Minor rant: Anime and gaming

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by CaptainMattJ.

the IQ of a 6 year old african child

[the_tyrant]

its called visual kei
the sexy version of KISS
for example:

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by the_tyrant

its called visual kei
the sexy version of KISS

Can't see any similarities with KISS

[CaptainMattJ.]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Attention duelists!

http://www.yugiohabridged.com/page-episodes

HAHAHA i saw that series. ATTENTION DUELISTS! my hair says its time to go to Pegasus's palace.

[Task Force]

Hmm... never understood anime, never been intrested in asian art...

Myself I think its no big deal. Its what the game developer wanted, its their game...

[the_tyrant]

Originally Posted by DarkFish

Can't see any similarities with KISS

X-japan is the world's leading Visual Kei band
the lead singer of xjapan based the band on the kiss model
they are even better sellouts than kiss, for like every single they released. they have released a live version, a piano version, a disco version, a symphonic version and a guitar version

[Oberon]

Ah yeah...Japanese music, that's a can of worms waiting to be opened there.
Visual kei...always makes me think of an episode of Excel Saga.
Still I have my favourites and there are several Japanese songs on my MP3 player, Yoko Kanno is a particularly good artist, and of course we can't forget the legend that is Nobuo Uematsu.

[Ducimus]

Japan went off the deep end with alot of things.

6 Japanese Subcultures That Are Insane (Even for Japan)

edit:

On a sarchastic note, it just occured to me that japanese cultural quirks pervading our video games is probably retribution for irradiating a couple of their cities.

[Oberon]

Culture can be a greater weapon than any a-bomb

[raymond6751]

Originally Posted by Schroeder

I haven't seen anything like that in a RPG so far, except as mods.
But I only play a handful of RPGs so it's quiet possible I missed something there.
From what game are those screenshots?

That stuff gives RPG a bad rep. Actually, role-play games aren't all about fantasy crud. Now the term RPG has become synonymous with that.

Role play is a great pastime, but I could never get into the majic, monsters, and wizard stuff.

[SteamWake]

Originally Posted by the_tyrant

X-japan is the world's leading Visual Kei band
the lead singer of xjapan based the band on the kiss model
they are even better sellouts than kiss, for like every single they released. they have released a live version, a piano version, a disco version, a symphonic version and a guitar version

Looks more like the village pepole if you ask me.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by raymond6751

That stuff gives RPG a bad rep. Actually, role-play games aren't all about fantasy crud. Now the term RPG has become synonymous with that.

Role play is a great pastime, but I could never get into the majic, monsters, and wizard stuff.

I think you have it backwards. The very first RPG to be published was Dungeons & Dragons, in 1974. Traveller was the first Science Fiction RPG, in 1977. All others followed later.

[antikristuseke]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

On a sarchastic note, it just occured to me that japanese cultural quirks pervading our video games is probably retribution for irradiating a couple of their cities.

I am still unsure if japan was nuked because of weirdness or if they are weird because of the nuking, we should nuke them again to find out.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by antikristuseke

I am still unsure if japan was nuked because of weirdness or if they are weird because of the nuking, we should nuke them again to find out.

[Torvald Von Mansee]

I actually sat in on L'Arc En Ciel's first American appearance for about 20 minutes (it was actually part of a con's offerings, so it was "free"). God, did they ever suck!!! And I'm told they were about the 2nd biggest Japanese band at the time.