Well, their system is flawed. Besides the fact lights are on a timer—no sensors at all, their caution/yellow light is laughably fast. I've seen 1 second yellows. What's the point? No wonder so many people barrel through red lights. They have no choice.

That's a toss up. But there are those drivers here too.

At first glance it seems that way. But after years of dealing with it, you come to realize they have no idea what they are doing. Sure, Manila is chaos. But it's controlled chaos. They know how to drive.

Their absolute impatience I can deal with. It's the fact that they are CLUELESS about their surroundings. It's a dangerous combination that I curse daily.

The way Japanese people drive, I'm surprised that doesn't happen everyday.

On its surface, yes. When I started to read it, I assumed we were in for another insular soapbox rant, based on the typical arrogant naivete these type of people are usually spouting about—let's face it—an ultimately unimportant business in the grand scheme of things. (video games)

It's actually quite an interesting sentence.

Well just be careful!

Saw this on the news the other day. They also have a nattou eating contest for foreigners. Some burly white woman won.

That's all well and good, and I get it. I'm older than you are, and have no intention on being some stodgy old dude. But 37 hours is NOT a balanced life-style. And neither is chugging down energy drinks and acting like a teenager. Trying to keep up that life-style is not healthy at your age. That shit will catch up…

36...you are the poster-boy for man-children everywhere. I bet you're so proud...

Wow. So basically "My depression is bigger than yours."

Sense. None made.

Well, that's just it. To have a retailer discount a system so soon after launch means it isn't selling. Stink of death is all over it, if you ask me. I would never buy one.

That pretty much sums up Japanese business in general. And definitely the Japanese government. As someone who works in the local Japanese government as a city employee, I can't tell you how mind-boggingly micro-managed everything is. It boarders on the absurd.

This is a novelty product. That being said, Japanese really can eat. I'm always amazed at how much rice and noodles they can devour. My wife is the same way (not Japanese, but Asian); she can, for example, eat a big bowl of ramen and finish off with a bowl of rice. It's insane. I don't know where they put it. I just…

Ascension was extremely forgettable. As in, I remember nothing about that game. All the other GoW games are burned into my memory except that one.

I'm in Japan as well. No idea why it's going to be released here, honestly. And I kind of like not seeing it in stores.

Dignity.

This a thousand times. The only people who have truly trumpeted this game almost religiously are journalists in the media and Microsoft. Up until launch and even post launch, we rarely heard actual gamers praise this game as much as the media has.