The Professional Gamer - March 21, 2016

This has been a week full of emotions.  As you may have noted in my article last week, I started watching Your Lie in April last week.  I finished up the series on Thursday of this week, and was pretty much left an emotional wreck at the end of it.  Although emotional draining, the series was really great.  It has a really uplifting message about artistic endeavor and recovery after trauma.  There were a few cases where I felt that the series pushed a little too hard to produce an emotional response.  For the majority of the series, however, the pathos generated was genuine.  The animation was of very good quality through the entire series, with some great use of computer animation to produce the instruments, especially the piano.  There are some great sweeping shots going the from the stage area with Arima at the piano, to inside the piano showing the action of the hammers and dampers.  And they blend the CG well with the traditional animation.

Overall, I recommend the series.  But keep in mind that it could leave you emotionally drained.  Personally, I recommend following up Your Lie in April with a large dose of Joy of Painting with Bob Ross.

The Professional Gamer - March 7, 2016

In order to make up for last week's flurry of geeky activity, I had a week full of other business to do.  For one thing, Tuesday night was occupied with attending the Colorado Caucuses and exercising my ability to direct the future leadership of our country.  Then, I met up with my parents for dinner on Wednesday, and spent Thursday trying to learn how to design rockfall protection barriers.  I've watched a few more episodes of Snow White with the Red Hair, and am really excited as I get closer to conclusion of this series.  

So, that's really ended up being most of my week.  Hopefully, I can find a little bit more time next week.

The Professional Gamer - February 22, 2016

Hi everyone! I've just got a short post this week.  I've got a major post on Colorado Anime Fest in the works, look for it on Wednesday.  In other news, I borrowed Heir to the Empire from the library.  After trying to read Shadows of the Empire, this was such a breath of fresh air.  I mean, maybe its not classical literature, but the caliber of writing is phenomenally higher.  I've also watched several more episodes of Snow White with the Red Hair and am rapidly approaching the first season finale.

I hope everyone had a great week, and I'll see you here again next time!

The Professional Gamer – February 15, 2016

Hello, readers!  I’ve been at the inaugural Colorado Anime Fest.  I’ll have a full article about my experience here a little later this week.  Other than that, I’ve spent my time this week watching Snow White with the Red Hair, and flying around some more with my space truck.  Also, since we are starting to get close to spring, I’ve started reading more gardening books, and have started some herbs to keep in pots in my house. 

Snow White with the Red Hair is very enjoyable.  I like seeing that the two lead characters, who maybe have some romantic interest in each other, also have plans and goals that do not simply revolve around the relationship.  Without relying on the typical "love conquers all" trope, the creators are much more free to develop the characters as individuals.

My adventures in space trucking in Elite: Dangerous continue apace.  I've been a bit more busy this week, especially with helping Crystal get ready for Colorado Anime Fest this weekend.  So, I haven't moved much further towards my goals of a new ship, but my rare trading scheme still seems to be working well as a means of earning the needed capital.

Look for a full article from me about Colorado Anime Fest to come out later this week.  I took a few pictures and had a lot of fun at the cultural track programs.  I hope to see you all here again later this week.  Game on!

Steven Moffat to Step Down as Doctor Who Showrunner→

BBC America is reporting that Steven Moffat will step down as the lead writer and executive producer for Doctor Who.  He will be replaced by Chris Chibnall, who is the creator of the series Broadchurch.  Moffat's final season will air in Spring 2017 in the American market.

I've pretty much been over Moffat's run on Doctor Who since season 6, and just biding my time until he resigned (an inevitability of some sort) or said something inflammatory enough in an interview to get him fired (he has been known to say some shitty stuff).  Overall, I'm looking forward to a time that I can actually enjoy Doctor Who again.