Posted by Bethie on Jul 25, 2010 in
Anime & Manga,
TV & Movies 
A boy and his pet giant robot, now where's the chocolate?
Heroman is the anime that Stan Lee teamed with BONES to do and it definitely has Stan Lee’s ink stained fingerprints all over it. This is a show that is bucking for Saturday morning and a toy line, possibly brought to you by 4Kids. Having said that, I’m still debating whether or not I like the show or not. It has a feel of the kind of Americanized anime that has become popular, and it also has a feeling that reminds very much of 70s and 80s giant robot shows that lends it a unique charm if you’re looking for retro giant robots. But the charm isn’t quite enough to erase the face that the giant mecha genre has come a long way since Voltron and Transformers.
Heroman, Heroman, does all the things a hero can.
Tags: anime, mecha, opinion, review
Posted by Iseulde on Jan 30, 2009 in
Video Games I don’t know if I should be thankful that these games are so short you can finish them quickly, or sad that these are actually charged $19.99 when they can be finished almost within the trial hour… Regardless, here’s another Reflexive Arcade game that I finished in the past couple of days. I guess with our luggage finally arriving, living amongst boxes makes me want to play more quickie games than usual. However, this is a good one, and I was pleasantly surprised and amused from the first minute to the last.
The Review
Tags: opinion, Reflexive Arcade, review, seek-and-find, video game
Posted by Iseulde on Jan 24, 2009 in
Video Games Just because my new computer is finally set up and going, I decided to try out some Reflexive games ’cause this computer can actually access the website (my old laptop was having trouble loading the site for some reason). I finished the Mortimer’s Time Paraodox first, and then decided to try the Mushroom Age. Boy, was that a mistake. This is perhaps the worst seek-and-find game I’ve had to endure from Reflexive for a while and it just makes me mad thinking about it. Yeah, it’s that bad, so be forewarned.
The Review
Tags: opinion, PC game, Reflexive Arcade, review, seek-and-find, video game
Posted by Iseulde on Jan 24, 2009 in
Video Games “Hey, this game is for kids, and it’s not geeky!!” Yeah, yeah, I know that. But truth to be told, the games at Reflexive Arcade are fun, addictive, and while you hate to admit it, you can’t get enough of it. Otherwise, why do you think they keep churning out more and more games? The Reflexive Arcade games can generally be breaking down into several simple categories: seek-and-find, puzzles/arcade, “dash” games, and others. Of course, they also combine them from time to time, and hope to come out with one that you would actually like it and keep buying it. This game is one of those games.
So before I go on, let me just go on record and say that yes, I like Reflexive Arcade games (well, some of it), and yes, I will keep reviewing them whenever I finish one. They will generally be breaking down into the similar review style that I will do with this one, because ultimately, this isn’t some hardcore game that took them over years to make (and for those it really deserve a thorough, detailed review, possibly from both myself and Taro!), but one of those fun quickie games that can be sum up in no more than 5 sentences. Still, they deserve some thoughtful review, and I will try my best to give them to you. With that said….
The Review
Tags: opinion, PC game, Reflexive Arcade, review, seek-and-find, video game
Posted by Iseulde on Jan 18, 2009 in
Computer & Internet Well, be forewarned that this post will be a part review, part rant post, so please bear with me if I sound insane at times. lol
So I’m recently building a brand new, ultimate PC since my old one will probably be busted after its trip on the sea again. As a creature of habit, I headed to Fry’s Electronics, one of the largest electronic store that’s almost like an outlet. Think Costco for electronics.
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Tags: comparison, computer, Fry's Electronics, Newegg.com, opinion, rant, review, shopping
Posted by Bethie on Jan 13, 2009 in
Video Games So here’s something that caught my eye and has been rattling in my brain for several days. Evidently Eidos has decided Lara Croft needs yet another makeover. She needs to be entirely retooled, much as they did to Batman the comparison was, and she needs to be more female friendly.
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Tags: girl, opinion, ps3, video game
Posted by Iseulde on Jan 10, 2009 in
Video Games It amazes me that, while the rhythm-based games have always been a solid genre of video games, it didn’t really hit it big until the last quarter of 2007. I have always been critical in terms of the guitar-based games such as Guitar Hero, since it, to me, isn’t the same as Dance Dance Revolution, which gears more toward rhythm and sports, so I never thought I’d really get into Rock Band too much. Boy, was I wrong.
The Review
Tags: music, opinion, ps3, review, rock band, video game
Posted by Bethie on Jan 9, 2009 in
TV & Movies So I’ve been somewhat struggling about what to post, in between working, worrying about work and playing some Resident Evil. But today I was thinking about movies, or most specifically horror movies, which is a genre I very much enjoy watching.
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Tags: movies, opinion
Posted by Bethie on Jan 6, 2009 in
General Site-Related Hello. This is an attempt to blog about things typically placed under the geek label from the female perspective. It’s also a change to disprove the idea that girl geeks are glasses wearing, frizzy haired unpretty women who hide from mirrors and don’t attempt to take any care of our appearance, but instead wait around for that handsome popular guy to come around and introduce us to our inner models.
I’m a geek, I will freely admit to it, I have geeks genes, but at the same time I like to wear pink, and have a secret obsession with fashion and makeup and like looking good while I beat you down in Super Smash Brothers or partaking in any number of amusing geeky activities. Conversely to this comes the perception that because I am girly and like the things of girlishness, I somehow cannot be a geek and interested in video games or manga, etc. As if the only way I would deign to touch a video game is at the behest of my boyfriend with much convincing. Something that gametrailers.com actually had a video about, much to my eternal disgust.
The thing is, I know I am not the only one who has come across the problem. I know several of my friends have had similar thoughts and feelings, as well as similar reactions to the seemingly common view that girly cannot equal geeky. This is a place to prove it wrong, to air our feelings and our views, and create a place for the voice of the girl geek, and hopefully somewhat of a helpful guide as to what we think is good out there. So we’ll be offering reviews of the latest things we’ve watched or played and offering general opinions on the state of things.
Tags: anime, geek, girl, manga, opinion, video game
