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We’re back! And we’ve got a great show for you this week, including the news and discussion thread. To wrap things up, Red and I do a combined review to close out the summer anime season. It’s time to board the train as we discuss Rail Wars! Don’t miss it!
Continue reading “Episode 423: Off the Rails”
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Sometimes we like to perform scientific experiments here in the pulse network. We are, after all, prone to bias just as the next squishy humans in spite of our expensive cybernetic upgrades. For example, there is the hypothesis that when Tim picks the movie of the week Weltall is sad.
In yet another test done towards that end we did a joint review of Ghost in the Machine. A vehicle for Karen Allen of “Who the fuck is that? Oh yeah, the lady from Raiders of the Lost Ark” fame. It also has Chris Mulkey who is another of the inexplicably recognizable members of the “That Guy” cadre. It features a serial killer who gains immortality on an early nineties internet, the ability to hack electrical lines and a very pixilated body. Did we mention that there’s a scene where people play a video game like a lobotomized Walrus?
Weltall then discusses a spiritual successor to Clerks called Bros Before Hoes. It even features a video store for hijinks and shenanigans. Tim then digs further into the cesspool of the seventies and talks about The Car. It features a younger, scowly James Brolin and the inspiration for a character design in an episode of Futurama.
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This week on VG Pulse, we finally have a Kas back! We start out with lengthy side notes about why she’s been missing, and me shamelessly advertising World of Shindana! Afterwards we head off to the ezmail [gasp!], before diving into the normal newz where we discuss future HDD’s and the current releases of the XBOX One. After the newz we skip the forums and instead head off into my review of Heavenly Sword, and Xahldera’s review of Crisis 2! All this and more up next on VGP204! -Aki Continue reading “VG Pulse 204: Heavenly Crysis”
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There’s probably a point where some poor bastard mangaka was sitting at their desk and trying desperately to think up a story for a deadline. “Gee, if only something would fall from the sky and knock my ass out so I have an excuse my editor will accept.” At that point, a coconut was conveniently dropped by a passing pair of pigeons some nut had tied together with string and bean them.
After the coma wore off they penned the story Suashi no Meteorite, which Tim reviews. In it, the main character comes home to find their house demolished by a wild meteor. Not only has his house been destroyed but his neighbors apparently have all taken bucket loads of tranquilizers because no one bothered to call the authorities in the interim. It turns out that the meteor contained a god which he summoned by wishing on a passing star. Hilarity then ensues.
Weltall then delves into a manwha titled Familyman. It’s a very dull slice of life comic where the titular family man works in a factory, sends money back to his wife and kids and suffers massive facial trauma due to lack of sleep. Scarred for life and unable to find work, he finds refuge in dressing up as an in-universe superhero and engaging in shenanigans.
Weltall: Familyman – Read it Now
Not in the USA
Tim the Enchanter: Suashi no Meteorite – Read it Now
Not in the USA
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This week on VG Pulse, we are still unsupervised but find ways to continue onwards. We start out with side notes of new laptops and new cars, before heading off to the regular news in which we discuss stories of Blizzard’s canceled MMO and ATLUS taking responsibility for the quality of their products. After the news we go over the forums, and we finish off with Millennium’s review of Receiver and my review of Shin Megami Tensei IV. All this and more up next on VGP203! -Aki Continue reading “VG Pulse 203: Tensei Receiver”
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For our joint review this week, we decided to reach back to the days when reality shows had just begun to dip with the appearance of the cancerous lesion known as Paris Hilton. The, now, long forgotten movie The Hunted from 2003. Though we were intrigued by The Hunted from 1995, featuring Chris Lambert, of Highlander fame, and may have to watch that some time. Continue reading “Popcorn Pulse 23: Viva la French Cinema”
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Sometimes life is just full of surprises. Like a train that manifests and runs you off the road when you start singing Ironic by Alanis Morisette. Other times it can be fairly predictable. Like when Tim digs into his list of requests to find a manga to review. Continue reading “Manga Pulse 319: Girl Crime”
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This week on VG Pulse, we have ezmails! Yes, two to be specific! We start off with sidenotes of melting laptops, great customer service at Wal-Mart, and new cars on the horizon. After the sidenotes, we dive into the ezmails and give a huge thank you to Ocarinist Sid for doing us a massive favor! After the ezmails, we head off into the actual news, where we discuss thoughts about the recent acquisition of Mojang by Microsoft and the latest in the Anita Sarkeesian harassment case. We finish off the show with Millennium’s final review of World Of Tanks! All this and more up next on VGP 202! -Aki Continue reading “VG Pulse 202: Technically Supervised”
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If there’s one thing you can certainly say about the nineties, it was that it eventually lead to the two thousands. Also, the Matrix. But in between there was a movie called Fled. Someone in Hollywood thought, hey isn’t Alec Baldwin popular right now? Yeah but we can’t afford him so here’s Stephen Baldwin. Also Laurence Fishburne before he got stuck playing a chubby Morpheus who wants to sell you a car. Continue reading “Popcorn Pulse 22: Fleeing Mansion”
