GIRL POWER!
I’ll bottom line it: this game is good. You should play it. Short, spoiler free review.
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Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void – More is Less
Fenix who? (source: Carbot Animations)
I’ve been an ardent Starcraft fan since the beginning, and one of the things that got me into the original Starcraft, before I understood the depth of game and its mechanics, was the story of its Campaign mode. For Starcraft II though… well, now that I’ve played through all three parts of its story, I suppose it’s a good time to share my feelings about it. Spoilers for all 5 Starcraft games follow.
Gate 06 – War is Peace
Foreground: has three kids to feed. Background, far left: was about to quit after this last job to follow his dream of professional croquet.
Episode 06 perhaps encapsulates all of my major concerns about the subtext of GATE.
The Three Episode Rule: Hibike Euphonium
I must reference Sora no Woto at least once a season.
Hibike Euphonium is actually being covered over at Random Curiosity by the good Samu, but since I really shouldn’t dive into my colleagues’ posts and hijack discussion I thought I should write something here.
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The Three Episode Rule: Kantai Collection
‘Say something!’ (source: pixivid 2683511)
The general rule of browsing anime is that you give them one episode to hook you, then three episodes to impress you. If there was something amazing a series was going to do, then three episodes is plenty of time to do it in. And, perhaps knowing this, if an anime is planning a shift in tone, a surprising twist, or an early spike in tension, then episode 03 is when they usually execute it.
The Kantai Collection –KanColle- anime has adhered to this convention, and since I did intro it over on Random Curiosity I thought I should say something more about it.
Spoilers for the KanColle anime and Puella Magi Madoka Magica after the break.
10 Shows from Summer 2014
It’s that time of the season and a bunch of our senior writers over at Random Curiosity have revived the monthly review to give you an overall impression of how the summer (winter over here) has been: definitely go check it out.
As for me, I happened to have some notes for some shows I’m watching this season, so I thought I might as well write it up.
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