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So my understanding is you still had to buy games? Like it wasn't a service like Netflix, you paid for games individually that you then streamed. I can't imagine doing that.

This topic forgot to mention Kill la Kill.

kirbymuncher posted...

certain bits of data can always be misleading if you don't have the full story, too. my brother went to japan for a few years to teach english and he told me that their summer break is a lot shorter than here so I kinda assumed it meant they just have more school than I do. but then he said there's so many little holidays, half-days, days off for other reasons, etc that the total school time probably ends up lower

Yeah there are 16 national holidays. You get a legally mandated 10 paid days off a year, but many places give you more (I get 20). Most places also give you a week off for Obon. People are just in a circle jerk of telling themselves Japan has the worst work culture without bothering to actually do any basic research.

Prismsblade posted...

Despite the data I always found it hard to believe Japan can posses such a highly ranked and growing economy/gdp, quality of goods, cleanliness, attention to detail, maintenance and custermer service on the lv that it does. While somehow working less hour's then Americans do with more leave/time off.

Yet despite the above they still somehow do not have time or energy enough to ever feel like dating or even have sex? And would rather juat live a hermit? Hell most documentarys in regards to Japan and or Asian work culture usually supports the stereotype and I can think of no reason for them to lie, cherry pick, or exaggerate the topic either.

Most first world countries do all of those things. America is a pretty bad example of a first world country in terms of everything you just mentioned. Japan looks like an average European country in most of these areas. The stereotypes people have of Japan would more appropriately be applied to Korea or Taiwan, but people aren't basing the things they repeat on actual data.

This time and energy to have sex narrative isn't part of reality. Again they look like an average European country in birth rate. And your stereotype of Europeans is they just sit around doing nothing and living well off their social systems (when in reality their work hours and social systems are pretty similar to Japan). I covered this in my previous post, but no amount of saying otherwise will change the fact the low birth rates are a result of prosperity. The richer, more educated, more secure, etc. the less children you are likely to have. "Documentaries" are generally garbage meant to support a narrative and tell you a story the creators want you to believe or think you will find interesting. The data speaks for itself, and as someone who has been living in Japan for years believe me there are plenty of people here with incredibly laid back jobs where you aren't expected to do very much that you probably associate with France. You aren't going to get a documentary on the guy who sits in an office screwing around on the internet all day.

DuneMan posted...

If you want people to **** consider a 32 hour work week. With 3 days off from work people will likely **** by that third day. :P

The population of the world is already high enough that there's no reason to work 40-80 hours week, other than to funnel more cash into the pockets of executives and shareholders.

Some companies are doing a 4 day work week now. You also get paid by the government to have kids and get up to two years parental leave. It doesn't matter though because those things have little to do with birth rates despite popular sentiment. The wealthier, more educated, etc. you are, the less likely you are to have children. This is true both across and within countries. The poorest countries with the worst working conditions have the highest birth rates on average. And within a country the working class has a higher birth rate on average.

Japan's birth rate decreased as they got richer and got better working conditions. It was highest when they were poor, with terrible working conditions (Japan used to be a factory for making other countries goods after WWII with terrible pollution, including infamous mass mercury poisoning, it wasn't like modern Japan at all).

ScazarMeltex posted...

It should be noted that the reason people aren't having kids is because they don't have time to date or have relationships because the work culture there is completely fucked. It's so shitty that it makes the American work/life balance seem reasonable.

Americans literally work more hours on average:
https://data.oecd.org/emp/hours-worked.htm

Japan is about avergae for a developed country in terms of working hours. The suicide rate is also lower than America despite yet another stereotype. The birth rate is pretty comparable to other developed countries and the highest in East Asia (much higher than Korea and Taiwan, slightly higher than China). Japan has a positive immigration rate (more people entering than leaving, unlike say China which has a negative immigration rate). The main issue this last year is many immigrants cannot arrive. I had a bunch of people waiting to come to the laboratory I work at. The restrictions made it very hard for everyone. Things will get better this year with fewer restrictions. That said the population will continue to decrease because the immigration rate isn't enough to counteract the below replacement birth rate. The government continues gradually improving the immigration situation but they can't even come close to meeting their own quotas. If they actually want to meet the immigrant numbers they're setting it's going to require major incentives.

Yeah I don't really consider the Souls games to have stories. They have worlds with very deep lore and you certainly do go through events and make a decision that determines what minor variation your ending has, but it's a story like how Mario has to rescue the princess as an excuse to go through all the levels and overcome all the challenges. I would find it unlikely someone says they want to beat Dark Souls because they want to know what happens. It's all about overcoming the challenges and the sense of accomplishment you feel.

It really depends on where you live. My wife objectively has it much easier than her parents did growing up in China. I think for Americans it is harder for young people now. And I think Japan is probably harder for young people now, but I could actually buy a house here so that's massively better than America for me.

The pun is clearly alluding to that. He acts as though he is a God of Destruction.

Translation makes it difficult. Although the general word for rose in Japanese is bara, the french loan word ros is used for that rose color, especially relating to wine (this part is important due to the God of Destruction/alcohol pun theme). The English loanword rose is sometimes used for the plant. When translating you have to choose between capturing the meaning versus sticking with the original word.

Chinese news itself acknowledges pets are being culled over coronavirus.

https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/environment/article/3155845/coronavirus-china-killing-pets-covid-19-patients

The given video may be stray cats instead of pets, but pets are being culled. That article even includes quotes from government workers explaining why they are doing it.

You ever dance with the giganotosaurus in the pale moonlight?

I hope it's exactly like Joker but with dinosaurs.

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Covered in the article I posted earlier. This isn't a new policy.

Honestly people are so weird on China. They believe things that are so easy to show are objectively false (like Winnie the Pooh being banned, I literally rode the Winnie the Pooh ride at Shanghai Disneyland), and then they don't believe things that even Chinese people and media say are happening.

I mean the Chinese internet has been talking about the culling of pets for years now. This isn't anything new and I could have sworn many translated articles on this already existed.

Here you go, source is literally Chinese news:
https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/environment/article/3155845/coronavirus-china-killing-pets-covid-19-patients

Actually I can go on YouTube and watch tons of classic movies like Conan the Barbarian and Starship Troopers because no one has the copyright here. If you try to watch it will likely say region blocked. Is YouTube at fault if I watch it? Am I pirating? What am I supposed to do morally in the opinion of the copyright absolutists?

A piece of media isn't legally available in a country. There are many reasons why this might be the case. Saying it's okay to pirate it if it was banned for propaganda reasons, but it's not okay if a company just didn't want to release it or whatever is an arbitrary distinction. If you can't legally obtain a product the idea that they just don't deserve it and if they obtain it illegally it's due to entitlement is an extremely privileged outlook.

MICHALECOLE posted...

Again, not available and banned for propaganda reasons are not the same thing

I agree with your overall point, you just need to focus on one thing and not try to turn this into something else

They are literally the same thing. They're not available because they weren't allowed a legal release in your country. Same thing happens with tons of movies, games, books, but not for propaganda reasons. You're basically saying it's okay to pirate if it isn't available due to propaganda, but otherwise it's wrong. You're making an arbitrary exception.

MICHALECOLE posted...

Youre making two different points and I think you should just try and focus on one

a banned book or movie from an oppressed country is not at all the same as a video game you cant play legally play anymore.

I hate to tell you this, but they can't legally obtain those. You think you can legally get the copyright for media banned in your country?

I have to say the "if there is no way to legally obtain something, you just can't have it" argument is among the most ridiculous. I wonder how they feel about people reading banned books or watching banned movies in oppressive countries. Report directly to reeducation camp!

I have a lot of PS1 classics on my Vita (JPN) and just checked. No expiration dates.

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This, like all the other modern rereleases SE does of their PS1 games let's you turn off combat. CC doesn't have random encounters, but you can still turn off combat and also have cheats built in to make your party invincible if you want.

Shining Force Gaiden.

I wish more games had boss rush mode.

That's really weird. I can get a brand new LL (that's the large size) in Japan for 20,500 yen off Amazon right now. Must be a shortage of North American models.

I thought fans hated Picard.

Ruvan22 posted...

What were his "reasons"?

America also bad.

Was simping for Russia on the Politics board. Didn't see the deleted post that got him though.

I already can't leave Japan.

Cleo_II posted...

Im one of the few weirdos who liked V more than VI. The job system is great imo

I like V more than VI as well. Check out the FFT games for a similar job system.

I think you either play the GBA versions of the Pixel Remasters. GBA have the most content (quite a bit actually), some graphical improvements, but the sound is worse than the SNES originals (this is of course an opinion, the GBA couldn't use the original music so you get slightly altered versions). Pixel Remaster has amazing graphics and orchestrated music, but none of the extra content (same as SNES originals).

There are way too many universes. I can't keep track of it all. Apparently there is a Batgirl series coming out that's a sequel to the 1980s Batman and it's sequel, but not the two films that were sequels to that. The current Batman is also some other universe. Joker was some other universe. Justice League is also another universe I think? TV shows also another universe? Honestly I have no idea what is connected to what.

It's funny because I grew up on an Indian Reservation in the US, but now I am much more likely to meet Indians from India so it sort of changed for me. It would have been option one for most of my life, but now it's two.

Jagr_68 posted...

Balan Wonderworld

That was Square Enix and Yuji Naka already lost his job.

_____Cait posted...

This is actually pretty cool for psp games. But i think most of the good ones got pc or switch ports.

also where are the vita games?

Might be similar problem to PS3 where they don't have a decent emulator for them. Sony is just doing PS3 games as streaming because they don't have an emulator for them. PS1, 2, and PSP games can all be downloaded and played locally.

My wife is Chinese but she doesn't support the government. We don't like nationalists regardless of country.

Hedgehog is a good one because they are solitary like cats. A lot of small mammals you need multiples, because they're social animals that don't do well alone.

SwayM posted...

PC players brag about having free online but need 14 different programs to replicate all the features of consoles. A good example of how incompatible those programs are, they all have a separate friends list.

Uh, other than Steam I guess you need Origin and Epic? I'm not sure since I only buy on Steam.

It's really good, but I wish it wouldn't have been open world. All the best parts are the legacy dungeons that play exactly like the old Souls games.

Being pro-Russian invasion is a pretty bad take, but a lot manage to get away with it.

I would actually totally buy a Elden Ring Linear World Edition. No horse, areas are streamlined with a few linear paths that include all the most interesting stuff.

Man Sekiro isn't really in the same genre, so I don't want to rank it with the rest.

Bloodborne
Dark Souls
Elden Ring

Dark Souls 3
Demon's Souls

Dark Souls 2

DrizztLink posted...

Also something about a candy ninja

Zool. Released on everything.

Alteres posted...

Unimpressive games that largely had passwords. Tails Adventure or something was the only one that actually impressed me out of the like 20 I had.

Yeah that was a really good Metroidvania.

Yeah a key difference is in Idiocracy, is that despite the president being a moron he still wanted to make the country better and do what was needed to achieve that.

Kolibri X posted...

Why is the Azov Battalion fighting for the Russians?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_Group

Russians have a neo-nazi battalion too.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/3/7/AAACRIAADE9R.jpg

Took a screenshot in the Google Play Store right now.

DQ Tact is a mobile game that has been out for like a year.