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<p>This week I’m reviewing another film in the Criterion Collection – the samurai film “Sword of the Beast”.</p>
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<p>This week I’m recapping the last issue of Nintendo Fun Club News. From here on, we enter the realm of Nintendo Power. It’s just a shame that Fun Club News goes out with a whimper.</p>
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<p>This week it’s time for another book review, as I continue to make my way through <a href="http://www.amazon.com/James-Blish/e/B000APGES2/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&tag=themillenn0b3-20" target="_blank">James Blish</a><img style="border:none!important;margin:0!important;" alt="" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=themillenn0b3-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" />‘s <a href="http://www.amazon.com/g
<p>This week the Nintendo Power Recaps reach issue #6 of Nintendo Fun Club News.</p>
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<p>This week I’m reviewing an urban fantasy mystery novel – Ben Aaronovich’s book “Midnight Riot”, published in the UK as “Rivers of London”.</p>
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<p>Nash’s video about The Cartmel Masterplan can be found here: http://blip.tv/radio-dead-air/doctor-who-classic-the-cartnmel-masterplan-6368641</p>
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<p>At long last we get through the first chapter of the game.</p>
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<p>This time, in Genji: Days of the Blade I start to fight my way through the treasure room complex, which is currently on fire. While trying to retrieve a flammable McGuffin.</p>
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This time, in Genji, we have more backtracking in the game, and a party member who rushes headlong into combat and gets caught in a force field.
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The Genji: Days of the Blade Let’s Play carries on, and we contend with another freaking ward.
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This week I’m taking a look at another Science Fiction novel – John Scalzi’s literary remake of H. Beam Piper’s Little Fuzzy – Fuzzy Nation.
Little Fuzzy can be found on Project Gutenberg here.
John Scalzi’s Blog can be found here.
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This time I’m actually on schedule for the Let’s Play Videos, with part 3 of the Genji: Days of the Blade let’s play. This time we get to meet another improbably dressed young female warrior, but this one is playable!
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The Genji: Days of the Blade Let’s Play continues with part 2, introducing the party’s big bruiser, Benkei.
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Time to try doing a Let’s Play again, this time with the game Genji: Days of the Blade for the PlayStation 3.
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This week I continue taking my look through Nintendo Power with issue 3 of the Fun Club News.
Picks of the week: Metroid, with an alternate of Punch-Out!
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After a short break caused by school work, I have a vlog for the new James Bond film, Skyfall.
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This week I’m taking a look at a Japanese anthology horror film, and part of the Criterion Collection – Kwaidan.
I’m attending Orycon 34!
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<p>This week I’m taking a look at Nintendo Fun Club News issue 2, with thoughts on Legend of Zelda, Pro Wrestling, Slalom and Volleyball.</p>
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This week I’m taking a look at the 1991 Live action adaptation of the popular anime.
Apollo Z Hack and Obscurus Lupa‘s review of this film currently isn’t available online anyway, so I couldn’t have watched it before my review, whether I’d wanted to or not.
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This week I start with the retro video gaming, as I make my way through Nintendo Power, one issue (or so) at a time, starting with the first issue of the Nintendo Fun Club News, and a little background about how Nintendo Power came to be.
Wil Wheaton’s Blog Entry about the tournament
Pick of the Episode: Super Mario Bros.
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This week I’m returning to the world of the cinema, with a review of the John Wayne film “McQ” – a film that gives a glimpse of what Wayne might have been like as Dirty Harry.
Also, I’m going to be at Portland Retro Gaming Expo on Saturday 9/29/2012 & Sunday 9/30/2012. If you see me, say hi! Also, check out the 100th episode of the Dangerous Kids podcast on Saturday.
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This week I’m taking a look at another video game, with the Nazi Face-Punching simulator in The Saboteur.
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After a long absence, I return with a vlog! This past weekend was Kumoricon, and I went. Here are my thoughts on the con, and the schtuff I picked up.
As of this recording, I had not read Oreimo Vol. 1. Once I’ve finished reading it, I’ll put up a text review.
Thunderbird Hotel Fire video courtesy of https://www.youtube.com/KimonoMK
The Most recent episode of the ANNCast I could find with Carl Horn is this one – http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/anncast/2012-02-03
Kumoricon’s web page is https
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