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Manga Pulse 317: Hitting a Wall

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Doujinshi is something of a dirty word in manga. In the, for lack of a better term, Western market, doujinshi is often thought of as adult or hentai. While a fair amount of them do seem to be focused on pairing off characters for a little bit of naked fun times, the word is actually a bit more broad than that. It encompasses smaller, self published works that are not considered canon.

In that vein, Tim followed through a request to review a Doujinshi, Evangelion RE-Take. For Eva fans it may very well be an excruciating attempt to rewrite the story. However, if you found the ending frustrating and wanted to punch every copy from then in out in the hopes that the creator could feel it in their balls, it’s a welcome read. A fair warning, there are a couple of scenes of Shinji and Asuka doing what horny teens do when their parents are gone for the weekend, just in case you plan on reading this where people can shoulder surf. Continue reading “Manga Pulse 317: Hitting a Wall”

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Popcorn Pulse 21: Frequent Piercing

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The top Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel are, as follows. How do I make sure that anyone I sleep with doesn’t turn out to be a relative of mine? Why shouldn’t I just use my future knowledge to invest? And, why the hell am I having so much trouble killing that pesky Adolf?

Unless we’re talking about the movie Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel. Fans of the IT Crowd will be pleased to know we finally tackled this movie. It was at least one first in the history of Popcorn Pulse in that Tim suggested it and Weltall didn’t hate him for it after. It is proof that Anna Farris can be in a movie that’s not packed to the rafters with fart jokes in place of dialogue. Continue reading “Popcorn Pulse 21: Frequent Piercing”

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VG Pulse 199: Dirt Hills

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This week on VG Pulse we start off with sidenotes of exploding laptops, malware-laced photobuckets, and future schooling, before diving into the regular news in which we discuss Nintendo’s response to the fan request of an NPC called Robin, as well as another blow for the WiiU. After the newz we discuss the forums, and finish off with Millennium’s review of DiRT 3~ All this and more up next on VGP199! -Aki Continue reading “VG Pulse 199: Dirt Hills”

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VG Pulse 198: Financial Dimensions

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This week on VG Pulse, we have a show full of side notes, ezmailz, and just all around good discussion! We start off with stories of upcoming schooling and exploded cars, before moving onto the newz, in which we cover Comic-Con incidents and the passing of one of the world’s greatest actors. After the newz we finish off with my review of Dead or Alive Dimensions! All this and more up next on VGP 198! -Aki Continue reading “VG Pulse 198: Financial Dimensions”

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Popcorn Pulse 20: Bad Hack

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Given the year and near proximity to the twentieth anniversary, we decided that the time would be ripe to tackle the cult classic, Hackers. Staring an Angelina Jolie who hadn’t yet decided that collecting children like Pokemon was to be her hobby and some guy who’s name we only remember because he has an IMDB entry, they play the titular Hackers.

Hollywood, demonstrating that it gets trends wrong at least as often as it gets them right, portrays the good guys, aka the “cool kids”, as rollerbladers. Meanwhile, the sole villain, an older and less hip ex-hacker, rides a skateboard. How hindsight always kicks us when we turn around. Continue reading “Popcorn Pulse 20: Bad Hack”