Rocket League

PLAY IT NOW!!!

Although its a little repetitive its super fun. Just picked this up for xbox to play with my friends and we've been having a blast.

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Episode 6

Just caught up on this show. Was actually 3 episodes behind and decided binge on the ride home from work yesterday and then episode 6 late last night.

Subaru... our MC for those not actually following... Wakes in the mansion but the day has reset and he has no idea why. Over the next couple days he tries to repeat what he did before he died and not everything goes as planned... as par for the course. He still ends up dying on the 4th day. The chains.. The chains... what was that sound. Guess you'll have to find out.

Very good episode overall. Nothing stood out too much... In fact I kind of guessed who was the culprit before we got to the end. Really like this show. It has the SAO feel but not as much action. Theres more thinking than in SAO which im fine with.

3 weeks into the new season

Seems I haven't posted in like forever. Back in February it was... Not a lot has changed for me. Family still is what it is, Ethan is 7 months old now and my oldest 2 just had their prom. But that's off topic...

Anime is just getting into the swing of this new season and there are some pretty decent shows. I think I've started watching about 7 or 8... actually I'm wrong. Just took a peek at MAL and its 12 new shows I've been watching... not 8.

Here they are in no particular order:

Endride

Onigiri

Terra Formars Revenge

Big Order

Hundred

Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?

Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

Koutetsujou no Kabaneri

Boku no Hero Academia

Macross Delta

Sousei no Onmyouji

Oddly enough, I also started to read manga again. And now that I got the app working on my phone I think I'll read more during my commutes to work.

Another interest thats gotten really interesting is the TV shows I've been watching. 

The Blacklist just had a game changing event... Liz died. Take that in for a second... Liz actually died. She was believed to be the main character or at least that was the belief that I held. I guess that wasn't the case. At the same time, I'm not sure how the series is going to progress without her. Especially considering that she died literally in child birth and the baby lived. 

The Flash is heating up... or cooling down or... I really don't know what to say about the series. Season 2 villain is Zoom and we find out it ended up being Jay Garrick all along. The Flash from Earth 2. Barry's venture seems to have bore fruit and his speed has quadrupled but he still manages to lose to Zoom over some poor choices made by his character. Now we're at our lowest where Zoom has stolen Barry's speed and Caitlin at the same time and Barry is left without any means to rectify the situation.

Lastly is GAMING!!

One game in particular has been occupying most of my time... The Division.

This game is a decent mixture of genres. You get the shooter aspect, its guns obviously. There is an RPG element with the levels and the gear drops. There is a tactical aspect due to cover being a major part of the action and gameplay. The story is actually a really good one too. I like the pacing as it all unfolds with how you unlock and complete objectives.

Throwback on a lazy sunday

Today is so uneventful... and thats not always a bad thing. I enjoy laid back days as much as anyone else... probably more actually. While browsing Kodi on my Shield TV I decided that I would watch an oldie but goodie. 

On comes... Howl's Moving Castle. Its a Studio Ghibli movie for those of you who haven't seen it... and then of course shame on you for not watching. But I forgot how much I liked this movie. 1 part love store, 1 part adventure and 1 part magic and wonder... 

The story takes place in a world where wizards and witches exist and most of the vehicles seem steam powered. Our main character Sofie is a young girl working in a hat shop owned by her mom... you hear in the opening minutes about how wizards like to steal the hearts of young beautiful girls. Sofie doesn't believe shes pretty... A short time after, shes cursed by the Witch of the Waste and becomes and old woman. Afraid to face her mom she leaves home as an old woman only to run into the moving castle in the wastes. And so her time in Howl's castle begins. Along the way she falls in love with Howl, befriends a young boy names Marco and the fire demon running the castle, Calcifer. 

This is such a great story about War, love, self discovery and finding one's own way. I may have to watch a few more of these classic movies like Princess Mononoke or Spirited Away. 

An Update of Sorts...

So the Super Bowl came and went... But definitely not how I imagined it. Carolina should've won but seemed like they couldn't get out of their own way. Lots of things went wrong but lets just forget about it because its over and done with...

We're about to end February and some things have been going on... or about to happen...

A new anime season is about to start... 

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The WALKING DEAD is BACK!!!

I don't know if I've talked about it before but I am a big Walking Dead fan. I've read about 100 chapters of the comic and I'm current on the show. I do kind of want to watch the little mini series 'Fear the Walking Dead' and see what it's like. I've heard good things. 

SuperBowl 50 is here!

So tonight the Carolina Panthers take on the Denver Broncos in what looks to be an epic battle. Broncos have a swarming defense and Cam Newton has been sensational this season despite having lost his big #1 receiver, Kelvin Benjamin.

Predictions? Expectations?

I thoroughly see this as Carolina's game to lose. The stars seemed to have aligned for Cam even though this is his first appearance at the big game... It is also, however, looking like this will be Peyton Manning's LAST trip to the bowl. A lot of people are saying that it should be Peyton because this is his last shot and father time is catching up to him but I'm not on that bandwagon. I think Cam deserves this on what seems like his comeback season after performing so poorly last year with injuries.

I'm rooting for the Panthers and will be watching tonight with my best friend and family.

OMFG Blizzard PWNS Northeast

I live in PA. The southeastern tip to be exact... Right next to Philadelphia. I think I've mentioned before about how I work in Philly. This weekend mother nature decided to throw us a huge curve ball and blanket our entire region and most of the east coast from like DC and up with a blizzard. Not just any blizzard, one that rivaled the on in '96, well almost.

So with over 20 inches on the ground digging the car out just sucked. but at least the main roads are mostly clear. The public transportation service in the area, SEPTA, said that regional rail will be operational tomorrow and I really hope it is. I have to be to work by 7am. 

App of the Week!

I'm always checking the app store to see if there are any good deals going on (I'll admit I like downloading apps and games frequently) and this week there was a free game that's usually like $3 bux.

The game is called Lifeline.

The icon for it looks like this

This game seems weird when you start but its got a very strong narrative and the story pulls you in pretty quickly. This game is basically about a person (they leave it abiguous on purpose) who gets stranded by some turn of events on a barren planet/moon with nothing. You basically guide them and give them suggestions in hope they survive...

I'm already in my second play thru... (they died my first time) Hopefully I have more luck this time. We shall see.

If I had to rate this game... 8/10 or 4/5 stars yadda yadda yadda. Basically its pretty good and given the chance you should try it. Even if your not into text based games.

Erased

This new show is a must watch. It's a little off the beaten path for me as I usually stick to action or comedy with a sprinkle of romance but I think this one is like a Sci-fi with drama. I'd have to look it up but it's a really good show. 

The synopsis from MAL.

"Struggling manga author Satoru Fujinuma is beset by his fear to express himself. However, he has a supernatural ability of being forced to prevent deaths and catastrophes by being sent back in time before the incident occurred, repeating time until it is prevented. One day, he gets involved in an incident that has him framed as a murderer. Desperate to save the victim, he sends himself back in time only to find himself as a grade-schooler one month before fellow classmate Kayo Hinazuki went missing. Satoru now embarks on a new quest: to save Kayo and solve the mystery behind her disappearance."

(Source: MAL News)

Mobile Games

If you're like me then you probably have a bevy of games installed in your mobile device that you could break out at any given moment... Being a gamer really doesn't help much. I'd like to say I only have a couple installed, but the truth of the matter is that its probably close to 20 games installed.

There not all lil rinky dink games like words with friends or angry birds... Although Angry Birds is kind of a big thing in the mobile gaming world. Most of them are RPG related... It seems I'm an RPG junkie... For better or worse I just like the idea of getting stronger to the point that everyone else is irrelevant. There's a few games that kind of sate this desire for me...

Kritika The White Knight [Link]
Zenonia S: Rifts in Time [Link]
Jetpack Fighter [Link]
BattleHand [Link]
Rise of Heroes [Link]
Little Raiders [Link]
Brave Frontier [Link]

These are the games I'm playing right now... There are more but I think these are the RPGs I got running on my phone. There are some other ones like some Tower Defense or TD's that I play plus a few racing type games... but we're only talkin about the RPGs.