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Some of those co-op bonus levels are brutal too. I played through them with my kid last year and it was great.

Sadly the single player campaign has some bad glitches on the switch that can prevent progression if you get unlucky.

Apparently I never signed up for it, because I can’t for the life of me find it in the app anywhere. I don’t think I buy enough games to ever have really accumulated many points though.

Love the color scheme! This looks really sharp.

I built the Ver Ka not too long ago (not sure if that’s what this kit is). I enjoyed it but did find certain aspects irritating, such as how the shoulder armor pieces do not like to stay in place. And how it absolutely will not hold the included buster rifle.

No new Apothecary Diaries last week! Tragic really.

As for Rock is a Lady's Modesty, I want to give Tina a hug. She is a sweetheart and she deserves better.

Loved the cute little scene of Nyaan and her dealer eating noodles in GQuux episode 6.

Finished up Akiba Maid War. Man, this show feels like a bit of an unsung masterpiece. We loved it.

We got our tickets already. Very excited to see these characters on the big screen!

I’ve noticed it too, the people of Lemmy really despise Nintendo.

In many ways the jankiness is part of the charm and why so many of us love it. :)

The game has effectively been in maintenance mode for some time. That being said I'm glad it still exists. I unsubbed a little over a year ago, but the idea that it's still there waiting for me makes me happy.

I actually logged in just this week - there's a free login campaign right now for those who are inactive, so it's a good chance to scope things out.

I do both PC and console gaming, and I’ve personally never gotten the Epic hate. As a store it’s not amazing but it’s fine. I will generally go to Steam first but I’m also not going to boycott a game just because it’s Epic exclusive.

Continuing:

• Rock is a Lady's Modesty: I'm a broken record at this point but gosh do I love this show. It's my favorite of the season. I'm hyped to see the full band finally assembled. Tina in particular is a brilliant addition; With the other three girls all possessing varying degrees of deranged over confidence, it's exciting to see someone who's the polar opposite thrown into the mix. Oh, and we finally know who the guitar pick belongs to!
• Apothecary Diaries: I love it when Jinshi loses his cool and the facade begins to drop.
• Gundam GQux: Wow, what an episode. Nyaan has felt somewhat sidelined in my opinion so it's good to see her getting the spotlight for once.
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  Also, I guess Machu is the only member of the core team who is averse to killing now.

Started:

• Lazarus: The first 4 episodes are finally available in Japanese audio on Max (too lazy to torrent, sorry) so we binged them. I am really loving it so far. The episode at the EDM show / dance club was particularly satisfying. The action feels tight and the music is on point. Oh, and there was a really nice moment of trans rep which was awesome. The one thing I'm watching out for here with the premise is what feels to me like a kind of weird anti-vax angle; however, we don't really know enough about Dr. Skinner at this stage and I'm thinking there is still room for more nuance than "evil scientist releases miracle drug but oops it actually kills you."

Grab bag:

• Steins;Gate: This has been on my list for a long time and I had some spare time last week so I checked it out. The first episode really grabbed me. The next two, not so much. The humor isn't clicking for me at all and the MC is kind of an unlikable asshole. Trying to decide if I want to stick this out to find out what all the fuss is about or not.
• Inuyasha: We thought this would be a fun show to revisit with our 11-year-old. And boy they are so into it. We're up to episode 28 or so and its been a hoot. I think this show genuinely holds up fairly well for it's age and genre. The characters are delightful and well realized, the voice cast does a great job, and the drama is juicy. I only caught bits and pieces of it back in the Toonami days so this is my first time actually watching it through.
• Witch from Mercury: Now that I've got my spouse on the gundam train (thanks, gqux!) she expressed interest in checking out G-Witch too. We watched the prologue and the first episode. Man that prologue is as heavy as I remember it. Excited to experience this show again.
• Akiba Maid War: We have three episodes left to go. I still think this show is an absolute riot. It does hit you with the ol' emotional gut punch at a certain point but then goes right back to it's goofy self. I cannot guess how they are going to wrap things up.
• ZZ Gundam: This is a struggle. I may end up watching the compilation movies instead. Really, I just want to get to Char's Counterattack and later UC shows.

Yeaaaah, I’m with you. What a wild comment to make. I was ready to give them the benefit of the doubt that the whole review bombing drama was just a case of having a bad day but this is something else.

I loved this sequence so much. Every single episode somehow exceeds my expectations.