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Brian Ashcraft
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Originally from Texas, Ashcraft has called Osaka home since 2001. He has authored six books, including most recently, The Japanese Sake Bible.

Famitsu is doing an FPS/TPS genre poll, too. You’ll see, most likely, COD on that. (Ditto for Halo.) Read more

Famitsu way around this is that in a FAQ at the beginning of the poll, it said, “If you think something is an action game, then it’s an action game!” Like, they let readers taking the poll decide what was and was not an action game. Read more

Np! Yeah, I’d imagine something new is obviously powering this. And whatever it is, they’ll tune and tweak and use for a very, very long time. :) Read more

Nah. All they said is pretty much what I wrote. This is a preview of the magazine, which goes on sale Thursday in Japan. There will be interviews, and something might shake out about that, but Famitsu interviews can be hit and miss... Read more

>“Air is a big profit-squeezer because it could cost additional ¥5,000 (US$45) per unit,” said Ace Research Institute analyst Hideki Yasuda Read more

Sorry, that was with the game. It’s 90 bucks as a stand alone. Read more

That refers to the attack on the others. South Korea has a judicial system based on the presumption of innocent until proven guilty. Read more

I dunno! I went on a VR rollercoaster (like a proper rollercoaster in which you wear a VR headset) last year and it did not end well. :| Read more

Awesome memory! I had a Mini-Disc player, too. I loved it. That was such a cool format, and those little machines felt so solid. Read more