For the 100th episode Dragonball Super packed in a healthy helping of Super Saiyan action. Since the start of this tournament, we’ve wasted no time with the garbage of past episodes. Food-porn and family values are swept aside for super-powered combat. A great episode to be sure, however, the end result left a bittersweet taste…
Divinity Original Sin 2 [alpha]: Persuasion & Personality
(Disclaimer: I know this is the alpha version, so I expect a few aspects to change for the official release. On the other hand, we won’t know what will change until that day. So it’s important to point out the strengths and weaknesses of Original Sin 2 at this stage, so that those changes reflect…
DBSuper 64: Unholy Fusion
In an intense speech, Black realizes he CAN learn something from the Saiyans. Their emotions, particularly their anger fuels their power. Letting go of his cold superiority, he allows the emotion to fill him. All his disdain and hatred for mortals grows into a demented fury, which he channels into his ki-blade, transforming it into…
Fletch-Pit: Exmortus & Holy Grail@Highline (July2016)
To make up for my missing Skeletonwitch report, here’s part of a letter I wrote to the editor of The Stranger magazine about a show way back in July. While the pit wasn’t nearly as full of bodies and brutality, the music was awesome, and deserved more recognition than the Stranger’s writer Joseph Schafer gave it. Here’s what I had to say about Exmortus and Holy Grail:
DBSuper 63: Fierce History of Combat
Welcome to the most serious episode of Dragonball Super ever. No food porn, no babysitting, no family matters, no C-list clown characters; just a desolated futuristic wasteland and a truly evil opponent. Every character is focused on defeating the villains, from Bulma repairing the time machine, to Vegeta training so hard he destroys the Hyberbolic…
DBSuper62: Back from the Future (again)
All the action you were hoping for was frontloaded into the first 10mins. In Saiyan rage, he assaulted Black while Vegeta countered Zamasu. I loved the callback to DBZ when Trunks used Gohan’s Masenko technique! How exactly Trunks was able to hold his own against Super Saiyan Rose Black is a mystery. Fans disagree with…
DBSuper61: Painful Paradox
Holy crap, if you thought the time travel from the Android/Cell sagas was confusing, don’t even bother trying to understand Zamasu/Black. I cannot find a single explanation in this episode that doesn’t contradict another. It’s like the Bible! The easiest thing to do is just accept that the villains are a time paradox and need…
Divinity Original Sin 2 [alpha]: Armor & Shields
(Disclaimer: I know this is the alpha version, so I expect a few aspects to change for the official release. On the other hand, we won’t know what will change until that day. So it’s important to point out the strengths and weaknesses of Original Sin 2 at this stage, so that those changes reflect…
Fletch Pit: Visigoth@Highline
Last weekend I went searching for metal and found it Sunday night at the Highline on East Broadway. I’ve been to this vegan venue a few times before because it offers the most reliable menu for metal. Unfortunately I was too fashionably late, so I walked in on Substratum’s last song, but the grimy heavy…
DBSuper 60 Another Tease
Last time on Dragon Ball Super Whis and Beerus demonstrated their godly powers, stopping Zamasu’s assassination attempt and erasing him from existence. As awesome as that sounds, it wasn’t as confrontational as it should’ve been. On the other hand there was a great confrontation between Kid Trunks and his future self. I’ve been waiting a…
DBSuper 58: Missing Link
Here it is! Will we finally get the answers we’ve been seeking?! Is this the final piece to the puzzle of Zamasu and Black? What will Zamasu (present) wish for using the Super Dragon Balls? Is the wish the connection we’re looking for? Yes, plain and simple. Awesome, that’s what DBS needed, just a little…
DBSuper 57 Tag Team!
Let’s through down the gauntlet and kick some ass! God mode, tag team, double dual, crazy energy attacks and actual martial arts all load this episode with violent goodness. It’s hard to believe this is Dragonball Super, the same show that spent the entire God of Destruction arc at a birthday party. The high speed…
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