Not at all—hence, “good business sense.” But frankly it seems like a valid thing to grumble about.

Finally. Anyone else think this was long overdue?

Possibly. But having lived in a large family, I know children getting tattoos once they can scrape the money together (and chose a design) is horrible too. Teens, like adults, can do a lot of horrible things.

Is it just my imagination, or do we see a topic on tattoos in Japan every month, consistently? We’re leaving out alcohol culture in Iran, steak grilling in India and coffeehouse culture in Utah.

Titanfall came out in early 2014.

You know Mike, no one’s going to stop you from doing a write-up on the Warcraft III expansion.

I know you.
You’re the person who hit me with their SUV trying to catch an Abra at a pedestrian crossing.
Don’t deny it.

The mayor of the city of Yekaterinburg, in Asian Russia, is okay with it. Just be civil, people. Don’t go driving into pedestrians or climbing into private property.

That’s a good deal! Though in the past I’ve seen PS4 bundles for $350 plus a new game (usually of your Naughty Dog flavor)—that’s competitive, but if you don’t like said bundled game, it’s less attractive.

That’s a good deal! Though in the past I’ve seen PS4 bundles for $350 plus a new game (usually of your Naughty Dog…

While I don’t actually mind the film that much, the book is indeed entirely different, with focus on Arroway’s colleagues in the scientific community, like Soviet academician Lunacharsky, and talks about the different international efforts to complete ‘The Machine’. Absolutely worth a read and definitely my next…

Seems fairly reasonable to me. You do not have an inherent right to play an augmented reality game anywhere after all, because you don’t have an inherent right to play a video game anywhere.

How do I play Ana? I try and hide in a corner (not a very good one, given her inability to climb up ledges or run up walls) and shoot repeatedly into my team while they cluster around an enemy or objective.

It’s a pretty awesome television. I got the 65" model last year at Black Friday for $1200—25% off the normal price (from Amazon). Very nice picture, apps that are actually useful (if only a few of them), good input options. Very happy with my purchase—just be mindful of dead pixels or small clusters of them (they show…

It’s a pretty awesome television. I got the 65" model last year at Black Friday for $1200—25% off the normal price…

Ah...pachinko. Japan’s answer to “not gambling” that is online fantasy football.

Ah, tattoos. This topic always comes up a few times each year. Or at least often enough that there isn’t much to report changing (outside of Japan anyway).

...the same one where costumes generally cost 90 cents to $1.20 each?

From a tournament standpoint yes, reversals are probably too powerful (relative to the ease they can be performed). DOA3 and DOA5 both handled that better.

Personally, I’m a lot more interested in how much fun it is as a game. In which case, it is absolutely not flawed.

That’s a perfectly reasonable experience to have—I was actually part of the initial launch of Xbox Live on the original console, so I’ve been through the highs and lows and nothing on the Xbox 360 really surprised me (it didn’t hurt that there were no month-long outages). Dead or Alive 4 was an outstanding title…

I actually liked Dead or Alive 4 substantially more as a game (and as a product of its time—when it came out, it was probably the most graphically impressive 3D fighter ever to grace consoles, and arguably the best four-person tag fighting game), but I think DOA5 has handled its DLC additions in a pretty reasonable…

Let’s be fair—she’s a cameo character in Dead or Alive 5. Not Street Fighter X Tekken.