Themes of Distance and Separation in Ponyo

Themes of Distance and Separation in Ponyo

There are two ways to look at Ponyo, Miyazaki Hayao’s latest movie, one as a film and the other a story. In my opinion, as a film it’s great, as the overwhelming majority of his films are, but as a story, it’s good-OK. It’s a very simple story, possibly the simplest from Miyazaki [...]

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Facial Expressions in Anime – The Extreme, The Effective…

Facial Expressions in Anime - The Extreme, The Effective...

…And the extremely effective.
Recently I’ve taken to watching video reviews from The Angry Video Game Nerd. I find his work hilarious… he has that college internet style of humour that online satirists like Maddox from The Best Page In The Universe have, except the “satire” itself has been replaced with extreme crassness delivered with [...]

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Winter 2010: First Thoughts

Winter 2010: First Thoughts

I had the full intention of signing up for Crunchyroll membership this season, but baulked when I realized they only had two shows I was interested in. However, those two shows are arguably the best of the season so far, and with the US dollar where it is, there’s probably no better time for [...]

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Twelve Months of Wii: A Retrospective (Part 2)

Twelve Months of Wii: A Retrospective (Part 2)

Continuing on from the last post. (Source of above image.)

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Twelve Months of Wii: A Retrospective (Part 1)

Twelve Months of Wii: A Retrospective (Part 1)

It’s been a little over a year since I first got a Wii, so I guess this is about as good a time as any to look back at the games I’ve played in that time. And I have actually played quite a few. Wii is probably the console that fits me best, [...]

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