Yes. “Poking fun” might have been a more appropriate euphemism.

Good! I think it’s a good opinion too. I can totally see why no mental jump would have to be made here.

The thought that Mori could be making fun of Westerners as not as proficient with controls as Japanese controls was not in my head in the slightest.

So it took me a couple rereads to deciphers that’s what he could…

Hey Ethan,

There’s another wrinkle to the Xbox/Microsoft rewards. You can use your “Bing” points for doing things like searching the web to buy xbox cash. (The terminology is really is not my strong suit for this topic.)

You’re explaining the point I’ve already come to. But I’m not arguing that point. I’m saying the blog isn’t very clear unless you make the mental jump on your own.

My take is that Mori is playing coy with the media so as not to come out and directly call foreigners bad at his game.

I just took issue that it wasn’t…

Right. I agree. Essentially that is what is being said. (essentially being the key word though)

Yea. It’s one of those rare games where you’d wish they could make a movie to expose the plot to the masses. But it wouldn’t really work in a movie because the masses are stupid. (Same with Mass Effect)

See. That’s heavily implied if you stretch as the reader. But the quote is “newcomers,” which doesn’t describe any difference between Japanese and Westerners.
I’m 95% sure that’s what it is, but the flow of the blog entry comes to a halt if you aren’t able to make that stretch as the reader.

SO I’ve read this 3 times now.

You say “Where Mori gets things wrong, however, is the cause of this disparity.”

But you never highlight or even say what his thoughts about the disparity between Japanese and Westerners are. All you say in the article is that he doesn’t think newcomers have an easy time at it. I’m…

For something that small here 579 would be a bit steep. At least on the North or East side of the cities. It might be about right in Edina or Eagan though. And yes, rent is ridiculous these days. I haven’t had to look in 10 years and it shell shocked me in January when I looked again.

That sounds like when my dad got my mother a DVD player for my mom’s birthday in 1998. “I DIDN’T want this. YOU DID!.”

I really enjoyed Forza Motorsport 4's intro too.

Isn’t this game enhanced for the Pro/X? Does it look snazzy on those?

Can I request a MacGyver character? His sword would be replaced by a giant paper clip.

So are you an anthropomorphic sword or someone carrying a sword? I prefer the former.

Ah ok. I would argue it wasn’t extremely easy to figure out. I was trying to think of another FPS.

What is MHW? Modern Helicopter Warfare?

Good episode!

Oh God that browser window for Battelfield 3 was so annoying. It’s a good thing they did away with it for later iterations.

It’s very similar to calling someone a “faggot.” Maybe because faggot is censored in most chats and soy isn’t

My cousin did this exact same thing from Duluth to the Twin Cities. Woke up somewhere around St. Cloud. Fare was about $300