Manic Expression

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Manic Expression was founded by James Walsh as a place for bloggers and video-makers to come and show off their work. Anyone can submit their work, with the chance of it being featured in the "Outstanding Blog/Video of the Week". It has a small but Orwellian monitored community, meaning the usual riff-raff tend to get thrown out rather rapidly.

Tropes used in Manic Expression include:


  • Airborne Aircraft Carrier: So far, the Japanese and Prussian Sky Fortresses.
  • Applied Phlebotinum: Sturginium (otherwise known as Element 270), the Ore used to make the Land ships and other huge weapons of the game.
  • Attack Drone: The Covenant of Antarctica use these instead of regular fighter planes.
  • Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: The small tank bases are about the size of a regular modern day tank. Medium Tanks of the setting are roughly Baneblade sized. And it only gets bigger from there.
  • Base on Wheels: The American Washington Class and British Sovereign Class land ships.
  • Giant Enemy Crab: Or rather, Giant Victorian Steampunk Enemy Crab. It's the Covenant Landship.
  • Humongous Mecha: The Prussian Metzger robot.
    • Also, the John Henry Robot is a FLYING Humongous Mecha
  • If It Swims, It Flies: The French Magenta Mk 1 Pocket Battleship.
  • Giant Squid: The Japanese have Giant Robotic Squids that crush ships. Does this remind you of anything?
  • Military Mashup Machine: Several of the more exotic weapons in the game, most notably the Landships the various factions use.
  • Spider Tank: The Japanese Taka Ashi Heavy Walker.
    • As well as the Covenant's medium and small scale Walkers. Their Land Ship is more like a Crab.
      • The Covenant's Mobile Airfield plays this more straight however.
  • Tank Goodness: The smallest units available are light tanks. Infantry is either non-existent or abstracted away.
  • Up to Eleven: Where to begin? How about the Saint Paul's Cathedral/White House on Tank Treads? Or the Giant Robotic Squids? Or even the Giant Steampunk Enemy Crab?