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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.

It will be interesting to see whether Death Stranding gets a nomination at the VGA’s this year, considering how publicly Geoff Keighly’s friendship/fauning over Kojima has been, as well as having a cameo in the game. Read more

As a weekly reader of Famitsu, I find it nearly impossible to believe four different reviewers found it perfect. Read more

That’s really nice! I wish happiness in their marriage!
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1) People should try to be polite when they are the guests of another country. Read more

This really just seems like low-key divisiveness. Read more

It’s waifu culture—that’s my understanding of it. The fans are essentially upset that they were not told there is a male character involved in her life.

Kidani’s comment is a backhanded way of saying that they shouldn’t be upset when the girls have family members. Read more

This isn’t milking it, this is Journalism, I personally can’t wait for the shit show at Blizzcon and I hope Kotaku reports on it.
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Wonder if there will be cosplay of this version of Mei at Blizzcon next month
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I’m not really sure how I feel about this. Read more

I hope he likes jelly-filled doughnuts...

This is gonna be all of us in a few decades  Read more

Getting to know your characters is seriously the most important part.  You can have tropey plot elements, but the interesting part is seeing how your characters react to the situation and to each other within the situation.  Define your characters and your characters will tell you where the plot needs to go. Read more

I've always been fascinated by interactivity and how the player can choose actions and affect the plot in video games. Add hundreds of hours in a JRPG and you have a very difficult task.
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Now that you mention college tuition and their desire for young people to study, wouldn’t it make sense for the junior competitors to receive their prize money in the form of scholarship money?
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of course they would do this the season with the worst animation quality.... Read more

I’m sure he means it when he says he wants to end it in five years. Whether he actually does is another matter. I mean, wasn’t Oda’s original goal for One Piece to last just 5 years in total? And now we’re into its 3rd decade. If it went another 10 years or even 15, it wouldn’t shock me one bit. Read more

The Shonen Jump app is amazing, as last I checked there were at least 950 chapters of One Piece available to read. He sure as heck is not trying to beat Kochi Kame’s record. Read more