Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) talk about one of their more hotly anticipated releases of the year thus far in Doom Eternal. We talk about the gameplay, how it compares to its predecessor, and why we came out of this game feeling disappointed rather than excited to continue ripping and tearing.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) get cozy before diving into some very story driven games. First, Jared talks about his initial experiences with the latest entry in the Animal Crossing series. After that, AL breaks down the rest of the Trails in the Sky series and how the last two entries set up what’s to come later on.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) bring forth the only March Madness to occur now as we attempt to figure out what is the best Love Live! Sunshine!! song out of the best 64 options. We go through each individual matchup and give our thoughts, opinions, and get into a few arguments.

If you want to figure out what is the best Love Live! Sunshine! song in your opinion, fill out a bracket right here!

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss the recent cancellation of E3 due to the Coronavirus global pandemic and how that will have a ripple effect on other aspects of the industry. After that, we dive into something a little more light hearted and discuss the singular King of the Hill video game.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) played through the demo of Final Fantasy 7 Remake and don’t have the best impressions about what the game seems to be. After that, AL watched and read Erased recently and goes through the story of the series.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) talk more about Love Live! this week. First, AL went to a delayed screening of Love Live! Fest and discusses her experience. After that, we dive into the global release of Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars and talk about some of the more confusing aspects of the game and try to explain them better than the game does while also getting into the story of Nijigasaki.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) go through two completely different types of stories. First, AL discusses the manga, Dreamin’ Sun and how she had an up and down relationship with the story after reading the whole thing. After that, we played some of The Division 2 after it was very cheap and we talk about the most intriguing aspect of the game we’ve found thus far: the accuracy of their versions of actual museums.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) play catch up on some games they played recently. First, Jared discusses the Persona 5 Scramble demo that hit Japan and how it is compared to other licensed musou games Omega Force has made lately. AL finally got through Trails in the Sky and gives us a breakdown of the first game in that series. Finally, Jared and AL played the Stranger Things 3 game and it’s not a good sign for licensed games.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) become fantasy bookers this week as we look to build a setlist for an Aqours live show that we’d both want to see. Of course, the key is that we’d go see anything, so we tried to stay in line with their format they’ve used in the past and come up with something that had a flow and energy that was consistent throughout.

Spotify link to playlist (not everything is on there unfortunately and this is the easiest way for it to be preserved)

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a trip down memory lane to reminisce about the weird and unusual video game accessories they had growing up, why we think there are less strange accessories currently, and talk about some of the most bizarre pieces to come out and how they worked or didn’t work.