Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep – A Fragmentary Passage – (PS4) Review

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Continuing my look at the Kingdom Hearts franchise for the first time I’ve reached the infamously long-titled “Kingdom Hearts 0.2: Birth by Sleep -A Fragmentary Passage-” which came exclusively with “Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue”. Being just a “fragmentary passage” it’s a short one, just the equivalent of a single world from a normal Kingdom Hearts game, it does fill in a little continuity gap before we head into the final chapter of this story arc with KH III though, which I’ll look at early next year. Let’s take an equally short look!

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Doctor Who: The Violet Hour Review

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Now we’re caught up with the Ninth Doctor releases it’s time to catch up with the Thirteenth Doctor, starting with “The Violet Hour”. Set in 1920s London and featuring predominantly women fighting back against the old fashioned (or then current I guess) dismissal of women as equal to men it certainly fits the bill as a Thirteenth Doctor story, sadly more of the TV side of things that these audios have tended to thankfully back away from. Still, there is a good story tucked away here regardless, so let’s take a look…

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Doctor Who: Dark Tides Review

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“Dark Tides” is the first Ninth Doctor and Rose story separate from the recent Powell Estate story arc and much like its name it’s rather plain and by-the-numbers, but I’ll take a simple space horror (with knights! … and the evil hologram scientist woman from classic Red Dwarf episode “Quarantine”…?) over another trip to 00s London right now… Let’s take a look!

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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu Review

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The Mandalorian and Grogu has the sad “dishonour” of being the first Star Wars film released post-1998 I didn’t see in the cinema (due to… “unfortunate personal events”, let’s say) but that does mean I missed out on one of the main complaints about the film: that it felt just like an extended episode of the show rather than a big blow-out movie experience. Watching at home meant it was just like a special episode of a favourite TV show of mine (though with a far higher budget, obviously…) and for that reason I enjoyed myself, for the most part. Let’s take a look.

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Final Fantasy III – Pixel Remaster (PS4) Review

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Taking a bit of a break from RPGs series I’ve not played before with a return to the always fun Pixel Remasters. Final Fantasy III thankfully brought the series back to traditional levelling up systems and added in Jobs for the first time. Admittedly they also reintroduced nameless and personality-less protagonists and a more simplified story, but hey-ho, can’t get it all right, I guess! … Well, later entries will prove they can actually get it all right, but you know what I mean… Anyway, let’s take a look!

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Doctor Who: Thirteen O’Clock Review

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The storyline of The Doctor and Rose constantly being pulled to the Powell Estate comes to a close with “Thirteen O’Clock”, and can I just say: boy that wasn’t worth it. Six stories over a year and we end with a sequel to a story from just a few years ago that was okay but not particularly memorable? Same writer so I’m sure he loved bringing back his old creations like they were beloved characters, but for me I was just left wondering why this was the big pay-off and not just a one off thing… Oh well, let’s take a look…

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Doctor Who: Pandemonium Review

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Our next chunk of Big Finish catch-up is a trio of Ninth Doctor adventures followed by a trio of Thirteenth Doctor adventures, getting us caught up with the monthly singles ranges in three batches of two. “Pandemonium” continues both the “we keep getting brought to the Powell Estate” story arc as well as the idea of being set after the TV story “Father’s Day” as it features more Rose and her Dad related grief. Let’s take a look!

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The Punisher: One Last Kill Review

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When this was announced I was definitely interested, I’ve always liked Jon Bernthal’s Punisher so getting a new special focusing on him was good news, but after watching it I was just sort of confused. I mean as a stand-alone 45 minute thing it was fine but it didn’t fit into the MCU timeline at all, didn’t connect to the original Punisher series, Daredevil: Born Again Season 1 (which still has unresolved Punisher story beats) or the then-upcoming Spider-Man film as it turns out, it was like a pilot for a Punisher series that had nothing to do with the MCU but was added to it anyway. Oh well, what’s it like? Well given its length it won’t take long to tell you…

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Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway – The Sorcery of Nymph Circe Review

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The next Hathaway movie adaptation has arrived and to my surprise it’s kept quite close to the novel in that it’s far more character focused than action focused, leading to something of a divide in the Gundam fanbase as to whether or not it’s good, whether there’s “too much talking” or other such stuff. To me, personally? I liked it, but then I knew what I was (most likely) getting from these things given Tomino’s source novels, and all the introspective scenes will really pay off in the finale… whenever that ends up materialising! Anyway, let’s take a look…

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Doctor Who: Rutans vs. Sontarans – Peace at Last Review

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The Rutans vs. Sontarans plot thread comes to a close and thankfully it’s a good one. Not a great one like the opener, but a good one, with some really satisfying twists and scenes at the very end. It also once again reunites Paul McGann’s Doctor with Charley and C’rizz, which still makes me smile that we’re getting new C’rizz stories in the 2020s… Anyway, let’s take a look!

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