I take great pleasure in Tales of Vesperia featuring a constantly pissed off Yukari Takeba as a party member. Michelle Ruff is just perfect for the role of Rita.

Can't say I cared for the Getter Robo or Kinnikuman references, but there was totally a Devil May Cry reference in this week's episode as well. We got lore and awesome callbacks too. About time they crank up the explosions though. #SymphogearSunday

Forget about Friday the 13th, today is the birthday of anime's best rice gobbler!

There's eye for detail and then there's Kojima. I thought I knew enough to not be surprised, but no. You can get sea lice on your rations, there are a few unique guard encounters and Emma's parrot repeats what you say. Frikkin' crazy.

SPACE! SPACE! SPACE! SPACE! SPACE! SPACE! #SymphogearSunday

Nothing like enjoying yourself in Darksiders 3 when it suddenly becomes the first game to crash on your PS4. #Darksiders2

While the setting of Code Vein is as bland as God Eater, the gameplay ideas are really nice. Giving you a bunch of buffs and magic and tying "mana" to striking enemies is really cool. Also, the optional boss of the demo was awesome!

Shamus Young (game industry commentator and writer of two of the books I posted about before) has finally gone back to making videos. He usually talks about inept business practices or bad game writing. Today's subject is Vulkan and why it's a thing.

Wait...we're doing Ninja Gaiden shit now? Sure, go on but... #SymphogearSunday

I finally finished my third book by Yahtzee, Will Save the Galaxy For Food. It's about as delightful and funny as the rest of his output. This one in particular veers a bit into Douglas Adams territory with some sprinkles of Flash Gordon.

So, if I did everything right, I'm done with all the work I need for my degree now. I feel so relieved.

YOU CAN'T JUST MAKE THE NORMALLY HYPE 12TH EPISODE INTO THE 8TH EPISODE LIKE THIS AND THEN TELL US THAT YOU'RE GONNA BUILD THE HYPE FOR 5 MORE EPISODES! I KNOW IT'S THE FINAL SEASON, BUT AT LEAST PRETEND TO BE A SENSIBLE ANIME! #SymphogearSunday

You try to be good to your body and eat lentils, only for them to biocurse you with non-stop farts. It just isn't fair.

I'm still amazed this game exists at all, but I'm sad to see it looking so...mobile. I would much rather see something building on what was done with 2.

FUCK YEAH, NOW WE'RE TALKING! I HAVEN'T BEEN SMITTEN BY SOMETHING THIS AWESOME SINCE DMCV'S ENDING! I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY WENT THIS FAR! XV HAS OFFICIALLY GONE OFF THE RAILS AND IS GOING TO SPACE AT MACH 8! #SymphogearSunday

NISA's crappy PC port of Ys 8 has a free trial this weekend. That's useful to see if your computer setup is one of few that actually works with the damn thing.

I've been trying my damndest to save up a buffer of my favorite podcasts, but it just ain't happening. There are just too many things in life made better with a good podcast to listen to. I just can't help myself.

Just let her be happy, you wretched fucking anime! #SymphogearSunday

Assault Spy speaks to me in a way I haven't felt since DMCV. What it lacks in budget, it makes up for with spirit. In what other game does your suplex chain automatically into an Izuna Drop? I think this screenshot sums the game up well.

Thanks for all the birthday wishes. This was a more pragmatic birthday, as I got a dentist appointment and money for a bike, but there were still games. I got Finding Paradise and Assault Spy!

To borrow a phrase from a fellow Dtoider: Precious! #Symphogearsunday

It happened again!

So, not only is summer unreasonably warm, it also infects some people with the strange notion that it's the perfect time to go outside and "enjoy the weather" and "do things". I sure hope medical science will find a cure for this terrible malady.

I have been bamboozled! This wasn't a heart-wrencing episode, this was a heart-pumping episode! This is what I get for trying to understand vague statements in Japanese. But how much more setup can we get before things start to go down? #SymphogearSunday

I prepped to remove a wasp nest from my grandmother's balcony today, but it was for naught. She had been valiently fighting off the wasps for hours on her own with bug spray, so when I arrived, it was just a matter of removing the deserted nest.

More gay Viera in the comments. #WesLovesBunnyGirlsWednesday

XV keeps on rollin'! This episode was great for setting up some stuff for the rest of the season, but what I really loved were the small touches in it that people have been wanting for years to see. #SymphogearSunday

Hey game developers, if you aren't sure about the implementation of your stealth system, please do not strain it by randomly spawning an enemy that loves to ignore hiding places and only has an instant kill attack. Also, play Haunting Ground, you hacks!

Everything is fine. Everything is fine. Everything is fine. Everything is fine. Everything is... #SymphogearSunday

Onimusha 2 really is a perfect window into its era. One the one hand, it has decent animation, a bunch of ideas I haven't seen elsewhere and combat that rewards mastery. But it's also janky, obtuse, unfair and incredibly campy. Was fun though.