Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at the latest entry in the Gran Turismo series as Jared breaks down what’s up with this new simulation racing game. We also talk about the very odd museum history section that gives you a glimpse at what’s happened in world and automotive history since the late 19th century. After that, we talk a bit about how we think about the PlayStation 5 now that we’ve both had some time using it.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss the effectiveness and how useful video game reviews are in 2022. We talk about the facets of how reviews are used, review aggregate websites, fandom wars when it comes to reviews, and how reviews have changed throughout the decades.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) played through the controversial and divisive Shenmue to see what’s really up with that game over twenty years later. We discuss its wild development history and whether or not it’s truly deserving of all the jokes and memes it’s gotten.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) breakdown a weird and wild Nintendo Direct that sees a lot of games from the 90s coming back, some Xbox 360 games coming back, Kirby engulfing items, and they’re making a new Xenoblade.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the land of otome to ring in the romantic holiday as AL describes to us one of the latest titles in the genre that has quicker routes to go through, but all sorts of supernatural beings and wild stuff happening.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) have more news to talk about this week as apparently January was video game company acquisition month and Sony is attempting to acquire Bungie. After that, Jared talks about this first time through Link’s Awakening and how the latest Pokémon game is a stark departure from the traditional formula, but it’s doing some real neat things.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss the latest mainline entry in the Shin Megami Tensei series and its first non-remaster entry on the Switch. We talk about the gameplay easing you into the game much better than in IV, some of the good new gameplay additions, the very lacklustre story, and why we chose very good protagonist names.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) begin this week’s episode by breaking down the huge news of the week of Microsoft attempting to buy Activision Blizzard and what implications that will have for the industry, the mess with Activision Blizzard, and whether or not it’ll actually go through. After that, Jared talks about trying to legitimately play through Super Mario 64 for the first time and how the game is viewed through a 2022 lens.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) traverse through a small town and try not to get spooked while dealing with weird monsters and time travelling to the 17th century. We discuss the second Dark Pictures Anthology game in Little Hope and talk about the story, AL being spooked a lot, and how we managed to cooperatively solve this mystery.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) kick off the first regular episode of the year by going through a very weird otome game, which is saying something. AL tells us about all the guys, routes, and every strange thing in between.