tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:39:26 +0000WOWaddictionarakawa under the bridgeliveshojoNanami Takahashitop tenAstroboyLovely Complexgreen lanternnewEmiyaAwesomehimekoEvangelion 1.0Hatsune MikuSony MonkeyFillerLife Sizedlove hinaBlackshorrorGrim FandangoStatuejoeyEva 1.0Season 2obsessionsubtitledactionrei haterasukaxshinjihighschool of the deadzombieBattosaiIdolsTailendersMMOsexploitationmorriganGroundhog's Daycast offkojiharemreixshinjihalloweenEvangelionslice of lifecostumekurohimeRanka Leevoice actingautismcosplayzeroAndrew WKHaruhiai yori yoshishinjimovieriderfiguresrei loverVic MignognaRed Dead RedemptionJapansabertenchiblack lagoonsakuraKyoncode geassFinal FantasyyuiKoizumi RisaStingmangaMacrossC.CAsukalistsKuronuma SawakoReiEndless EightSpike SpencerChocoborevytohsaka rinOtakudubGundamBlizzardThe Fuji Rabbitmanny calaveraSheryl NomeTLJPee WeeshinjixreiCGIharuhi Kyon Disappearance Suzumiya Yuki talking cat that doesn't talkGetter RobosexyTiffany Grantfuji rabbitBokura Ga ItawomenFujiRabbitmioMusicGadgetssavoryryan reynoldsfanserviceshonenAKB48Scootersk-ondragon ageTokyoSuper Robot Warsfate/stay nightGundam 30thcomic conanimeshinjixasukaninoSuper Robot Taisenmiley cyrusAkiraAyaRurouni KenshinImagiThree Times More Awesome Than The Standard Bloghttp://www.thezeonicfront.com/noreply@blogger.com (Critic)Blogger390125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-8001694162890372481Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:08:00 +00002012-04-18T19:10:41.451-05:00 So I was sitting, bare-assed, on a cactus late last week and thought quietly to myself, "This isn't very fun.  Maybe I should play that game all the kids are talking about:  Xenoblade Chronicles.  Maybe that will be fun!"I raced as quickly as I could to my local Gamestop. "Hey do you guys have a copy of Xenoblade Chronicles: Power of the Monado, I could buy?" I asked with eager eyes and a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/3Z201cF5Ewg/xenoblade-chronicles-mandeldroit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/3Z201cF5Ewg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2012/04/xenoblade-chronicles-mandeldroit.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-5620711097097895583Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:17:00 +00002012-04-03T16:29:46.686-05:00I've seemingly been in Wonderland the last two months. Once I realized my voice is soothing to my son (now three months old), I realized it was time to start reading to him, as I was quickly running out of songs in my mental database to sing to him. So we plowed through every Dr. Seuss book I have, until I decided, perhaps something a bit longer won't have me trying to get up and jostle the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/mzXI_PZjiRg/all-things-alice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/mzXI_PZjiRg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2012/04/all-things-alice.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-1690660953143758931Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:04:00 +00002012-03-13T12:04:22.914-05:00For some reason, before starting this show, I didn't look up any previous reviews or impressions.  This wasn't on purpose, but now I am glad I did as it would have hampered my original viewing. There is a lot of hate out there for this show, and really I'm not surprised.  While there is divergence of course, it seems people fall into three camps. 1) They loved the OVA because it left EVERYTHINGhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/TwttMaxPKHk/black-rock-shooter-anime-impressions_13.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/TwttMaxPKHk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2012/03/black-rock-shooter-anime-impressions_13.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-866451063476627318Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:55:00 +00002012-03-07T15:17:34.259-06:00I'm going to go back to something I tried a long time ago, where I give impressions of a show in three stages, instead of going by each episode.  The Alpha stage will cover initial thoughts while watching the show, Beta will cover the middle, and of course Omega the final thoughts. To get back in the groove of things, I'll start with a show that is only 8 episodes long, and also a previous http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/P7xdJdSiUXs/black-rock-shooter-anime-impressions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/P7xdJdSiUXs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2012/03/black-rock-shooter-anime-impressions.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-3904440500407159535Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:05:00 +00002012-03-02T11:05:00.222-06:00Well, I'm back from outer space, and I come here to see you with that sad look upon your face. But be sad no longer, as I have survived having my first child! Woo hoo! Of course the Dad has it a lot easier than the Mom, and we are only two months into his life, but still I think it is safe to say I am a survivor. The whole pregnancy and getting ready for the baby is the reason I give for http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/K2w4_g-uKPA/gaming-with-newborn.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/K2w4_g-uKPA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2012/03/gaming-with-newborn.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-1612364783863938344Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:30:00 +00002011-11-10T14:33:37.561-06:00Not long ago I posted an article about how I can't stand when a Company tells me I must buy Product X for Product Z to come out.  It seems to happen in the gaming industry all the time. Although, my predictions in that article of Nintendo of America releasing Last Story and Xenoblades in the states as an inevitability have yet to come true, it doesn't change my point in the article. The latest http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/0p0GzrkOEa8/they-are-doing-it-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/0p0GzrkOEa8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2011/11/they-are-doing-it-again.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-8203535157296487345Thu, 13 Oct 2011 08:00:00 +00002011-10-13T03:00:01.100-05:00haruhi Kyon Disappearance Suzumiya Yuki talking cat that doesn't talkThe Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 1 is probably my second favorite anime of all time, just behind Evangelion, if that wasn't apparent already from my number 1 and number 2 anime girl choices. I'm sure most fanboys/otaku/haters (I lump them all together at this point) would say I'm a bandwagon fan who likes whatever is popular.  I would take issue with this in a major way, as with both http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/FwoIEye1-mQ/disappearance-of-haruhi-suzumiya-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/FwoIEye1-mQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2011/10/disappearance-of-haruhi-suzumiya-review.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-3053429795605343652Mon, 10 Oct 2011 19:50:00 +00002011-10-10T14:59:39.622-05:00 First of all, sorry for the extreme lack of updates.  I have a baby on the way and just prepping for it has cut into most of my free time.  Imagine when he actually arrives. Mostly, that little free time has been spent plowing through as many video games, manga and anime that I can before our little bundle of joy arrives.  The good news is that I now have a backlog of all things pop culture http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/U_fWpMixGic/hyperdiminsion-neptunia-impressions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/U_fWpMixGic" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2011/10/hyperdiminsion-neptunia-impressions.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-4742931532369730032Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:36:00 +00002011-08-31T15:41:02.882-05:00For anyone going to AnimeFEST in Dallas this weekend make sure you check the schedule for Dai Sato, and do your best to attend. We see Sato speak every year, and I have to say it is always the highlight of attending anime conventions.  Not only has he worked on nearly every show that I hold dear (Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell, Eden of the East, Eureka Seven to name a few), he always provides http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/3qUsveCnL58/dai-sato-at-animefest-in-dallas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/3qUsveCnL58" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2011/08/dai-sato-at-animefest-in-dallas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-6919499810746304320Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:49:00 +00002011-08-11T16:49:55.633-05:00It seems the new cool thing to do if you are head of marketing at a major entertainment company is to blame the fans of the product you are trying to shill, as to weather said product comes out or not. For example, today Reggie Fils-Aime, the President of Nintendo of America said depending on the sales of Xenoblade Chronicles in Europe, determines if we get it in the States. Now, being a big http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/ZyZMpblsrRc/stop-blaming-fans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/ZyZMpblsrRc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2011/08/stop-blaming-fans.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-1764481299324376381Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:09:00 +00002011-07-28T17:05:05.004-05:00Big news from Nintendo today.  The 3DS will see a 30% cut in price world wide.   From $250 to $170.   Early adopters will 20 free games as a consolation.  The value of the games is roughly the same as the price cut.  It is a fact that though the 3DS sold like gangbusters, but has only sold around 700k since april.  Many are claiming that this is proof that its heading for another Virtual Boy http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/LpIJWIeQRWA/3ds-price-to-be-cut.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Critic)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/LpIJWIeQRWA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2011/07/3ds-price-to-be-cut.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-652757833979214736Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:39:00 +00002011-07-27T18:39:41.705-05:00 There will be a Battleship movie.  Yes a movie based on the Milton Bradley board game.  Now I know what MB is thinking.  If Hasbro can make Billions licensing their hot properties to be made into major motion pictures why can't we?  Truth is they probably can.  But not with Battleship, at least not like this.   I'm going to really try not to judge this too hard only because it's only a trailer, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/WNTwayyYn9g/battleship-motion-picture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Critic)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/WNTwayyYn9g" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2011/07/battleship-motion-picture.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-1618936313109917180Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:19:00 +00002011-07-27T10:20:58.717-05:00This is not a good development.  What we know is it is confirmed that he is leaving as show runner.  In season one he was serving as both writer and show runner.  This seemed to be too much for him to deal with.  It remains to be seen if he remains.  Here's hoping he stays as executive producer and writer. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/DPN5eUMRPX8/frank-darabont-to-leave-walking-dead.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Critic)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/DPN5eUMRPX8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2011/07/frank-darabont-to-leave-walking-dead.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-3008524781981520014Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:35:00 +00002011-07-05T10:45:02.654-05:00 One thing that was interesting I noticed this weekend regarding the release of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, was that ever single critic seemed to hate it so so much, but every single person I talked to who had seen it, was head over heels in love with it.  Even as I was eating dinner at a restaurant, I casually said something about Michael Bay and the waiter two tables over had to yell over,http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/CS6j1OYhEO0/transfromers-dotm-and-rodimus-prime.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/CS6j1OYhEO0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2011/07/transfromers-dotm-and-rodimus-prime.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-8571619031165404420Thu, 09 Jun 2011 15:48:00 +00002011-06-09T16:48:55.503-05:00 E3 is this week, and while the Zeonic Front is stuck in Texas, it doesn't mean we don't have our own opinions at what is going down over there. Like fans the world over having this same conversation you will see below, myself and Critic had a little back and forth about what we have seen transpire at E3 so far and I thought I would reprint it here in it's entirety below:  Critic: Nintendo http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/tQodFlaqG1A/e3-2011-critic-vs-lonecow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/tQodFlaqG1A" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2011/06/e3-2011-critic-vs-lonecow.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-4289538597136534008Fri, 20 May 2011 19:29:00 +00002011-05-20T14:33:39.105-05:00The Dallas Comic Con is this weekend so I've been trying to brush up on some comics that I've missed over the years.  My relationship with comics goes through a natural ebb and flow.  When I get into them, I get into them hardcore.  But I find this typically only lasts two or three months.  Usually I stop reading because I catch up to the current issue, and by the time I have to wait another http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/scUTYc8PeHc/comics-you-need-to-read-hackslash.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/scUTYc8PeHc" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2011/05/comics-you-need-to-read-hackslash.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-887246987570141197Tue, 10 May 2011 18:55:00 +00002011-05-10T14:58:50.791-05:00I love Ewoks. I don't mind Jar Jar Binks. I like when George Lucas adds things during rereleases. I like the Prequels I hate most of the Expanded Universe These are five statements that would get me lynched with most "hardcore" Star Wars fans, but they are all statements I stand by.  Though I might have not been willing to admit them until now. The Internet can be a dissease, and even thoughhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/Og_11KW-sqo/star-wars-confessions-and-rants.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/Og_11KW-sqo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2011/05/star-wars-confessions-and-rants.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-5725106529419802399Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:04:00 +00002011-04-19T10:08:58.546-05:00I know I'm nearly 15 years late on this, but this weekend I picked up Initial D First stage.  I have to say I was impressed.  It is the cliched "tournament" show; where the protagonist is alway increasing is skills to face the next impossible opponent. That said moving that genre to auto racing is a logical move.  The characers are interesting. Especially the main character Takume, who's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/JbWYFRdcAI0/initial-d-mini-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Critic)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/JbWYFRdcAI0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2011/04/initial-d-mini-review.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-251432657022852583Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:32:00 +00002011-03-30T12:20:51.164-05:00This might come off as less of an impressions piece and more of a rant about modern gaming press, so let me just get that out of the way.It seems most of the major sites I go to, 1UP, Gamespot and IGN, and the blogs like Kotaku, Destuctoid, and Joystiq, all suffer from the same problem. Complete and utter failure to adapt to new things.Even the above mentioned Kotaku and Joystiq who have not http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/3kzNLcKWXLI/making-case-for-3ds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/3kzNLcKWXLI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2011/03/making-case-for-3ds.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-2985274093267824932Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:55:00 +00002011-03-08T10:33:33.001-06:00First of all a little side not about the severe drop in posts lately. I've been consistently traveling for work for the last two months and haven't had much downtime to sit and focus on my blog. And while I can't speak for my cohort, Critic, I know he is up to his eyeballs with his own ball of wax.So I figured I need to start another feature to keep me somewhat on a schedule. As I've been http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/CqXKiwBVqzA/introducing-touhou-tuesdays-marisa-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/CqXKiwBVqzA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2011/03/introducing-touhou-tuesdays-marisa-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-994297512606783762Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:19:00 +00002011-02-04T15:21:55.024-06:00A Goomba I made out of snow here in Texas.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/NXG4sf3N8wo/snow-goomba.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/NXG4sf3N8wo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2011/02/snow-goomba.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-4917352592528093585Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:59:00 +00002011-01-21T13:58:06.966-06:00Readers of this blog won't be too surprised to learn that I like collecting figures. Recently I've tried limiting my purchases to Transformers and poseable anime figures, and those poseable action figures being mostly figma.And in the figure market I started noticing more and more figures from something called Touhou Project. So I naturally assumed Touhou Project was an anime, but when I typed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/naLlkIDmoNo/wtf-is-touhou-project.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/naLlkIDmoNo" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2011/01/wtf-is-touhou-project.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-9065268957009292761Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:57:00 +00002011-01-18T11:47:59.630-06:00Nier is a game that should have been a success. Published by Square Enix you would think some level of marketing effort would be put behind this game, but there was hardly anything other than previews on gaming enthusiast sites. On top of that most (all) of the screen shots and video showed an ugly uninspired world of grey.I'm here to tell you, that you have been duped.Nier is one of the finesthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/H4lIMQbzfJ0/overlooked-games-nier.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/H4lIMQbzfJ0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2011/01/overlooked-games-nier.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-4099589535898496507Sat, 25 Dec 2010 07:00:00 +00002010-12-25T01:00:02.444-06:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/Bzzs70o585A/merry-black-rock-xmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (lonecow)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/Bzzs70o585A" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2010/12/merry-black-rock-xmas.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416377609699270949.post-6507556812455894841Thu, 23 Dec 2010 20:21:00 +00002010-12-23T14:21:26.310-06:00So first they built it.  Then they denied that it was a copy.  Now it's gone. those crazy Chinese. Source:  Kotakuhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~3/9WrGKitmWe8/chinese-gundam-goes-away.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Critic)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheZeonicFront/~4/9WrGKitmWe8" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.thezeonicfront.com/2010/12/chinese-gundam-goes-away.html