Spiritpact, like many Haoliners Animation League anime productions before it, has some of the foundations of a show that could be interesting, but skips the important parts that would make its viewers care.
Author Archives: Kevin Pennyfeather
Winter 2017 Anime Preview: Demi-chan wa Kataritai
Demi-chan wa Kataritai (Interviews With Monster Girls) strikes an excellent balance between portraying normalcy with its snappy dialogue and letting the unique aspects of its world shine.
Winter 2017 Anime Preview: Seiren
Seiren strikes a debut so bland that it’s almost offensive. Unassuming characters in overdone situations bog the slice of life episode down, and everything else on screen does little to redeem it.
Winter 2017 Anime Preview: Masamune-kun’s Revenge
With an adversarial approach to its leads, Masamune-kun’s Revenge looks to cook enough original meat on sturdy production bones to entertain romcom anime fans this Winter, and with a strong premiere, it seems likely to succeed.
Gjallarhorn left behind in Destiny: The Taken King? Maybe not
Hey, I know I haven’t posted here in nearly a year, but long story put reductively short, I was busy putting about 2300 hours into Bungie’s Destiny, so I’ve got two cents to toss around.
In Bungie’s Thursday Weekly Update, it answered some FAQs from the community in regards to its Year Two Live Stream from earlier in the week leading up to Destiny: The Taken King.
One thing that dismayed many Destiny fans was the answer to whether or not the infamous Gjallarhorn exotic rocket launcher would be upgraded in power similar to some of the other exotic weapons in the game like the Suros Regime auto rifle that was detailed during the reveal stream. That answer was no.
Did you redesign Gjallarhorn?
- Gjallarhorn will remain a Year One Exotic at Year One levels
But don’t worry, using some simple math and the information Bungie revealed this week, I’ll explain why this may not be as big a deal as some people believe.
PAX Prime 2014: Destructamundo’s calculated planetary obliteration
Granted three warheads of distinct, radial destructive capability, your goal in Minivision’s Destructamundo is to raze clusters of planets to their core using explosive chain reactions.
PAX Prime 2014: Crushing arcade aliens in Woah Dave!
On the floor of the Indie Mega Booth at PAX Prime this year, MiniVisions had two physical arcade cabinets rigged to run Woah Dave!. They didn’t ask me to plug in quarters to extend my play session, but damn, they certainly asked for some arcade know-how.
NHL 15 rumours and gameplay videos already have me worried
Even if GM Connected and EA Sports Hockey League (EASHL) weren’t rumoured to be absent from NHL 15, I’d still be concerned.
Summer 2014 anime preview: Tokyo ESP
Tokyo ESP drops rights into the late stages of a tense plot with terrorist espers rebelling against the Japanese government, and its unorthodox introduction works in its favour to set up what should be an interesting cour of anime.
Summer 2014 anime preview: Rokujyouma no Shinryakusha!?
Satomi Koutaro has a terribly supernatural freeloader problem threatening his new peaceful bargain of an apartment, but despite the spirits and aliens haunting him, Rokujyouma no Shinryakusha!? comes across rather mundane.
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