Quick Thoughts: Umbrella Academy Dallas

The Umbrella Academy was a gateway drug for me into the world of independent comics. Written by MCR frontman and goth cult icon Jared Way, The Umbrella Academy built a surreal world of apes and monsters heading towards an impending destruction, that could only be saved by a dysfunctional family of supers reuniting. It has been …

Quick Thoughts: Insert Coin Clothing

As I progressed from an acne covered teen into a less acne covered adult one of the underlying choices I was making was how my wardrobe would be. I have been increasingly internet shopping as many stores have specialised merchandise, specifically apparel that feeds my nerdy desire. High Street stores can sell me a top with …

Quick Thoughts: The Walking Dead Season 2 (spoilers)

The Walking Dead has seriously put a downer on my whole holiday, to the point that I'm seriously debating my life skills in the very rare case of an apocalyptic survival scenario. Season Two was a roller coaster of emotions and tough decisions, and while I didn't like the new group as much as the …

Quick Thoughts: The Walking Dead Season 1 and 400 Days (Spoiler Edition)

I'm mostly indifferent to the zombie genre that has had a sudden resurgence in the late nouties. Left 4 Dead is a blast, Zombieland is hilarious, but I dislike the amount of Zombie related media that is put out nowadays. It's become a novelty or a fad. Thus I've never invested in The Walking Dead …

Quick Thoughts: Hanamonogatari

The last time I checked in on Araragi and his harem of quick talking gag spewing oddity belles I stated that I wasn't overly hyped for the new season. I'm still a big fan of the Monogatari series but after spending a whole summer catching up on the series it can cause fatigue. Allowing myself a …

Quick Thoughts: The Walking Dead Intermission (No Spoilers Edition)

At the time of writing I have just started The Walking Dead's Season 1 episode 3: Long Road Ahead. Previously I had to play through Episode 1 three times before finding a work around due to a glitch causing my choices not to go through correctly. For those playing on a Mac with a similar …

Quick Thoughts: Amagi Brilliant Park

When I first look at the promotional pictures of Amagi Brilliant Park I thought I knew what it was about. Generic handsome looking protagonist, busty tsundere lead with some sort of weapon, frail blonde girl. Yep looks like another romantic comedy/harem anime. I can foresee the mascot characters being overtly pervy and getting away with …

Quick Thoughts: The Wolf Among Us

I'm a complete stranger when it comes to Telltale's new brand of story telling. I've dabbled in Back to the Future and Sam and Max's wacky adventures along with frequenting the Inventory for a round of Poker but their newer works with The Walking Dead is completely alien to me. Last summer saw the release of …

Quick Thoughts: Batgirl #36 and #37

I would never identify myself as a comic buff. I've dabbled in Ultimate Spiderman for a bit as a teenager and watched my fair share of 90's comic book cartoons but my interest peaked with Mark Miller's Kick Ass. I never had too much interest for DC's line of masked crusaders, preferring Marvel's line fantastical supers. Batgirl …

Quick Thoughts: LIMBO

Thoughts of high quality Indie titles on XBLA will generate mainly images with a 2D perspective. They could be puzzle, action, platformers, or beat em ups but they were always 2D. Except they've never shared the same aesthetic, all of them were unique. Braid was a moving portrait, Castle Crashers was a playable cartoon, and Fez …