Second Audio is UP!

Sorry guys, it's been a little busy on my half and I haven't been releasing content as much recently, but I just put up the audio review for Log Horizon Episode 1! Please listen to it if you can and let me know any constructive criticism...as I said before, this is my first time really doing anything like this and I hope to hone fine my vocal cords to be more pleasing. Anyway! Please give it a listen and share with your friends! Have a good day!

Log Horizon: Episode 2

Hey everybody, welcome to Log Horizon: Episode 2's overview! I'm Lin, here to summarize what happened and give you my thoughts on the reveals in the episode. Let's go!

Log Horizon Episode 1

Hey everyone! Lin here! I'm very pleased to announce that I will be taking over the anime overviews of 'Log Horizon'...what a pleasure! This anime is one that came out during the fall of last year and though it was recommended to me by a very good friend of mine, I never took the time to watch it till now. And boy do I regret it...I loved it at first episode!
Note: This post will be longer than the rest of the posts because it's an introduction to this anime and a lot of its components. Proceeding overviews of this anime will be noticeably shorter.

First Audio Review is UP!

Persona 4 the Animation's audio review is up and running right now! Please go over there and give it a listen and in the comments feel free to give me some tips about what you thought of the whole thing. Let me know if I should keep doing them if you like it! Also, below is the newest review of State of Decay, one of the next upcoming audios if all goes well. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Game Reviews: State of Decay

Hello everyone, Lin here with a review on the single player zombie survival, State of Decay! While there's been a lot of zombie survival type of media (especially games) out there nowadays, State of Decay (SoD) is interesting because it's probably one of the firsts to start implementing RPG elements to the genre.

Saki Zenkoku Hen - 06

It's Hibiki Snow again with an impression of the latest episode of Saki Zenkoku Hen! Since I enjoy playing mahjong a little too much, I there's no way I wouldn't be watching this.

Audio Recordings... To Be Done Today!

Morning everyone, Lin here letting you know that my new mic came in just yesterday and I have finally gotten it working to a sufficient level. I don't believe I mentioned this on my 'About' page, but I've always been a fan of podcasts, discussions and reviews in audio form, usually for travel. Being able to listen to a review in the car, on your phone, at work, etc without the need to be at your computer is something that's really awesome. Therefore, like the ones I admire, I wish to make audio recordings for your convenience.

So all audio recordings of relevant review posts are planning to be done today. Be on the look out for changes in the past posts and always feel free to give me critiques on what I can do to sound better for you!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Hey everyone! It's Lin, wishing everyone a (rather late) Happy Valentine's Day from Symphonic Reverie! :> I hope everyone got chocolates or gifts from their significant other or, hell, if you're single, I hope you showed how much you appreciate yourself!

Here's a few media related valentine cards found all around the net. Which one's your favorite?

Rating Anime and Video Games, an Explanation, Part 2

Hey guys, Lin here with Part 2 of my rating system. To start off, I'll let you know that anime and video game criteria merge. Every subject that is analyzed in anime is also done in video games, however, video games has criteria which is not analyzed in anime...

I'll start with giving very brief descriptions of shared criteria before going into other ratings that specific to anime or VGs.

1. Characters. I judge characters based on how real main characters feel and whether or not they can be related to. I think that good fictional characters have major strengths, but they also have flaws and weaknesses. Examples of bad characters are marysues or one dimensional characters.
2. Dialogue: Cringe worthy one-liners don't get many points, you'd imagine. Dialogue is just how smoothly lines go with each other and how appropriate their script is. Cursing three times in a sentence doesn't make your lines any more meaningful.

Rating Anime and Video Games, An Explanation, Part 1

Hey guys, Lin here with an explanation on how I rate anime and video games on SR. First off, keep in mind I'm going to be calling both of them 'games', as a means to make everything sound a little smoother. So don't think I just mean video games when I make this post...I mean both!

Okay, so if you've read any of my review posts, you'll already know that I use a scale of 1-10, where 1 is the lowest and 10 is the highest. When people see that I give something a 5, they think it's a low score, but that's not true. A 2 is a low score. A 3 is a disappointment. When I give something a 5, I mean the number between 1 and 10. It is average.

"But Lin, what does average mean?"

It means that the game fulfilled the criteria to at least keep up with the game out around it's year of development or current games in it's genre, depending on when it was made. There is not particularly anything bad about it, yet not anything spectacular. It is not inspiring in its genre of games. Scores that fall in this range usually are aspects that are not really talked about because they don't make a big difference. They are easily forgotten or overshadowed by very good things or very bad things. It is simply average.

Anime Reviews: Persona 4 The Animation

Hey everyone, Lin here with the first review for Symphonic Reverie, Persona 4 The Animation! I'll going over how I felt about various aspects of the anime, what could have been better, what did really well and more.

Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren Episode 4

Classic Dekomori Sanae and Nibutani Shinka

First anime impression post!  This is the second season of Chuunibyou Demo Koi Ga Shitai! and I really enjoy this series.