This isn't exactly a gaming fact but...the samurai code, all that honor stuff is actually bullcrap. It didn't exist till the early 1900s and it was made up by the japanese government.That was the best way they could find to inspire their soldiers and that's why world war 2 had kamikaze pilots (samurai code, dying for your cause is the highest honor ever). Real samurai were pretty much mercenaries, fighting for the highest bidder.

Noctis: This isn't exactly a gaming fact but...the samurai code, all that honor stuff is actually bullcrap. It didn't exist till the early 1900s and it was made up by the japanese government.That was the best way they could find to inspire their soldiers and that's why world war 2 had kamikaze pilots (samurai code, dying for your cause is the highest honor ever). Real samurai were pretty much mercenaries, fighting for the highest bidder.

Err not quite. Ever heard of ronins? Samurai's where more like specialised troops who pledged allegiance to a daimyo AKA lord. If the daimyo died the samurai became ronin i.e. without a lord. These practices were done well before the 20th century.

I didn't say they weren't. Samurai followed a lord, they just did it mostly for the money. They didn't go around slashing their bellies to protect their lord, that was world war II japanese government propaganda. Tom Cruise's last samurai didn't help.

Noctis: I didn't say they weren't. Samurai followed a lord, they just did it mostly for the money. They didn't go around slashing their bellies to protect their lord, that was world war II japanese government propaganda. Tom Cruise's last samurai didn't help.

Sorry not quite again, senppuku or harakiri (ritual suicide) is part of the bushido (code of the samurai) and was practiced centuries before the 2nd World War. A disgraced or leader less samurai was expected to senppuku (which would restore honour) or go ronin (carry on living with shame).

Samurai followed a code of honour and would have been insulted if you called them mere mercenaries as they occupied the middle to upper echelons of society.

Perhaps you confuse samurai with ronin. Ronins were samurai without masters and a number of them became mercenaries, a notable one being Musashi Miyamoto (remember the game Swordmaster
Musashi?).

Granted the Japan government took advantage of the samurai code and produced an unprecedented war machine but this should not lessen the honour of the samurai.

Understand, nobody wants samurai to be honorable more than me. But the seppuku...how do i explain this? It was more like, prescribed guidelines. Like how the Bible says Christians should never get angry or drink or covet. You think "oh hey, those are good ideals" but nobody ever actually followed them. And again, i'm not confusing samurai with ronin. I've seen tons of samurai anime, played a bunch of samurai(and ninja) games and read a bit about ancient japan. I'm not just talking out of my *ss, at the very least i know enough not to confuse samurai with ronins.

Lol...errrr guys..?

Sorry, we've gone a little off topic.

Ok, remember gta iv? The statue of liberty was only accessible by swimming or a helicopter. Well this is what it looked like.

^^^ lol.

@*kails* Your sig changes everyday.

Noctis: @*kails* Your sig changes everyday.

i've only changed it thrice.

I know this is about games..however I wanted to add an interesting fact about a series that eventually had it's own Gameboy Gaming franchise: Pokemon.

On December 16, 1997 The classic and once popular cartoon series "Pokemon" featured an episode known as “Electric Soldier Porygon” which contained so much flashing on one scene involving the beloved Pickachu using his thunder bolt attack, that even though it lasted for seconds, it managed to cause many Japanese and American viewers to suffer epileptic like seizures.

Most of those who suffered the seizures had never had any prior to viewing the episode...

I watched it as a child and even watched in not to long ago. Thank God nothing happened to me.

Also interesting is the fact that according to this site/article>>
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/09/26/the-us-army-made-a-pokemon-inspired-seizure-ray-gun

"The U.S. Army Made a Pokemon-Inspired Seizure Ray Gun: An infamous episode sparked the Pentagon's imagination."

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I think i heard about that episode. Also, disregard previous statement. I was drunk when i typed that. Actually i'm drunk now, so maybe disregard this too. I think i have a drinking problem...

Noctis: I think i heard about that episode. Also, disregard previous statement. I was drunk when i typed that. Actually i'm drunk now, so maybe disregard this too. I think i have a drinking problem...

Keep the thread alive. I'm all out of gaming facts, but i could start a drunk journal or something.

Noctis: Keep the thread alive. I'm all out of gaming facts, but i could start a drunk journal or something.

lol. I bet.

I will though.

Mega Man is known as Rock Man in Japan. This was changed in America because 'rock' is well-known slang for crack cocaine, and the name stuck.

Lord_Reed: Mega Man is known as Rock Man in Japan. This was changed in America because 'rock' is well-known slang for crack cocaine, and the name stuck.

Did you all know that Resident Evil in Japan is called "Biohazard"?

Also initially RE/Biohazard was in full Japanese before the creators decided it was "cheesy" and unrealistic since the characters were supposed to be based in America?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNUYi9KeXw8

Enugu camp, ftw. Waking up at 4am, marching for hours, eating strange food...starting tuesday i'm going to be living the dream. Also assassin's creed 3 got an 8.5 on IGN. Bit disappointing but still pretty good.

Youth service. I'll be offline 3 - 4 weeks.

Noctis: Youth service. I'll be offline 3 - 4 weeks.

damn. well take care bro.
hmu when you're back.

Devil May Cry was originally intended to be a new chapter in the Resident Evil series.

According to planetxbox360.com...

[size=18pt]Xbox Live[/size] is the largest social network in the living room with 2.6 million IM, text and voice messages sent over the service every day.

Since Xbox Live launched, 3.1 billion games sessions have been hosted on the service. Also the average Xbox Live Gold subscriber has 23 friends on their Xbox Live friends list.

Get this, more than 1.2 billion cross-game invites have been sent since the launch of Xbox 360.

Whoa.