A Very GLORIO 2024: Franchises – The Ever Distant Utopia
I wish the world didn’t have to be this way, but if big franchises are the only way the creators I like can get any work, then so be it.
Fate/Samurai Remnant Fails to Distinguish Itself
Fate/Samurai Remnant is a decent enough Musou game, but as a Type-Moon story it’s trying to cram a square peg into a round hole.
Metaphor ReFantazio Mythologizes a Better World but is Afraid to Abandon the Status Quo
Metaphor: ReFantazio is undeniably a fun, highly polished game built upon decades of Atlus’s previous work, but it stumbles into familiar pitfalls and offers few changes to established genre formulas.
Review: Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon-
Even with the caveat of Tsukihime -A piece of blue glass moon- only being the first part of an incomplete project, what is here is not only a much-appreciated expansion of the original work but a rare big-budget visual novel easily deserving a standalone release. Perhaps even more importantly, it’s an affirmation of the work’s position and importance after years of relative obscurity within Type-Moon’s catalog.
Relink is Good but it’s not the Intro to Granblue Fantasy I Wanted
Does Relink deliver the true Granblue Fantasy experience? My answer is… not quite.
A Very GLORIO 2023: I don’t know what I expected.
Iro looks back on the media of 2023 and considers what he expected to get and what he wanted to get.
25 Years of The Greatest Game Ever Made
Many games are good. Some are exceptional. But only one is Legendary.
Review: Witch on the Holy Night / Mahoutsukai no Yoru / Mahoyo
A decade after it came out, Mahoutsukai no Yoru is finally translated. But is it any good?
First Look: Trails of Cold Steel – Northern War
Branded with her grandfather’s reputation as a traitor, Lavian Winslet joins the Northern Jaegers where she’ll put her life on the line to protect her country against an invasion by the mighty Erebonian Empire.
A Very GLORIO 2022: Iro’s Meandering Thoughts on 2022’s Adaptations, adapted from electrical signals in his brain to the form of a blog post
When I whittled down this year’s list of watched shows down to smaller and smaller numbers, it turned out that almost everything on there was some kind of adaptation or reboot. What’s up with that? Were they any good?
I made a visual novel!
If you’re reading this blog, that probably means you’ve at least got a tangential interest in cartoon teenage girls saying things written by grown men who have never talked to a teenage girl before in their entire lives! Do you? Well, then I have got news for you.
Review: Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel III. spring song
It’s been 15 years. Was it worth it? (No.)
First Look: The World Ends With You
Waking up a ghost in the middle of Shibuya Crossing, amnesiac Neku Sakuraba finds himself competing in the Reapers’ Game, a weeklong struggle for survival that takes place in a parallel universe known as the Underground. He teams up with a girl named Shiki Mikami, but their partnership gets off to a rough start once the Reapers make their appearance.
The GLORIO Chat Episode 75: Weeb Games
As the season crawls toward the finish line, we take some time to chat about the anime-ish games we’ve been playing in addition to our usual anime talk.
Granblue Fantasy vs. Granblue Fantasy Versus Part 2: Katalina
You are not immune to hot lady knight
Granblue Fantasy vs. Granblue Fantasy Versus Part 1: Gran
Jel is trying to make videos again.
First Look: Granblue Fantasy Versus (Closed Beta)
NOW WITH VIDEO
Our Two Cents: A Trip Through the Tall Grass
What do you do when you want to write a top ten list, but you’re too lazy to come up with ten whole entries? Just ask your friends to chip in! Our Two Cents is making its grand return, a feature in which the writers of The Glorio Blog take turns to throw in their proverbial two cents on one topic at a time. That’s one far-fetched question, with up to ten entirely unsolicited answers! Today, we celebrate the recent announcement of Pokémon Sword and Shield by getting all misty eyed about the past.
Metal Gear Musings: Part 3
This year marks the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest and worst things to ever happen to gaming: the Metal Gear Solid series. The series (and its MSX predecessors) have baffled and delighted gamers for decades, serving up an inimitable mix of social commentary, action movie escapades and bizarre medium games. Long time fan of the series Zigg is playing through every game fresh and looking back on them from a modern perspective. Warning – spoilers ahoy!
This week: Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PlayStation 2, 2004)
Metal Gear Musings: Part 2
This year marks the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest and worst things to ever happen to gaming: the Metal Gear Solid series. The series (and its MSX predecessors) have baffled and delighted gamers for decades, serving up an inimitable mix of social commentary, action movie escapades and bizarre medium games. Long time fan of the series Zigg is playing through every game fresh and looking back on them from a modern perspective. Warning – spoilers ahoy!
This week: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (PlayStation 2/Xbox/PC, 2001)
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