Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return after two weeks away due to technical difficulties to discuss a controversial and divisive game. Jared played through Hideo Kojima’s latest release and is here to tell us about what he enjoyed, how much of the story he didn’t enjoy, and how the game really has nothing to say.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) check out one of the latest anime films to hit Netflix this year in A Whisker Away. We discuss the less than stellar opening bits of the film, how it eventually evolves into a story that’s a little less creepy, and how it ended up being an overall enjoyable experience.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) talk through a lot of news from the Xbox Series X showcase, the recent Nintendo leak, and the potential return of G4. After that, AL discusses her experience playing through the latest Paper Mario game and fighting through a variety of office supplies.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss a wide variety of subjects. We first talk about the recent Nintendo Direct Mini and seeing the return of Shin Megami Tensei V and the SMT3 remaster. Jared talks about resetting the NBA to the year 2000 and seeing what changes. We then both talk about our experience replaying Donkey Kong Country and then becoming farmers in Farming Simulator 19.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss a variety of subjects this week. First, we briefly breakdown the Ubisoft stream that happened last Sunday and how much of a mess that was, Jared discusses his time watching Lovely Complex, and AL dives headfirst into a non-mainstream otome and sees that these boys really want to dive into the bone zone.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) find out what would happen if you were to get sucked into the world of an otome game (aka everyday life for AL). We breakdown the first season of the series, discuss some theories we had and could see happening in the second season next year, and who we think will truly win Catarina’s heart.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) celebrate the return of FMV games and Kazutaka Kodaka’s first game outside of the Danganronpa franchise in awhile. Given the nature of this game and how short it is, you should probably play through it before listening to this episode. Or be risky and don’t. Either way, we discuss the story, some implications from the end, and why we hope this ushers in more FMV games in the future (after we get over this global pandemic).

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss the weirdness that was EA’s digital presentation that saw the shocking return of Skate and then we dive into the weirdness of Resident Evil 0 before we come up with our own Resident Evil game.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) talk about all the games shown at the recent PlayStation 5 event along with our thoughts about the look of the console and what we think the pricing might be. Following that, AL talks about the latest Shantae games and how it wasn’t what she was looking for.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss a ten year old game that has had new life breathed into it. We discuss the bizarre history of the game coming out in America, AL gushes about how much she enjoys the definitive edition, Jared talks about what didn’t click for him, and we both praise the new epilogue, Future Connected.