LTE is an OFDMA based standard, meaning it essentially does time and frequency division by exploiting OFDM radios, which are relatively simple in design. CDMA (at least, direct sequence spread spectrum) no longer makes much sense to use in modern communication protocols (LTE, WiMAX, and later) because you're already…

CDMA IS-95 around the time GSM was using GPRS for data (2g era, before EDGE), the voice capacity for CDMA was absolutely crushing GSM providers at the time. Turns out in non-symmetric channels, simultaneous access with CDMA can hit a nice capacity region normal orthogonal access by time division couldn't quite hit…

it's a side-scrolling beat-em-up, not a straight 2d fighter for the most part; but the draw of Guardian Heroines and the game it was based off of, Guardian Heroes, is that it takes a lot of things from 2d fighters like movesets and stuff so it's a more-complex beat-em-up with multiplayer support and lots of characters.

what the hell is that crap about making things simpler for console gamers? Skill points and number crunching aren't a PC master race special trait. Don't treat it like it's convex optimization or something. Could've at least said something still offensive but not as broad like casual gamers or "09ers" like fighting…

lolll ADV 's Azumanga Daioh translation was the most standout example of kansai turning into something else ever, both in manga and anime form; i didn't even consider how little I cared about translation accuracy in the 90s when I was into pokemon in elementary school, thanks for pointing that date gap out XD

OH WOW, the fushigi na kusuri (pop'n music 17) videos make a lot more sense linking to pokemon now, I never knew rare candy was 'mysterious candy' in japan. They should've left it a literal translation in the game, it sounds a lot scarier to use than rare candy XD

in general, I remember benching the paladin character given in like, pretty much each fire emblem i've played starting from FE6 with Roy, just because I heard in general, stat growth will make the paladin end up crappy in comparison to others like you said. Except in real hard modes, where you need him just to survive…

I went to Japan the summer around when Live Free or Die Hard came out, and there was Die Hard 4 ramen in the conbini there, and IT WAS DELICIOUS. And weird. Because it came with mustard you were supposed to mix in. It was good enough for me to eat it twice XD

i like all of the enhancements that the XL brings, and I really don't mind losing sharpness, but I can honestly say I probably wouldn't have upgraded if I still had my 3DS. Because I'm cheap lolol but yeah, upgrade was nice. Mine was taken Christmas Eve 2012, and when we got back to TX, my gf and i pooled giftcards to…

my 3ds original was stolen, so I got the XL; the main pros i've noticed are that the bigger screen means parallax 3d is (somewhat) more effective, the battery life is significantly better, stylus is not an extending stick but more like the ds lite stylus, start/select/menu are actual buttons, 3d slider clicks into…

star wars: shadows of the empire's debug code was one of the reasons I "loved" the N64 pad so much; when i was in 2nd or 3rd grade, I was holding down buttons and stuff with my hands, and doing the analog stick part with my nose. halfway left, halfway right, with my face, but it was so worth it on my friend's copy of…

one thing I could never figure out was how did the PROMISE of a system and its exclusives that come with it can drive people to wait for the PS2 and pass up the DC? I love my DC, mostly because I'm an arcade person, but Grandia II, Skies, Vanishing Point, there was a very nice selection of games for it at the time.…

I think they're just excited that digital distribution and Steam platform literally brought them back from the brink of extinction from the perspective of the common folk. Which is great, I really didn't like those few years where there was a bunch of editorials like "Is PC gaming dead???" Hell, I haven't played a PC…

the bigger problem lies in the future; though I want to say Sony should do something about the idea that there are no games for the Vita, I think the bigger problem is the idea people have that there WILL be no more games for the Vita. The roadmap doesn't exist, as far as consumers know, and while 3DS did have that…

Yeah I agree with the good translation bit entirely, but I personally know a couple people that insist otherwise and are so sure the rest of the audience is like them and would pick up on original jokes (like, uh, the kuronabe/dark stew bit in Tales of Symphonia, Wii sequel -_-).

you better just jizz in her armpit, and then trade her into Mandarake or some used figure store in japan and make the employees really really happy lol

if you ask a lot of like, bookish literature people, why they would read/watch anything in the original language, a major point is that a lot of subtleties are lost in translation, simple things that make a character more jerk-like or kind or something like that. These things add up, and a lot of the time, even a…

you should look into the DJ Max Technika Tune release drama. That will make your head spin. The entitlement comes from the collective mindset of this internet generation saying yes, we deserve this, and no less than what we demand. Our opinions are always right, and this money here proves it in some convincing way. We…

It brings me the greatest joy to know that somebody else actually enjoyed breath of fire dragon quarter. You have absolutely no idea how many arguments it's gotten me into, only to find out most people haven't even played the game, they just spouted out garbage telephoned in from other sources. By far my favorite…