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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


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Diverse's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 00:20
Diverse
i ♥ brown wimmen
Josh Tolentino's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 00:24
Josh Tolentino
Speaking of which, I know now what is wrong with the auto-scaling images in the C-blogs.

Dtoid seems to be configured to scale all in-post images up/down to 468 pixels wide, but for whatever reason the gallery images up/down to 620 pixels wide, and just plugs in a "full resolution" link at the bottom of the image page.

Strangely the C-blogs aren't displaying the "front-page scale" version (468) but the "gallery preview" version (620 pixels), even when C-blogs are set to a 468-wide format.

I hope this gets fixed, because we need to view poor Kanji, who got cut off in my JRPG post :(

Niero, I choose you!
Diverse's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 00:26
Diverse
That's why I just upload images I post in my blog on TinyPic, and if I have a higher-res than I just upload it to the gallery.

Of course I already did that before this problem started happening...
pedrovay2003's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 00:34
pedrovay2003
Well, if I wasn't planning on getting the game before, I am now. ;)

Personally, I don't mind if the game's 6 hours long because I can beat RE4 in about 4, so this is already longer. :P
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 00:36
vexed alex
...Uh..mkay...
Ben Perlee's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 01:09
Ben Perlee
This just adds to the stereotypes in the game
Josh Tolentino's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 01:17
Josh Tolentino
To be fair though, even without this outfit Sheva could out-posh Lara Croft, something I didn't find stereotypical at all, at least not racially so. It's not that much different than you might find on, say T'challa the Black Panther or Storm, though that doesn't say much...
ZekeThePlumber's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 01:23
ZekeThePlumber
There's just no way she could be a strong independent woman in videogames without her titties hanging out!

THANKS JAPAN!
Spectral's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 01:31
Spectral
I must say, Sheva is beyond sexy. She doesn't even look like she's African. She looks like has an asian body, with black features, with a British/European accent.

My dream girl...wtf Capcom?
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 01:32
Brian Szabelski
Yes it's sexy. Let the man dream about this if he wants.
ChronosWing's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 01:44
ChronosWing
RACIST!
RAB's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 01:47
RAB
i'll be the first to say it.



fap
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 01:54
Kyousuke Nanbu
I call dibs on that for that multiplayer vs.
shinryu's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 02:40
shinryu
with my massive backlog, I'm all for shorter games. so, happy times.
Chocobo Knight's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 02:42
Chocobo Knight
Shhh.. Chris is on a secret mission..
njsykora's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 03:36
njsykora
My penis just exploded.
TewDee's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 03:50
TewDee
Now I have a reason to buy RE5.
Mr Wrighty 987's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 04:15
Mr Wrighty 987
i just unlocked this yesterday along with all the weapons and Res Evil isnt 6 hours long, the first time i done it is took me 9-10 hours
liam2015's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 04:33
liam2015
That is not a bad thing.

Almost makes me wanna buy Resident Evil 5.

Almost.
casualweaponry's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 04:46
casualweaponry
It's not just that. I swear every cinema in the game starts out with a shot of Sheva's ass! I'm not complaining, but it's just a little strange how it works out.
sickNasty's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 06:42
sickNasty
Hey people, this is a video game girl. SHE DOES NOT EXIST.

And here I thought Capcom actually had a competent female sidekick in the game. I was shocked to see that she wasn't made to be a sex object. Well so much for that thought.

Thanks for reinforcing the horny loser nerd stereotype Capcom!
Kylius's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 06:43
Kylius
I'm just glad Capcom recieved my request for 'Motorboating' to be added to the list of co-operative interactions.

Thanks Capcom!
RonBurgandy2010's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 06:53
RonBurgandy2010
Woah, calm down Sicknasty. Most of us were joking (hopefully). And besides, I have a girlfriend, I don't need virtual T & A, but I still find this funny.

Just to clarify, me and my GF are far from that stage. It's only been two months people.
Altair78's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 07:27
Altair78
yeeeeaaaaaah...
sickNasty's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 07:28
sickNasty
Ron, I believe you. But I doubt someone like Spectral is joking. His comment was just creepy.

Capcom just pisses me off by doing this. Sheva is not a stripper or former prostitute that I'm aware of. Therefore, what is the point of this costume?

Here you have an action/horror game that is being marketed like a big budget movie. You have two highly specialized soldiers taking on bloodthirsty zombies. Why include the perverted dress-up? It is quite easy to find a picture of a rea woman in a bikini.

This game is rated M, therefore the 13 year old boys who get excited by polygonal T&A are not the audience for the game.

It's insulting to me, because it serves no purpose in the game or storyline and it perpetuates a stereotype that most of us do not belong to.
BlackFreefall's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 07:47
BlackFreefall
It just some sort African tribal outfit. Capcom in no way degrading African women.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 09:40
king3vbo
OMG SHES A GAME CHARACTER GET A REAL LIFE SHE DOES NOT EXIST HOW DO I COMPUTER I DONT EVEN
PappaDukes's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 11:40
PappaDukes
@sickNasty - Relax, it's just a game.
atheistium's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 12:54
atheistium
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Spike401k's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/12/2009 17:43
Spike401k
*drools* Replay value just went wayyy up
Infinitys End's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/14/2009 16:22
Infinitys End
obligatory "jungle fever" comment. :)
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