January 30, 2010

I revised old reviews a bit more. I added a paragraph on exploration to the Breath of Fire 2 review and fixed some spelling errors and word choices in my Drawn to Life review. However, most notably I rewrote more than half of my Legendary Starfy review and am now actually quite happy with it! Go, read it! It's much different than I had it before. :)

January 19, 2010

Wow, happy New Year! It's been quite a year! Well, I do have some business to report:

First of all I went through some of my old reviews and revised some things.
-For my Spyro review, I added another half of a star. That review could probably use some revising. Not surprising, as it WAS my first review.
-For my Breath of Fire 2 review, I revised it a bit. Somehow, I originally failed to mention two of the game's most glaring flaws, the high encounter rate and the bad translation. I added notes on those and also got rid of a few parts of the review I didn't like.
- Legendary Starfy got some fleshing out with some extra paragraphs and other revisions. I tried to give a better idea of how the game actually plays, which is something I feel I need to do a better job of in my reviews.

I certainly have a long way to go as a reviewer. With 9 reviews so far, I still feel that the best, by far, is my ICO review. Some of the others aren't very good, I realise. I would delete the Kirby's Dreamland review out-right if it weren't for the screenshots. But I do feel that I'm improving, and I have more reviews planned for the future.

With the new year upon us, I also have some other ideas for non-review site content, but we'll have to wait and see how that pans out.

Also, I have officially entered the blogosphere. I don't know how regularly I'll be able to update, it's mostly just an experiment. Also, I'll try to make the blog less ugly eventually.

December 11, 2009

Sorry about the general incoherence of my last update. I don't know what came over me. Well, I guess that much Kool-Aid can alter a man's mind. I also apologize for how infrequently I update, about once a month. I would really like to update more often, but you see I am a rather lazy individual. I also have more pressing things to worry about, like life.

But enough apoligizing! I have an update, but first I must tell you a story. You see, once upon a time I was a HUGE ANIME NERD. In fact, it wasn't really that long ago. Thankfully, I've gotten more discerning in my tastes since then and have realized that anime is in no way inherently superior to western animation. The fact that I ever held such a belief is a constant source of personal shame.

Obviously I don't read nearly as much manga or watch as much anime now as I once did. In fact, there's only one current anime that I still watch on a regular basis: Fullmetal Alchemist. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that new subbed episodes are streamed FOR FREE from Funimation's site, but I still find the series worth following as I still hold some amount of respect for its source material.

Which brings us to the real update: a review of Fullmetal Alchemist. I tried to stop it from coming across as love-gushing and was actually surprised how readily I was able to admit to its faults. Really, I would definitely recommend it! But please note that the article covers the manga only. I plan to expand it in some way to include the animes and movie in the future, possibly even a page on the characters. Keep in mind that this review applies mostly to the manga, as the animes and especially the movie deviate from the source in some significant ways.

I also fixed the Other Writings page, sorta. It could still stand to be improved, but it at least looks a LITTLE better, and there's no more of that horrible iWeb code.

November 7, 2009

Oh man, I really need to fix the Other Writings page. The code is still a mess and it wouldn't hurt to make it more attractive. Anyways, I have a new Other Writings! Suprise surprise! Everybody likes food, right? Kool-Aid is food, yeah? Kool-Aid Singles! Woot! I actually wrote the article about a month ago, but it was going to be part of a bigger project that I decided wouldn't be such a great idea. And if you read the article, you'll probably see why (yeah, it's kinda stupid.)

In related news, I'm a terrible photographer.