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About AnimeVGLog

This site was primarily created for the purpose of tracking all of my video game/anime progress, as well as keeping an organized list of title recommendations that I want to get around to watching/playing through later. I find it hard to keep up with all the new releases and remember all of the media titles that looked interesting to me, so I developed this system I can keep everything in a backlog and ensure that I will get around to it eventually. This idea was expanded to include several other features, and now it has become a hybrid media tracker site, blogger site, and forum software.

The name AnimeVGLog comes from the fact that I mainly consume anime and video games, but I've made it so you can add virtually anything to the catalog as long as it falls under the vague category of "Book", "Game", "Movie", or "Show". You can also add Custom items that don't even need to fall under one of those 4 categories, but they will be available only to the user that created them. So if you have other hobbies that you want to add to your personal backlog, this is possible. If there's a title you want that's not yet in the catalog, you can request it to be added, or simply add your own custom item for personal use. Titles are only added on an as-needed basis. This site's purpose is NOT to be a comprehensive wiki, however. There are other sites that do that much better than I could. The catalog system on this site allows you to keep track of all the video games/stories in your backlog, easily list out your favorites, and keep an organized log of what you've played/watched/read and when. This isn't meant to be a wiki site that lists every media title out there. The purpose of AnimeVGLog's media catalog is mainly to organize log posts and backlog items, and catalog items are added only according to the needs of the userbase.

The main user page that you arrive at when you log in (/home/), contains some stats about how many media items you've completed, and how many you've added to your backlog. There is also a backlog randomizer script where you can roll a random item from a pre-defined backlog category (or set up your own categories using search terms), and the script will choose a random item from your backlog so you don't have to decide for yourself and you can just pick from a grab bag of interesting looking titles each day or whenever you feel like starting a new title. Adding items to your backlog gives you the option to choose a priority level from A-E, where A is the highest priority and E is the lowest, and this randomizer software will take priority into account and roll the higher priority backlog items more often. If there are certain shows/games/books that you want to go through sooner than others, but still have trouble deciding which to do first, that's where this feature comes in real handy. And of course you can browse your backlog manually using /list/my_backlog/.

For every item in this site's catalog, you can create a published or private blog to organize your comments or post screenshots related to that title. You can also sort through the catalog in order of your log post history (/list/my_log/) and see a visual timeline of your log post history with all of the titles you've made log posts on. Published log posts will appear on the front page of the site and in the archives in blog format.

This site also has a message board system with built in tags that can be used to browse and filter through discussions on any topic. Although this is primarily an AniVG focused community, anyone is free to discuss whatever on the message board. Or you can even use the message board to store some info on a title without having it affect your log post history.

If you have any suggestions, or you find something on the site isn't working like it should, the quickest way to get through to me is to use the contact form.

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Log Posts

Mighty Switch Force! 2 - Log Post #1

From: warpio | Posted: 6/20/2018 10:01:00 PM

Misc. comments

Finally started playing this... it's exactly the same gameplay as the first game except you don't have a blaster, instead you have a water hose with limited range that you use to take out fires and mud blocks. and certain enemies need to be fed water to turn into a girl that you need to rescue......
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Tags: Game Side-view Sidescrolling Platformer 2D Platformer Action Nintendo 3DS Wii U Sci-Fi Puzzle Shooter WayForward Jake Kaufman Futuristic 2D Mighty Switch Force!

Space Station Silicon Valley - Log Post #3

From: warpio | Posted: 5/30/2018 03:16:00 PM | Overall Rating: 8/10

Misc. comments + screenshots

Contents: 1-4 Battery Farm, 1-5 The Engine Room, 3-1 Jungle Japes, 3-2 Jungle Doldrums

Now I have the choice between Battery Farm, Pinball Blizzard, or Jungle Japes.

This first section, you're stuck in an area filled with prickly purple roses that hurt when you run into them, until you manage to make it through this series of tiny ramp jumps with the mouse. Bam, first try.
Next I...
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Total screenshots: 162
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Space Station Silicon Valley - Log Post #2

From: warpio | Posted: 5/27/2018 06:31:00 PM | Overall Rating: 8/10

2-1 Snow Joke

Contents: 2-1 Snow Joke, 2-2 Ice 'n' Easy Does It, 2-3 Penguin Playpen

This is another "switch on 2 things and get a certain animal" stage. You start off as a computer chip just like in 1-1, and get to take over a nearby penguin that just got killed by a random snow boulder. I love the music in this level.
Wow, this stage is even more expansive than 1-3... both in...
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Total screenshots: 110
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Space Station Silicon Valley - Log Post #1

From: warpio | Posted: 5/27/2018 05:28:00 PM | Overall Rating: 8/10

Misc. comments + screenshots

Contents: 1-1 Smashing Start, 1-2 Have a Nice Day!, 1-3 Honeymoon Lagoon

This is a really nostalgic playthrough of a game I haven't played in like over a decade. I'm really interested to see how this game compares now.
The intro cutscene is really silly.

So I start out at the crash landing site, taking the body of a dog we ran over... In this stage I just need to...
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Total screenshots: 141
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Tags: Game Platformer 3D Platformer Action Playstation Nintendo 64 Adventure Sci-Fi Puzzle Action-Adventure Rockstar Games Rockstar North Collectathon Futuristic 3D

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - Log Post #11

From: warpio | Posted: 5/01/2018 03:48:00 PM | Overall Rating: 10/10

Misc. comments + screenshots

oh so I'm missing the Serenity Class Drone, near the Sanctuary Temple.
and yeah like I thought, I'm missing the Dark War Wasp in Temple Grounds Service Access.
Got the Dark War Wasp first, went to the Agon elevator, already got the missile there... I guess I'll do everything in Agon next and go...
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Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - Log Post #10

From: warpio | Posted: 4/30/2018 01:59:00 PM | Overall Rating: 10/10

Metroid Prime 2 high playthrough log part 8

Finally, the last repetitive energy transfer scene... These are all basically just excuses to get some really cinematic shots of each energy controller area.
Back at Great Temple, U-Mos opens up the thing that all 3 energy controllers are now powering to give Samus the Light Suit. I forgot all...
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Total screenshots: 260
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Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - Log Post #9

From: warpio | Posted: 4/29/2018 11:57:00 AM | Overall Rating: 10/10

Metroid Prime 2 high playthrough log part 7

Contents: Temple Grounds after Power Bomb, Sanctuary Temple + Ing Hive part 3, Agon Wastes cleanup part 3

Okay so from looking on the map, I see one obvious area in Temple Grounds that I might want to check out with the Power Bombs now. I've pretty much been everywhere in Torvus Bog, Agon Wastes, and their dark equivalents and this is like the only thing left (although there might've been some...
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Total screenshots: 320
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Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - Log Post #8

From: warpio | Posted: 4/22/2018 02:39:00 PM | Overall Rating: 10/10

Metroid Prime 2 high playthrough log part 6

Contents: Sanctuary Fortress + Ing Hive part 1 continued, Temple Grounds part 5, Torvus Bog cleanup part 1, Sanctuary Fortress + Ing Hive part 2, Torvus Bog cleanup part 1 continued, Sanctuary Fortress + Ing Hive part 2 continued, Agon Wastes cleanup part 2

Hall of Combat Mastery is a U-shaped hallway room with a ton of Quad enemies. They get really annoying and deadly if you take out their bodies first and then have to deal with a bunch of shielded heads flying around... I actually gave up trying to defeat all of them because my health was getting...
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Total screenshots: 389
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Tags: Game Platformer 3D Platformer Action Nintendo Wii Gamecube Adventure Sci-Fi Puzzle Action-Adventure Shooter First-person First-person Shooter Kenji Yamamoto Metroid Metroid Prime Retro Studios Futuristic 3D 3rd-person Direct Control New Play Control! Motion Control

Re:CREATORS - Log Post #22

From: warpio | Posted: 4/20/2018 08:11:00 AM | Overall Rating: 9/10

Episode 22 - Re:CREATORS

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So I guess this is just where all the remaining story characters say goodbye to their creators before going back to their world.
Meteora tells Matsubara that even though the Selesia he knew is dead, the new one that he writes will still have her spirit.
Yuya and Sho take their creator...
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Total screenshots: 30
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Re:CREATORS - Log Post #21

From: warpio | Posted: 4/19/2018 03:58:00 PM | Overall Rating: 9/10

Episode 21 - The World is for Us Two - I love you too.

This episode is just pure nonstop feels.
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Altair has an emotional breakdown as she meets a fake creation of her creator for the first time. This Shimazaki realizes that she's supposed to have died, and isn't sure why she exists here now. She's such a perfect recreation that Altair can't...
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Total screenshots: 19
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Re:CREATORS - Log Post #20

From: warpio | Posted: 4/19/2018 02:53:00 PM | Overall Rating: 9/10

Episode 20 - Before the Reverberation Disappears - Somebody receives the power of creation, and the spirit is redeveloped from their passion

The plot is going hyper speed at this point... so many things happening. The twist at the end of this episode blew me away even though I knew something like that was going to happen.
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Hikayu tries to hit Altair with a new attack, but she neutralizes it and changes her back to her normal...
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Total screenshots: 31
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Re:CREATORS - Log Post #19

From: warpio | Posted: 4/18/2018 04:53:00 PM | Overall Rating: 9/10

Episode 19 - Wrapped in Kindness - The story continues, as long as there is someone out there, who believes in my existence

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Charon sounds like he's possessed or brainwashed or something. Either that or he's really stupid to believe that Altair's plan is the only way that his world can be saved... As Charon start fighting everyone (except for Selesia, who has backed out of the fight), Altair breaks out of her...
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Total screenshots: 20
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Re:CREATORS - Log Post #18

From: warpio | Posted: 4/18/2018 08:15:00 AM | Overall Rating: 9/10

Episode 18 - All of Us Are Incomplete - As long as we're alive, we have to enjoy our lives to the fullest

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Blitz's creator explains that although the world she created doesn't contain the magic necessary to bring people back to life, Meteora's world does, and she used this crossover event as an opportunity to bring Blitz's daughter back. She asks, "So, will you continue to fight for poor...
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Total screenshots: 26
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Tags: Show Action Fantasy Sci-Fi Mystery Anime TROYCA

NieR:Automata - Log Post #9

From: warpio | Posted: 4/17/2018 06:46:00 PM | Overall Rating: 8/10

Misc. comments + screenshots

Finished the game in 45 hours, with 8 of the endings found on my own. Is there actually an ending for every letter of the alphabet or what?
... Yep. I guess I want to see all of those. Also I found out about some side events and hidden bosses on the walkthrough. And I'll at least look up how to...
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NieR:Automata - Log Post #8

From: warpio | Posted: 4/17/2018 03:19:00 PM | Overall Rating: 8/10

Route C playthrough log part 3 / Final ending

As soon as I approach the final resource recovery unit in the amusement park, the game switches back to A2 again, right after the part where she kills Pascal. I thought that 9S's story took place a bit of time after what was going on in A2's story, but I guess I'm wrong, because now A2 hears some...
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Total screenshots: 380
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Tags: Game Action Playstation 4 Sci-Fi Shooter Anime Shoot-em-up RPG Post-Apocalyptic Action-RPG Platinumgames Futuristic Open-World 3rd-person NieR series

Re:CREATORS - Log Post #17

From: warpio | Posted: 4/17/2018 11:11:00 AM | Overall Rating: 9/10

Episode 17 - The Rain's Rhythm Shoots Down on the World's Roof - I mean, I'm the CREATOR.

The plot has gone back up to maximum intrigue now, like it was around the half-way point through the series. I'm pretty sure it's all non-stop mindfucks from here.
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Altaria's group shows up to battle everyone just as expected. She doesn't even seem to care that she's walking into a trap....
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Total screenshots: 19
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Re:CREATORS - Log Post #16

From: warpio | Posted: 4/17/2018 08:56:00 AM | Overall Rating: 9/10

Episode 16 - Wonderful Days - This is the actual beginning, isn't it?

This seems to be the last calm episode that sets up for the final confrontation.
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The first half of this episode, everyone goes to a hot spring to relax the day before the final battle. Then Meteora gives a big speech to thank everyone for their hard work.
The big Elimination Chamber...
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Total screenshots: 18
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Tags: Show Action Fantasy Sci-Fi Mystery Anime TROYCA

NieR:Automata - Log Post #7

From: warpio | Posted: 4/16/2018 01:43:00 PM | Overall Rating: 8/10

Route C playthrough log part 2

Just found out the machine village is empty now in this route. A2 must've wiped out all the machines here already.
I upgraded some of my weapons to level 4 at the Forest Castle, and also found a random uninfected YoRHa guy here that has some kind of data collection sidequest... other than that,...
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Total screenshots: 173
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Tags: Game Action Playstation 4 Sci-Fi Shooter Anime Shoot-em-up RPG Post-Apocalyptic Action-RPG Platinumgames Futuristic Open-World 3rd-person NieR series

Re:CREATORS - Log Post #15

From: warpio | Posted: 4/16/2018 08:13:00 AM | Overall Rating: 9/10

Episode 15 - Waves Approach the End of Wandering - This is perfect! She couldn't have been any more perfect!

A lot of new stuff happened in this episode, it was fairly interesting despite there not being any action scenes.
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This new pink-haired girl, Hikayu Hoshikawa, is from a dating sim game. She cries out of embarrassment from knowing that her personal life is detailed in a video game, and...
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Total screenshots: 29
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Tags: Show Action Fantasy Sci-Fi Mystery Anime TROYCA

Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - Log Post #7

From: warpio | Posted: 4/15/2018 10:42:00 AM | Overall Rating: 10/10

Metroid Prime 2 high playthrough log part 5

Contents: Temple Grounds part 4, Sanctuary Fortress part 1

Looks like I had the right strategy for that Alpha Blogg fight, it's just really hard to dodge its attacks because you have to hit it at the same time that it's charging towards you... and for some reason sometimes you can't even damage it when it does multiple attacks in a row. I beat him on the...
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Total screenshots: 284
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Re:CREATORS - Log Post #14

From: warpio | Posted: 4/15/2018 09:13:00 AM | Overall Rating: 9/10

Episode 14 - Why We Travel - I feel painful and so useless that I want to cry but it's fun nevertheless.

This new OP theme isn't as good as the first one, but has a cool vibe.
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Kikuchihara gets all the artists together and forces them to start on the big crossover project, called Elimination Chamber Festival, and gives everyone a strict deadline. She's really straightforward about the...
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Total screenshots: 23
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Re:CREATORS - Log Post #13

From: warpio | Posted: 4/14/2018 10:17:00 PM | Overall Rating: 9/10

Episode 13 - The Usual Way, the Way Back - An unpredictable story that no one knows where it's leading to

This is an intermission episode where Meteora recaps the plot and reintroduces all the characters. She changes herself into a much more beautiful, cool character at first that defeats the enemy and ends the story on the first episode, then changes it back to normal. Also she calls Alicetaria a...
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Total screenshots: 28
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Tags: Show Action Fantasy Sci-Fi Mystery Anime TROYCA

NieR:Automata - Log Post #6

From: warpio | Posted: 4/14/2018 03:28:00 PM | Overall Rating: 8/10

Route C playthrough log part 1

So this starts off a bit after where routes A and B end. I bet I'll gain access to all the missions that I couldn't figure out before, like the YoRHa Betrayers one. 9S has a new body now, and he's being ordered to go around hacking all the machines that are patrolling the rooftops of the city. The...
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Total screenshots: 105
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Tags: Game Action Playstation 4 Sci-Fi Shooter Anime Shoot-em-up RPG Post-Apocalyptic Action-RPG Platinumgames Futuristic Open-World 3rd-person NieR series

Re:CREATORS - Log Post #12

From: warpio | Posted: 4/14/2018 11:06:00 AM | Overall Rating: 9/10

Episode 12 - Too Early for End Roll - Be desperate and draw something fascinating.

The plot kinda peaked during episodes 7-10, and these passed couple episodes have been nothing but boring exposition and filling in some details and setting up for the next big confrontation.
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Alicetaria confronts Blitz, saying she's read his story and is unimpressed by his...
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Re:CREATORS - Log Post #11

From: warpio | Posted: 4/14/2018 10:30:00 AM | Overall Rating: 9/10

Episode 11 - The Monster Under the Eaves - We cannot decide where we go but you can.

Selesia's author stays with her at the hospital until she wakes up, they have a nice heartwarming discussion about the power of the fans how made it possible for her to gain new powers...

There might be people who think of it as entertainment. But for me, I didn't write it just for fun. For...