Going where several other blogs have gone before.
In Yakuza 6 RGG Studios introduced Oni Michio, a cute mascot character for the small town of Onomichi. This character was an instant success and as such RGG began to put him in every game from Kiwami 2 to Like a Dragon. However, an instant issue began to arise with including Ono Michio in every… Continue reading Yakuza Mystery: Kamulop’s Real Identity
Hello and once again welcome back to The Story Arc. If you've been paying attention to the site at all this month then you'll know that every two days I've been analyzing a different small mechanic from the Yakuza franchise and studying how it's changed from day to day.Over the past few weeks we've seen… Continue reading Evolution of Yakuza Mechanics: Feel the Heat!
I love Azami Mochizuki, anyone who knows me knows that I can talk about this character for hours on end! One of the main recurring gags for this character are her 108 Village Rules. Whenever some character conflict happens or if the writers just want to tell a joke with her they'll often have her… Continue reading All of Azami’s Ninja Rules from Sakura Wars
Hello and welcome back to the Story Arc. Last week I began an adventure where every other day in December of 2022 I examine a minor mechanic in the Yakuza franchise and look at how it has evolved game by game. In the previous articles I looked over how super small mechanics like locker keys… Continue reading The Evolution of Phone Booths in Yakuza
You all know Peni Parker? Of course you do, everyone laughed at the joke about an anime girl Spider-Man when we saw her appear in the 2018 film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse! It was a quick gag that we all moved on from after the movie ended. Well, most of us moved on. I however… Continue reading The slow evolution of Peni Parker
Hello and welcome back to the Story Arc. Last week I began an adventure where every other day in December of 2022 I examine a minor mechanic in the Yakuza franchise and look at how it has evolved game by game. In the previous articles I looked over how super small mechanics like locker keys… Continue reading The Evolution of Alcohol & Getting Drunk in Yakuza
Last year Luminous Productions and Square Enix revealed their new open world action RPG Forspoken. The game's premise is that a young woman from New York gets transported to a fantasy world and gains magical powers that she must use to save the world. For the past year Forspoken has sort of been a laughing… Continue reading I Really Enjoyed Forspoken’s Demo – A Review
Do you all know about DokeV? I'm willing to bet that a lot of you haven't even heard of it. It's an Open-World, Action-Adventure game about catching creatures similar to Pokemon being developed by Korean game studio Pearl Abyss. The game is also allegedly going to have various multiplayer mechanics so that you can play… Continue reading What happened to DokeV?
The 2022 Game Awards was proving to be the longest show yet with a runtime of over 4 hours due to an excess of celebrity appearances and Crash Bandicoot skits. I and a large amount of my friend group were getting very bored and were about to fall asleep when suddenly a bizarre chain of… Continue reading Some Random Kid just Hijacked the Game Awards
For a long time now I have just sat around while my friends talked about Bill Hader's Barry. The show seemed to have popped out of nowhere and everyone claimed to have seen it. I thought I was being pranked! A month ago however, I finally took the jump and began to watch Barry. They… Continue reading Barry Berkman’s Moral decline
Hello and welcome back to the Story Arc. Last week I began an adventure where every other day in December of 2022 I examine a minor mechanic in the Yakuza franchise and look at how it has evolved game by game. In the previous three articles I looked over how super small mechanics like locker… Continue reading Evolution of Yakuza mechanics: Revelations
We all know and love the silly gimmick accounts on Twitter. This website has a wide variety of them from an account that posts "Ladies and gentlemen: the weekend!" every Friday or an account that posts a different Sega girl each day. Chances are that no matter who you are you've liked and retweeted posts… Continue reading My Experience Running a Twitter Gimmick Account
Hello and welcome back to the Story Arc, last week I began an adventure where every other day in December of 2022 I examine a minor mechanic in the Yakuza franchise and look at how it has evolved game by game. In the previous two articles I looked over how super small mechanics like locker… Continue reading The Evolution of Yakuza Mechanics: Chases
Hello and welcome back to the Story Arc! A few days ago I decided to begin putting out a short series of articles about the various evolving mechanics in the Yakuza franchise for December 2022. Last time I covered how locker keys have changed game by game and today I'm going to cover a mechanic… Continue reading The Evolution of Yakuza Mechanics: Taxis
Do you all remember Toontown? That Disney MMO from the early 2000s that shut down back in 2013? I never played it myself but those who did insist it was a very fun time. The game's premise had you create a disney-esque animal avatar and go around the various areas to fight corporate enemies known… Continue reading What the heck has been going on in Toontown?!