Exactly. A high profile person has too much reputation to just abandon a Kickstarter project and be shamed by the gaming community. I think that’s why Inafune has delayed Mighty No 9 so many times, because he wants it to be the absolute best it can be, to show the Kickstarter community that they invested their money…

I literally just talked to my friend who works at Square. He said it’s a lot cheaper. They’ve spent a ton of money Crystal Tools Engine, and he’s under the impression that the decision was made to go with Unreal to assure the fans that FF7 remake won’t get stuck in development hell (His words. haha).

I hate to admit this, because it goes against what Kickstarter is mostly for, but this is precisely why I back credible studios and/or artists on Kickstarter. It’s easy for me to back someone like Inafune or Igarashi, because I know they’ll deliver and they know how much a game costs and how well to pay their…

I was saying that I don’t quite agree with your argument that the movie can still be good despite its flaws and obvious changes to the original source material. If Lord of the Rings drastically changed characters, personalities, and abilities, I think a lot of people would have been very upset and the success of the…

I think we are just at a flat disagreement, because I feel the same way about your argument. The Amazing Spider-Man was my favorite comic book series growing up, and I loved it through the good and bad times. It was filled with so much comedy and drama. It just had such a great presence about it, so of course, when…

With Spider-Man 1 and 2, and with Fox’s X-Men for that matter, I still think nostalgia plays a key role in their success. Comic book fans had been dying to see a good comic book movie made, and Marvel fans especially were waiting for that day. When Spider-Man came out, I think we all had our rose-tinted glasses on and…

The reason I brought up Ant-Man, in particular, is because Ant-Man is such a minor Marvel character, and yet, MCU made a movie that worked around a character that doesn’t have nearly as rich and interesting a story as Spider-Man. For decades, Stan Lee and Marvel banked off of Spider-Man. To this day, the original…

It’s expensive, but probably not as expensive as continually developing their own engine and letting the game sit in development limbo. This definitely seems like the right decision to me.

But that’s one of the problems with this. Spider-Man is not supposed to be a goofy series. It’s only real goofy element is Parker’s bantering and joking, which is all a coping for all of the pain he’s dealing with. Otherwise, the Spider-Man storyline is filled with death, disappointment, betrayal, rejection, and lots…

My friend who works for Square Enix said that Kingdom Heart 3 is also using the Unreal Engine 4, and FF15 was using it when it was still FF13Vs, but artists on the game decided it “wasn’t good enough.”

I think portable battery-chargers are better solutions. All of the battery case options just make the phone heavy and clunky, while a portable charger can just be stored in your bag and used whenever you actually need it. Here in Japan, these portable chargers are insanely cheap, too. I can get one that holds enough…

I got the trilogy on BluRay for my birthday last year from a friend, and my wife, son, and I watched them all this year. Outside of Spider-Man 2, they suck. The first one is bad. Toby McGuire puts on a piss-poor performance as both Peter Parker and Spider-Man. The directing of the movie is too similar to Evil Dead,…

Japan is Streetpass Heaven. Each time I go downtown, I get at least 20 Streetpasses, and that’s only because I forget to dump the 10 prior. I’m sure if I focused on it, I could probably get 30-40 each time I go into Tokyo for work. At Tokyo Game Show this year, I got over 500 Streetpasses, which is pretty normal for…

Hahaha. I understand. I went back to America last year for the holidays to visit family with my wife and kids, and I couldn’t get Streetpasses for the life of me! In Boston, either! My family is from Myrtle Beach, and I had more luck down there than I did in one of the most populated cities in the country. One puzzle…

If you read the description more clearly, you would notice it says, “Continuing the grand tradition they started with PlayStation Now...”

I don’t currently have it completed, because Nintendo decided to drop TWO new puzzles via Streetpass in one week. haha. I completed one, and I’m about halfway through the other. Those puzzles MUST STAY DONE! haha.

Haha! That’s awesome! I travel a lot, but mostly domestic within Japan. I do go to the Philippines or Thailand for work on occasion as well, but mostly Tokyo, Osaka, or Sendai area. Lots of communication stuff, which is my specialty.

Well, you have to consider that Monster Hunter X wasn’t made specifically for New 3DS, and if it was, it would probably be significantly faster. Making the same cartridge (Which has limited storage space) work slightly different and better on the New 3DS is pretty impressive still, but as long as Nintendo doesn’t make…

That’s precisely the situation for me, work. I am on the computer so many hours a day doing emails, writing HTML, making and editing videos, Photoshopping, doing a podcast, and numerous other things. It’s a constant vigil of computer activity, so it’s nice to just get off of it to play games.

Yes, you can use the iPhone as an analogy. And sorry, I did mean bi-yearly, but I’m sure you understood that. From the base iPhone, you get the new model in Year 1 and the upgraded model in Year 2, and then they repeat the process (e.g. iPhone 3 to 3GS, iPhone 4 to 4S, iPhone 5 to 5c/5s, and iPhone 6 to 6S).