lol... disregard the post below this...

I was at work and didn't look closely but it seems it's a visual novel/ren'ai game and someone on the linking page made(?!) a spoof pic that looked like the Okami cover.

Bizarre.

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lol... In Japan, Okami (大神, "great god," sounds like "wolf") is called Amagami (天神, "heaven god" probably taken from "Amaterasu Omikami" 天照大御神)

So a double-meaning/pun in Japanese was removed from the Japanese title, haha...

I really liked your comments in the Japanese vs Western games article. I think Japanese games just have more soul than most Western ones. Glad someone else still agrees with me.

I'd still contact Nintendo, just don't tell them you opened it yourself, talk to the rep about the issues and send it in.

Your quite welcome. I'm glad you've got a new DS tho. And yeah a way to tell how many more hours of battery life would be good. If I might say, one way to help is to change it a down-tick from max brightness, that seems to help for me.

On your DS draining the battery overnight when in sleep mode, it sounds like the battery is faulty or old. You should contact Nintendo ASAP, because i've left mine in sleep mode for 3 days before and opened it to still be able to play at least a few hours on it before the charge light went red. Remember that Nintendo takes good care of it's customers and you might find yourself with a brand new DS if it's a issue with the system or at the very least, a fully functioning system that will allow you to get your game on whenever.

The fact that Nintendo often does small repairs for free is good stuff too.

It's hard to keep up on EVERYTHING on Kotaku...

Google Reader is pretty sweet (then, RSS is handy anyway!)

My Google feeds are Kotaku, Schneier on Security, Physorg, Psyblog, jpopexpress, and animenewsnetwork so far... ^^b

I read the story on Hachiko, it was really similar and sad. Right up and before the part where it said he was stuffed and put in a museum after he died. That sort of killed the mood, but your point was well received.

Nice intro, and I enjoy reading your comments!

Your comment on RO for the DS reminded me of how much I used to hate hunters/snipers. They were so overpowered and noob friendly. Only way to really beat them at their own game was to roll a monk/champ and one shot E-fist them.

I'm not sure what I like most about you. The Ghost in the Shell name, the Lucky Star avatar, or the intelligent commenting.
+1 follower for you!

Your right on two things.

1-I'm highly aggressive. I'm trying to tone it down and fine tune it but it's hard as hell on Kotaku where the line of thinking from the Circle of Six and other trolls is Nintendo sucks simply for making six causal focused games. With some people you can have a reasonable discourse, with other folks, when they post stupid tripe, they need fire. Lots of hot fire. Then a dunce cap to go stand in the corner.

2-I was still in battle mode because every time his name comes up or has in the past, it's typically some troll going on how Nintendo went and had him killed because of the failure of the Virtual Boy. Hell, no one suffered more then Nintendo when he left, he had formed his own studio and i'm sure would have come up with some fantastic stuff for them and gamers if he had a chance to live. I still think he wasn't pushed out of the door, but left due more to the stain on his own honor he felt the VB was, but the only people who could really tell us are Shiggy and the old dragon and they said their thoughts on the matter years ago, in pieces lost to the ravages of internet time.

Your still worth friending, I friend people who I find smart, not who always agree with me.