@VeraAegeus: Most children cannot vote, so I don't think he's actually targeting this ad at any children who play this game.

@Ashurahori: That's not what I mean. I mean returning to an invitation only system for new commentator accounts. Maybe we could give current members the right to invite new members (up to a certain number per month maybe?) and also maybe democratize the Banhammer (if 50 or 100 users in good standing vote to ban one…

They really are picky about those little cosmetic things like scratches here.

No, what's really sad isn't that you have to work to follow American pop culture in Japan. What's really sad is that the pieces of American pop culture that do make it to Japan and become popular here are usually the very bottom of the barrel stuff. Jesus, man, Britney Spears is still popular here. Japanese people are…

Can't we just go back to the days when you really had to do something to earn the right to comment? Even if the comments are all good, some posts just get inundated. Just using the banhammer doesn't work. It's just too easy to make an account with a throw-away e-mail address. I would rather lose my right to comment…

Can't we all just agree to disagree? I mean, seriously, no matter who wins in November, America is pretty much screwed anyway.

The preparation for the Sports Day usually erases about five to seven days worth of classes (they have half-day classes so they can practice and prepare and they have a dress rehearsal and the following Monday is a substitute day off). So whenever people point out that Japanese students go to school more days a year…

I played Mirror's Edge at TGS. It seemed fun and has a lot of multi-player potential, but I have doubts about whether it will be a big seller. It seems just a little too... niche.

Um... guys... that says, "We will PAY YOU 500 yen for your used copies of MGS4."

You know, a can of Pringles actually costs about the same as the cost to play the game that only gives you a slight chance of winning it.

Hell, they've had Star Ocean II out on the PSP for a while here.

I'm planning on going on Sunday. My goal will be, as always, to collect as much cool schwag as possible so that I can sell it on Yahoo! auctions and, hopefully, fund part of my trip.

It is very important to keep in mind that you ARE NOT ALLOWED to touch the hostesses. They can pat you on the shoulder or grab onto the sleeve of your shirt to get your attention, but if you lay one finger on them, you're out of there. Not that this has ever happened to me and I've never even seen it happen, but it's…

I've always believed that true horror isn't in what you see, but what you only glimpsed for a second and then imagine that you had seen.

That's nothing. I once got dragged by my friend to an "open house" at a funeral home where they gave everyone really, really fancy and presumably expensive sushi (and some nice tea to take home) while showing you all the different options you have for funeral services: flower arrangements, coffins (they spend 2,000…

I'm sure he'll have no trouble finding work in the Bush Administration.

Dating simulations and erotic games. Seriously, that's not all there is to PC gaming, people!

Maybe it'll let you play through the game as Johnny this time.

That's one way to accumulate Nintendo points.

Do they have Gintama in America now? I think it would be really popular if they released it there.