Nick and Christian talk a bit about The Game Awards, what they played in 2025, and look towards the future.

Nick and Christian talk a bit about The Game Awards, what they played in 2025, and look towards the future.

Michael asked Nick to catch him up on what's been happening with Star Wars. He soon learned Nick can spend a lot of time talking about Star Wars.00:00:00 Intro00:04:56 Solo00:09:44 Kenobi00:23:02 Why ...

Michael asked Nick to catch him up on what's been happening with Star Wars. He soon learned Nick can spend a lot of time talking about Star Wars.00:00:00 Intro00:04:56 Solo00:09:44 Kenobi00:23:02 Why ...

Over a decade ago Valve tried to merge PC and console gaming. Now they're back to prove they were right all along.

Pokemon Legends Z-A delivers one of the best games in the series through changes to battling as well as a deeper story with a great cast.

Welcome back as I continue my study into the emerging genre of "I'm super strong but my friends think I'm useless for some reason so I set out on my own and immediately found new, better friends who all want to suck my dick." Or something like that. I'm looking forward to guiding you some more through this curious yet infuriating trend in anime that might be on the verge of overtaking isekais.

Ah, another entry in the long line of "isekai but the main character is evil or a bad guy or whatever the fuck." Except I've read the light novel for this one so I'm actually giving it a chance. Woo. Overlord definitely turned me off from this genre and I can't say I've ever enjoyed the "trapped in a game" genre too much, but this one somehow kept me interested.

There's a certain sweet spot of disappointment that The Water Magician perfectly nails. It's the kind of show that draws you in to believe in it - only to shove that belief up its ass as it sputters about in the back half. I hate that I could have predicted it going to shit cause it's a fucking isekai, and I hate even more how that wouldn't have been a fair assessment of the show.

Is it wrong that I went into this movie totally expecting to hate it? In recent years I've been on a "superhero-movie-moderately-dislike train" and a "DC-movie-hate train" since the Dawn of Justice so I was fully expecting this movie to be total dogshit and not even worth a place on my prestigious list of reviewed works. And for once I was absolutely mistaken.

Donkey Kong Bananza provides a game that should appeal to fans of the series and newcomers with its smashing gameplay.

The summer 2025 season of anime saw at least a couple of my light novels get adaptations and while one was so "meh" that it not only will not be getting a review but it also made me doubt my enjoyment of the series, the other is the subject of the current review and fared a bit better. "Secrets of the Silent Witch" has been one of my favorite light novels as of late and I was quite pleased to find its anime adaptation to be high quality and faithful to the original work.

I'm still not happy with you Dandadan. I can't deny that I eagerly watched each episode the week it came out, but I can easily find it in me to complain about the 6-month gap between the start of the the current arc and where we picked up. I spent the first few episodes thinking about how much better it would have been if they didn't take a break right at the start of an arc, and for that this show can go fuck itself.

Last episode Nick was put on trial. His crime? Dropping shows too early or for unclear reasons. Now the defense puts up a case.hottakesreviews.comOur BlueskyNick's BlueskyThe artistsJessie's BlueskyJi...

Witch Watch is a new romcom manga adaptation that manages to deliver some great laughs as a witch continues her training.

CITY naturally draws comparison to Nichijou that might make it harder to enjoy, but it is a great show anyways.

Rascal Does Not Dream of Santa Claus manages to take the series in new directions that should keep viewers interested.

New Panty & Stocking has a lot to live up to after 15 years. Or well, it does if you didn't just watch the first season earlier this year.

The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity is a mouthful of a title, but the show is an excellent pure romance show that delivers a lot of joy in its debut season.

The Water Magician is more like an advertisement than a standalone show, but it is an effective one.

This lesbian anime falls short as it has a repetitive structure and doesn't do much to distinguish its harem of girls.

My Dress-Up Darling season 2 continues to deliver wholesome goodness as Gojo and Marin grow closer working together on cosplays.

The second season Dandadan delivers more good, weird sci-fi supernatural romance action. Dandadan is every genre.