The murasaki imo one was awesome. But I'm a huge fan of the purple Japanese sweet potatoes (imo). I've also had a (regular) green tea one. All of the others I've eaten have been "normal" icecream flavors that aren't limited.

The CD rental shops also sell CD-Rs. They know their customers rent stuff sometimes to save money from buying the real thing. It boggled my mind the first time I saw it, but I guess they can have return customers for anything new that comes out.

Thanks for that link there. That's actually a surprisingly good cover of Call Me.

Wikipedia claims Momoiro Clover Z is denpa. Is this the reason I simply can't get into that group? Part of me wants to like them, but then I hear their vocals and they sound horrible to me. They are really good at dancing though, compared to your typical idol group.

The Tidus head thing is referencing a novella that was released in Japan. I haven't read it myself, but it sounds like a lot of the issue is mis-translation.

Yes. That's exactly it. If a J-pop group has only 3 or 5 girls, then there might not be a girl of your particular preferences. But with that many girls, there's a higher chance you'll find someone you like.

Amusingly enough, I think work hurts me way more than gaming. I have a very sedentary 40+ hour a week computer job. Even including gaming, I'm way more active on nights and weekends than I am at work. And I'm an extremely introverted person who doesn't go to parties or anything like that.

I think part of the reaction is people not understanding finance or stocks. Seriously, Nintendo is still a very successful company. Even with the stocks going down 10-15%+ (I keep hearing varying amounts), that's not the end of the world.

Man, that last picture about gaming being the only activity where I feel normal and wanted gives me flashbacks of my high school years. Depressing flashbacks. :( High school (and middle school) sucked BAD.

You missed out on the better Miku doll. IMO the Licca-chan one doesn't look very good. The Volks Dollfie Dream one is way better. The pre-order period is over though.

I don't live that far from Haneda. I want to know if I can just go to the store, or if it's past security and you need a plane ticket. :/

I'm planning to go to Osaka later this year! But

Ugh, Pizza Hut. Yeah, I agree they've gone to crap over the years.

That sucks. My brothers and I succeeded in the begging when I was a kid. My mom and stepdad rented us games from Blockbuster all the time. Basically we made the deal that we would give up on rented games so we could have Sega Channel instead.

I haven't seen those yet (I live in Japan). But there's a lot of weird stuff in Japan. Like this just came out (KFC chicken flavored potato chips). I kinda want to try this one. It sounds less gross than Mountain Dew Cheetos to me.

This is why I don't participate in Steam sales. I have too many games I haven't played yet. I have PS1 and GBA games I haven't played yet. These are games I bought when they were new, not more recently. They've been sitting around unplayed for that long.

Wow. That's a really good name. You could've picked Vincent or something and no one would know, but I like the more original name. It doesn't sound weird either.

I have a first name (no, it's not this username) that was very common with babies born the year I was. That meant that there was always multiple people with my name in school so I was called first name + last initial all the time. It was irritating. Once I graduated school, that was no longer a problem, because it's…

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They put it in because it's her shield for that costume. In Lightning Returns, every costume has a weapon and a shield that you equip. The shield is to block attacks, since it's more of an action oriented battle system this time around.