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Without argument, Wacom is the king of graphic tablets and similar items.  But that doesn’t mean that there haven’t been others taking shots at the top: in the Graphics Tablet Game of Thrones, we’ve had other competitors like PActive/Yutron/XP Pen (whatever name they’re using this week), AMZDeal (who has recently left the tablet business, but you can find their stuff around), and Yiyinova (which in recent years, has started to become known for their graphics business), not to mention a dozen other minor competitors, and, if you can manage it, your regular tablet (read: iPad, Android tablet, Surface.)

But now a new player has entered the scene: UGEE and, irritating website aside, their newcomer to the US shores: the UGEE M708.  UGEE has been known for their work in European circles, and now they’re taking their game here to ‘Murica.  We got the black model so we can review it (and, well, because Ayne needed a new tablet).

So, how does it stand up to Wacom?  Let’s find out!

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They see me rollin’, they hatin’, trying t’ catch me riding dirty…They see me rollin’, they hatin’, trying t’ catch me riding dirty…

This is the next in a series featuring games with prominent female characters, oftentimes the protagonist.  Some you’ve heard of, some you haven’t.  Some I might write, some might come from others.  But they do exist.

You know, the 90s were filled with all sorts of fantasy games.  Altered Beast, Golden Axe, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: the Arcade Game, Crossbow, Gauntlet, etc.  And I need not say anything about the billion and one JRPGs that have this setting.  So you would think that some games that hew more to this aesthetic would have been successful, right?

Unfortunately, some never really get out of their shell – Dahna: Megami Tanjō is just one example.

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Okay, since the last known image is a flash file, have some cute kittens instead.Okay, since the last known image is a flash file, have some cute kittens instead.

Once in a while, I’ll go back to look at some of the sites that inspired me over the years, and one of those was Superfancy.  If you go now, all you’re going to see now is a websquatter site that’s of no use.  And if you pick a random time on the Wayback Machine, you’re likely to run into the ghoulish last page that never really got updated before the site went dark.

If you’re really lucky (and so far I haven’t been), then the stuff that you’ll see on the Wayback Machine will show you a site that was F-F-Found before it existed, Imgur before that existed, and a dozen Flash sites when Flash was still the go-to tech for coolness.

But the thing I loved most about it was its Euro-meets-the-world sense of avant-garde.

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Or in your attempt to make a series.Or in your attempt to make a series.

I’m a long-time anime fan.  I’m not one of those who discovered it via Naruto, or Evangelion, Ranma 1/2 or even Robotech – some of my fondest childhood memories were watching Kimba the White Lion, Astro Boy, and Battle of the Planets on the UHF channels respectively (please don’t ask me to explain what a UHF channel is, kids, this was pre-cable.)  So I can honestly say I’ve watched a lot of anime.

I can also say it’s rare when I abandon a series before its time.

I can also now say that I’m doing that after episode two of Let’s Make Game Cutscenes into an Anime! Karen Senki.

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  1. Well, It’s Not Quite Graverobbing, But….
  2. Just Staring at the Sunset