Providing you're being constructive you can never be too critical. I'm grateful.

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 t...

Who Really Cares? wrote: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rccW9Tig6_Y[/youtube]

The music in that video is actually very good; pretty reminiscent of Beck.

It's a bit embarrassing, but I want it on my iPod...

It's interesting that Martin Robinson decided to write a retrospective now, of all times... Lovely write-up.

My piece on Shenmue II will be finished in the week. This series needs to reclaim its voice.

:-) I normally go straight ahead at the intersection past the arcade. I always liked to amble into the Tomato convenience store on the way back and attempt to win the Sega Saturn ports of Hang On and Space Harrier at the raffle. I'm chuffed that you singled out a sentence from my favorite paragraph,...

No article with any polish comes naturally to any writer, in my opinion. The trick is to find a narrative flow that appears effortless even if that is actually a great lie. It doesn't help that this was by far my most challenging piece to date. I'm thinking of posting this somewhere where the poster...

Wow, I'm absolutely beside myself by the responses! Thank you all for your kind words and I'm so pleased to see that I've inspired RyoHazuki84 to talk about his own experiences! The article came about from a frustration, one that few people acknowledge that the two games were a gift, and have merits...

Thank you very much! I used to word tolerable, so I do agree with you on some points. I think AM2 had some strong cinematic ambition and wanted the player to be involved in things not possible under player control. Now if Platinum Games had a shot at Shenmue 3 I could imagine a lot of the scenes wor...

Hi Guys! I've written an article about Shenmue at http://newbreview.com/?p=21991 that you guys and gals may be interested in. I'm really interested in what you guys think as there'll obviously be some tough customers - I'd greatly appreciate any praise or criticism. I realise that this post could be...