Akira is a film that, even by today’s standards, is jaw dropping in its complexity and nearly immeasurable in size. Based on the otherworldly 2100+ page epic manga by Katsuhiro Otomo, lets take a look back at this monumental achievement in film.
Category: Nostalgia
Straight out of the heyday of RPG’s for consoles and combining real-time combat, an intricate ingredient-based magic system, time travel, humour, a dog, and a load of movie references, Secret of Evermore was the only American-developed release from legendary game studio Squaresoft.
Masamune Shirow is a legend amongst legends. The creative mind behind Black Magic, Appleseed, Dominion Tank Police, Ghost in the Shell, and Galgrease is widely regarded as one of the most talented individuals in the world of Manga. The 1988 OVA of Appleseed has joined the ranks of classic anime whose impact will never diminish.
Sam Raimi returns to his roots with one of the best horror movies in years. A perfect balance of gore, scares, laughs, and story create an experience that any horror movie lover can’t miss.
Too often, narratives are cut short. It seems that shows and story lines that deserve to be told and expanded upon are wrecked, destroyed in their prime. Such was the fate of Clone High. I remember watching each episode as it aired back in 2003. Having graduated high school in 2002, it appeared at the perfect time in life; a time in which I no longer experienced the situations portrayed, yet a time in which the situations portrayed were still fresh memories in my mind.
Massive explosions? Check. Spider bombs? Check. Enemies reduced to cinders? Check. Isometric viewpoint of the carnage? Check. Looks like you’re playing Crusader: No Regret.
Every nerd has a handful of games from when they were young that hold a special place in their heart. For me, the game that brings about the warmest memories is Secret of Mana.
We all know they are out there. Games that we never heard of or played, but we should have. In the second installment of a multi-part series, we will focus on an extremely difficult game that I loved as a little kid (and still do today!)
We all know they are out there. Games that we never heard of or played, but we should have. In the first of a multi-part series, we will focus on a game that hardly anyone I know has actually heard of, much less played: Startopia.
