Failsafe (the AI) is on Nessus, which is not getting Vaulted (ie the pyramids skipped over it).

That's not necessarily true. Nintendo has done time-limited digital releases before. Off the top of my head, Zelda: The Four Swords Anniversary was only available for DSi and 3DS for 6 months or so. Granted, it was a free download but like this Mario collection it was meant to celebrate an anniversary.

Comixology as a marketplace has everything, but Comixology Unlimited doesn’t have many full runs. For example, only 10 out of 25 volumes of Invincible are available through Unlimited.

Comixology as a marketplace has everything, but Comixology Unlimited doesn’t have many full runs. For example, only…

Should be mentioned that Marvel comics (Thor) are available with a Marvel Unlimited subscription (think Netflix but for comics), and DC Comics (Batman) are with DC Universe (ditto).

Should be mentioned that Marvel comics (Thor) are available with a Marvel Unlimited subscription (think Netflix but…

Yeah, this whole thing stinks of dog-whistle to me.

Well said. The online vitriol directed at so-called “Karens” sometimes reeks of sexism to me.

Dude is a stubborn fool and just dug his heels into the ground instead of putting in the relatively low effort of some kind of statement of support for BLM. But that’s kinda the point! He could have just said “We believe board gaming should be an inclusive community, we denounce racism, board games are for everyone…

I should maybe quibble a bit that while I don’t doubt Hana’s race had a part in her treatment, I don’t think it’s the sole or even main reason. Terrace House has had numerous biracial cast members who were popular and didn’t receive the treatment she did.

What a lot of people don’t know about the Terrace House commentary, is that pretty much every “reality” and variety show in Japan has a commentary team. Usually there will be a group of talents/commenters within a studio watching a clip of, say, another group of talents eating at various restaurants on a tourist spot.…

Laika is owned by the founder of Nike. The CEO is his son. Laika’s movies barely break even on their production budget. Their latest was a major loss. However, they are likely not going to fold because the whole thing is a passion project and isn’t really meant to make a huge profit anyways. This means that Laika can…

I know Laika is 100% the result of nepotism and corporate backing but I’m OK with that because otherwise it would not be profitable enough and able to stay open. Their films are delightful and continuing an unfortunately dying art form.

Kids on the Slope is excellent. If it were live action, I can easily see it get critically acclaimed internationally the way Departures was.

An interesting thing about this list is that a lot of these are anime in the sense that they are made in Japan, but many of them take influence outside of the sphere of Japanese animation. Whereas the series that you mention in the beginning are very self-referential.
I think people understanding anime as meaning both…

Glad it’s resolved, and it was a nice little surprise lore reveal as well. For those of us who care a lot about Destiny lore, this one has pretty big implications.

I can’t help but feel like this is the inevitable result of people asking for a direct 1:1 translation, it is quite likely the character has a “cute” speaking pattern in Japanese, and so the localization team made this decision to replicate it in this way.

I would recommend getting a bluetooth adapter and headphones that are AptX Low-Latency compatible. The problem with most normal bluetooth adapters is that they have some latency/delay. This is fine for listening to music, but for gaming, you want the sound and screen to be as in sync as possible. AptX Low-Latency…

I would recommend getting a bluetooth adapter and headphones that are AptX Low-Latency compatible. The problem with…

Since you mentioned it in the review, perhaps you could get one of the writers who is unfamiliar with FF7 to play and review? It would be like your sister AV Club doing “newbie” and “expert” reviews of Game of Thrones. I think it would be very enlightening.

I found season 2 too slow paced to be enjoyable, so it seems they made it even more glacial. Well, this review tells me enough that I won’t bother. Thanks!

This makes a lot of sense in Japan, where the apartments are so small it is almost impossible to have a separate gaming dek setup.

Bashcraft is a fascinating writer, because has absorbed so many Japanese-isms into his English writing. Something like, polite, vague, noncommittal but still implying what he wants to say, is very common in Japan where directness is seen as rude.