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Category Archives: video games
New Gundam PSP Game Announced
Spreading Good Cheer Go to this blog for full details on the announcement of Gundam Memories ~ Tatakai no Kioku. One small quibble: Japanese usually leaves singular and plural undefined. We silly Westerners default to singular when we shouldn’t. This … Continue reading
A Japanese Spin On Thor
An Imagining of a Western Icon This is an artist’s impression of Thor used as a representation of the mythological figure in the Playstation 2 game, Persona 3. As opposed to other games in the “Shin Megami Tensei” franchise, also … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Culture, Japan, video games
Tagged culture, Japan, Megaten, Mjlonir, Persona 3, Shin Megami Tensei, SMT, Thor, video games
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1up.com’s Editor’s Picks of 2010
One-Stop Interesting Story Shopping Since 1up.com was kind enough to put a link to a list of its Editor’s Picks for interesting stories in 2010, and more than a few touch on Japanese culture in general and gaming culture specifically … Continue reading
“Catherine” and Mixed Bag Marketing
Just To Get This Out I don’t know how many of you have actually paid attention to this Catherine game coming from Atlus. To me, it’s something I want because it has that Persona look and feel. Here’s the thing, … Continue reading
Katakana: Sound, Stereo and Mono
A Quick Lesson In Kana In video game settings (ゲームの設定)… Sound is サウンド (saundo). Stereo is ステレオ (sutereo). Monoaural is モノラル (monoraru). The last one sounds like “monooral” as it is written in katakana.
Posted in Japanese, Languages, video games
Tagged katakana, mono, sound, stereo, video games
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Japanese Gaming: Super Robot Wars
A Storied Japanese Gaming Franchise Known as スーパーロボット大戦 or Super Robot Taisen in Japanese, this franchise goes back to rather ancient gaming times and continues haltingly into the modern era. What The Heck Is A Super Robot? For Americans and other … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Japan, video games, Weird Stuff
Tagged culture, gaming, Japan, mecha, OG, Original Generations, SRW, suparobo, Super Robot Taisen, Super Robot Wars, video games, スパロボ
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Japanese Culture: Sakura Shinguji
真宮寺さくら In Japanese, the family name is said first. Also, while romanized as Shinguji, a word processor would want “shinguuji.” Sakura means cherry blossom (though it can also refer to the cherry tree). Shinguji here uses kanji at variance with … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Culture, Japan, Manga, video games
Tagged anime, Cinderella, culture, Japan, katana, Manga, Sakura Shinguji, Sakura Wars, samurai, steampunk, Tokyo, video games
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Mecha Anime: Gundam Dynames (From: Gundam 00)
A Sniper’s Dream Come True For people who have not actually watched Gundam 00, this post may show you things you have not seen before. Really, I wanted to resume showing the background of the Gundam 00 Movie, not so … Continue reading
The Soul of Japanese Gaming
日本ゲームの魂 In recent years, it has been argued that Japanese video gaming, as an industry, has faltered and has entered a period of prolonged decline. As a result, numerous Japanese companies are producing “Westernized” video games to compete with North … Continue reading
Japanese Culture: A Monster Hunter’s Life, Pt. 2
The First “Monster Hunt” I’m only getting around to blogging about it now, but I continued my early “hunter” efforts by fulfilling a basic quest for the village elder and, thanks to my previous Monster Hunter experience, I chose to … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Japan, video games
Tagged Capcom, culture, Japan, Monster Hunter, video games
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