Worst part? The Kessel run wasn’t because of the Falcon’s speed - it was because he decided to take a highly dangerous short cut out of necessity (which itself was an annoying call-back to the Empire asteroid field).

Japanese corporate idea of “free use” is, “buy our shit with all the extra middle-man premiums tacked on and enjoy it in the comforts of your own home. By yourself, with nobody else.”

I’m not surprised by anything a Japanese media company does as they are notoriously anti-consumer, anti-retailer, anti-artist, basically anybody but the executives. I mean, I’ve seen Japanese news clips on Youtube get copyright claimed. I had a record distributor friend that had Japanese record stores ordering the…

The thing that got me about Vice City when I went back to it was how whack the controls seem to be. I got so used to GTAV controls that I just couldn’t go back. And this is someone that played an obscene amount of Vice City.

Please show me the everyday normal folks who actually got rich from NFTs who weren’t the ones who built and hustled the NFTs in the first place. I’ve been asking this for weeks and no one has replied to me so far.

I have no idea how Taco Bell is the most hated fast food chain in Japan as there are only a handful of locations here. I would have guessed Lotteria.

If I remember, the theory is that it was invented in Japan by an American missionary at the beginning of the Meiji Era but was mass produced by a group of Japanese manufacturers. Oh man, if I go back, I’ll have to remember to check this again. I remember being surprised when the display said it was invented in Japan.

Actually they were invented in Japan. They were originally called 人力車. (jinrikisha) I just happened to go to the Edo-Tokyo Museum last week and saw a rickshaw display.

Boom Boom Lemon is obviously a stand-in for CC Lemon. When my cousin was here, he was downing those like they were crack, meth and porn all wrapped into one.

I’m sorry, but how is this a win for Epic? Sure Apple can’t force users to use their app store for purchases, but Epic won’t be able to benefit from that because they’re still off the platform.

It’s on Netflix Japan, too. (Not sure about the other countries) That trailer is kinda terrible. The movie is very much a favorite of mine, though.

Can someone explain to me how a guy who was in a boy-band named “Smap” (lol just say it out loud a few times) that no longer exists, with no social media presence of his own, and 0 name recognition outside of Japan... ‘s TALENT AGENTS are wielding enough influence to torpedo an entire lucrative international game…

For Johnny’s, which still hasn’t quite fully embraced the internet like others in the music business

I’ve never understood donating to politicians in the first place, but to donate to a hodgepodge of politicians all over the country makes even less sense to me.

How the hell are you able to breathe thru a melon pan?

(Full disclosure, I have exactly one NFT artwork that I won in a contest but I’m interested in the space for economic reasons and interested in coverage of it for academic reasons) This Protos article is pretty disingenuous. I’m not sure what their angle is but if you’re gonna bash NFTs/crypto, use better examples.…

The bubble has burst, and this hopefully spells the end of breathless and unquestioning mainstream media coverage of the concept

the new version of The Staircase will include Sophie Turner, Toni Collette, Juliette Binoche, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Parker Posey