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June Gaming Backlog Update

In June, I made some decent progress on my backlog of games. During the month, I completed four games, beat nine, and earned two platinum trophies, in Steins;Gate and Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f. View my Backlog Most Played in June: Steins;Gate (Vita) Love Live! School Idol Project: School Idol Festival (Droid) THE iDOLM@STER 2…

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Anime

Impressions: 響け! ユーフォニアム (Sound! Euphonium)

In my opinion, 響け! ユーフォニアム (Sound! Euphonium) was a triumph. This was a wonderful coming of age story with many beautiful themes that intersected around this band’s journey from a disorganized, low-achieving band in the beginning of the series, to a well-organized, high-achieving, motivated group in the final episode. While the series illustrated the behavior…

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Gaming

Thoughts on E3 Announcements

So far, I’m pretty thrilled about the games that have been announced at E3, including the surprises and rumored titles. After doing a little updating of my Backloggery wishlist, I thought I’d write up a little bit about the most intriguing titles to me. Definite Buys Bravely Second: End Layer (3DS) – I’m including it,…

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Gaming

Steins;Gate El Psy Kongroo Limited Edition Impressions

The PC Release of Steins;Gate by JAST USA/JList was my game of the year in 2014. So I was pumped when I heard that PQube was bringing Steins;Gate to Playstation 3 and Playstation Vita to the West. While the US release has not yet materialized, I pre-ordered the El Psy Kongroo limited edition from Rice…

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Anime Conventions Gaming

Post-Colossalcon Update to Come

Had a great time at Colossalcon. A more substantial write up will follow soon, but for now, just know these two things: The Shonen Knife concert was awesome. And after the show, even though they were probably exhausted, Naoko, Emi, and Atsuko stuck around to do some signing: I rescued these cute Petit Idols from…