It's the games, stupid! Start releasing some of them.

Clam chowder is lunch.

So, Bash, how much was the ticket? 12,000? 20,000? Did they let you off with a warning?

@Polysics_2004: The speed limit in Japan is 30 miles per hour (24 on narrow, twisty-turny roads) and, I've got to say, unless you're in a city center, you have to be a real psycho to actually obey the speed limit.

I have had everyone from bank clerks to police officers to public officials at city hall demand that I write my middle name on my paperwork because that's the name on my passport which means that's the name on my alien registration card.

Once, I was in a situation in which my best friend in the world was hanging off the edge of a cliff. I was holding on to him with all my might with my left arm. In retrospect, I should have had both hands free if I wanted to save him, but I was using my right hand to surf kotaku and they had a really interesting and…

I have never even heard of a lawsuit being filed for such a small sum of money. Is this small claims court we're talking about?

Can't we do both? Preferably at the same time?

It costs 400 yen (a few cents above 4 dollars at the current exchange rate) per time to take purikura. I can't for the life of me figure out how it's lasted this long.

@NeoStarr: Writing is not just about the plot, though. The dialog and those interesting/funny messages that come up on computer screens count too.

I know that it's intentional and she's just doing it to be cute, but my god, her Japanese is terrible.

I knew this one foreigner named Kyle who got a little picture of a frog as his seal. That was really cool.

I hated the original Operation Flashpoint. The enemies were so cheap. The range-finder on the first-person display would show the enemy at 400 yards away, they would look like a tiny little dot at that range, and yet they had absolutely no problem hitting me every time. I was constantly getting gunned down by a person…

@Jesse in Japan: I'm sorry, the article I mentioned is from October, 2008, so apparently they had initially planned to do 20 elementary and junior high schools and ended up doing only 10 elementary and junior high schools (the article you linked is from March, 2009). However, I don't think that the number of DSes…

Your information is a little off. The specific article you linked to doesn't mention this, but another article that is linked to that article says that the DSes will be purchased by the schools as school equipment and not just handed out to the kids. It does not say whether the children will be allowed to take the…

The first day of Spring in Japan is March 20th. It's a national holiday.

I lost all respect for Gamepro when they gave Xenogears a bad review. I mean, seriously.

Ah, Youtube, the Nickelodeon of the Internet.

If I ever get my teigaku kyuufukin (am I even eligible?), I'll use it to buy RE5.

I will go and buy a copy as soon as I see one for sale at Book-Off. Not that that will help the sales figures, though.