[quote name='Myst' timestamp='1361997819' post='145507'] I was thinking this yesterday, but then I remember, I'm not really a fan anymore, so it doesn't bother me! <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whistling.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':whistling:' /> I feel like afte...

This is fucking horrendous, I can't even listen to it. The vocals make me want to shoot myself in the face, as usual with their recent stuff. They're so processed, high-pitched and just plain grating, its embarrassing. The synths have way too much treble, as is also usual with pretty much anything H...

Finished Metal Gear Rising: Revengance earlier. I think the English voice acting was pretty terrible besides Raiden, I really wonder how much of the script was changed from the original Japanese. Some of the dialogue was corny, but that's not why you play action games and its pretty inconsequential...

[quote name='Ap2000' timestamp='1361489626' post='144976'] Darksiders I & II are great, if you want something a bit more into the Zelda direction of overworld, dungeons etc. The fighting system is very much like God of War. [/quote] I thought about that, but its definitely another borderliner. L...

[quote name='neshcom' timestamp='1361485428' post='144965'] my perspective is for every Bayonetta, there's 10 NeverDeads, and when I do find a game I like (like Nier), it's just alright. Rising actually interested me partially because it's Metal Gear, partially because the mechanic is (and looked) f...

[quote name='neshcom' timestamp='1361481968' post='144957'] I tried not talking too much about other action games like this because I don't play the genre a lot because I'm not generally interested in them. My point was that Rising was above my expectations for a game of the genre, but it's not as p...

It's really good and has a lot more polish than the demo. One thing I've noticed is that, for an action game, it's got some good depth and story, but, for a Kojima-attached game, the polish is so weak. It feels almost the same as the demo, I don't notice any differences and I'm half way through the...

Just getting re-obsessed with The Strokes for about the 50th time. They're really the only American band I even bother following anymore. 2 songs have been released from the new album and they're continuing to further their sound while still keeping it familiar and very trademark to what they do. ht...

[quote name='Farrah' timestamp='1361039227' post='144555'] Wow, I didn't think posting that would get people so riled up. Or, so to speak, I didn't think it would lead to a string of vitriolic victim blaming, but okay. http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/default/whistling.png This is the second...

[quote name='Anderei' timestamp='1360960817' post='144451'] would it really be so surprising if she was telling the truth? [/quote] This is Japan. The culture is built around not telling or concealing the truth. On top of that, show business in any country is pretty full of deceit/smoke and mirrors.

[quote name='Ap2000' timestamp='1360959533' post='144443']

I wouldn't call it a rumor if the girls say it themselves. You might call it an accusation, but a rumor is something different.

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People are capable of not telling the truth if they think it will gain them something.

[quote name='Farrah' timestamp='1360956940' post='144435'] I'll just leave this here. Ex-AKB48 trainee (now an AV actress) pretty much admits to being sexually assaulted during her tenure as a kenkyuusei. It's the use of the term "evil custom" that has led to the situation being speculated...

Nope. Busted as fuck. Keep living in denial. http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/jsingers/md5a/429.jpg AEUG, your love for Koharu is hilarious. I cackle when I see your words of devotion. Keep it coming bb Will do <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/joyful.png' class='bbc_...

Except, she was busted as fuck when she auditioned. What universe do you live in? She was young as hell, but there was certainly nothing wrong with her looks. She was actually much cuter than a large majority of girls in their audition/training period. There really aren't many, if any 12 year old g...

[quote name='Matt' timestamp='1360812821' post='144288'] I have come late to this thread. I just wanted to find out what all the fuss was about Koharu-chan's radio appearance. I had no idea there were so many Koharu haters. I think it was great that Koharu-chan spoke her mind. I think the Japanese g...

[quote name='Madara' timestamp='1360426114' post='144005'] She's been at this for ten solid years. Homegirl needs a long rest. I hope they let her take one. <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':sad:' /> [/quote] Idols don't get those unle...

[quote name='neshcom' timestamp='1360380314' post='143989'] [quote name='The☆AEUGNewtype' timestamp='1360377977' post='143987']but saying PC is the sole future of video gaming [/quote] Literally no one said that. I'm cool with talking preferences, but I'm not being drawn in to an aggressive opinion ...

[quote name='neshcom' timestamp='1360370116' post='143985'] so many of its games are already ported to PC and can be bought cheap and its exclusives, while numerous, are just lame. [/quote] This is so hilarious. You state this as if all console games are all expensive, and if you think that big of a...

PS3s not being backwards compatible is one of the greatest travesties of my life. :( Mine is :P I got one of the old original models that was fully PS2 compatible. Anyway, Siren is on PSN for $9.99 which is about as much as you'll pay to find a used copy in good condition. The remake for PS3 is als...

I think Silent Hill just ruined horror in general for me, because I'll never be as scared of anything as I was playing that game. Tried "Siren"? :) Probably the only series that has frightened me as much and possibly more than Silent Hill. If you take the horrible atmosphere, darkness, an...

[quote name='Al Kusanagi' timestamp='1360182727' post='143819'] Do you play the first couple of hours as Raiden and then switch to Snake? Because no Snake, no play. [/quote] What is this, 2001? Are people still asshurt about Raiden being a main character even tough he's far more interesting than Sna...

[quote name='Al Kusanagi' timestamp='1360083262' post='143740'] I can tell you what I won't be playing: Dead Space 3. Man, EA is trying to steal George Lucas' title for ruining trilogies. [/quote] This. The demo for DS3 made me shake my head from start to finish. It controls like dogshit, the encoun...

[quote name='eri' timestamp='1360031112' post='143691'] AEUG agrees with something I wrote. Minami Minegishi has brought peace and understanding to us all. [/quote] <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/weeeh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':weeeh:' /> [quote name='aine' time...

There is pretty solid documentation that the Japanese press does not, cannot, and will not act as a critical institution -- or they join in for the money in an eternal loop. There is always rumblings about Johnny's and child abuse but it is silenced up pretty quickly. There is a sort of offhand ass...

Holy fuck, that name is horrible. Very little expectation for this, but we'll see how it turns out.

[quote name='Petit Hulk' timestamp='1359774501' post='143388'] It means SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU . <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/headwall.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':headwall:' /> EVERY FUCKING TIME it's the same old shit. Same arguments, same people arguing, same sam...

[quote name='Petit Hulk' timestamp='1359773434' post='143379'] GTFO AND GO HAVE SOME DRINKS OR SOME SHIT FUCK [/quote] What does this even mean? <img src='http://mm-bbs.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/huh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':huh:' /> If people are going to keep throwing unwarrante...

[quote name='showraniy' timestamp='1359770726' post='143375'] Either way, elaborate on how what I said was "ridiculously naive and uninformed." [/quote] You sound like you believe that H!P's fans, photobooks, and dating rule are the only things holding them back from being legitimate singe...

[quote name='Anderei' timestamp='1359769863' post='143371']

Do we really need another photobook and H!P vs. AKB48 on the sexualized idol argument? Showraniy doesn't seem to be saying H!P isn't guilty of it at all.

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Al was, more or less. That part wasn't directed at showrainy.

More like AKB only. They're the ones that most of this shit has centered around (...) Just like it centered around H!P before AKB came along. H!P was the only idol troupe who really had scandals in the periods between 1999 and 2006-ish because that's when they were popular and media-worthy to the m...