Written by A. J. Marchisello Directed by Gino Nichele Rating: Awful Guts Man tricks his way into Dr. Light’s home, then tries to get into his lab to steal something. The redesign of Guts Man is creative yet nonsensical, as…
Mega Man Fully Charged Episode 13: I.C.E. In Case of Emergency
Written by Marcus Rinehart Directed by Gino Nichele Rating: Alright Ice Man is back and still thinks he’s a hero. When he and Mega Man compete to put out the same fire, Mega Man comes away feeling that Ice Man…
Mega Man Fully Charged Episode 12: Opposites Attract
Written by Janis Robertson Story by “Man of Action” Directed by Gino Nichele Rating: Awful The Light family’s trip to a city park is quickly interrupted by Wave Man and Fire Man working together to drain the city’s water supply…
Mega Man Fully Charged Episode 11: Unfriendly Competition
Written by Justin Peniston Story by “Man of Action” Directed by Gino Nichele Rating: Good Bert Wily is preparing for track and field day at school, but he wants to compete with the robots, not the humans, so he creates…
Mega Man Fully Charged Episode 10: Running Wild
Written by Joe Barnathan Story by “Man of Action” Directed by Gino Nichele Rating: Alright It’s Bert Wily vs. Peter Punkowski in a contest to become president of the entire school. Except that Aki copied the arrogant Air Man’s schematics…
Mega Man Fully Charged Episode 9: Tripping the Light Fantastic
Written by Michael Oliver Directed by Gino Nichele Rating: Good A disguised Hypno Woman takes Dr. Light on a date. Since Aki previously copied Hypno Woman’s weapon, he’s able to see through her disguise and then rushes off to save…
Mega Man Fully Charged Episode 8: Hard Times in Silicon City
Written by A. J. Marchisello Directed by Gino Nichele Rating: Alright Aki has a big history report due, so Suna gets a student with the best brains and the worst allergies to tutor him at the museum. Blasto Woman decides…
Mega Man Fully Charged Episode 7: Nice on Ice
Written by Marcus Rinehart Story by “Man of Action” Directed by Gino Nichele Rating: Alright After two middling episodes and three bad ones, we finally have the first episode that’s beyond merely OK. Elements of the show start coming together…
Mega Man Fully Charged Episode 6: Blaze of Glory
Written by A. J. Marchisello Story by Marcus Rinehart Directed by Gino Nichele Rating: Awful There’s a heat wave in Silicon City and for some reason, the city’s water supply is heating up as well. Of course Fire Man is…
Rendering Distance – Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Rendering Distance is a feature where we look at the influence of video games on other forms of media, whether it’s a straight adaptation like Wild ARMs TV or general inspiration like the Free Guy movie. When I was a…