I think so. I mean, Hayashibara is definitely more famous, especially given she’s recorded a lot of music as well. But the show starts with Spike and Jet from episode 1, and Faye doesn’t arrive until episode 3, and even though the crew comes to feel very cohesive, at its core it really is Jet and Spike (and has been…

The Woman in Black’s house being separated by rising/falling tides is suspiciously similar to the houses in the The Elementals...

That’s an interesting assessment and a fair take. I saw the Japanese version first (before the American version existed) and *that* scene still feels so much more full of dread to me in the Japanese than the American version, which felt punchier and more jump scare-y.

“The blood usually gets off at the second floor.”

Yeah, came here to say the same. Kind of weird that either this article of the release it’s based on left this fact out. Unsho Ishizuka was arguably the second most prominent voice in the entire series...

I’m curious what Amazon’s approach will be and how much they have assimilated/taken over Twitch’s culture. From an outsider perspective, everything I’ve heard about Amazon is rather... ruthless.

Man, it is going to be a bad day for Twitch employees. Best of luck to them.

Well of course they do. But, for all their flaws, one thing consoles do have going for them is that all users use the same hardware (for the most part), which allows a developer to develop against a known processing capability.

Fascinating. I’d kill to see the business planning analysis around this given that chip shortages don’t seem to be going anywhere any time soon.

Heft Pesos

Amazon is beginning to feel like the China of tech giants.

Well said. I am also happy for the devs, but based on the shows Netflix puts out, I find it hard to believe they’d even allow Oxenfree to be made, which bums me out. Hell, even I wouldn’t blindly suggest Oxenfree to others--which is part of what I loved about it, that it was a lovingly-crafted experience for a certain…

I’m not done yet (still early in, Chapter 3) and I actually read Alva as being older, like significantly older in a quirky-old-person way. She seems to have knowledge of the past and how things used to happen and there’s something about her art style that made me think “shrunken old lady”. I guess I am way way off...

I always wondered how she put on that jacket. Like was it one boob at a time or what?

Hrrrrrm, I don’t know. It kind of looks like some fan-made adaptation of the original intro or like a hip-hop video from the 90s or something. Based on this alone, watching the live action adaptation may be a bit too cringe for me.

I can’t help but wonder if Sakamoto/Nintendo has some deeper issue with the Prime games being produced by a western studio and being very attuned towards western tastes. I enjoy the 2D Metroids but I think the Prime series elevated the franchise in a way that has yet to be replicated. I mean, Metroid Dread looks…

In this case, it’s a security station situated over water, with not all that big a drop. Not to mention I’m pretty sure these aren’t guards, just somewhat nutso partygoers.

A thousand hours in seven years actually sounds quite low for Destiny...

Opinions differ, but I thought Super Monkey Ball was awesome and had a blast with that series. But considering it, Luigi’s Mansion, and Wave Race were the release games, it was indeed a little underwhelming compared to past launch titles like Super Mario World or Super Mario 64.

I really enjoyed Oxenfree (though it’s not for everyone), but I’m not sure how I feel about there being too clearly a defined antagonist. Some of the ambiguity was what made the atmosphere so enjoyable, and seeing that the antagonist is the Parentage reminds me a bit too much of Stephen King’s weaker antagonists, like…