Tokyopop: A Farewell
It's been fourteen years since Tokyopop first came into existence. Paving the way for a manga revolution that was destined to storm the US. Sadly, Tokyopop will soon close its doors.
Hourou Musuko Review
Hourou Musuko revolves around a group of middle school kids and how they and those around them deal with situations like cross dressing and gender identity disorder. I admit I wasn't terribly drawn in by the premise of the show at first, but it was a part of the noitaminA time slot I gave it a chance. I'm certainly glad that I did as its easily one of my top three animes from the winter season.
Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? Review
This one is a bit outside of my general genre preference. I tend to overlook most moe/fanservice/harem type animes that filter through each season, but for some reason or another I found myself watching the first episode one day. The premise is Aikawa Ayumu is killed by a serial killer and then revived by the necromancer Eucliwood Hellscythe. Ayumu decides to become her protector so she starts living with him. Shortly thereafter two more girls move in to complete the harem. One of them is a vampire ninja and the other is a self proclaimed genius mahou shoujo.
PAX East Day 1
So it's 2am and I'm really tired and must get geared up for tomorrow, but here are some picture highlights of Day 1 at PAX and I will provide more details at a later time. (Click for larger images)
PAX East 2011
The Geekery will be at PAX East this weekend!
To be precise three of us will be there and we will be covering many things from the new Guild Wars 2 demo to Gamma World and anything else that just seems fancy!
Keep checking in throughout the weekend for more updates.
Dragon Age 2 Initial Impressions
That eagle is looking pretty spiffy up there (Click for larger image)
So yesterday was the release of the much anticipated Dragon Age 2. Let me say first that I enjoyed Dragon Age: Origins a lot so it goes without saying that I have been really excited about the release of the sequal. I was able to get a solid 6 or so hours into the game before sleep overcame me so here are a few quick impressions.
Feature Webcomic: Drive
Dave Kellet’s webcomic Sheldon has been around since 2001 and over the years has won over the hearts of many readers. A couple of years ago on the Sheldon website Dave started posting a page of the sci fi adventure Drive each Saturday. Over time Drive amassed enough strips to warrant the publication of the first volume of the comic. Just recently Drive was moved off of Sheldon to a page all it’s own and so far so good. The story revolves around the human galactic empire preparing to face off in a losing war. They are fighting against a race called "The Continuum of Makers" over some stolen drive technology that The Makers now wants back. The only hope lies in a tiny creature that no one knew existed and his mohawk that lets him pilot ships with the stolen Drive technology with astounding skill. They need to find more of his race to pilot the other ships and gain an edge in this war. Too bad the mysterious creature doesn’t know where they might be. Right now he can’t even remember his own name.
Feature Webcomic: String Theory
Physics is some pretty fancy stuff. Personally, I’m rather fond of it. When I came across a webcomic titled String Theory it naturally followed that I would read it and I’m glad I did. String Theory was created two years ago by Beckey Grundy. The comic isn’t so much about physics in general, but about Dr. Herville Albert Schtein who is particularly good at figuring out physics and works in a research lab. His hair is white from stress and he has biomechanical eyes that are red on black. He’s also a bit of an asshole mostly due to him being somewhat socially inexperienced and carrying a history of being mocked. String Theory follows Schtein as he makes a few bad choices and suffers a whole lot of bad luck.
Feature Webcomic: HERO
Another week has somehow poofed into past memory and it’s time for a new comic. Today I celebrate the return after almost a year long break of HERO by Hwei. Taken from the about page so as to avoid spoilers, “HERO is a story about a perfectly ordinary boy with no memory of the past and no urgency for the future; who one day accepts a most extraordinary offer to travel to distant places and invisible cities.” Of course during this journey the boy discovers much more about the world and himself then he ever expected. HERO takes a quiet and deep look at what it means to be a person and what it means to live.
Feature Webcomic: Minus
Unfortunately due to the ongoing snowpocolypse and that I found myself sick part of last week I missed an update. My apologies. To make up for it I’m going to discuss the wonderful comic Minus. Minus was created by Ryan Armand and ran from 2006 until it’s completion in 2008. After over two years since it’s completion, Minus is finally being collected into a long awaited print edition with added material that was not presented in the comic. In essence the story is about a young girl named Minus who happens to have special powers. Her power isn’t limited in any way. She can do anything that crosses her mind much to the excitement or dismay of the people around her. Minus is a wondrous story about taking all those things you imagined doing as a child and simply making them real.