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)
Metal Gear Musings: Part 1
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 (PlayStation/PC, 1998)
A Very GLORIO 2017: Why NieR:Automata Is The Best Game of the Year
A look back at the only Game of the Year contender that matters.
Review: NieR Automata
Zigg is a machine with a dream as he takes on Taro Yoko and PlatinumGames’s robot battling epic.
A Very GLORIO 2016: Iro’s Random Awards About Nothing In Particular
Another year’s gone by, and Iro’s got more random awards for stuff he liked! Hooray!
VA-11 Hall-A Review
It’s 207X A.D., and Glitch City is a cyberpunk dystopia. A corrupt Big Brother watches through nanomachines in the very air people breathe. Basic necessities are prohibitively expensive, and the gap between the haves and have-nots only widens with each passing day. Just being outdoors invites the possibility of being mugged or murdered. Wouldn’t you like to get away? Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name, and VA-11 Hall-A is all about capturing that feeling.
Thank You, Mr. Iwata. I Finally Understand.
We here at The Glorio Blog join so many others in mourning the loss of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. He will be missed.
Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late Review
As the latest from former doujin developers French Bread, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late certainly has colorful characters and flashy super moves, but does it do enough to stand out from the crowd? Is it better than its incredibly long and awkward title lets on? Can I get through this entire review without saying “Melty Blood”? Let’s have a closer look.
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