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| I don't think there's enough happening onscreen to use this screenshot in the review proper, but this is from my favorite area in the second game. —Captured on Switch (Handheld Mode) |
I'm going to buckle down and (finally) begin work on the Axiom Verge 1 & 2 review this week so I thought I'd do a quick entry.
There are a few things that will make this review slightly different than the ones I wrote previously with the major one being that I'm not going to give them scores. These games have been out for awhile—with Axiom Verge 2 being a little over a year old—so I don't think it would be fair to tack points on. At this point, it's also a bit silly.
There's also a risk that the reviews might enter spoiler territory this time, but like with all the other reviews, I'll do my best to keep the combined review spoiler free. I'm aiming between 1250-1500 words for the complete review since they're both very similar, but also very different.
That's what to expect, but here are some fun little deviations that have captured my attention recently. We begin with a vlog from one of my favorite YouTubers I discovered recently...
Vic, or Pixel Vixen, is a YouTuber I discovered while watching Neil's (of RMC—The Cave) restoration series for the Amiga 600—a Amiga model that was not his personal favorite, but grows to respect it by the end. She does a few videos centered around the Amiga including pixel art, exploring the Amiga OS, and her ongoing series where she ranks the Amiga models from worst to best.
Some of my favorite videos from her are the vlogs: Like the one above where she tours Iwate, briefly documenting the impact the 2011 tsunami had on the city while showcasing her major pickup (spoiler alert: it's a van).
If you've ever been interested in Japan and either considered moving or visiting the country, Pixel Vixen has documented her own journey in a few other vlogs like this one. With the retro gaming content, she doesn't restrict herself to the Amiga either as she also collects for both the Gameboy and Super Famicom. This Japanese lesson below combines the best of both worlds...
I would definitely check out her YouTube channel and give it a sub! If you like what she does—and I did forget to mention the drawing videos—you should go and read her manga, Future Saviors, which is about a skateboarder from Iwate whose life changes after the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami.
Other videos I watched...
- LoadingReadyRun's Graham Stark gets back into vlogging with his Philadelphia Trip for MagicCon (The hyperlink leads to Day 2's vlog, or Part 3 of 5)
- MsMadLemon does some Polyend Tracker Sampling for her Amiga
- A friend of mine introduced me to Taskmaster recently and recommended some good clips—there's quite a lot of them, but the cheating highlight reel was really good
- Mr. Biffo, Sanja, and Paul Gannon do a round of Play Your Carts Right for the latest Digitiser video
- Another LoadingReadyRun highlight is this Crapshots Sketch, in which another package arrives at the Moonbase
- John Rodgers takes a walk around Covent Garden and St. Giles
- Veronica Explains 1990s Internet Guestbooks and decides to make one in 2023
- There is also a special (I think) from Sook-Yin Lee called Eyeball Theatre she produced for MuchMusic.
- I haven't watched this one yet, but Sook-Yin also did a couple of comedy sketches for MuchMusic
- Speaking of MsMadLemon, her website and her blog are back online
- MacLife and Maximum PC going digital-only marks an end of an era for US computer magazines
- Say Mistage updates her Doodle O'Clock archive to include both February and March doodles (Oh, and there's a Ko-Fi for Doodle O'Clock as well)
- Hannah Arendt on what it means to be an outsider via The Marginalian
- There's 40 more hours (at time of writing) to back Cory Doctorow's Kickstarter for his latest book, Red Team Blues
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