The Review Thing Episode 1 - Anime! Games! Webcomics!

Welcome to Part Two!

So this past week I've watched a lot of anime, finished up a series, started a few new ones, and really felt for a few characters. The best of all of them this past week? Full Metal Panic!: The Second Raid.

Now TSR is the continuation of the original Full Metal Panic series, and it weaves more of the intricate tale of military hierarchy and romance. The last episode was heart-wrenching... for me at least. I'm a romantic. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Really hoping they continue the series.

Recently I started Bleach. Anti-fanboys everywhere are whipping out their torches and pitchforks to raid my home, I just know it. Well put the incendiary soaked branches and hay-relocation tools away, because I'm not a rabid fanboy. Bleach has a seemingly sound premise, from the manga I gathered most of the story, and the anime sticks to that pretty well. The real issue I have with it are the VOICE ACTORS. Ichigo sounds a few years older than fifteen... try twenty or twenty-five.

I also managed to get started on Death Note, but since my downloads are of shitty quality, I'm going to put that on hold and wait for the DVDs to come from Netflix. So far so good though.

Moving on to games, I signed myself onto Steam and purchased Trackmania United. I've been a fan of the insane upside-down, corkscrew, jump, spin, slide action of the free versions Trackmania Nations and it's later counterpart Nations Forever, for about as long as I can remember having known about them. It's a great time when played with an Xbox 360 controller. United adds quite a few new tracks and cars to the Nations Forever package, all set in beautiful scenery. Some of the different kinds of races can be difficult, but it's fun to retry until you beat the gold.

Team Fortress 2 has recaptured my attention since the recent update, including a nice boost to the number of people wanting to play Medic. I make a better Heavy than anything else, unless I've just been playing Counter-Strike, then I make a good sniper. Either way, teams have been too offense centric, and it's good to see it starting to drift to medics a little more. Makes my job as a heavy a TON easier.

Then there's the ever awesome Audiosurf, which is a good all around rhythm game. Instead of hitting keys at the right time, you move the mouse to navigate your ship through "cars" on the highway. The unique thing is, the highway changes with the music, as does your speed. It's probably my favorite game on Steam at the moment, surpassing TF2, CS:S and Trackmania.

Webcomics... My latest addiction...

So, this is all Teyla's fault, for the record. She introduced me to these. I just ended up enjoying them (this goes back to the "I'm a romantic" thing. See, I said it again.).

I suppose I'd just better break down and let it out... I saved it for last, not necessarily because it's the best, but because my love of these webcomics is somewhat embarrassing. The one I'm most interested in would have to be Marry Me. It's a comic about a guy who goes to a concert with his friend, ends up holding her sign to get it autographed, and ends up married to the artist they had gone to see. Yeah...

The other two are The Way To Your Heart and Red String, both teen romance manga-style comics. Both with romantic main plotlines, and both have me hooked.

Again I say: DAMN YOU TEYLA! >.>