I Missed Contrapoints So Much

Remember 2023? i member.

As a last hurrah to the shows of yesteryear, we decided to sit down and pin down our favourite media from 2023.

The categories are as follows:

Song

Video game

Tv-show

Anime /Manga

Movie

Its a good exercise i in my opinion! You get to look back on what things you found time for to enjoy, and compare the positives and negatives - it makes so that each tv show or manga sticks longer in your memory.

Its funny we didnt add podcasts to our list, since i personally got to enjoy so many this year. Maybe a sugestion for 2024? Who knows :P

And for an addendum, Pikmin 4 kicks ass and would have definetly made the list if i had spent more time on it. Fredrik has already 100% it as well hahah.

for a change of pace, below is the link to the ep on Spotify:

Boo!! Ghost season is upon us, and so is the apt spooky seasonal episode!

The gang has split and moved on from their mystery hunting days, but when a new opportunity presents itself the scooby gang is trust back into action - but this time danger may be in fact be more real than not. Also look at this Daphne she is so cool!!

Imo a pretty good movie perfect for a seasonal watch. The setting is wonderful and even with nostalgia glasses off it holds up!

On another note, im usually only linking our Spotify, but we do host it on youtube with slides!

Kingdom Hearts 3: 5 Years, 7 Months & 19 Days

A final chapter prologue and part 1 of 3 of our Kingdom Hearts 3 mini series!

Today we dive into the agonizing wait between the announcement and the eventual release of KH3.

Fredrik - our resident expert in field- has catalouged all the announcements and promos in a chronological order, including the likes of:

Developer interviews with Nomura over the years

Information from various E3 and events before release.

Timeline of remasters and new spin off titles like DDD and KHuX

Release of new themes / banging tunes

and more!

Plus we do like the series, like a lot, so we also talk about what excites us about the franchise. Give it a listen!

Set sails to barboard! or starboard! dry the anchor and hoist the mast!

Honestly we don't know much about sailing or pirates, but we will still discuss the Live action adaptation of One Piece. Apparently it rocks (the boat!)!

Also apologies, because this is the episode where we talk about How i Met your Father, not the previous ones. I was just really giddy to talk about the show alright 😉

And lastly, Wizard of Oz. Truly a grab bag of topics, but lets not forget the awful treatment the actors on that set withstood while making this movie. Abhorrent and perhaps maybe not worth it..?

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Youtube link with slides!

(to the rythm of boooty rockin' everywhere) Summer Summer Summer Summer Summer Summer Summer Summer summer summer games rockin' everywere

From Cozy Games Direct and Future of Play, to X-box Showcase and PC Gaming Show, everyone from big and small has indeed been informed about summer, and that there are games to be had durning it STAT.

And whew there were alot of announcements, just look at the website.

In our usual fashion it would too long to list every single game that was mentioned, so instead what of the games that looked really hecking cool?

Fredriks choice: SCHiM (by Ewoud van der Werf and Nils Slijkerman)

You play as a silly creature, hopping and puzzling thorugh shadows in a city. Human shadows, car shadows lamps shadows, anything is permitted. And it looks great to boot! Its coming out this year july for all Major consoles + Steam.

Karols choice Battle Suit Aces (by Trinket Studios)

Cooked up by the same developers as Battle Chef Academy (great game give it a go), this sci-fi card battler has style, worldbuilding and even features relationships with your crew! Not the genre im usually into but i believe in these devs. Release is TBD as of yet.

And our shared pick would be Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (by Sandfall Interactive)

Ever since the Paintress arrived, each year she paints a new number: 35..34...33. As she counts down people of that age vanish never to be seen again. Its up to our epxedition (the 33) to give a shot at stopping the paintress in their final year of life. RPG with QTE's in a wonderfully parisian inspired world. Also what a cool premise! To be released sometime in 2025.

We actually picked more games, but for that you would have been a long list.

You have to check rest of the episode for that ;) ta-ta for now!

A whole new world game A new fantastic point of view No one to tell us no Or where to go Or say we're only dreaming

Kingdom Hearts 3 has been out for a while already, but that will not deter us about talking bout it. We are trendsetters like that ^_+

So what is KH3? What we are documenting today is:

The Worlds The Gameplay - Summons - Rides - Party Members The Villains The Plot And our overall enjoyement of course.

That is if i can contain myself from talking about end game spoilers in the earlier sections of the video. Im luckly to have Fredrik to rein me in.

the new contrapoints video is just *mwah* chefs kiss. And to think Twilight my beloved started it