A recent thought that has stirred up for me is related to the Star Wars relaunch planned by disney. If you haven't heard the details by this point. Disney has attained the rights to the Star Wars franchise with plans for many movies and spin offs. If you still don't know what I am talking about, supported sources indicate that J.J Abrams is attached to direct these films. Are Star Wars fans grateful that there franchise is being expanded upon in new and interesting ways. The answer is NO, they have taken to message boards and such to insist an outrage over J.J Abrams being the director of these films. I have grown to despise these over entitled fans. Here we sit hoping for a Shenmue 3 in any type of incarnation. Waiting over a decade now and I look at a franchise that Star Wars fans enjoy being expanded upon in new ways that we will never experience. Hell if they don't like what is being offered they can get there star wars lore from novels, comics, video games and tons of other multimedia delivery options. This expands beyond Shenmue. This is an issue with games in general. How long have Mother 3 fans been pushing nintendo to release that game outside of japan. gamers slave away at fan translations and petitions while star wars fans don't even appreciate what they are being provided. All I can say is that we would be thrilled if Shenmue 3 were being made into a movie(not that it isn't a game, but at it is atleast being finished.), But, star wars fans go into a frenzied outrage when they are offered content beyond what we can even imagine or will ever receive as gamers.

Received an email early this morning that Insertcoin has resupplied certain sizes of the shenmue clothes they have available. I know these have been featured before, but at this price I had to hop on and share the details.

going here http://www.insertcoinclothing.com/search.html?q=shenmue

both the tshirt and hoodie are marked down 70% off, this also stacks with this coupon code which provides another discount.

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I got two hoodies and the tshirt for roughly 50$ shipped after all discounts applied, shipping to the states was more than I thought it would be, but the regular price of these items is much more, so I would encourage any interested users to act fast. Happy holidays everyone

EDIT: Full details of all items included in this sale are also on their most recent blog entry

http://www.insertcoinclothing.com/blog/2013/12/missed-out-on-a-classic-design-this-is-your-final-chance/

The thrill of the dream is what keeps me going, I gain/lose nothing by maintaining my optimism for shenmue 3.

I'm going to take a very wild guess and say your definition of "a lot" differs heavily from mine.

That's the same argument many users here have been making, we are waiting and hoping for a Shenmue 3, but that doesn't mean we are somehow stagnant in life, listlessly drifting by in some delusional dream until Shenmue 3 releases and saves us. It is a small but significant part of who we are as Shenmue fans. I would like for you to elaborate, what is the end game of this topic? If it had gone as you anticipated what was the ideal reaction you were hoping to see?

[quote="Peter"] And what the fuck is going on tonight specifically. The community has exploded now because someone at NeoGAF has found out that the Shenmue.com domain is now hosted by Amazon, for the reasons that highly active websites need a more sable server? That whoever owns the domain now expects some serious traffic? It was done on June 2nd.

What the frack is going on? Is this for real could this actually be happening?[ /quote]

It;s posts like this that get my fanboyism riled up from 10 years ago, I sure hope something is happening.

I love seeing the old users coming back, it's a long journey but we are now united in our common purpose of seeing Shenmue 3 realized. I look forward to tracking Shenmue 3 development with this great community.

Yea forget all the positives.

New screenshots arrive, So let's get out the red pens and clip boards and get stuck in with the negativity. It's sad. It really is.

So far I feel pretty good about the direction of the HD collection, I can of course see the difference when screen shots are side by side. I don't think they have presented anything yet that has me concerned.