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I'm Josh "unangbangkay" Tolentino, and this is my cry for attention.
I'm also the News EditorJapanator. Come visit, and see me gush about things not directly related to video games. Or not. But hey, diversifying your interest in me is definitely something I would encourage.
As a bit of shameless self-promotion, I also write about games for the California Literary Review.
Here's a personal blog-thing that I write in when I remember to: Death By Eroge!
Below are some of my pre-staff C-blog works. Consider them an origin story of sorts, as proof that you too may one day "go grayscale"!
-Resident Evil 5 isn't racist, just ignorant and unambitious
- Dude, be cool! Don't hate on Final Fantasy so much!
-Don't Blame the Genre, Blame the Game: Why JRPGs Don't Intrinsically Suck
-Thoughts on The Escapist's Piracy Issue
-Sorry Doomsayers, Japan Isn't In (much) Development Danger.
-Can Critics Be Trusted When They Don't Trust Themselves?
-The Colorless Mask: Insult or Insight?
-Your Fate is in the Cards: "The Fool's Journey" in Persona 3
-Persona 3: The Rest of The Fool's Journey
-Thoughts on Piracy: Why My Eyelid is Twitching
-Persona should be called "Pimp-sona" and its heroes are enviable pimptastic jerks
-Truth and Reconciliation: Why Persona 4's ending is super awesome
-You wanna buy some goddamn eroge. DO IT DO IT DO IT
Promoted Musings:
-Playing With Others: Playing Alone, Together
-A Time to Destroy: To Hell With Your Rules, I'm Cheating
-Feel the Hatred: The Quick Time Event
-The Start of the Affair: My Own Mute, My Own Heartstrings
-Good Idea, Bad Idea: Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment
-For Those About To Die: A Letter To The Combine Overwatch
-Other Worlds than These: I Left My Heart in Inaba
-Untapped Potential: Talk to us dirty, Mr. Developer
-The Forgotten: A Storm of Romance Under the Banner of Love
Reviews:
-Overlord 2
-Red Faction: Guerrilla
-inFAMOUS
-Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2
-Demon's Souls
-Valkyria Chronicles
-Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
-Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon
-Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon
-Multiwinia
-Crysis Warhead
-The Experiment
Contact Info!
Twitter: unangbangkay
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I'm also the News EditorJapanator. Come visit, and see me gush about things not directly related to video games. Or not. But hey, diversifying your interest in me is definitely something I would encourage.
As a bit of shameless self-promotion, I also write about games for the California Literary Review.
Here's a personal blog-thing that I write in when I remember to: Death By Eroge!
Below are some of my pre-staff C-blog works. Consider them an origin story of sorts, as proof that you too may one day "go grayscale"!
-Resident Evil 5 isn't racist, just ignorant and unambitious
- Dude, be cool! Don't hate on Final Fantasy so much!
-Don't Blame the Genre, Blame the Game: Why JRPGs Don't Intrinsically Suck
-Thoughts on The Escapist's Piracy Issue
-Sorry Doomsayers, Japan Isn't In (much) Development Danger.
-Can Critics Be Trusted When They Don't Trust Themselves?
-The Colorless Mask: Insult or Insight?
-Your Fate is in the Cards: "The Fool's Journey" in Persona 3
-Persona 3: The Rest of The Fool's Journey
-Thoughts on Piracy: Why My Eyelid is Twitching
-Persona should be called "Pimp-sona" and its heroes are enviable pimptastic jerks
-Truth and Reconciliation: Why Persona 4's ending is super awesome
-You wanna buy some goddamn eroge. DO IT DO IT DO IT
Promoted Musings:
-Playing With Others: Playing Alone, Together
-A Time to Destroy: To Hell With Your Rules, I'm Cheating
-Feel the Hatred: The Quick Time Event
-The Start of the Affair: My Own Mute, My Own Heartstrings
-Good Idea, Bad Idea: Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment
-For Those About To Die: A Letter To The Combine Overwatch
-Other Worlds than These: I Left My Heart in Inaba
-Untapped Potential: Talk to us dirty, Mr. Developer
-The Forgotten: A Storm of Romance Under the Banner of Love
Reviews:
-Overlord 2
-Red Faction: Guerrilla
-inFAMOUS
-Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2
-Demon's Souls
-Valkyria Chronicles
-Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
-Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon
-Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon
-Multiwinia
-Crysis Warhead
-The Experiment
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Twitter: unangbangkay
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Now that the Sega COO has warned that that sequelization may be a coping mechanism with the recession, does that mean we're getting the sequel to Yakuza 2, which I will now post screenshots of? What happens if it's a sequel that sells roughly as much as new IP, but is still awesome? You know what's the right answer? MARKETING. Sega is spending too much fricking time marketing terrible, horrible, rotting pieces of hedgehog feces and not enough time advertising their best games. Valkyria Chronicles, Yakuza 3, Empire: Total War, Sakura Taisen, and all kinds of excellent properties are passing through the ether without but a whimper, while Sonic makes the kinds of headlines that torpedo peoples' faith in the former monolith. REDEEM YOURSELVES, SEGA, USE YOUR MARKETING FOR GOOD, NOT STUPID. And now screenshots: IT HAS GOLF 
IT HAS HOSTESSES 
IT HAS KICKING. EVERYONE THINKS THAT ALL J-GAMES ARE ABOUT PRETTY BOYS WITH ANGST. THIS THING RIGHT HERE IS THE COUNTER ARGUMENT. A HUGE GUY WITH EPIC SIDEBURNS AND A LEISURE SUIT STRAIGHT KICKING HOODIE PUNKS. WHAT THE FUCK SEGA GIVE US THIS GAME ALREADY. 
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With the immense amount of translation to be done in this game, chances for a translated version are pretty slim, but even if Sega loses money bringing it over, they should do it either way.
SEGA: "We marketed Yakuza 1 a lot but used bottom-of-the-barrel localization, so now everyone thinks it's crap. This soured everyone to Yakuza 2, which came out properly translated but two years late and only gave each Gamestop ONE FUCKING COPY. Now that Yakuza 3 is coming out and looks amazing, we're wondering if anyone will actually buy a sequel two installments in, even when Yakuza 2 had such lengthy (optional) flashback sequences that made the issue moot. GOD, we should have at least put up that awesome poster for Valkyria Chronicles! Hey, wanna buy Sonic and the Black Knight?"
Ryu ga Gotoku is currently my favorite Sega franchise (goddammit, release Virtual-On 5!), and it's a real shame that Sega is so slow on localizing these games. Hell, I'd be happy if they skipped over Kenzan to bring this to the states. Perhaps, if I annoy the hell out of them at PAX this year, they'll localize it quickly.
In my opinion, Sega has made some of the best games of the last few years, It's just a shame that their amazing stuff is swallowed by pounds upon pounds of Sonic.
Also, yes it does look amazing.
I'll be importing the Japanese version as well. If you need any help with the Japanese, etc let me know.
PSN: SAL-PARADISE-
I went thru Kenzan without too much trouble since I know enough Japanese, so this shouldn't be too tricky. Looks like an awesome game.
I don't think 3's going to make it across the sea to us, and I've all but stopped learning new Japanese phrases let alone hiragana, so importing won't work for me. I'd *love* it if it did though, because it just looks gorgeous.
I'm so not touching Sonic and the Black Knight. Haven't touched a Sonic since the Genesis version of Sonic 2.