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By turning your best friend into a spaceship?

Well, that's me finally resubscribing to Netflix after two years of not having particularly missed it. I just hope Netflix haven't paid for a lengthy exclusivity period to block a western BD release.

Eternights There are two ways to look at this game. As an action game it's a fairly janky, budget affair. In an attempt to copy the template of licensed blockbuster action games from 20 years ago, it tries to do a bit of everything and ends up not doing any of it especially well. Combat is...

Now the question is whether Gkids can avoided getting bought out by Sony long enough to release it!

Someone pass the salt so I can eat my hat.

If there really is a new PS2 emulator in town, it will be interesting to see how well it performs. Some of the current PS2 games on PS4 are practically unplayable due to the amount of input lag, especially Metal Slug Anthology.

I tried the PS5 beta last year. It made a decent first impression with its controls and gunplay, but the fundamental game structure killed my interest. Playing solo, practically every combat encounter dragged on 5-10 times too long. Early game AI is dumb as a lamppost too; either rushing me or...

Stellar Blade is getting a boss challenge mode and more costumes in a free update today. https://www.destructoid.com/stellar-blade-update-introduces-free-boss-challenge-mode/

Yes, when you consider the amount that Capcom charge for pallette swaps or one new outfit, the 30+ unique outfits in Stellar Blade offer a good selection. I was a bit disappointed that the Raven suit only unlocks after beating the game though, considering how often Eve was shown wearing it in...

Stellar Blade It's hard to believe this is Shift Up's first big budget game. It's a high quality, polished experience across the board and has launched in a stable and seemingly bug-free state. The story borrows heavily from Nier Automata and telegraphs its twists too much, but the worldbuilding...

A lot of these retro-style AI generated movie trailers have been popping up recently. They're somehow impressive, underwhelming and unsettling all at the same time. The weird, liquidy way the images warp in motion is how I imagine recordings of a dream would look. On a more practical note, it's...

Blame the cost of living crisis. Rope is cheaper than anime blu-rays.

Speaking of underwhelming lists: https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-anime-movies/ Pretty much a lazy compilation of a few well-known directors' filmographies in seemingly random order, padded out with some weirdly random selections. What the hell are merely okay movies like...

Grrr, I was trying to buy City Hunter season 2 for months a while back, but it was constantly out of stock on Amazon. At least I've got season 1 and the movies. Does City Hunter remain purely episodic with no ongoing continuity throughout? I'm just wondering if it's worth skipping ahead to...

Dead Mount Death Play Reverse isekai urban dark fantasy isn't a direction you see a lot of anime taking. It has a promising start with a good first episode twist and some interesting setup and conflicts in the early episodes, but it starts to show flaws in key areas as the series progresses. The...

Unfortunately it doesn't. CDJapan is a good place to check for whether Japanese releases have English subtitles. Just be prepared for the answer almost always being no. It already feels like ages since Minus One was in cinemas but, by Toho's lethargic standards, a six-month turnaround for a...

A western release of Angel's Egg is probably impossible. IIRC, the international rights are permanently tied up due to In The Aftermath, the live-action movie that uses a lot of footage from Angel's Egg.

Tár There are pieces of a great movie here: a powerhouse performance by Cate Blachett as a brilliant, flawed, egomaniac conductor; strong visual storytelling that trusts the actors to convey meaning through body language and trusts the viewer to pick up on it; and some plot elements that have...

I wonder if Capcom will continue the trend of VII and VIII by hiding the Roman numerals in the title. Resident Evil Helix seems a likely option if that's the case.

I've been a fan of Tetsuo: The Iron Man since the 90s, so it's weird that I've taken so long to start catching up on some of Tsukamoto's other movies. Hiruko the Goblin A misleading title since yokai has been translated as goblin. The actual monster in this movie is basically . As one of the...