T w e n t y S i d e d
Adding to the stuff I said yesterday about anime openings, Pixy Misa has this, and then suggests that this song is catchy. I played it through and I’m not inclined to argue. I think it’s catchy like ebola. I won’t say I liked it, but much like Gollum and the One Ring, I may never be rid of my need of it.
The Gameplay is the Story
Some advice to game developers on how to stop ruining good stories with bad cutscenes.
Mass Effect Retrospective
A novel-sized analysis of the Mass Effect series that explains where it all went wrong. Spoiler: It was long before the ending.
Another PC Golden Age?
Is it real? Is PC gaming returning to its former glory? Sort of. It's complicated.
The Terrible New Thing
Fidget spinners are ruining education! We need to... oh, never mind the fad is over. This is not the first time we've had a dumb moral panic.
The Best of 2017
My picks for what was important, awesome, or worth talking about in 2017.
Sooo… I listened to that opening thinking “how catchey could it be”. Now my brain won’t quit bleeding.
Just wait for the twitching and the waking nightmares.
Ah, good. I haven’t had any luck doing video capture from my laser discs, so I couldn’t inflict the thing on you properly. Someone out there must have succeeded. :)
I love the show itself, though. 196 episodes, so there’s a lot of filler, but there’s a lot of story too. (Particularly in the first season, which had two 15-minute stories per episode.)