I’m really surprised there is no love for Macross Plus in this list. The flight sequences in that series are just stunning and the soundtrack is killer.

I would also recommend watching Zero One when it is released by Shout Factory next year. It’s the first series in the Reiwa era and it was really well done with a banger of an opening song.

The Trails of Cold Steel series is very “Shonen anime: the game.” It’s a fairly typical JRPG and the decisions don’t ultimately matter, but the plot is pretty damned good, especially by the end of 4. It’s a lot of time to commit to but it pays off in the end, imnsho.

It’s amazing how good steak tastes with just salt and pepper as well. If you have quality meat, it doesn’t take much to make it taste divine.

Have you played any of Falcom’s RPGs? Most of the music is excellent. The stuff they did in the Trails of series is phenomenal. The Falcom Sound Team are upper-echelon composers.

Fox just makes everything worse. The Twins had the fan cut-outs for the home opener and it looks 1000x better than this PS2 era bullshit.

Obligatory shilling for Yoko Kanno’s work on Macross Plus, Escaflowne (my personal favorite), and Ghost in the Shell: SAC. The woman is a genius.

I have this plastered all over my village: Nook Lies!

Is your buddy the current center for the Vikings?

You musn’t run away!

It’s okay. The Vikings will miss the playoffs because a field goal attempt will go wide left. Again. Not that I’m scarred for life or anything. 

I feel like gout flare-ups are the way karma punishes me for being an asshole as a kid. I had one in the middle of March and my foot is finally, as of today, almost fully functional. I can almost completely put pressure on my big toe again. Gout is the worst. I tried to explain it to my wife and I couldn’t find the…

Mayo should be rebranded as Satan’s Spunk. That shit is nasty and disgusting and never, ever improves anything it is in.

I thought I was the only one. I am not deathly allergic to onions and garlic, but I break out in hives if I touch red onions and garlic does things to me. Bad things. VERY BAD THINGS. I also have no idea what cilantro tastes like because it tastes like I gargled Dawn dish soap.

Your truth is painful but accurate.

The payoff to the review is Fahey looking fly AF.

Obligatory all chaps are assless comment. Carry on. :)

I was in a NE Minneapolis bar when this shit went down. The place went from absolutely heartbroken and defeated to rapturously happy when Diggs caught that pass. It was “blow-jobs from strangers” levels of rapture in the place.

Too soon random Internet person, too soon.

The original 1980 board game was a staple of my crew during summer vacation. I was a ‘last holiday before school starts’ way to get together and waste a day (or two) trying to finish a game. Thankfully no friendships were lost due to the plague. Now, Diplomacy on the other hand...