1998
Noah’s Barks pages covering things relating to the year 1998.
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Grim Fandango
LucasArts favorite ‘Grim Fandango’ struggles with technical issues and obtuseness, but can the quality writing underneath save it all? (read more)
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Getter Robo: Armageddon
Everything hits the fan in Getter Robo: Armageddon, a retelling, celebration, and epic finale to the iconic super robot franchise. (read more)
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team
The 08th MS Team grounds the Gundam franchise in guerilla warfare, with relatable characters and focused, tight storytelling. (Includes "A Battle with the Third Dimension," "Miller’s Report") (read more)
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Serial Experiments Lain
‘Serial Experiments Lain’ is a gripping, shockingly prescient, surrealist metaphorical exploration of how the internet can warp one’s self-perception and their relationship to the world around them. (read more)
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Katatonia – “Discouraged Ones” (1998)
Katatonia are a band often accused of “selling out,” which is kind of unfair when you consider the band’s departure from their first two death metal albums was because vocalist Jonas Renske lost his ability to growl due to vocal strain. Katatonia had no choice but to change their style, showing once again that “selling… (read more)
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Paul Giovanni / Gary Carpenter / Magnet – “The Wicker Man”
The Wicker Man is an awesome movie, which you obviously know if you’re at this page, and part of that is because it has an awesome soundtrack, which you obviously know if you’re at this page. Unfortunately, the soundtrack is too “literally” organized like most soundtracks, separating the traditional vocal songs (the ones you’re getting… (read more)
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Refused – “The Shape of Punk to Come”
"The Shape of Punk to Come" has the band Refused delivering a manifesto to the punk movement, daring them to be ambitious and unpredictable. (read more)
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Anathema – “Alternative 4”
Anathema are a funny little band. They have every melodramatic trope of progressive metal but aren’t heavy enough to be called metal. I think this works to their favor, because it makes their melodrama less obnoxiously… melodramatic. And in some cases, Alternative 4 actually makes it seem stylish. Listen to “Fragile Dreams,” for instance. It’s the… (read more)
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Famicom Detective Club Part II
Nintendo’s long-exclusive visual novel series receives its first remake for the Super Famicom, ‘Famicom Detective Club Part II.’ (read more)
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The epitome of a game that’s more than the sum of its parts, ‘The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’ is an ambitious adventure that continues to captivate. (read more)