Hello again everyone, and welcome to this week’s installment of Channel Chaser! I’ve got another review for you today, this one coming to you once again hot off the presses of BBC Television–or it would be, if it hadn’t been cancelled as of 2009. But no matter: let’s get right to it and dive into the wild world of Robin [Read more…]
Deep in the murky past, the most common method of (legally) watching anime in the US was buying physical media. The format changed over time from wallet-draining VHS tapes to single DVDs, then mercifully to reasonably priced box sets. What you got and how much you paid for it varied from year to year, but one thing was always true: [Read more…]
This is a subject I’ve wanted to discuss here for a long time. Have you ever played your favorite game for hours on end, then turn on the radio driving to work the next day and hear what you think is the music from the game being broadcast straight to your car? Perhaps those strange coincidences aren’t as strange as [Read more…]
Hello there, Internet. Welcome to This Week in Anime, a new weekly column that we’re starting up here on SharkPuppet.com. Each week, we’ll highlight a current series with a mini-review, look at an upcoming physical media release, and recap some of last week’s biggest stories from the world of anime and manga. It’s everything you need to know, served up [Read more…]
Welcome back to Channel Chaser! Recently I’ve been watching a new show called The Last Ship, an apocalyptic drama series on TNT that airs opposite Fallings Skies–a show you’ve already heard me talk about in this column, and not in a good way. While I’m sorry to report that The Last Ship is not a great show either, and in [Read more…]
A couple of weeks ago, 2K United Kingdom tweeted an image that was teasing something related to the BioShock series: Oooo, what COULD this mean?! pic.twitter.com/P93Nl643SU — 2K United Kingdom (@2KInternational) July 24, 2014 Oh boy, did I get excited. What could it be? Is the original BioShock, one of the most critically acclaimed first-person shooters of the last generation, [Read more…]
Welcome back once again to Channel Chaser! I’m always on the lookout for a good comedy show, especially one where the characters involved are developed as well as in your typical drama. Unfortunately, this kind of quality is usually hard to come by nowadays because comedies tend to focus on the humor at the expense of the characters, simply using [Read more…]
The anime world loves a good parody. Whether it’s a casual Gundam reference or a full series dedicated to lampooning magical girl tropes, there’s a seemingly endless market for poking fun at the classics. At its best, this style of humor can serve as both entertainment and criticism, and can help shake us out of our complacency when it comes [Read more…]
When I bought my Nintendo 3DS earlier this year, I made sure to install some of my favorite classic games onto it so I can enjoy some 8-bit goodness wherever I go. With games like the original Super Mario Bros. and 3D Space Harrier installed on my 3DS, I literally have some of the best titles from the glory days [Read more…]
With the Destiny beta officially wrapped up, gamers are left with just over a month to wait before the full game comes out on September 9th. This gives the folks at Bungie to use what they’ve learned to improve the final product, and gives us a chance to reflect on what we’ve seen thus far. But after blasting countless aliens [Read more…]