Tag: Japan
Assassins Creed Shadows Trailer Brings Controversy Over Black Samurai
Today, Ubisoft released a trailer for Assassins Creed Shadows, the next game in the seventeen-year-old video game franchise. But instead of getting gamers excited, it got them laughing at the latest ridiculous instance of forced diversity, which involves a big historical reach. Then, it stopped bein...
Read MoreEiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes Gets Localized
Do you want to see localization in action? There’s been a lot of talk lately about the practice, which should be simply translating a game from a foreign language into English but actually involves making it more in line with American culture – or what the localizers want American culture to be....
Read MoreThe Pokémon Company Responds to Palworld
Who’d have thought the drama surrounding a pseudo-Pokémon video game would be this pronounced? Over the past few days, Palworld, an indie video game from Japanese studio Pocketpair, has become a phenomenon, selling over eight million copies in under six days and being the most-played game on Ste...
Read MorePETA Wants a Vegan Guide to Palworld
Once something becomes popular, it doesn’t take wrong for the crazies to complain about it. Right now, the Japanese indie video game Palworld is taking the gaming world by storm, selling over seven million copies in five days and being the most-played game on Steam at the moment. Now, PETA – th...
Read MoreNew “Pokémon with Guns” Game Palworld is a Hit
Sometimes, it’s the simplest concepts that prove the most popular. Over the past few days, the latest example of this is “Pokémon with guns.” That phrase is being used to describe Palworld, a new action survival video game from Japanese game developer Pocketpair. Palworld drops you into an o...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Boy and the Heron (2023)
I wish I could say I’ve followed Studio Ghibli for decades. But unlike Disney, Pixar, and DreamWorks, I was unfamiliar with the Japanese studio until I was a young adult. Over the last decade or so, I’ve watched all of their movies at least once and some several times. But The Boy and t...
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