Frezno's Games Of The 2021 Thing!

Well, here we go again! The last blog post of 2021! Just think, a year ago I was in the weeds of finishing Symphogear, and now look at me! I'm... well, I'm still thinking about that show. I've got some bangers planned for 2022, and you'll probably see them as soon as the year turns over and we get all the holiday stuff back up in the attic. For now, before the year ends, we're here to talk about COMPUTER VIDEO GAMES! Admittedly I didn't play too many of those this year, but I played enough to make a list out of 'em! So let us do that, as we so annually do, right now, and start with...

Doctor Who Series 13 First Impressions: Episode 6 (Flux Chapter Six: The Vanquishers)

Jesus Christ. Maybe it's just the fact that I woke up early and kinda fell asleep watching other stuff this morning, but for a solid minute there I just stared at this blank Notepad file wondering what in the hell to say. Even now I'm just rambling, but that at least is thematically relevant to what we got. The Vanquishers, the grand conclusion to the Epic Six Part Event that was Flux, calls to mind T.S. Eliot. This is the way Flux ends: a whimper disguised as a bang. A massive roller coaster ride of aliens and explosions and the threatened end of everything, all wearing the trappings of excitement and fun, but bringing me no real substansial joy. The story of the Chibnall era, I suppose. It once again has very little to say about anything beyond wrapping up itself, but that didn't piss me off as much as last time because it felt less lore-obsessed, if that makes sense. Let me try and dive in some more.