Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) kick off the new year by taking a look at AL’s Game of the Year in Metaphor: ReFantazio. We see what’s up with Atlus’ new JRPG, whether or not it continues the studio’s problematic elements found in previous games, and why it feels like a natural evolution from the Persona series.…

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) end the year by taking a look back at their favorite games of 2024. We go through out supplemental awards, induct a new entry into the Seasonal Anime Checkup Hall of Fame, and countdown our top ten games of the year. You can read AL’s write up here and my write up here.…

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at some Love Live! holiday episodes with “Melody of the Heart” from Love Live! school idol project and “Awaken the power” from Love Live! Sunshine!!.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at video games and anime that’ll be coming out next year and beyond.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) chit chat about two games they talked about recently. Jared discusses the story mode of the recent WWE 2K game. AL rants about Mario & Luigi: Brothership and why it made her mad.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) go mobile with their otome this time as we dive into Tears of Themis and see how this mobile otome stacks up with others in the genre.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of Trails for a new story arc in the 11th game of the series. We talk about the new characters, new story, and how we feel about this opening to the Calvard story.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of Life Is Strange to see what’s up with Max Caulfield as she’s had to navigate the aftermath of the first game and all the trauma associated with that.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) watched through the television adaptation of the first Yakuza game and talk about where things went wrong with it.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) check out the final DLC for Alan Wake 2 that sets up what could be happening in Control 2.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) try to keep some youths alive in the original version of the horror game Until Dawn. We had AL doing all the choices so we see how she managed in trying to keep people alive and how this compares to the Dark Pictures games.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss the latest Legend of Zelda game that finally features Zelda in the main role. We talk about the new style of gameplay, how we did puzzles differently, and just how much fun we had with the game.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss the first SPY x FAMILY film that brings an original story that features a big sub plot about Anya having to poop.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) kick off the scariest month of the year by talking about an otome game. We discuss how there’s only 3 guys to date and everyone wants to hook up with everyone. A code for this game was provided by the publisher.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) breakdown the latest State of Play from Sony that was surprisingly decent.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) check out the remake of Persona 3 FES’ The Answer expansion with Episode Aigis. We talk about how this is a remake of that for better or for worse, how the fights are still a grind, and why there’s still a good story to be found within.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) are still pleasantly surprised that they made a new Famicom Detective Club game. We discuss how this game fares from its predecessors from over 30 years ago and how this is a very rare instance of an M-rated Nintendo game.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at nearly 40 years of video game console launch lineups and see which console started off on the best foot.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss the latest Nintendo Direct that featured some true surprises and a familiar franchise coming to the Switch.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) celebrate 400 episodes of the SAC OVA by watching eight pro wrestling matches curated by Jared. We discuss their historical significance, how they differ from one another, and why they’re all fun to watch. Matches watched: Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart WWF WrestleMania 13 3/23/1997 Rey Mysterio Jr. vs.…

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) after many years finally talk about the final Shadow Hearts game and how its fresh start doesn’t let it live up to its predecessors.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss the fan disc for Radiant Tale and how out of all the otome games, it sure is one of them.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) play a Zelda game that AL had yet to play yet in the first try at making a multiplayer Zelda game. We discuss how it came to be, why it worked as somewhat of a test, and where we would re-rank it.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) look at a variety of things they’ve been poking at recently. We discuss American Truck Simulator, Jared getting a new PC, PS2 emulation, and strange fishing games.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at the second season of Nijiyon and how it continues the trend of being very silly and including some fun pairings that you don’t often see in the Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club story.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss the latest expansion from Final Fantasy XIV and see how things come together with a brand-new story that takes inspiration from a popular anime/manga genre.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at the second half of the year to see what will be awaiting us and what we’re exciting about.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of Cupid Parasite to see what’s up with these boys now and learn about the impact of lobsterification.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) breakdown the latest Nintendo Direct that saw a new Mario & Luigi, Legend of Zelda, and the return of Metroid Prime 4.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) talk about a good chunk of games that were talked about during the Summer Game Fest, the Xbox Showcase, and Ubisoft as it’s summer and it’s time to announce games.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) breakdown the announcements from Sony’s recent State of Play before we dive into Dragon Ball Z Kakarot and learn how AL feels about the series now that she’s finally experienced it in full.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) finally get to talk about one of the weirdest and controversial game releases of 2024 in the sequel to School idol festival now that it’s officially shut down. We talk about how the game is compared to its predecessors, how the shutdown caused the game to come out earlier than expected globally, and why it was…

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of the live-action adaptation of Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan where it is adapting some stories featuring our favorite Italian chef. We talk about how this episode did adapting an episode from Diamond is Unbreakable and a story from the manga, the excellent cinematography, and why this series c…

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss Peach’s return to the role as a main protagonist for the first time in nearly 20 years. We talk about if this return is able to live up to its predecessor and other recent Mario platformers or if this unfortunately falls flat.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) dive into a GBA JRPG that AL has been wanting Jared to play for a very long time. We discuss its historical significance, how it holds up today, and how it splits its story into two games.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of otome and this time we got some boys from Hell to deal with. Will 2024 continue to be decent for otome or will we see our first dud of the year?Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at a novel that came out a little bit after Final Fantasy VII Remake that provides some backstory for Tifa and Aerith that has some stuff that is brought up again in Rebirth and also has info that is contradicted in Rebirth.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) attempt to believe in the heart of the cards as we take a look at the second Yohane the Parhelion game, but this time, it’s a deck builder. We talk about the game’s story, how the gameplay manages to change through each run, and whether this ends up being better than BLAZE in the DEEPBLUE.…

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) kick off 2024 otome with a game about making an app. AL walks us through all the boys and whether or not this continues the less than stellar quality of 2023 otome or if things seems to be improving.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss the last new original 2D style Zelda game that was released that’s also a quasi-sequel to A Link to the Past. With Jared having finally played it, we dive into the game and what makes it good as a nostalgia piece, but also its own game, how ALTTP randomizer made Jared better at this game, and why we bo…

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) present our annual March Madness episode as this year we put 64 characters from the Love Live! franchise into a bracket and see who comes out on top. If you’d like to fill out your own bracket to see who you’d pick as the best of the best, you can do so by clicking here!…

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) are now ready to talk about the latest entry in the remake of Final Fantasy VII. We discuss all those new mini-games, the new ways they imagine this story, and that ending.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss a decade old otome game where AL learned about ships, time travelling to World War I, and a dude named Ron.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to talk about more Final Fantasy 7, but not that new release quite yet. We discuss the mobile game Ever Crisis that will eventually cover all of Final Fantasy 7 and whether or not we will actually see all of that, the immense grind the game has, and how it is as a gacha game.…

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of Persona 3 with the recent remake of the game. While we don’t go over the story again, we discuss how the remake enhanced the game, the new changes added to Reload, and why we hope The Answer gets this treatment as well.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) talk about the latest Nintendo Direct that focused on third party games such as some Xbox games coming to the Switch.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) dive into the lengthy next entry in the Like a Dragon series to see what’s up with Ichiban and all his pals. We talk about the many side activities, the story, and the surprising deuteragonist situation the game takes.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of otome with a side story from the My Next Life as a Villainess series to see if there was a second good otome game to come out in 2023 or if it continues the trend of bad otome from last year.Bởi Jared Clemons

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss the absurdity of Love Live! School Idol Festival 2’s global release and end of service of announcement in the same breath while providing context on how all of this happened. We also talk about the January Sony State of Play to see what’s coming soon to the PlayStation.…

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of Science Adventure games to see what it means to be a hacker and how saving and loading can become an interesting gameplay mechanic.Bởi Jared Clemons