Author Archives: Ubu Roi

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Dream Team Harem

Posted on June 9, 2006 by Ubu Roi

So Jason, over at Anime on My Mind decided a month ago to challenge his viewers to put together their very own animé harem. Just in case you’re not familiar with the genre, an anime harem involves 2 or more … Continue reading →

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Dance, Dance, Dancing Machine

Posted on May 23, 2006 by Ubu Roi

Why no, I don’t think fans are getting completely obsessed with a show that hasn’t even been officially translated and marketed in Region 1. By the way, I should be downloading ep. 8 tonight. Comment by wontaek | 2006/04/21 at … Continue reading →

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DearS(lave)

Posted on May 22, 2006 by Ubu Roi

DearS (that’s “Dear S”, not “dearz”), is one of those guilty pleasures that come along once in a while. It makes me wish I were still young enough to enjoy the ridiculously over-sexed humor, without thinking about what’s being “said” … Continue reading →

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Thanks, Geneon

Posted on May 20, 2006 by Ubu Roi

Random pet peeve of the moment: CyberLink’s Power DVD has a strange feature when interacting with Geneon’s release of DearS: Individual episodes are not treated as such in the progress bar. The entire disk (well, the episodes, not the extras) … Continue reading →

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Spam Update

Posted on May 20, 2006 by Ubu Roi

Akismet now installed. Let’s see how much crap gets through it I’ve had 529 spam comments in the last few days. Moderation duties were bad enough, but deleting the damned notice e-mails was driving me nuts. Update 5/22: It’s rocking … Continue reading →

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Just Say No to Chiropractors?

Posted on May 11, 2006 by Ubu Roi

Steven DenBeste writes a serious and lengthy (for Chizumatic) two-page post on the perils of being a science fiction author, and trying to predict the future inasmuch as you are using the technology to establish the setting. He compared the … Continue reading →

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Boingy-Boingy!

Posted on May 9, 2006 by Ubu Roi

Celebrating the most hyper-inflated breasts since Benny Hill, Steven DenBeste has been discussing Divergence Eve a lot lately and posting plenty of captures. Well, this prompted a letter from a female fan named Kacie, who wrote: 1. Ouch! Don’t those … Continue reading →

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