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Vinland Saga

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On Monday, I watched the first 3 episodes of Vinland Saga and man… I was impressed with the first few scenes of Demon Slayer and this anime was no exception. Every frame is beautifully drawn!! And EACH CHARACTER IS INTERESTING. A huge pet peeve of mine is having characters that literally exist just to deliver a line. Here, you feel like you’re a part of Thor’s village and everyone adds to that dynamic. Even outside the village, LOOK AT HOW THEY DEPICTED THE NATIVE AMERICANS!! It’s always nice to see different characteristics be depicted in the anime style, but still not get lost in the giant bubble eyes and funky costume designs. I, for one, am very happy with Leif Ericsson! It wasn’t some grandiose introduction; he was just some guy peddling his wares around “the world”. And man, can they make these guys look intimidating. As for the story, it’s easy to follow and you can kind of guess at some parts what’s going to happen. However, there are a couple of twists and things that can le...

My E3 Experience

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Who's there and who's square This year, Electronic Arts(June 8th), Microsoft, Bethesda, & Devolver Digital, Ubisoft & Square Enix (June 9th), and Nintendo (June 11th) appeared at E3 this year. Sony, however, dropped out, which truly broke my heart. However, I'm kind of glad they did, because that means they're putting all their effort into their next gen release, unlike some people (*cough* *cough* Microsoft) who are just rushing it to market. My conference pet peeves So conferences are already very cringy, so I can't even include that as a pet peeve. But no worries, I've got a few: Long drawn out speeches with filler vocab (Microsoft revealing xbox scarlet) unnecessary performances games with no gameplay, but don't worry, you can pre-order now...  I think the one thing that irritated me the most in 2018's E3 Conference was that everyone kept repeating the same thing: "Gamers want their investments to matter. " And all I cou...