challenge and of course Columns. All linked from his previous Game Gear article.
If all that wasn't enough, there's more manga reviews in the shape of Oh My Goddess, Black Cat, Scryed, Galaxy Angel II, Battlestar Galactica, The Courageous Princess, Totally Spies, W.I.T.C.H., Record of Lodoss War and Vampire the Masquerade. And finally there's a review of the self-explanatory RPG Maker 3 for PS2. Enjoy!
Separates the men from the boys Posted by
Huxley
on 24.02. at 20:45
David has been digging up everyone's second favourite underdog, the charming little Sega Game Gear. Well, there's nothing little about it to be honest; particularly not the six AA batteries this thing ate up in a matter of hours. Still, there were some good games available for the system and David is aiming to give it a fair an unbiased obituary. Hmm? It's not dead you say? Yes, David has that covered too! Interesting stuff!
And he's not quite done yet, because there are still reviews of the Oh My Goddess manga, Neotopia and Peach Fuzz to read through. Enjoy!
Homemademech.com crashes & burns Posted by
Huxley
on 08.02. at 15:56
Well...maybe the headline is overstating things a little, but due to an unfortunate mishap with emails going missing I was never notified that the homemademech.com domain had expired. Thankfully I've still got 60 days to register it again, so please bear with us in the meanwhile and excuse any dead links or similar. Also my email will be out of action for the duration, so apologies to anyone trying to contact me.
If you're interested you can read more about this unfortunate turn of events in this thread right here.
UPDATE: ...aaand it's back! Thanks to my registrar, host and Brad for sorting it all out pretty quickly. Won't happen again...honest.
The liger...it's pretty much my favorite animal Posted by
Huxley
on 27.01. at 19:56
David has divided his time between games and manga this week as he reviews the latest Harry Potter game and Manhunt 2 for PSP as well as the Wii strategy game Fire Emblem. There's also reviews for Sonic X, Legion of Super Heroes in the 31st Century, Totally Spies and the BoBoBo-Bo BoBo-Bo manga. And don't forget to have a quick look at the Best of Manga 2007 nominations and vote for your favourites.
Also this week, regular contributor and Qubetube forumite Stephen Lerch has written up a review of the Wings of Honneamise Blu-Ray release. You might (probably don't!) remember my review of the VHS version was one of the very first on this site, so it's nice to see such a quality film get a little more attention, especially in HD. Thanks to Stephen for the review. Enjoy!
It's been a long while Posted by
Huxley
on 23.01. at 18:51
Believe it or not, it's been a long while since we last had an anime review on the site. Despite this being called Anime Boredom. Though I guess maybe that name is well suited after all?
Regardless, anime can be fantastic, and as if to prove exactly that Shabbir (more about the good man himself in the post below) has submitted two reviews of some pretty good examples: Eyeshield 21 and REC. The former Shabbir has already reviewed in manga form, which is handily linked directly from the anime page. Thanks again to Shabbir. More very soon...
And we're not even done yet... Posted by
Huxley
on 20.01. at 19:28
What was that? You really need more 'best of' lists? Oh, go on then...
As promised, courtesy of myself and regular contributor Shabbir, here's our top games of 2007 for PS3 and 360. And we mean 'our' in a quite literal sense because we didn't solicit votes, we didn't select anything by committee...and they're not even in any particular order. Just to be extra annoying. To be honest there's probably nothing contentious in there, but feel to view your thoughts or comments in the forum anyway.
Thanks to Shabbir for contributing the 360 part of the lists. Speaking of which...as you may have noticed, his old Manga View website has been linking through to a new venture called Simple Gamer. It has been gaining momentum for a while now and he's just updated everything and added in a new RSS feed (hmm...might have to get myself one of those), so hop on over any time using the banner to the right.
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