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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.

tv & film video games

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01:15:53

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #152 - Luigi's...

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2019/11/09

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) find themselves stranded in a hotel that’s become very spooky! Luckily, Luigi and Gooigi are here to make sure that any ghosts that are here get taken care of. We discuss the latest entry in the Luigi’s Mansion series as it makes its way to the Switch. Is this one of the best looking games on Switch? Does the charm carry its way through the entirety of the game? How good is Gooigi? These questions and more are answered!

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00:57:36

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #151 - I Love You,...

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2019/11/02

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) decided to see what was up with that KFC dating sim, so we played it. It may have only taken us two hours, but it was two hours where we were pretty unimpressed with everything that the game had to offer. So, what went wrong? Is this truly as wacky as people thought it was going to be or a game that falls flat?

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00:59:57

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #150 - Resident...

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2019/10/26

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of Resident Evil CG movies as we watched the second film they made. Before all of that though, Jared walks us through the very strange NBA 2K20 career mode. After that we dive headfirst into the film where Leon continues to have BDE and we come up with what really happened during “that night” between Leon and Ada.

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01:13:47

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #149 - Final...

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2019/10/19

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a trip back into the archives of Square to talk about a movie they’d probably want you to forget. We discuss Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and how the film is deserving of its criticism, the very mediocre score it has, and some behind the scenes aspects. There’s also a deep analysis into one of the later scenes in the film and how it relates to Sakaguchi and we theorize on alternate realities where this film was a success.

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01:13:33

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #148 - Resident...

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2019/10/12

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) get prepped for spooks as we talk about the sequel to Resident Evil: Revelations. We breakdown some literature, spooky children that point, Claire being the dumbest protagonist, and some less than stellar co-op.

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02:20:16

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #147 - Love Live!...

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2019/10/05

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) breakdown two games they’ve been patiently waiting for. First, Jared talks about the recently released in Japan, Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars and how much it differs from the original School Idol Festival. After that, we discuss Kotaro Uchikoshi’s latest game, AI: The Somnium Files and how it might be his best game to date.

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01:02:55

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #146 - Untitled...

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2019/09/28

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) honk a lot as we discuss the new hit game where you get to be a goose. We talk about the fun and calming nature behind Untitled Goose Game and afterward AL got scared a lot as we check out what’s up with Resident Evil: Revelations.

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01:42:31

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #145 - The Legend...

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2019/09/21

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) decided to play through two games that aren’t completely out yet. We first breakdown the Trails of Cold Steel III demo which gives a brief glimpse into what that game is going to be like. Following that, we talk about the four episodes that are out currently for Life is Strange 2 and discuss our choices and the ways that game just goes for it politically.

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01:17:48

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #144 - Grab Bag...

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2019/09/14

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) got very excited about the recent Nintendo Direct so we talk about all the ridiculous announcements from it. We also talked about some of the new endings in Catherine: Full Body and our time fighting physics and puzzles in Human: Fall Flat.

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01:42:00

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #143 - World End...

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2019/09/07

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) dive into a spooky mystery in World End Syndrome. We breakdown the story as a whole, all of the different routes you go through to get there, and how it’s very similar to 7’Scarlet. We also briefly talk about Final Fantasy VIII Remastered and give our incredibly accurate predictions for the latest Nintendo Direct.

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01:21:26

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #142 - Mr. Love:...

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2019/08/31

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the land of otome as AL discusses the latest big mobile otome release in Mr. Love. She breaks down the multiple features the game has, it’s ridiculous story, and then looks up some future releases for the game and is baffled.

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01:49:31

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #141 - Anohana,...

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2019/08/24

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) dive deep into multiple anime series! AL discusses Anohana and Violet Evergarden, where she liked one and disliked the other. We both discuss Kaguya-sama: Love Is War and the wild and wacky ways of that series. Finally, Jared finished up all 220 episodes of Naruto so he talks about that for a bit.

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01:45:35

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #140 - Zero Time...

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2019/08/17

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of Zero Escape as we discuss the final game in the trilogy. We breakdown each team, the wild ways this game ties into the previous ones, complex motives, and memes.

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01:34:48

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #139 - Fire...

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2019/08/10

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) tactically came together to see what’s up with the new Fire Emblem game. We discuss the one route we went through, the story, characters, and how AL really feels about the new game plus. Perhaps the one differing opinion on the game you will have heard thus far!

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00:51:52

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #138 -...

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2019/08/03

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) team up together to tackle the Nazi occupation of Paris in 1980 in the Wolfenstein spinoff. We talk about the strange gameplay changes, how the game doesn’t exactly know what it wants to be, the wild twists near the end that set up the next Wolfenstein, and how review bombs and people only playing for an hour don’t quite have the whole picture about this game.

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01:26:07

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #137 - Judgment &...

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2019/07/27

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) breakdown two different games this week. First, Jared discusses the latest game from the team behind the Yakuza series with Judgment. We dive deep into being a detective and sometimes attorney while punching folks in the face. After that, we speed through a discussion of Virtue’s Last Reward after we quickly made our way through the game, so it’s mostly a discussion about the wild endings.

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01:00:16

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #136 - Resident...

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2019/07/20

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) are back on the Resident Evil train as we cooperatively played through one of the last few mainline games we’ve yet to talk about in 5. We discuss why we were so disappointed with the game after enjoying it when we played it years ago, how it’s a strange bridge in gameplay between 4 and 6, and the allegations of the game being racist.

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00:58:46

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #135 -...

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2019/07/13

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) find themselves in a wildly designed castle having to take out some demons as we played Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Does the game hold up with how it is a game meant to be a nostalgia trip and does it defeat the crowd funding curse? We also preview what else is coming out with regards to games in the second half of this year.

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00:53:15

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #134 - Liz and the...

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2019/07/06

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at another Kyoto Animation film with the Sound Euphonium spinoff, Liz and the Blue Bird. We discuss the film’s story, how it relates to the original series it comes from, if the film is good enough on its own for people who haven’t seen Sound Euphonium, and how often Kyoto Animation flexes it’s ridiculous skills.

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01:09:18

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #133 - Persona Q2:...

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2019/06/29

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the 3DS for potentially its last big release with Persona Q2. Does combining the casts of P3, P4, P5, and P3P’s heroine make for a good game or are there too many cooks in this kitchen? Who is the true protagonist of this game? What surprised us the most? These questions and more found within this here podcast.

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