Welcome to another exciting installment of Spacemon, the tale of a Pokemon TRPG campaign! This is a spinoff of the sci-fi space epic played using the Pokemon Tabletop United (PTU) system, this time GMed by yours truly. You can get caught up on the entire Spacemon saga here! “Fascinating. I’ve never seen anything quite like … Read more
Welcome to part 2 of my series where I played CS:GO so you didn’t have to, on a journey that changed my mindset about gaming in unexpected ways. I left off last time talking about my first matchmaking rank, Silver Elite Master, which, according to my friends, wasn’t a bad place to start. Today I’m … Read more
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms is a film I wish I’d seen in the cinema. Sometimes I am lucky – anime occasionally shows in rare isolated theatrical screenings here in the frozen north of Scotland. I managed to see Mirai, Mary and the Witch’s Flower and My Hero Academia: Two Heroes last year, which (film festivals notwithstanding) may be the most … Read more
Nior revisits Westwood’s final (and greatest) RTS: Red Alert 2!
Now that I’ve progressed past the three Kizumonogatari prequel movies (reviews here, here and here), it’s time for me to finally start my odyssey through the “second season” of Studio Shaft’s and director Akiyuki Shinbou’s anime adaptation of NisiOisin’s Monogatari light novel series. Other AniTAY contributors more “in the know” (though perhaps only further mired in Monogatari-induced perversion than I am) suggested that this … Read more
Over the past several months, I have delved into the world of Counter Strike: Global Offensive so you didn’t have to. I have never been huge on first person shooters. In my mind, Call Of Duty peaked at the first Black Ops, and the whole PC Master Race claptrap was just that- a bunch of … Read more
Welcome to another exciting installment of Spacemon, the tale of a Pokemon TRPG campaign! This is a spinoff of the sci-fi space epic played using the Pokemon Tabletop United (PTU) system, this time GMed by yours truly. You can get caught up on the entire Spacemon saga here! Taraka stared into the fog that filled … Read more
Welcome back to my seasonal Anisong round up, a list of some of my favorite openings, endings, and soundtracks of the season. Previous Roundup: Dark Aether’s Favorite Anisongs of Spring 2019 – The Complete SixTAY Days Edition Summer 2019 saw a large number of new series that made a favorable impression among the community, including … Read more
Nior revisits the dark future of C&C: Tiberian Sun.
Welcome to another exciting installment of Spacemon, the tale of a Pokemon TRPG campaign! This is a spinoff of the sci-fi space epic played using the Pokemon Tabletop United (PTU) system, this time GMed by yours truly. You can get caught up on the entire Spacemon saga here! “Oh, it’s you.” Gaster loosened his grip … Read more