Doctor Who: The Ministry of Death & The Inhuman Empire Review

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Due to more Big Finish website / app issues and a long period where I just haven’t felt like doing… much of anything, I’m WAY behind on Big Finish, so don’t mind me if I double or triple up some shorter, less-detailed reviews in the next few months! Kicking this off is a double bill of Fourth Doctor and Sarah adventures, with both stories featuring the Brigadier and Harry, giving this a more Season 12 vibe than 13, which while isn’t necessarily a bad thing does kind of fly in the face of the idea of this run of stories… Let’s take a look!

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Fallout – Season 2, WonderMan and One Piece (Live Action) – Season 2 Reviews

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Hi all, while I’m not ready to fully commit to long-form reviews I didn’t want to lose out on months of watching / listening / reading / playing so I thought I’d put up a series of “mini-reviews” for the time being, going over my thoughts on things without going into deep detail. If/when I get fully back into the swing I can always revisit some of these things and give them a proper review, though I’ll admit when it comes to this trio it’s unlikely… Let’s take a look!

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Dragon Quest: The Mark of Erdrick – Volume 4 Anime UK News Review

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While I’m still trying to put myself back together I managed to write a few paragraphs to keep the streak of Dragon Quest: Mark of Erdrick reviews going for Anime UK News! It can be viewed HERE.

Still not sure when I’ll be up to resuming here, but receiving a review copy from the publishers gave me that little extra push to get this one done (and it’s still a fun series for the record!)

Another Quick Blog Update…

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I can’t believe I’m typing this just four years after my Mum passed, but sadly my Dad has passed away after a rather nasty combination of cancer and dementia robbed him of a peaceful end to his life. The lead up to it has been some of the worst days of my life, and now he’s gone I feel a little directionless. It will pass, I know from when my Mum passed, but when that happened my blog went silent for quite a while, so just giving you the head’s up that may happen again. I was thinking of maybe switching to bunches of short-form reviews to lower the workload, but we’ll see.

With the exception of the Daleks’ Master Plan review from a week or so ago it’s been pretty quiet here for a while anyway, so this is why that happened. It’s been rough, it might get a little rougher, but I’m sure I’ll be back in some form or another soon…

Thank you,

David “Cold Cobra” Hogan.

Doctor Who: The Daleks’ Master Plan (Episodes 1 – 6)

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While I’ve been struggling as of late I didn’t want to miss out on documenting the fact I watched two episodes of Doctor Who I was pretty sure were lost forever a month or two ago. Episodes 1 and 3 of The Daleks’ Master Plan was returned and released digitally back at Easter and given Episode 2 already existed watching three episodes of the serial one after the other was pretty amazing. Given I already have a review of Episode 7 up as part of my Christmas Who marathon a while ago I thought I’d continue on with the also-existing Episode 5 and photo recons of 4 and 6. I’ll hold off on the second half just on the off chance that more episodes or animations might be coming our way in the future. Let’s take a look!

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Final Fantasy II – Pixel Remaster (PS4) Review

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After enjoying gliding through the Final Fantasy I Pixel Remaster a while ago (or a few weeks ago, review upload-wise) I decided to jump into its sequel as soon as another gap in my gaming appeared… without remembering that it was the often-cited “black sheep” of the series due to its really weird levelling up system. Well, the Pixel Remaster at least goes someway in remedying this issue but it’s still very wonky as a game. All that being said, it did introduce a lot of important stuff to the series, not least named characters and a slightly more layered plot (plus Chocobos!) so it’s not all bad. Let’s take a look!

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Doctor Who: Trail of the White Worm / The Oseidon Adventure Review

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The first series of Fourth Doctor adventures at Big Finish came to an end with the fun reveal of the Geoffrey Beevers’ Master once again facing off with Tom Baker’s Doctor, and later the, um, less interesting reveal that the Kraals were also back for another shot at Tom Baker’s Doctor… Yeah, I know which one would’ve made for the better surprise but I guess The Master was also more likely to push sales! Anyway, does this four-parter end the first series on a high? Let’s take a look…

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Mobile Fighter G Gundam Overall Review

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Time for another “I don’t really do these anymore but since I’ve done them for all of the other Gundam series I don’t want to break the streak now we’re near the end” Overall Review, this time for the decidedly un-Gundam-like Mobile Fighter G Gundam. If you’re in the mood for a bit of over-the-top silliness and martial art film tropes then G Gundam is for you, but if you’re looking for a “real robot” war story like most Gundam shows you’ve picked the wrong one. Let’s take a quick overall look then, shall we?

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Doctor Who: Energy of the Daleks Review

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The next story in the first run of Fourth Doctor adventures was “Energy of the Daleks”, the want for every companion to have a Dalek story at Big Finish was immediately satisfied with this, Leela’s first encounter with them. It’s was also the first Fourth Doctor story featuring Daleks without Davros, which is interesting. Beyond all that “first time” box-ticking it’s pretty bog-standard Dalek stuff. Let’s take a look!

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