i also really enjoy the name Chael Sonnen. Sounds otherworldly.. Shame it of a meethead UFC fighter

Henk ten Cate

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But seriously, Anything Dutch. They names ze crazy.

Furkan Alakmak [jedi?]
Patrick Ax
Soeris Baidjoe [just wow]
Istvan Bakx
Dick Been
Remco Boere [seriously Remco.. what a name]

i lke the ideal of this.. Iv always wanted some kind of criterion collection for games. Gap in the market?

up to the final chapter in Y4, im loving all the little throwbacks to the first Yakuza. also Im unimpressed by the yakuza 5 demo! they said they had a brand new game engine.... where is it? remain hopeful that it will see the west though. They don't exactly have to break the bank to make it happen! ...

BUT if you were a Shenmue Character, how would the official strategy guide describe you in the Biography section...

no quest markers
no flashing on important objects
no 'XP'
no perks (i know they would do this, its such a shit trait of modern games)
Japanese VO is a MUST.
Get Yakuza people to do the level design.

Only the bottom two would be difficult

this is fantastic work BUT its a shame it still isn't as detailed as Shenmue 1's Biography's.. I would have given my soul if the people who created this wrote their own in line with what the chracaters did in the game

The new wii looks like something a toddler would smash against his wall

Im getting a powerful urge to play Shenmue II again... But im thinking i should wait until a HD re-release and so by the time that happens, my excitement will be.... glamorous.

I hear you on that. Perhaps I was too all-encompassing in my approach, but I wanted to appeal even to the uninitiated (Newb Review) - in that even if the essence of Shenmue doesn't impress them, I wanted for them to at least appreciate the game for its superficial accolades, while engaging fans at ...

For my undergrad dissertation a few moons ago I found global warming to be nonsense. Just a way for corporations and governments to look like they care about something important. The Kyoto Protocol is basically a joke. As is 'CSR'...

whilst i liked the other one very much.. It isn't as sharp, the first few paragraphs are dulled with platitudes you see in many articles. Shenmue is this, Shenmue is that. It bogs down the message but I don't want to be too critical as the underlining essence is great.

casual Religious garments (such as a head scarf) are stupid... They serve nothing but to differentiate and ultimately divide people. Diversity is superb and should be supported but purposefully wearing garments which say, "i am different to you" is not helping society. And of course, i und...

This was surprisingly vibrant and freshly written... you can tell he really enjoyed the experience of visiting Dobuita, laptop in tow. To any Shenmue non-believer this would be a good touch stone. Very readable and informative... also his thesis of 'travelling to games worlds' is very clean and prec...

This sentence: It’s 10pm, and Ryo is walking home, crunching through the freshly laid snow after taking the bus back to town from work. Is mindblowing. It seems so 'un-gameish' and yet it is those exact moments why we love Shenmue. The simple essence of walking home in a videogame (from work no less...