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Gaming Community / Re: having been to Japan I fin...
Last post by kitler53 - Today at 05:19 AMjust at Akihabara was about 5x5 blocks by 8 floors of nothing but anime statues, posters, pins, ect. it was Soo full of people it was hard to even walk
and that was just 1 tiny corner of Tokyo. it was really no different in Kyoto and osaka. I must have seen 100,000 gotcha machines and they were always being swarmed with paying customers.
oh, and maid bars is a thing..
but amiibo feel really expensive in America. i know the dollar is strong right now but they felt cheaper. ~1,500 yen which is about $9.
most gotcha machine are 500 yen and the figure is less than half as big.
and that was just 1 tiny corner of Tokyo. it was really no different in Kyoto and osaka. I must have seen 100,000 gotcha machines and they were always being swarmed with paying customers.
oh, and maid bars is a thing..
but amiibo feel really expensive in America. i know the dollar is strong right now but they felt cheaper. ~1,500 yen which is about $9.
most gotcha machine are 500 yen and the figure is less than half as big.
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Gaming Community / Re: having been to Japan I fin...
Last post by Legend - Today at 05:04 AMIt's even worse than funko pops and all that stuff you find in nerd culture here?
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Gaming Community / having been to Japan I finally...
Last post by kitler53 - Today at 04:47 AMI always thought of them as dumb overpriced pieces of plastic Nintendo was using to lock away in game dlc.
but in Japan there are literally 10s of thousands and pieces of plastic on almost every street corner (gatcha machines) and shops specializing in larger ones. amongst then I ran into amiibo at here there are just appropriately priced pieces of plastic for there size that also come with game pearks.
my god do the Japanese love their plastic figures.. it's overwhelming.
but in Japan there are literally 10s of thousands and pieces of plastic on almost every street corner (gatcha machines) and shops specializing in larger ones. amongst then I ran into amiibo at here there are just appropriately priced pieces of plastic for there size that also come with game pearks.
my god do the Japanese love their plastic figures.. it's overwhelming.
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Gaming Community / Re: The Music Thread
Last post by Legend - Today at 02:46 AMI think I was literally the first person to like this song on youtube. YoutubeMusic been serving me some real unknown stuff. But this one got stuck in my head.
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Gaming Community / Re: Xbox | Zenimax Development...
Last post by kitler53 - Today at 12:34 AMQuote from: nnodley on Yesterday at 02:52 PMlooks like layoffs may be underway at zenimax for anyone not making Fallout or Elder Scrolls. MS iced BETHESDA OVER BADLYI have heard rumors but nothing official so far.
So far the rumors have been soo awful that anything less than closing 100% of their studios is going to feel like a breath of relief.. not sure what to believe. I thing DF and compulsion and NT make "sense". Those studios have to be losing money with the terrible sales of their games.
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Off-Topic Community / Re: AI General Thread
Last post by the-pi-guy - Yesterday at 08:23 PMQuote from: Legend on Jun 17, 2026, 05:53 PMIs there a test you could set up to make sure nothing is changing? IDK have a convo with a set seed and see if it always produces the exact same response?
I'm sure there's a way.
But I'm not too worried about it.
Also have to figure out why LM Studio is suddenly being very pushy about the context limits. It's supposed to truncate, instead of stopping...
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Gaming Community / Re: The Gaming Community Threa...
Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 06:34 PMQuote from: BasilZero on Yesterday at 06:01 PMDay 1/pre-orders for 2026.My list is only 1.
This is the most since 2023 (2 day 1 purchases) that I will have in a year for gaming.
100%
-Grand Theft Auto VI (PS5)
-The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (NS2)
-Final Fantasy Resonance (Steam)
-Ace Combat 8 - mainly for Belkan War (Steam)
-Kingdom Hearts I-II-III Collection - pre-ordered on both since they were $37.50 for me (PS5 and Xbox Series X)
Maybe if not, within the first 6 months
-Tales of Eternia Remastered (Steam)
Order of the sinking Star.
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Gaming Community / Re: The Gaming Community Threa...
Last post by BasilZero - Yesterday at 06:01 PMDay 1/pre-orders for 2026.
This is the most since 2023 (2 day 1 purchases) that I will have in a year for gaming.
100%
-Grand Theft Auto VI (PS5)
-The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (NS2)
-Final Fantasy Resonance (Steam)
-Ace Combat 8 - mainly for Belkan War (Steam)
-Kingdom Hearts I-II-III Collection - pre-ordered on both since they were $37.50 for me (PS5 and Xbox Series X)
Maybe if not, within the first 6 months
-Tales of Eternia Remastered (Steam)
This is the most since 2023 (2 day 1 purchases) that I will have in a year for gaming.
100%
-Grand Theft Auto VI (PS5)
-The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (NS2)
-Final Fantasy Resonance (Steam)
-Ace Combat 8 - mainly for Belkan War (Steam)
-Kingdom Hearts I-II-III Collection - pre-ordered on both since they were $37.50 for me (PS5 and Xbox Series X)
Maybe if not, within the first 6 months
-Tales of Eternia Remastered (Steam)
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Gaming Community / Re: Xbox | Zenimax Development...
Last post by Legend - Yesterday at 02:58 PMQuote from: nnodley on Yesterday at 02:52 PMlooks like layoffs may be underway at zenimax for anyone not making Fallout or Elder Scrolls. MS iced BETHESDA OVER BADLYI thought Doom did good? Why have layoffs there?
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Gaming Community / Re: The Gaming Community Threa...
Last post by BananaKing - Yesterday at 02:57 PMWell GTA has the most iconic cover art in gaming history so if any cover art is worthy it's this