Kevin C. Wong

Spot Reviews 02/20/26

My Holo Love (2020) [/] South Korean romance drama with 12 1-hour episodes. Office worker Han So-yeon (Ko Sung-hee) ends up with a pair of experimental holo glasses that project an AI companion, Holo (Yoon Hyun-min). As Han So-yeon keeps working with Holo she starts to develop feelings for him which gets more complicated when Holo's developer Ko Nan-do (also Yoon Hyun-min) tracks her down. A twist is that Han So-yeon has face blindness so can't tell people apart by their faces -- but she can see Holo just fine and also Ko Nan-do (because they have met before in childhood). There's a murder mystery and possible physical danger for Han So-yeon which gives a reason for Ko Nan-do to hang around her and eventually fall for her... Kind of an average story but still entertaining.

Nekograms+ (2023) [/] Cat cafe-themed puzzle game. On a square grid there are single to three-square-long cats, cushions (of 1 to 3 squares) and obstacles. Cats can be moved left and right. Cushions up and down. Make sure every cat has a cushion underneath it. A bit like that parking cars puzzle game where the sequence is important since cars can't go over each other -- same here with the cushions (can't overlap) and cats (also can't overlap) with the obstacles which can be pushed around.

Barbarella/Dejah Thoris TPB (2019) [/] Collects the 4-issue limited series. Barbarella and Dejah Thoris are transported to a water world where the inhabitants are losing a war against interstellar invaders. I like this neat science fiction story where time and time travel is a major element and there is a mystery as to what is really going on that is revealed in issue 4. And there's a small kiss at the end so that's really nice since there's a fair amount of flirting and innuendo throughout the series.