It's always strange to see the more human, adult side of people who were important to us as kids. I was weirded out when it was revealed last year that Charles Schultz used Charlie Brown to hook up with his mistress. So … [Read more...]
If you went to public school in America like me, then you probably don't have very fond memories of school lunches. Bland chicken-fried steak with overcooked green beans, pizza cut into greasy squares, and tacos of … [Read more...]
If you pay attention to any traditional media outlets, everything is all doom and gloom in Japan. Leaf through the pages of any newspaper or cruise around any news site and you find article after article about how Japan is … [Read more...]
If you've been studying Japan or Japanese for any length of time, then you know that studying a different culture can challenge your basic, everyday assumptions about, well, pretty much everything. Before you started … [Read more...]
When I watched Big Bird in Japan as a kid, one scene in particular stuck in my memory, even decades afterwards. In one scene, Big Bird stops in front of a restaurant and looks at the food displayed in the window. He … [Read more...]
There are lots of different types of video games: first person shooters, real time strategy games, role playing games; but one genre that's never really taken off (at least in America) has been the dating sim. A dating … [Read more...]