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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA

A podcast where Jared Clemons and Dr. Anne Ladyem McDivitt discuss their thoughts on video games, anime, and manga.

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00:36:27

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #283 - Bubble

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2022/05/28

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at Netflix’s recent anime film release, Bubble, and see how it uses The Little Mermaid as a big influence and mixes that with a dystopic version of Tokyo.

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00:45:55

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #282 - Forecasting...

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2022/05/21

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) watch another kdrama for the first time in four years as we talk about Forecasting Love and Weather. We talk about all of the fun characters the show brings, some surprising character development, and how it being an ensemble cast makes it work so much better.

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01:01:36

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #281 - Ranking...

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2022/05/14

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at a lot of the mainline Mario titles and attempt to rank them from the best to the not so good. There are notable exceptions here such as Mario Kart, Mario Party, a lot of the RPGs, and other Mario series that would’ve made this list too long.

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01:42:55

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #280 - Jared Helps...

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2022/05/07

We’ve got a bit of an experimental episode this week as Jared helps Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) get situated in her first Animal Crossing game as she continues prepping for her eventual fishing streams project. We essentially just chit chat while playing the game so enjoy a very casual atmosphere.

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01:16:42

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #279 - Chrono...

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2022/04/30

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss the recent remaster of a somewhat controversial title in Chrono Cross. We discuss the release of Radical Dreamers, being available officially in English for the very first time and how it ties into Chrono Cross while also having a very tight development schedule. We then talk about the main game of Chrono Cross and why it might not have aged as well in the last twenty years.

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01:10:39

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #278 - Rascal Does...

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2022/04/23

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at an anime series that on the surface, seems like something they might not be into, but after viewing it, does a lot of surprising things that neither were expecting. We discuss the main anime series and all of its arcs, and also the sequel movie and how they’re all interconnected.

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00:56:13

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #277 - Cyberpunk 2077

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2022/04/16

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) finally dive into the controversial Cyberpunk 2077 to see what’s exactly up with this game. We talk about all the pitfalls that the game went through at launch, how it seems over a year later, if the game is actually any good, and if it actually is a good representation of the cyberpunk genre.

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01:11:13

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #276 - Kirby and...

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2022/04/09

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see what’s going on with our favorite poyo boy, Kirby and why he’s decided to be in a strange dystopia in the latest game in the series. After that, we talk about the first story DLC in the Yakuza series with The Kaito Files from Lost Judgment and how it sets up some intriguing potentialities for where the Judgment series could go.

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00:45:40

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #275 - Stranger of...

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2022/04/02

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) finally dive into the world of CHAOS and edginess as we played Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. We talk about the gameplay, the wild and weird story, and whether or not this is just a meme game or if there’s actually some substance here.

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01:48:26

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #274 - Yakuza...

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2022/03/26

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return with our annual March tradition as we put 64 characters from the Yakuza franchise into a bracket and figure out who is the best of the best. We’ve got a lot of main characters, a good amount of side characters, and some good goofy characters all battling it out for Yakuza character supremacy.If you’d like to fill out your own bracket, you can do so right here!

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01:40:56

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #273 - Variable...

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2022/03/19

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at the latest big otome release as AL walks us through how the game starts off with some promise at first, before crumbling apart by the time she reached the end of the true ending route.

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00:55:01

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #272 - Gran Turismo 7

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2022/03/12

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at the latest entry in the Gran Turismo series as Jared breaks down what’s up with this new simulation racing game. We also talk about the very odd museum history section that gives you a glimpse at what’s happened in world and automotive history since the late 19th century. After that, we talk a bit about how we think about the PlayStation 5 now that we’ve both had some time using it.

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00:54:25

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #271 - The State...

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2022/03/05

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss the effectiveness and how useful video game reviews are in 2022. We talk about the facets of how reviews are used, review aggregate websites, fandom wars when it comes to reviews, and how reviews have changed throughout the decades.

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00:53:32

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #270 - Shenmue

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2022/02/26

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) played through the controversial and divisive Shenmue to see what’s really up with that game over twenty years later. We discuss its wild development history and whether or not it’s truly deserving of all the jokes and memes it’s gotten.

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00:58:00

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #269 - February...

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2022/02/19

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) breakdown a weird and wild Nintendo Direct that sees a lot of games from the 90s coming back, some Xbox 360 games coming back, Kirby engulfing items, and they’re making a new Xenoblade.

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01:28:52

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #268 - Dairoku:...

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2022/02/12

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the land of otome to ring in the romantic holiday as AL describes to us one of the latest titles in the genre that has quicker routes to go through, but all sorts of supernatural beings and wild stuff happening.

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00:57:31

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #267 - The Legend...

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2022/02/05

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) have more news to talk about this week as apparently January was video game company acquisition month and Sony is attempting to acquire Bungie. After that, Jared talks about this first time through Link’s Awakening and how the latest Pokémon game is a stark departure from the traditional formula, but it’s doing some real neat things.

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00:48:37

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #266 - Shin Megami...

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2022/01/29

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss the latest mainline entry in the Shin Megami Tensei series and its first non-remaster entry on the Switch. We talk about the gameplay easing you into the game much better than in IV, some of the good new gameplay additions, the very lacklustre story, and why we chose very good protagonist names.

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01:01:33

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #265 - Jared...

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2022/01/22

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) begin this week’s episode by breaking down the huge news of the week of Microsoft attempting to buy Activision Blizzard and what implications that will have for the industry, the mess with Activision Blizzard, and whether or not it’ll actually go through. After that, Jared talks about trying to legitimately play through Super Mario 64 for the first time and how the game is viewed through a 2022 lens.

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00:44:48

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #264 - The Dark...

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2022/01/15

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) traverse through a small town and try not to get spooked while dealing with weird monsters and time travelling to the 17th century. We discuss the second Dark Pictures Anthology game in Little Hope and talk about the story, AL being spooked a lot, and how we managed to cooperatively solve this mystery.

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