Castle Point Perilous 2016

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Itching to start the anime convention season now that the weather in the North East has gotten 1000% more pleasant? Could you not get PAX East tickets by hook or by crook? Do you want a more intimate and less stressful con experience than somewhere like Otakon? Then you might want to attend Castle Point Anime Convention in Hoboken, New Jersey with us.

We will be presenting three panels. Friends of the blog Charles Dunbar and Vincenzo Averello will also be there doing their own panels. You can even be on a live episode of the All Geeks Considered podcast!

Castle Point Anime Convention has a Saturday preview day alongside their traditional Sunday schedule. Come spend a lazy Sunday with us at Castle Point Anime Convention 2016.

We got panels, be sure to attend!

10:00 AM – Reverse Thieves Present: New Anime for Older Fans

4:00 PM – Reverse Thieves Present: Epic Grail Battles of History

5:30 PM – Reverse Thieves Present: Your New Favorite Manga

Our tentative schedule for the convention:

Sunday
10:00 AM – Reverse Thieves Present: New Anime for Older Fans
11:30 AM – Kaori Miyazono’s Solo Recital
01:00PM – Lost in Adaptation
02:30 PM – AMERICA
04:00 PM – Reverse Thieves Present: Epic Grail Battles of History
05:30 PM – Reverse Thieves Present: Your New Favorite Manga
06:30 PM – Substandard Science Presents: Science of Anime

 

Alain Saves, Everyone Else Takes Damage

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hisui_icon_4040 A while back Kate and I did individual interviews for Electrum Edition about our experiences with table top role-playing games. Kate’s story was published back in July but then the blog went on a bit of a hiatus and my answers were never posted. But now that the Electrum Edition has gotten a second wind I also got my chance to shine. As I have been rolling dice and making saving throws for a bit longer than Kate so I have a slightly different perspective than her. She distinctly had much more to say about being a new player and her journey of discovery. I on the other hand could talk a little more about being a GM and seeing the best and worst of the hobby. If you love RPGs, want to know more about role-playing games, or just like to know what I’m like as a gamer then you should definitely see what I have to say about getting inspiration for story lines, the best part of sitting around a table, and my love for Mage: The Ascension.

Plus it lets me shoehorn in a Traveler reference on the blog again. This has become a pet project of mine at this point.

Save vs. Interview: The Long Lost Al Interview

PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie—The Part Where We Pretend Season 2 Never Happened

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hisui_icon_4040 Hear me out. PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie is Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Let me explain. The original PSYCHO-PASS is the first Star Wars trilogy. Both of them are science fiction stories that take almost all of their elements from older popular works and then combine them into new if somewhat formulaic story. They both have some major flaws and plot holes but if your will to suspend your disbelief a bit they are highly entertaining and maybe even a bit enlightening. Neither of them is for everyone but they are easy to recommend for a general audience and probably worth watching just so you can talk about them. Also while there are some major and vocal detractors for both of them then both generally got universal praise.

The second season of PSYCHO-PASS is the prequel trilogy. It is just a train wreck that eats away any good will that the original had earned. They really seem to miss what made their predecessor popular and totally botch a good deal of the world building, character development, and thematic resonance from the original. They both started off and the fans tried to convince themselves they were good but by the end most people just hated everything about them. Finally they both turned off a lot of fans who would have otherwise stuck with the series.

So PSYCHO-PASS: The Movie and The Force Awakens had a heavy burden placed upon them. They had to convince everyone who had been burned by what came became before them to give their respective series another chance. The Force Awakens succeeded in that mission amazingly well. Does Psycho-Pass: The Movie do the same?

narutaki_icon_4040 The PSYCHO-PASS movie sees the return of Shinya Kogami, co-protagonist of season one who left before the dust had even settled. Akane grew a lot during that time and when they encounter each other again, it is more as equals.

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