Blog Posts

  • Shadow of the Colossus is Frustrating, But Amazing

    Shadow of the Colossus is Frustrating, But Amazing

    Shadow of the Colossus was a bit of a love-hate experience for me personally, but overall, I quite loved playing through it. Mostly some amazing boss fights, with innovative and great mechanics, and breathtaking setpieces. In terms of complaints though, some of the mechanics frustrated me to no end. Besides the inherent gameplay jank that… Read more

  • My Regretful Reunion with Sonic Rush

    My Regretful Reunion with Sonic Rush

    Sonic Rush was a childhood favorite of mine, one that I hadn’t played since I was maybe 10 years old. In all honesty, it maybe should’ve stayed that way. For years, I had been hailing this as easily being the best Sonic game, with such a focus on pure speed, an engaging enough story, and… Read more

  • 16-Bit Sensation, A Fun Love Letter to Imagination and Early Akihabara

    16-Bit Sensation, A Fun Love Letter to Imagination and Early Akihabara

    Hey, It’s (once again) been a little bit since I’ve gotten something past the initial drafting phase and posted it here. If you’re reading around its posted date, I hope you had a calm and enjoyable start to the year, however you may have spent it. I went back to school at the beginning of… Read more

  • VA-11 Hall-A, a Very Personal Recommendation

    VA-11 Hall-A, a Very Personal Recommendation

    Have you ever played a game, watched a show or movie, read a book or manga series, experienced any sort of fictional media, and at some point following your completion of it, had the realization that this specific piece of media came to you at the perfect time in your life to resonate with you… Read more

  • Land of the Lustrous: What do we Desire?

    Land of the Lustrous: What do we Desire?

    Recently, I finally got around to reading the rest of the manga series Houseki no Kuni, better known over here by its English name, Land of the Lustrous. Some months ago, I had read up to around where the anime adaptation by Studio Orange ended and then got caught up in real-life things, so I… Read more

  • Things I’ve been up to; Blog Revival

    Things I’ve been up to; Blog Revival

    It’s been a while since I’ve used this thing. I apologize to anyone that might’ve been looking forward to that last entry of A Lazy Summer Spent with Anime, but it just was unfortunately lined up with the timings of certain things irl. It feels kinda bad to leave a project like that unfinished, but… Read more