Sep 052014
 
Shows to Watch For: Fall 2014 Edition

Welcome back once again to Channel Chaser! I’ve been looking over the lineup of new shows for this fall, and man, is there some exciting stuff coming up. Everything from cop dramas to comic book adaptations, fantasy adventures and sitcoms is getting a makeover this year, and with some pretty great actors as well. So this week, I thought I’d [Read more…]

Sep 042014
 
Is the US Finally Ready for Light Novels?

Last week, Yen Press announced a slate of new licenses for their Yen On line of light novels. The new titles included the source material for a number of popular anime series, including No Game No Life and Log Horizon. The announcement was a welcome bit of good news, and many fans are justifiably excited about the prospect of light [Read more…]

Sep 022014
 
Will the Horror Ever End for Let’s Players?

By now you may have seen the latest horror-game-of-the-week that made its way around the Let’s Play community, Five Nights at Freddy’s. The premise is simple enough: you are a new security guard working overnight at a Chuck E. Cheese-like pizza restaurant, but at this pizza joint the animatronic characters become sentient after closing. They move slowly toward your office, [Read more…]

Aug 292014
 

Check off another item on the World Domination To-Do List, because we’ve just had our first interview. Our gaming editor Steven and editor in chief Paul recently spoke with Steven Vitte of the Gaming Journalist Gazette about how the site came to be and how we go about covering video games. You can read the full interview transcript on the [Read more…]

Aug 292014
 
A Space Odyssey: The Giant Stargate Series Review, Part 1

Hello again everyone, and welcome to another edition of Channel Chaser! For today’s review, I decided to focus on one of my favorite franchises of all time: the sci-fi spectacular known as Stargate. Spanning seventeen seasons of TV between three different spin-offs from 1997 until 2011, Stargate has become one of the longest-running science fiction shows of all time. I [Read more…]

Aug 252014
 
This Week in Anime: Vampires and Video Games

It’s the beginning of the week, which means it’s time to catch up on what’s been going on in the world of anime and manga. There’s licensing news for some big-name titles, and as always we’ve got some simulcasts and physical media to check out. Power up your giant robot, because it’s time for This Week in Anime.   Simulcast [Read more…]

Aug 222014
 
Disney and Star Wars: “Forcing” the Issue?

Welcome back to Channel Chaser! Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past two years, you’re probably already aware that the massive entertainment conglomerate Disney has acquired for its own one of the most popular fictional franchises ever: Star Wars. Now, let me just preface this little argument by saying that I’m as open to trying new things [Read more…]

Aug 192014
 
Can an Open World Become Too Open?

Grand Theft Auto V’s fictional city of Los Santos is about the size of most real-world major cities. A world in Minecraft can generate to be larger than the surface area of the planet Neptune. So can you imagine how intimidating it will be to play in a game world that is literally the size of the universe? That’s what [Read more…]

Aug 172014
 
This Week in Anime: RWBY Takes Tokyo

Another week, another big ol’ pile of anime headlines. This week, we’ve got an American anime series heading to Japan, a fan-favorite comedy getting a new lease on life, and a review of what might just be the funniest show of the season. Sit back and hang on tight, because it’s time for another helping of This Week in Anime. [Read more…]