• BREAKING: Dai Gyakuten Saiban Information Overload

    ...Direct. Nothing in the English Direct about DGS, but in the Japanese Direct, there was a new trailer. It’s kind of awesome. The day after the TV special, on April...

  • Low-Rent Adventures in Japan

    ...Americans, unlike Australians, New Zealanders, and many other English-speaking nationals do not qualify for a “work holiday” or “foot in the door” visa. To oversimplify, this reality forces under-qualified Americans...

  • Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (N64)

    ...English class or something. But I am certainly not an English teacher, and I’m not here to give you generalizations. I am here to give you specifics. Kirby 64 is...

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    Zelda Manga

    ...it bears repeating—mangas are near impossible to read. Japanese is written from right to left. English is written from left to right. To read a Japanese comic in English, you...

  • Dear Readers: The Best of Submissions/The Death of Submissions

    ...when Matt was nearby. Matt put down his book and said, “So…I was thinking about going as Abraham Lincoln for Halloween.” “But wouldn’t you have to grow a beard for...

  • Q&AmeCola: Fighting Dream Team

    ...videogame characters like Wreck-It Ralph, Marty McFly and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Actually, I just remembered that I don’t play fighting games. Uh oh! I don’t want the fighting game...

  • Professor Layton and the Curious Village

    Who wears a top hat, solves puzzles, and is popular with millions of gamers? Well, Abraham Lincoln, of course. But Professor Layton is pretty good, too. He’s a mystery-solving gentleman...

  • Submissions (November 2007)

    ...thinking about going as Abraham Lincoln for Halloween.” “But wouldn’t you have to grow a beard for that?” Paul asked. “But wouldn’t you have to grow a beard for that?”...

  • Submissions (May 2007)

    ...1, Episode 4: Abraham Lincoln Must Die! You also forgot to fail to fail to mention that suggesting that the 3D graphics in these Sam and Max games could at...

  • Q&AmeCola: What’s in the Cube?

    ...that life-changing, then there can only be one thing inside: Abraham Lincoln riding on a camel. (Michael is a reviewer, creator of “Inside the Guide,” fiction author, and purveyor of...