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Eric lives in Japan with his wife, son and a level 6 slime named Periwinkle. He enjoys the "3 T's": teaching, translating and tprogramming. His sense of humor can be confused for typographical errors.
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Bravely Default's character designer talks sequel

When asked on Twitter what he is working on now outside of FF14 work, character designer Yasumi Matsuno replied “Working on the sequel to Bravely Default.” It should be no real surprise that a sequel would be comi...   more

Bravely Default's character designer talks sequel photo

Curry Refills at Coco Ichibanya in Japan

After reading a recent article about getting free refills of curry sauce, I had my doubts. I completely trusted in the news, do not get me wrong, but it seemed too good to be true. There had to be some catch. I mean, seriously, we are talking about getting free curry sauce here. Join me as head into my local Coco Ichibanya in rural Japan and try to ask for a second helping of their fine sauce.   more

Curry Refills at Coco Ichibanya in Japan photo

Final Impressions: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

There has to be something. There has to be something that they cut, mangled or otherwise misinterpreted that made some hardcore fan upset. In converting anything from one media to another, I cannot see it not happening. Howev...   more

Final Impressions: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure photo

This milking game is udderly ridiculous.

Mei is an ambitious girl. When her father was kicked in the head by the horse that was being hitched to take them to her mother’s funeral, Mei had two funerals to attend all of a sudden. Determines not to let the sadnes...   more

This milking game is udderly ridiculous. photo

Demon's Souls, Malicious, more free on PS Plus in April

Demons, Zombies, Swords.Even a labyrinth too.All coming to you.    more

Demon's Souls, Malicious, more free on PS Plus in April photo

Square Enix opens a '10th Anniversary' teaser site

This is exciting.  There are many hopes we have.  Please, no social games.     more

Square Enix opens a '10th Anniversary' teaser site photo

Japanese Nintendo 3DS eShop VC Releases for 2013/03/27

Next week we will see not one but two sequels come to the 3DS VC that were radical departures from the previous game in the series. First up is Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest, the quirky action adventure game that many ...   more

Japanese Nintendo 3DS eShop VC Releases for 2013/03/27 photo

Japanese Nintendo 3DS eShop VC Releases for 2013.03.19

We have two “interesting” games coming to 3DS VC in Japan next Tuesday (Wednesday is a holiday after all). I have actually put a decent chunk of time into both of them and while I would not consider either must bu...   more

Japanese Nintendo 3DS eShop VC Releases for 2013.03.19 photo

Zelda Oracle of games coming to 3DS eShop in Japan

If you were thinking, hey, I really like Link's Awakening and the Gameboy in general, but those Oracle games came out in 2001, which was just a weird time for everybody and I never really got to them. Well, if you were thinki...   more

Zelda Oracle of games coming to 3DS eShop in Japan photo

Yotsuba& Volume 12 gets Japanese release date!

Heaven smiles upon us! Kiyohiko Azuma just tweeted that the checks for Yotsuba& Vol. 12 have been completed and it will be released March 9 in Japan. Given the release schedule for North America so far, one might ass...   more

Yotsuba& Volume 12 gets Japanese release date! photo

Japanese Nintendo 3DS eShop VC Releases for 2013.02.20

Two very nice Famicom titles are hitting the 3DS VC next Wednesday (02/20) in Japan for ¥500 a piece.   more

Japanese Nintendo 3DS eShop VC Releases for 2013.02.20 photo

Don't forget to get your shield at 7-Eleven

Downloadable content. Bonus stuff for your games! For Dragon Quest VII's 3DS release, 7-Eleven stores in Japan will be having a promo where players will be able to go to a 7-Eleven and download a light shield and a shard. The...   more

Don't forget to get your shield at 7-Eleven photo