10 Things Japanese People Hate About JRPGs

Friday, May 18, 2012 @ 12:05 PM
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A recent Japanese message board thread about JRPGs (Japanese role-playing games) noted that while some would call them the “classic style” of RPG, overseas there are many cases where the term “JRPG” is used with a negative nuance. To join in on this negativity, posters decided to discuss what they themselves hate most about their domestically-made RPGs.
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Is it game over for Nintendo?

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 @ 06:05 AM
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Nintendo posted the first loss in the companys history at the end of the last financial year, which is notable for a couple of reasons. For starters, the fact that in a fickle industry like video games theyve run at a profit for 30 years without a hiccup is pretty impressive. Second, the fact that even a dependable giant like Nintendo can be brought low to the tune of 43.2 billion yen suggests that something big is up.
There have been plenty of theories about why this happened. The most prosaic is simply that the strength of the yen, especially versus the US dollar, has stripped the guts from the company’s overseas profits. Its certainly been a contributing factor, one thats weakened Japanese manufacturers in general, but not to the same degree as Nintendo.

The shelves in your local game store have the answer.

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Worldwide Weekly Hardware, Week Ending 28th Apr 2012

Friday, May 11, 2012 @ 11:05 PM
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Worldwide Hardware:

1: 3DS - 172,920
2: PS3 - 167,470
3: 360 - 129,747
4: Wii - 83,537
5: PSP - 72,038
6: PSV - 65,925
7: DS - 40,907
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Amazon 50% Off Video Game Deal Weekly Highlights

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 @ 05:05 PM
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GamerDeals.net:

“Amazon currently has a slew of video game titles and accessories discounted 50% off or more on PS3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, DS, 3DS, PSP, PC, and Mac!

Over 500 video games and accesssories to choose from…

Current 50% off+ highlights include:”
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The current generation isnt maxed-out, say fans. Others chime in with the common, fancy graphics dont make games better, gameplay does, argument.

Are these assertions true? Absolutely. Do they offer up a reasonable argument to delay the next inevitable generation of consoles? No, and here is why.
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Top 20 Mind F*ck Screenshots in Video Games

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 @ 04:05 AM
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GR – “Glitches are dime a dozen in videogames. They’re par on course for any videogame experience and despite sometimes getting in the way of what we refer to as ‘the gameplay’, glitches can–in and of themselves–be enjoyable for offering us with a unexpected moments.”

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PS3 & Xbox 360 Graphics Superseded By Smartphone & Tablets

Saturday, April 28, 2012 @ 09:04 PM
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The graphics of Sony’s PS3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 are set to be superseded by new graphic cards being developed for smartphones and tablets according to graphics company Nvidia.
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10 Ridiculous Gaming Norms That Make No Sense In Real Life

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 @ 03:04 PM
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Gaming Enthusiast:

Many of the norms we take for granted in video games are completely ridiculous indeed. Have a look at some of the most oddball ones.
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10 Games to Play When Youre High as a Kite

Sunday, April 22, 2012 @ 08:04 AM
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Today is 4/20, which has become synonymous with getting high as a kite and because of that fact I wanted to run down the top 10 video games to play when you are high as a kite. If youre reading this right now, chances are youre pretty high and are having difficulty getting through this first sentence. Thats okay, do your thing, forget about those taxes you still havent filed, and play one of the videogames listed below. Also, dont let the backwards-counting of this list take you for a mentally unstable ride. Youre going to be okay. Ill finish this introductory paragraph later. Im going to smoke a bowl first (because I live in Amsterdam and have the legal right to do so).
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Is This an Official Poster for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2?

Thursday, April 19, 2012 @ 02:04 AM
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Kotaku:

It’s looking more nd more like this year’s Call of Duty is going to be a sequel to 2010′s Black Ops. A retail source forwarded the following image from a poster received today.
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