My blog!
Hey, I'm Thomas from Austria and this is my blog. Took me years (literally) to finally get going with this, but now I'm ready. My blog will feature anime/manga & tv/movie reviews, showing off my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Manga opinion #1 - Arigatou
Arigatou by Naoki Yamamoto (1994-1995)I think the opening could have benefitted from a little introduction chapter, a "calm before the storm".The ending was disappointing - to be plain, it was bad,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
First impressions #1 - Narutaru (aka "Shadow Star")
Narutaru by Mohiro Kitoh (1998-2003)First impression: (technically I wrote this a month or two before my created my first blog post)Wow. Just wow. Mind blown. I have flown through this manga in 4 days,...
View ArticleInteractive Fiction review #1 - Signos
Signos, by Mauricio Diaz Garcia (aka M4u) (2012)Signos: The Hands of EnlightenmentSignos by Mauricio Diaz Garcia is a middle-length, allegorical quest for enlightenment. On his way to inner peace (and...
View ArticleInteractive Fiction review #2 - ROWR!
ROWR! by Gunther Schmidl (2000)The word "DNAnalyzer" is surprisingly hard to typePointless linear-pathed time travel/dinosaur-based, fourth-wall-breaking game that was written and can be played through...
View ArticleYoutubers I love #1 - Chrontendo
Chrontendo (2007-)Chrontendo is a project by the user with the name Dr. Sparkle which attempts to do a full chronological history of Famicom/NES games. Each episode covers 10 games, with the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime review #1 - Shingeki no Kyojin (aka "Attack on Titan") - Season 1
Shingeki no Kyojin by Hajime Isayama - Season 1 (2013)Chain of command? More like chain of fail!Oh shonen anime, how you fail me again and again. Ever and anon, I dive into this kind of dreck trying to...
View ArticleInteractive Fiction review #3 - Annoyed Undead
Annoyed Undead by Roger Ostrander (1999)Better than Twilight, but still...Annoyed Undead is a nondescript and very short game in which you guide a vampire's escape from hostile territory. This game...
View ArticleInteractive Fiction review #4 - The Thirty-Nine Steps
The Thirty-Nine Steps by Jack Lockerby (1995)Nintendo Hard Spectrum gameThe Thirty-Nine Steps by Jack Lockerby is a mystery/detective-like game based on the same-titled book by John Buchan. I'm not...
View ArticleYoutubers I love #2 - Finngamer
Finngamer (2009-)Finngamer is a Finn (well duh) called Janne, who collects video games and consoles, focussing especially on the Nintendo 64 and limited/collector's editions. What seperates him from...
View ArticleRIP League of Legends :-(
Or rather Rito too dumb to live So, yesterday was the introduction of patch 5.14 of League of Legends. I have suffered through a lot of stupidities on Riot's side, the worst of which certainly were the...
View Article...and RIP (in) Path of Exile too
DEAD tired of the ridiculous damage spikesWell, I've been having some bad gaming experiences lately. First the LoL atrocity, and now that I've died for a second time in Path of Exile's current hardcore...
View ArticleInteractive Fiction review #5 - Episode in the Life of an Artist
Episode in the Life of an Artistby Peter Eastman (2003)Episode in the Life of an Artist details the daily routine of the everyman/simpleton protagonist, from getting up and dressing, to preparing...
View ArticleYoutubers I love #3 - Andrew's Games Display
Andrew's Games Display (2013-)Andrew from Canada is a video game collector who focusses on Nintendo products but has hardware and games all the way back to Pong consoles. Apart from showcasing his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anime review #2 - Serial Experiment Lain
Serial Experiment Lain - directed by Ryutaro Nakamura (1998)The thing that drains you of your life force, one episode at a timeSEL is an experimental anime that disappoints across the board.Even this...
View ArticleInteractive fiction review #6 - The Onion of Destiny
The Onion of Destiny by Jason DyerVery short and plain speed-IFThe Onion of Destiny is a four-turn-minimum game set on the top of the Eiffel Tower. The sole puzzle is quickly figured out and the game...
View ArticleInteractive Fiction review #7 - CERCLA
CERCLA by J. P. Robinson (1993)I swear people make these horrible games on purpose!CERCLA by Jeffrey P. Robinson is yet another example for a game that never should have been made. Your valiant search...
View ArticleInteractive fiction review #8 - The Streets of London
The Streets of London by Allen Webb and Grant Privett (1982)Sorry I don't follow your banter? Sorry I can't beat the authors up!The Streets of London, originally released on the Commodore 64, seems to...
View ArticleWhy I dropped #1 - Shingeki no Kyojin (aka "Attack on Titan") manga DRAFT
Shingeki no Kyojin by Hajime IsayamatitleSo here is an update on my AOT review after reading a part of the manga that exceeds the material covered in the anime´s Season 1. First of all, I liked the...
View ArticleOne Piece manga RANT chapter 1 (part 1)
More like none piece of mind - and by that I mean non cents (PUN well kinda)Part 1 of what hopefully will be an ongoing series and the original idea I wanted to create this blog for in the first place...
View Article