PIZAZ

• Kizu drops another single, followed by an album
• DIMLIM continues to be underappreciated and faces some setbacks, doesn't disband but 2020 looking dire
• Ayabie follows up their comeback concerts with a full revival that doesn't go anywhere, releases a couple of disappointing singles a la Lolita 23q and quietly disbands again
• Nostalgia for oshare continues, new bands start emulating worst parts of that trend and a couple of nobodies from 10+ years ago try and milk the trend by reviving unwanted projects
• Halfway decent band with promise gets brought over for their first oversea show, at an american anime con, they announce disbandment on the way to america.
• BABOO vocalist comes back as a solo artist, concept is full on adult-diaper fantasy
• Jin's new band is met with even more passive reactions than tbs, after 10+ years of frustration he stops singing and starts working behind the scenes
• Kisaki's reputation becomes so tarnished no one works with him, so he doubles down on the fraud leading to actual consequences

I love them to this day, but I always thought "9GOATS BLACKOUT" was an awful name for a band. This has been confirmed every single time someone shows interest in what I'm listening to.

"Death★Rabbits" is so bad it's good.

"KuRt" always bothered me for multiple reasons; impossible to search for and they really don't sound anything like Nirvana or Kurt Cobain, nor are their lyrics similar/evocative of them in any way. Now that I think about it, Tenten's bands always have awful names, even to this day.

"MASK" and" SCISSOR" loopash two for one- unsearchable, generic, doesn't really fit the band's latter output.

and finally "Unsraw", it's a nasty sounding word, say it out loud.

Finally finished up with ys 8, really great game overall, would recommend to anyone looking for a really well put together and fun arpg. The story got predictable and a little slow near the end, but it didn't effect how my overall opinion.

Started Valkyiria Chronicles 4, so far so good. I like that it's a clear call back to the first and gameplay remains as addicting as ever, but man can you feel the lack of budget sometimes. Animations are stiff and limited, cutscenes last a couple of seconds and character models look like tweaked enhancements from the first game. Story and characters are pretty bland so far as well. I'll probably stick with it until the end because combat remains enjoyable, Dragon Quest 11 is staring me down as I contemplate it tho

I'm hyped too, should be a good release

kind of ot, but I think this is the first time Hiro has actually had a full album of material released? While googling to confirm, this happened. Was anyone aware of this? Did they name their band after a fucking horse lmao

I liked the first video and this new look has me sold. It's so garish and intentionally clashing, I'm down af

On 12/13/2018 at 12:09 PM, platy said:

How's that? Do you enjoy it? 

 

I'm currently considering a course in Games QA/testing. I know it's not the same but, I'd like to hear what you think about your job! 

It requires a lot of self discipline, this was especially true when I was doing freelancing. Monotony is the name of the game, it's a very slow job most of the time. Get used to providing useful feedback that gets ignored, resulting in retesting and reporting the same issues ad nauseam. Luckily, the actual QA aspect of my job has lessened over the years as I've transitioned into a more task oriented position and gained enough knowledge of the software to make fixes myself, but I still have to test/report occasionally and it's my least favorite part of my job. On the plus side, it's the perfect job if you like podcasts! It's also a job that won't be going away any time soon, so stability is nice, there's always QA work.

Yeah, the energy they deliver is palbable, even through a music video. I'm excited for what's next too, they're young and are off to a really strong start. 

^Yes! That was too short lived. Panic Channel/PANIC ch were my favorite of that trend.

"Raggedy" is not something most people would describe themselves as over here lol, it's the equivalent to busted or noticeably lower class. They don't look raggedy tho, quite cute!

Went to school with a focus on Illustration, dropped out and somehow I've been doing Software QA full time for 6 years now. jfc.

woah, I did not expect this news. I hope alter ego bands in general make a come back

Everything about that was fucking sick, except the cg noose, that was just hilarious.

I think more established vk acts should pursue crowdfunding tbh, glad to see someone well known/iconic like Kaya giving it a shot and I hope it goes well for her.

Grandpa's finally getting baptized

I'll check it out because it's Jin and I admire how committed he is to vk, even if I haven't clicked with anything he's been a part of since early Nega and a couple of rando songs from tbs. 

It was ok, not excellent. The singles were definitely the most polished and a lot of the album felt like filler imo. There were moments that stood out to me as being inspired, surprisingly most of the slower moments, usually I look to Kiryu for manic chaos. Overall, I thought it was a very predictable album for Kiryu. Not too many new ideas or even refining of older ones, just standard fare. Not bad by any means, I would recommend it to new fans as a decent starting point to get a feel for what they have to offer.

I hope it turns out well, however if it's garbage I hope it's as outright terrible as the live action Death Note. That movie was hilarious, best unintentional comedy of 2017 imo.

If they have any aspirations of it being as cool/iconic as the anime they better pay close attention to the ost, hire Yoko Kanno to do the soundtrack!