Series of write ups on an old piece of media (albums, books, comics, films, shows, video games) that the writer has recently digested for the first time
Each week in Late to the Party, someone posts about an older piece of media that they’ve just experienced for the first time. This week, Dramus18 watches Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender, which originally ran from February of 2005 through … Continue reading Late to the Party: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Each week in Late to the Party, someone posts about an older piece of media that they’ve just experienced for the first time. On a recent Friday night, your friend Goat got exceedingly drunk and watched Sylvester Stallone’s 1986 masterpiece, Cobra. … Continue reading Late to the Party: Cobra (1986)
The idea for the discussion is simple, once a week a volunteer will do a write up on an older piece of media that they are digesting for the very first time. So here’s the link to signup for the … Continue reading Late to the Party Sign Ups
In 2010, Capcom announced that Mega Man Legends 3 was in development for the 3DS. On gaming forums fans rejoiced, eager to play the next installment in the long-dormant series. Unfortunately their excitement would be crushed when the game was … Continue reading Late to the Party: Mega Man Legends series
Each week in Late to the Party, someone posts about an older piece of media that they’ve just experienced for the first time. This week Wasp returns to the feature with a one way ticket on the Number Nine Express to … Continue reading Late To The Party: Grim Fandango
As gaming has matured, countless arguments have broken out over whether the medium can ever transcend itself and become art. Many people will point to Heavy Rain as tipping the scales, but that’s pointless. It’s doing something far more important, … Continue reading Late to the Party: Heavy Rain (Spoilers abound)
Okami is a game that has sort of just…stood there in time. It’s a game, much like Capcom’s classic Resident Evil 4, that has been re-released countless times on countless systems and – let’s be honest here – will probably … Continue reading Late To The Party: The Beautifully Flawed Okami Finds An Audience Nearly 15 Years Later
If you know my posts in the Gaming Threads, you know I’m primarily a retro gamer. There’s a reason for that. I was never allowed to have a game system of my own growing up in the 8- and 16-bit … Continue reading Late to the Party: Skyrim (and The Elder Scrolls in General), Levels 1-20
Did you know Bayonetta is technically naked? I know, I know, what a way to start this. I can already hear the aggrieved grumbling. What a reductionist hot take. There’s so much more to Bayonetta, why open with this? But, … Continue reading Late to the Party: Bayonetta
Content Warning: This essay contains graphic sexual content. Thomas Pynchon wrote Gravity’s Rainbow in the early 1970s while dividing his time between New York and Southern California. If you visited his room at Manhattan Beach, just blocks from the … Continue reading Late to the Party: Gravity’s Rainbow
Welcome to a Late to the Party examining a living-legend writer/artist’s short run on one of the standard-bearers of superhero comics: Walt Simonson’s Fantastic Four. And despite the pedigree, it’s a run that’s often overlooked but those who know it, … Continue reading Late to the Party: Walt Simonson’s Fantastic Four
Each week in Late to the Party, someone posts about an older piece of media that they’ve just experienced for the first time. Our focus this week is the classic video game developed by Square and published by Nintendo in 1996. Continue reading Late to the Party: Super Mario RPG (1996)
Yo La Tengo has a reputation as the archetypal “critics’ band”, but despite a stint in college radio in the ’90s, I had somehow never actually heard them until now. Continue reading Late to the Party: Yo La Tengo
Spoiler Warning: This article quite obviously contains spoilers for Ace Attorney. This article will only cover the first game and not the other two in the trilogy. I have finished Justice for All and I’m working on Trials and Tribulations, … Continue reading Late to the Party: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
A Beatles guy listens to Brian Wilson’s masterpiece and is reminded less of Sgt. Pepper and more of one of the most celebrated sitcoms of the past twenty years. Continue reading Late to the Party: The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds (1966)
I thought I’d take a walk todayIt’s a mistake I sometimes make Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, “Oh My Lord” Pre-Amble I don’t know if I know any casual fans of Nick Cave. People who like Nick Cave really … Continue reading Late to the Party: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Warning: This review contains extensive spoilers! “There are places with pasts, Pommier. Places with secrets. Things … collect.” John McTiernan, huh? He had quite the career before it disintegrated in a veritable shitstorm of illegal wiretaps, perjury, prison time, and … Continue reading Late to the Party: Nomads (1986)
SEE YOU SPACE COWBOY… Welcome to my Late to The Party entry on Cowboy Bebop! Warning: Spoilers abound. I consider myself a casual anime fan. I don’t keep up with the new shows every season, but a big part of … Continue reading Late to the Party: Cowboy Bebop
I have a…strange relationship with the N64. I’ve had one since I was a kid and own about a dozen games for it. But, somehow, I missed almost every 1st party Nintendo game. Never owned Mario Kart, no Star Fox, … Continue reading Late To The Party: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Hi everyone, and welcome to another Late To The Party. I have written about reading Stephen King’s It for the first time. Much like the book, I’ve come up with something quite long, meandering, and a bit pretentious; but hopefully, … Continue reading Late To The Party: It
Oh, DOOM. The game that codified most of what we know about the first-person shooter, the infamous “violent game” that had players blasting demons from Hell into giblets. It’s a legendary part of gaming history that’s always felt that way, … Continue reading Late to the Party: Doom (1993)
