Thanks for the reply. That might be why I’m not shocked at all. Being French, day drinking is quite rare, to be honest. But yes, the team-bonding after-work drinks are very much an Asian thing, for the idea of spending more time with coworkers doesn’t resonate much with the French!

No offense here, just curiosity. What is ‘the whole thing around alcohol’ in Japan, exactly? Because if you take a look at alcohol consumption worldwide, well...

If you imagined that Japan is the nation of game consoles, it is very much the country of cockroaches too, they’re just everywhere... The drugstores have walls full of insecticides, repellents, traps, etc, to use inside or outside your house. It’s a full arsenal, really.

Beppu reminds you that Earth is alive, something you can barely forget in Japan. Every crack in the pavement is blowing steam, or so I remember. And you won’t go there without visiting the Jigoku, the so-called hells of Beppu, that all feature their own special natural attractions, be it a geyser, crocodiles, or a…

Fuck Konami as much as you want, but please leave PES alone. The other day, I found by chance (?) a FIFA e-sports competition, and I was appalled by what I saw: players crossing half the field doing tricks without moving one of their feet, in some kind of magic translation, with a pace that was rather out of this…

Well, Park Seung-si, I raise your Dark Circle with Nadja’s Dark Circles...

Any console would get the throne, with a SH Covenant remake (and I would throw in Koudelka, which I never had the chance to play, SH, and even From the New World, for you can never get enough of the judgment ring)! And having them on the Vita would be a dream. Well, dreams can’t always come true...

The Shadow Hearts games have never been remade, nor re-released... You’ve just put some salt in an open wound of mine. (: ; ) And since the rights are constantly renewed by a company that has retired from video games, there’s almost no chance to see them reappear. Alas...

Hey, there!

It was bound to have a bias towards newer games, because they are top-of-mind answers, since they’re still fresh in our collective memories, and because the poll demographics: roughly 80% of the respondents were under 30...

You could check the Youtube channel of the original poster of the vid, it’s a good place to start! Or do a search for ‘buffalax’. The quality of the results might vary, but you sure can get a few laughs! But don’t let the naughty turtle follow you...

OK, it might be wrong, but I can’t resist... So, here’s the “buffalaxed” version of Bo Peep. These are not subtitles, just what could possibly be heard by an English speaker, and boy, is it hilarious!

Since the Tokyo Tower will turn 60 this year, let’s go for a newer kind of new!

You can’t believe it, but I confirm that you did use that phrase. For your punition, you are sentenced to watch this...

Gee is maybe the song that helped the most when it came to putting K-pop on the map, especially in Europe.

And if you like your anime weird in a dark way, Masaaki Yuasa was also involved in the screenplay for Cat Soup, a 30-minute exhilarating, traumatising (almost), and utterly mesmerising experience.

I flew on both the A380 and the 787 (KAL and JAL, respectively), and if my opinion can matter (I can’t speak for everyone!), I found the A380 superbly quiet, way more than the 787. As for the overall comfort, both fared equally well, but if I have to pick one plane, it would be the Airbus, thanks to its (relative)…

Sorry, but don’t bet on it. Though I’m also a Vita supporter, for specific reasons, a computer is needed...

Well done! Though I think that Monika would like to have a word with you...

Indeed. And being featured in the 2017 top game list of so many gaming websites doesn’t hurt either... Mr Salvato must feel the pressure for his next game, but it must be the good kind of pressure, after such a critical acclaim.