Last night I played a game with Trick (who needs a profile on the site) and Monty called Risk Legacy. I told Trick I hadn’t played Risk in about 20 years and he asked, “How old are you?” “I’m 37.” “Okay, that’s what I thought but when you said you hadn’t played in 20 years [...]
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Risk Legacy
Posted in Gaming, Reviews, tagged board games, games, review, Risk, strategy games on 28 January, 2012 | Comments Off
Night of Hunters Concert
Posted in Reviews, tagged music, Seattle, Tori Amos on 16 December, 2011 | Comments Off
Wednesday night, Ann and I went to a Tori Amos concert in support of her newest work, Night of the Hunters. This is the first Tori Amos album where I liked most of the songs on it (as opposed to liking 1 or 2 and being impartial toward the rest), so I was looking forward [...]
Tully’s Twisted Snowflake
Posted in Fanboi, Reviews, tagged being silly, coffee, review, Tully's, twisted snowflake on 2 December, 2011 | Comments Off
It is like a holiday party in my mouth and everyone is dancing under mistletoe. Which is to say: OMG YUM!!! That is all. ^_^
More Vocaloid Musings
Posted in Fanboi, Reviews, tagged amazon, anime news network, Hatsune Miku, japanese pop culture, kagamine rin, Oliver (Vocaloid), vocaloids on 15 November, 2011 | Comments Off
Anime News Network informed us that a new English-language Vocaloid has made his debut. Oliver (I like that name!) does a complete rendition of “Scarborough Fair.” It’s… okay. English is a more complicated language than Japanese (it has more sounds) so I’m not surprised that English-language Vocaloids (“Engloids?”) sound rougher and more… computery. In time, [...]
Review: Centralia (featuring Kagamine Rin)
Posted in Reviews, tagged japanese pop culture, kagamine rin, music, review, vocaloids on 8 September, 2011 | Comments Off
I stand precariously upon the precipice of the rabbit hole that is Vocaloid music. My first purchase was Hikarisyuyo’s Centralia (affiliate link), featuring Kagamine Rin. I like it and have been listening to it non-stop since purchasing it last week. Anyway, I wrote a review of the album for Amazon. If you’d like to skip [...]
Les Misérables vs The Phantom
Posted in Reviews, tagged Les Misérables, musicals, Phantom of the Opera, review, theatre on 21 August, 2011 | Comments Off
Yesterday I had the occasion with a group of friends and my lovely wife to attend a showing of the musical Les Misérables at the 5th Avenue Theatre. This was my first viewing of Les Mis, although I have seen the not-so-good Liam Neeson movie version.