richardco

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    If you're also including podcasts...

     

    Criminal is a great show hosted by Phoebe Judge. Each episode takes a person's story about their interaction with the criminal justice system. They can be stories about being wrongfully convicted and what that does, someone being blackmailed for years or the story of a 71 year old woman with a long rap sheet and her thoughts on how crime has changed over the years.

    Phoebe Judge has the greatest voice ever.  Criminal is a great show, very tightly written and well-produced.

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    Short stories authors: Flannery O' Connor, Amy Hempel. 

     

    Games: I keep wanting to check out Nina Freeman's Freshman Year, but just reading what it's about is so heavy.

     

    Music: Jenny Lewis, Emily Haines, Liz Phair, Tilly and the Wall

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    I was super hoping for Cara Ellison joing the east coast crew, she was visiting NY so frequently a few months ago, it seemed like a lock until she posted that she was leaving journalism for game dev a few weeks ago. 

     

    That would have been great for GB, but I'm way more excited that she's going to be writing for games.  She's an excellent writer and games need more excellent writers.

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    Whoa!  A boardgame that I've actually played!  I only played Twilight Struggle once but it was a lot of fun.  I was Russia and I lost.  Felt like I didn't have a great grasp on "the china card" and its importance.  The best part of Twilight Struggle is that there's an event card in which the US player has to poke the Russian player in the chest (and maybe say a stern phrase? I can't recall.).

    Might have to give Defcon a try as well.  Sounds like a lot of fun.

    Terrifying robot news.

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    The best PS+ game I got on Vita was Muramasa Rebirth. Such a fun game.

    YES!

    I really feel like it's the most successful beat-em-up since the 16-bit/arcade era.  And it's just SO PRETTY.

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    The rhythm sections really appeal to me.  And I am curious about Miku from an academic sense.  The Dominos pizza ads with Hatsune Miku are incredible.  I think I want to train with a Project Diva game on the vita because--as I understand it--on PS3 there would be some input lag where there wouldn't be any on the vita.  So while it probably won't be a 1:1 skill transference, I think it would be valuable training.

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    I'm thinking I might try the Hatsune Miku game on vita so I can at least get decent at the genre before Persona 4 Dancing All Night comes out.  I'm such a sucker for that franchise.

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    Loved all of the stuff in the lodge.  Some of it was genuinely terrifying.  Had at least one nightmare inspired by this episode, and I remember being creeped out for a solid week.  When I'd see a window, I'd keep imagining Doppleganger Laura's face slowly sliding into view and silently screaming.

     

    This episode was worth all of the junk parts of season two.

     

    I can't say I was too thrilled with how it ended, though.  Nothing about Bob possessing Cooper worked for me.  I tried thinking of how things would play out and I had a hard time imagining any interesting scenarios.  

     

    *downward snap* I'll see you again in twenty-five years.

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    The Dangranronpa games are my absolute favorite games of last year.  2 is even better than 1!

    Zero Escape: VLR is fantastic too, but it kinda requires you to have played 999 on the DS to get the most out of it.

     

    I really loved Gravity Rush.  Most of the movement feels really fantastic and the world is quirky, fun, and funny.

    Muramasa Rebirth was a lot of fun.  I never played it on Wii.

     

    You've already got Persona 4 and Tearaway, both fantastic picks.  

     

    I use my vita for replaying lots of PSone stuff, and some psp stuff too.