Tag: review
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Angelic Layer: The Mario Kart Big Leagues Review (Video/Podcast)
OK, here’s the deal, because good lord does this need some heavy explanation: The Setup Shortly after COVID hit big in 2020, some friends began organizing Saturday evening online gaming hangouts. We cycled through a few things early on, but by April we had settled on Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Nintendo Switch because it…
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Review: Vinyl Post, the monthly postcard-sized record delivery service
This never happens. I’m immune to this kind of marketing. Dammit, they got me. While doing the usual message board rounds one day back in September, I stumbled upon an advertisement that spoke to me: it was about vinyl records. Not just regular records, though: postcard records. Having recently thrown myself into the world of…
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Otakon 2011 In Review
My first Otakon was back in 1999. I went for just one day, but for little 17-year-old Mike, it was quite an eye-opening experience. Bootleg CDs were obtained (how was I supposed to know what SonMay was?!), anime was watched (Hiko Seijuro walking on-screen during the Rurouni Kenshin OVA received the loudest applause I’ve ever…
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Bonus Podcast: “Kintoki” Review
AUTHOR’S NOTE: This 2010 post and accompanying podcast episode was sufficient for the time (barely), but really could use a total re-do… and it’ll get one at some point! We actually know how to record and edit things properly, now! In the meantime, you should check out the publicly-accessible page for Kintoki on the Kanzenshuu…
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Two Quick Movie Reviews
Hey, everyone. It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything up over here. As you can probably guess, the move to the new house has put a temporary slowdown on updates across the board for me. I’ve put a couple quick things up over on vgconvos, and I was able to record episode 20 of…
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“The Legend of Zelda” Manga Review
I decided to start up a new category of postings over here on WTF EX. It makes sense to review things on blogs, so that is exactly what I will do! I can’t promise just how often I’ll actually review anything, but since this struck my fancy, I’ll just go for it. As you may…
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Five Re-Recorded Songs
It is always interesting when a band re-records a song. Whether it is for some type of anniversary release, stepping up to a major record label, or some other situation where it is necessary or warranted, fans of the original recording will inevitably have some type of feeling about the new version of the song.…