Very often you can find geeks doing what they can to help those around them. You have Child's Play and Extra Life helping kids. But while at Dream Hack Denver I ran into another group that was selling geek flavored stickers for another cause. Going under the name of AC Custom Designs they are a non-profit that focuses on keeping the world's biodiversity in third world countries. A word from the gentleman that was manning their table at Dream Hack Denver.
Hi readers! It's been another fun week in the world of seasonal anime. I didn't find any time to play video games this week because I spent most of the week assembling IKEA furniture. Our collection of books and DVD's have grown to such a point that my old shelves could no longer contain them. I'm now the proud owner of 4 full-sized and 2 narrow Billy bookcases. Everything looks a lot more organized now, and its a lot easier for me to find comics to read. On that note, let's talk about what I've been doing this week.
Read MoreWow, can you believe it is already November? And with the second to last month of the year comes the last (or at least the last I am aware of) convention of the season, Daku Con. What is Daku Con you might ask? Well it is a first year geek convention that is 18+. The convention is going to be held at the Radisson Hotel Denver Southeast (I-225 and S. Parker) on 11/10 - 11/12.
OK, so now you have the base details. Your first question may be, why an 18+ convention? To answer that question I am going to reference the front page of the Daku Con website.
Read MoreHi readers, I've been away this week, putting in some long hours in the field. Once I got back though, I was able to spend some time catching up on this weeks anime. Let's talk about seasonal anime!
Read MoreLast weekend Dreamhack hosted their first event here in the Mile High City. And it was a blast. Games were played, prizes were won, it was a great time. A full write up is coming soon, but I managed to finish getting pictures up first, so huzzah! The full gallery can be found here.
Read MoreHello everyone, and welcome to another week of The Professional Gamer. This week I've mostly been away from home, but I have had an opportunity to keep up with the Fall seasonal anime that I've found interesting so far. Let's talk a bit about that and the little bit of video gaming that I have done this week as well.
Read MoreHey, what are you doing this weekend? Going to relax at home, play some video games? Sounds like a pretty chill weekend. But what you could do is buck off that non-social stigma that people like to think gamers have. Instead of playing games in your home alone, play them at the National Western Center! That is right, DreamHack is this starting at 9:00 AM for BYOC load-in and running to Sunday at 6:00 PM. That is pretty much 3 days of solid gaming.
Read MoreErik Kimerer is a voice actor best know as Speed-o-Sound Sonic in One Punch Man, Teruki Hanazawa in Mob Psycho 100, and Alibaba Saluja in Magi. He has recently been announced to voice Fish-Eye in the upcoming season of Sailor Moon. He was an invited guest and Nan Desu Kan 2017, where this interview was recorded. I interviewed Kimerer along with Phillip from DMGIce, and Marcus from Kaiju no Kami. We discussed Kimerer's path to voice acting and his advice for younger actors. We also spent some time geeking out about video games and animation. You can listen to the interview over at the podcast page. Enjoy!
Sorry it took me so long to actually post these photos to the front page, but all photos (ok, most photos) from NDK 2017 are now in their home here.
Hi readers! My apologies for the delay in releasing this article. I spent the entire weekend working on my deck, trying to get it refinished before Monday’s snow. I managed to get it done just in time. I’m going to do something a little different this week. I don’t have a lot of new things to talk about, so I thought I might post some more in depth review of some of the summer season anime that I’ve been watching. Let’s get started!
Let’s start with Elegant Yokai Apartment Life. This was an anime that I originally thought would be a fairly run of the mill occult high school anime. In the end the story took a much more mature take than I had anticipated. The first surprise that I encountered was the relationship between Yushi Inaba (the main character) and Hase Mizuki (his school friend). The typical pattern in anime would be for Yushi to have a female childhood friend who would act as his emotional support. In this case, however, the primary role of emotional support is played by a male friend. The first season has started to explore their relationship, showing how men can be supportive of each other. This show is actually doing some important work in deconstructing toxic masculinity and helping to destroy some of the bad tropes that exist in other media. Yushi relationships with the residents of the Kotobuki-So also show a more nuanced style of writing than is typical in seasonal anime. Yushi returns the kindness and respect of the other characters, but is also chartiable, even to those who try to cause him harm. He also does not suddenly get some idea that he is any sort of “chosen one”; he only sees himself as a person who happens to be in a place where he can make a difference. There is a second season currently airing in Japan, but as of this writing, there is no announcement of simulcasting in the US.
Next, is Restaurant to Another World (Isekai Shokudo), which is likely the least isekai series to come out in recent years. Conversely, it actually includes “isekai” in the title. Very misleading. In honesty, the series is much more focused on food and cooking, using the “isekai” concept to introduce characters who are unfamiliar with the types of food they are about to eat. There is very little plot in this series; each episode revolves around a new character eating a food, usually something they have not eaten before. As a bit of a food lover, I enjoy this type of show; but I can understand that I am in a small niche.
That’s all for this week. Next week, I’ll start to discuss the seasonal anime that I’m watching. Until then, game on!
