sounds familiar 
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also funny is that the whole idea of e-Amusement Participation (the revenue share program they have with all online arcades) was supposed to result in cabinets and upgrades being sold at cost to arcades because theyâd make it up over the lifetime of the game
now they just donât give a fuck (but this is the company that heavily incentivized their arcade partners to buy BeatStream cabinets in bulk when no one liked the game before or after launch, so Iâm not too surprised)
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No mention of in the article (which might of course mean that it was actually hearsay or just couldnât be confirmed with a good source) that a group of these people apparently entered the office building of Project Moon developers to demand the artist be fired in person.
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It did happen, roughly seven people showing up âjust asking questionsâ about the feminist nature of ProjectMoon and what they are going to do with the artist. The director wasnât present so the devs tried to avoid answering anything definitively. Part of the problem is that the reporting is all based in South Korea so what the English side can hear is through the usual side-methods of translating social feeds and milquetoast games journalism (ie. only scraping the surface).
Oh, also on the table is theyâve violated employment law trying to save face with the vocal minority.
https://twitter.com/ERT_Hagalz/status/1684148241204658176?t=UMFcmHizVvOweNwezepUag&s=19
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Old as hell news but I donât think itâs been talked about here?
Among Johnnyâs talent is Takuya Kimura (from Judgment)
From my podcast source (lol) Johnnyâs has such an iron grip on all media in Japan that the scandal has not been covered at all by traditional media in Japan until people started complaining on social media about why only foreign media mentioned it
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I mention it occasionally but itâs so complicated that it gives me a headache.
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Considering every Ys game is Adol goes a new place and solves a problem by entering holes until he leaves, with no notable features of the world at large, I have no idea what this could possibly be like.
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clearly, they should implement the seriesâ iconic Bump Combat by having you throw dice at figurines
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I saw a news report on this on TV recently, and the extent to which everyone in Japan either refuses to discuss it for fear of repercussions or just dismisses it in favour of blissful ignorant is so weird to me. Like even the victims were saying things like âI know what he did to me was bad, but I think he was still a great guyâ etc.
Like Iâd have to assume Johnnyâs has some kind of criminal connections, or else itâs just the sheer strength of Japanâs âdonât rock the boatâ mentality.
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I have a paid design test for a prolific indie company. First interview left a good impression.
I spoke with a friend, who correctly guessed the studioâs new project. He knows someone that used to work there. âDev hellâ was mentioned.
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This is a game made by indigenous Americans that has players fight colonizers. Back it now so you can get a copy on release!
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how am i just finding out thereâs a monster hunter pokemon go game coming out in september. all walkin down the end of the street to paintball a diablos and shit. what the hell is going on
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yesss
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Does Oopona really last 80 hours? I want to play it but that idea crushes me
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why not just play it and stop when youâve had your fill
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this looks like a really satisfying, extremely close indie iteration on Resident Evil 1. Itâs got moments where you go into first-person and it plays like House of the Dead? and has VN character portraits for dialog segments? mobility puzzles and the ability to dash through doors, which zombies can follow you through? seems like it could be fun.
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this sounds like it could be pretty fun actually. I think Iâll back it.
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i backed this like 20 years ago, glad to see itâs finally coming out, VERY glad they managed to interview Itoi
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