http://obsessivity.iain.com anime, games, and being hooked Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:16:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://obsessivity.iain.com/2007/01/28/chrno-crusade/#comment-26 Obsessivity » Blog Archive » Current / recent viewing Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:57:17 +0000 http://obsessivity.iain.com/2007/01/28/chrno-crusade/#comment-26 [...] « Chrno Crusade [...] […] « Chrno Crusade […]

]]> http://obsessivity.iain.com/2006/10/16/elfen-lied/#comment-25 Obsessivity » Blog Archive » Current / recent viewing Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:48:04 +0000 http://www.iain.com/2006/10/16/elfen-lied/#comment-25 [...] I always like to watch the previews. I had to stop doing that with Elfen Lied because they were such heavy spoilers, but Red Garden has a nice amount of mystery, interesting scenes and no real information. I like that. [...] […] I always like to watch the previews. I had to stop doing that with Elfen Lied because they were such heavy spoilers, but Red Garden has a nice amount of mystery, interesting scenes and no real information. I like that. […]

]]> http://obsessivity.iain.com/2006/10/03/strawberry-panic-waiting-for-the-final-episode/#comment-24 Obsessivity » Blog Archive » Current / recent viewing Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:47:40 +0000 http://www.iain.com/2006/10/03/strawberry-panic-waiting-for-the-final-episode/#comment-24 [...] I dislike the introductory animation, and absolutely loathe the ending for the first few episodes (it changes at 11 or so, though the new one isn’t much better. Not in the same class of unwatchable squick as Strawberry Panic’s ending, but pretty bad nonetheless. [...] […] I dislike the introductory animation, and absolutely loathe the ending for the first few episodes (it changes at 11 or so, though the new one isn’t much better. Not in the same class of unwatchable squick as Strawberry Panic’s ending, but pretty bad nonetheless. […]

]]> http://obsessivity.iain.com/2006/10/03/goodnight-utena/#comment-23 Obsessivity » Blog Archive » Current / recent viewing Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:55:10 +0000 http://www.iain.com/2006/10/03/goodnight-utena/#comment-23 [...] At episode 13, we can’t really be sure that “our” girls are on the right side of the fight - except that we know the other side are killers. It seems both sides are pretty evil, but what they’re doing is still very cloudy. Hervé’s being voiced by Koyasu Takehito makes it very difficult for me not to see him as a villain - he’s Touga in Revoutionary Girl Utena. [...] […] At episode 13, we can’t really be sure that “our” girls are on the right side of the fight - except that we know the other side are killers. It seems both sides are pretty evil, but what they’re doing is still very cloudy. Hervé’s being voiced by Koyasu Takehito makes it very difficult for me not to see him as a villain - he’s Touga in Revoutionary Girl Utena. […]

]]> http://obsessivity.iain.com/2007/01/18/something-worthwhile/#comment-22 Obsessivity » Blog Archive » Chrno Crusade Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:56:44 +0000 http://obsessivity.iain.com/2007/01/18/something-worthwhile/#comment-22 [...] Current obsessions: (anime) Simoun (writing:)The Scent of Petunias [...] […] Current obsessions: (anime) Simoun (writing:)The Scent of Petunias […]

]]> http://obsessivity.iain.com/2006/10/14/simoun/#comment-21 Obsessivity » Blog Archive » Out from under - for a time. Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:37:26 +0000 http://www.iain.com/2006/10/14/simoun/#comment-21 [...] I don’t seem to do well at handling life without an active obsession, but reworking the story as much as it needs has provided that. And rather than go back to EQ2 when I’m done with a revision session, I’ve been using the break to catch up on Simoun. The fine folks at Simoun-Fans are now up to episode 23 - only 3 left. ‘Course, that’s only 7 further on from where we were when I last obsessed over the series, so I’m still going to have a long, painful wait after I get up to 23. [...] […] I don’t seem to do well at handling life without an active obsession, but reworking the story as much as it needs has provided that. And rather than go back to EQ2 when I’m done with a revision session, I’ve been using the break to catch up on Simoun. The fine folks at Simoun-Fans are now up to episode 23 - only 3 left. ‘Course, that’s only 7 further on from where we were when I last obsessed over the series, so I’m still going to have a long, painful wait after I get up to 23. […]

]]> http://obsessivity.iain.com/2007/01/16/active-obsessions/#comment-20 Obsessivity » Blog Archive » Something Worthwhile Thu, 18 Jan 2007 21:57:42 +0000 http://obsessivity.iain.com/2007/01/16/active-obsessions/#comment-20 [...] « Active Obsessions [...] […] « Active Obsessions […]

]]> http://obsessivity.iain.com/2006/11/09/the-early-days-of-everquest/#comment-19 Obsessivity » Blog Archive » Kelethin Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:36:15 +0000 http://obsessivity.iain.com/2006/11/09/the-early-days-of-everquest/#comment-19 [...] Yep, EQ2’s back to obession status. The new player race is wonderful. I’m having a great time playing a Fae. They’re just so much fun. The new zone is exactly right - an update of the old Greater Faydark, with lore to account for the differences. The music is an updated version of the old Kelethin music - Kelethin, with some of the melodic content of the old Plane of Growth Tower, and the same high quality as the rest of EQ2. Kelethin was the home of the wood elves in EQ1. It was in the center of Greater Faydark - it still is - but when I started EQ1 as a high elf I had no idea how close it was. I found it by accident, and thought that I had run for miles, when in fact it was just a short path between Felwithe, the High Elf city, and Kelethin. Short, but lethal to a level 1 or 2 newcomer. Even more so if you ventured off the path, which I did all the time. Gawd, but that was a scary time. [...] […] Yep, EQ2’s back to obession status. The new player race is wonderful. I’m having a great time playing a Fae. They’re just so much fun. The new zone is exactly right - an update of the old Greater Faydark, with lore to account for the differences. The music is an updated version of the old Kelethin music - Kelethin, with some of the melodic content of the old Plane of Growth Tower, and the same high quality as the rest of EQ2. Kelethin was the home of the wood elves in EQ1. It was in the center of Greater Faydark - it still is - but when I started EQ1 as a high elf I had no idea how close it was. I found it by accident, and thought that I had run for miles, when in fact it was just a short path between Felwithe, the High Elf city, and Kelethin. Short, but lethal to a level 1 or 2 newcomer. Even more so if you ventured off the path, which I did all the time. Gawd, but that was a scary time. […]

]]> http://obsessivity.iain.com/2006/11/09/the-early-days-of-everquest/#comment-18 Obsessivity » Blog Archive » EQ2 - new expansion! Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:49:19 +0000 http://obsessivity.iain.com/2006/11/09/the-early-days-of-everquest/#comment-18 [...] I wasn’t thinking about the expansion when I wrote about the early days in Greater Faydark. It’s certainly not going to have the same feel for me as that time, but I do like that they’re bringing the city and forest back. It has the potential to be a lovely place. [...] […] I wasn’t thinking about the expansion when I wrote about the early days in Greater Faydark. It’s certainly not going to have the same feel for me as that time, but I do like that they’re bringing the city and forest back. It has the potential to be a lovely place. […]

]]> http://obsessivity.iain.com/2006/11/05/the-book-version-20/#comment-17 Obsessivity » Blog Archive » Final Fantasy X Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:30:00 +0000 http://obsessivity.iain.com/2006/11/05/the-book-version-20/#comment-17 [...] Although I prefer the music of Kajiura Yuki, that’s partly because the medium she works in is different. (There’s no requirement for songs to continue to repeat, and she can write complete pieces - the anime producers will clip what’s needed for a scene.) Had it not been for Uematsu’s video game music, I probably wouldn’t have discovered Kajiura, and followed that thread down to The Book. [...] […] Although I prefer the music of Kajiura Yuki, that’s partly because the medium she works in is different. (There’s no requirement for songs to continue to repeat, and she can write complete pieces - the anime producers will clip what’s needed for a scene.) Had it not been for Uematsu’s video game music, I probably wouldn’t have discovered Kajiura, and followed that thread down to The Book. […]

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