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by gryson 3y ago
The argument is that Sega's global success with the Genesis came from its products - not the marketing (despite what the marketers say). One piece of support for that is that the console succeeded against Nintendo in most territories,
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by gryson 3y ago
The chairman of Sega Enterprises was Isao Okawa (founder and president of CSK, majority owner of Sega). The president of Sega Enterprises was Hayao Nakayama.
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by gryson 3y ago
Console Wars leaves a lot out. For one, Sega of America was in financial trouble as early as the 2nd half of 1993 when revenues nosedived. The company ended up laying off 70% of its 900-member workforce by the end of 1995. Despite having on
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by gryson 3y ago
There is no "Sega of Japan." Sega Enterprises is a Japanese company that founded the subsidiary Sega of America to market its products in North America. Sega Enterprises can trace its origins to Americans such as David Rosen who w
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by gryson 3y ago
Agreed. The author's interpretation is unconventional. 好きです (suki desu) is clearly closer to the English "I like you" than "I love you" in this context. Japanese people would be just as put off by someone confessing
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by gryson 4y ago
I knew a "pachi-pro" in Japan who explained the basics. He worked a regular job on weekdays and spent every Saturday and Sunday playing pachinko from 10am to 10pm. He said the key was to find a machine that was paying out well, an
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by gryson 4y ago
An important point could be added: Nintendo and Sega saw their consoles first and foremost as ways to promote their own games, which is where they profited the most. Their business model was centered on their own software. Third party publi
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by gryson 4y ago
You're asking for a summary of the entire fields of speech perception and psycholinguistics. A good place to start is the groundbreaking speech perception experiments done at Haskins Laboratories in the 1950s by people such as Alvin L
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by gryson 4y ago
The author is addressing front line combatants, not the people in the far more common support roles.
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by gryson 4y ago
Yes. It's interesting to see so many replies in this thread completely missing the aspects you describe and only focusing on the practical usage of the watch. I'll also add that bubble-era Japan was full of novelty electronics lik
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by gryson 4y ago
Like many professional orchestra members, they likely made much of their income from teaching and other related activities. One of the advantages to being in an orchestra is the recognition it brings in attracting students and gaining emplo
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by gryson 4y ago
A rigger brush is specialized for lines - a "medium round (the pointy but wide-ish one)" is not, and will most definitely frustrate a beginner who is trying to do good consistent line work. The first rule for choosing a brush shou
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by gryson 4y ago
As others here are pointing out, there are a lot of points here that won't hold up for more experienced artists. For example, on brushes: "a medium round (the pointy but wide-ish one) is all you need" This depends entirely on
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by gryson 4y ago
Region-locking was optional on Mega Drive cartridges, meaning publishers could choose whether or not to include it on their games. That's why so many Mega Drive games are region free. Sega started to implement it after a certain point
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by gryson 4y ago
The reason was most likely because they justified their existence (and funding from the parent company) by saying there was a need to adapt the artwork to the tastes of the local market. That may or may not have been true. The reality, howe
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by gryson 4y ago
I have translated countless interviews and articles from Japanese sources over the past few years on Sega's history, and yes, the whole issue is full of ridiculously inaccurate information. Here's a thread of some recent info I un
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by gryson 4y ago
I would say nostalgia is just as strong in Japan as anywhere. Nostalgia for the Showa era is a famous one. The more likely issue is that people are just less prone to uploading copyrighted material due to laws.
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by gryson 4y ago
As Chris notes in the article, the 1980s "micom" history in Japan is largely undocumented (in Japanese or English), despite being a main part of the foundation of the Japanese gaming industry. There are countless undocumented game
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by gryson 4y ago
The Nintendo character Kinopio (Toad) is a play on words: kinoko (mushroom) + Pinocchio
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by gryson 4y ago
Yes, hilarious comments in this thread. Please at least skim the article.
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Disney's writer wage theft, a year on(pluralistic.net)
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by gryson 4y ago
They address the connection between rain and TV time in the article: >The authors first use data from the American Time Use Survey to confirm the link between precipitation and television watching. The results suggest a strong relationsh
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by gryson 4y ago
What specific problems are you referring to?
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by gryson 4y ago
A "happy country"? I'm not sure what that's supposed to mean. In terms of the cost of having children, though, it is far more affordable in Japan than the US. Almost all childbirth costs are covered by the government, an
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by gryson 4y ago
The US has a low (and falling) birthrate. Not quite as low as South Korea, but certainly not high by any means.
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by gryson 5y ago
A lot of people here in the comments are stating that these sandwiches are a scam because the filling is much less than you are led to believe. That is... true sometimes, but it's also common knowledge among Japanese people, and most p
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by gryson 5y ago
Common in towns, although I can't speak for everywhere.
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by gryson 5y ago
Nothing frightens me more.
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by gryson 5y ago
The Stroop Effect is the first thing I thought as well. "Mixed signals" like this just increase cognitive load and lead to more errors.
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by gryson 5y ago
I don't know the current restrictions, but at least in the recent past, there were limitations on the number of foreign-born sumo wrestlers a stable could have. Despite that, the few Mongolians who are able to join a stable are dominat

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