I'm a fan of Giant Bomb, but it seems the content from Japan like RPGs or dungeon crawlers aren't covered at all on the main site due to a lack of interest. What with Anime Vice seemingly running out of ideas, how good of an idea is it to let them cover these niche games that Giant Bomb doesn't [want to], along with the other Japanese entertainment? I'm not a massive fan of it myself, but coverage on more obscure Japanese software would be something that could keep me interested in a website for a long time. You could even bung Kessler there what with his quick look history.
Could Anime Vice Cover Japanese Games?
Probably not. They're an anime place, not a game place. It would be appreciated to have more Japanese coverage here, but the lack of it isn't very pressing.
Yeah, thats one thing they could do. They are either going to liquefy the site or revamp it and do things like what you're suggesting. It's sorta hard to have a site dedicated to anime and a site dedicated to comics living together, especially when there are a few amazing anime sites that people wont stop going to because of Anime Vice. They have to try to broaden their range of topics that way its not just a site about filling in the porn/hentia sections of the wiki and talking about fucking cartoons. If they somehow hired like two or three people that lived in Japan who could dedicate the site to all things otaku in Japan, that would be pretty awesome, but it would definitely be a hard thing to manage. If I spoke Japanese (which I plan on learning eventually) I would actually love to do something like that :P
Well, just being from Japan obviously is too far. This would go only for games like RPGs or obscure / niche games that would appeal to the anime community, if not being anime games entirely.
" @Detrian said:That confuses me greatly. Strength for who, and how?Not covering JRPGs or dungeon crawlers is hardly a failing. More like a greatest strength. "" Why would the anime website cover for the failings of the videogame website? "
" @tooPrime said:It's a strength in the addled mind of the stereotypical american gamer who thinks all jrpgs are stupid. This short sighted thinking can't apply to an international videogame website though." @Detrian said:That confuses me greatly. Strength for who, and how? "Not covering JRPGs or dungeon crawlers is hardly a failing. More like a greatest strength. "" Why would the anime website cover for the failings of the videogame website? "
" @Video_Game_King said:Oh my god, get over yourself. I was just making a joke. Don't pretend like you set the editorial standards for international video game websites." @tooPrime said:It's a strength in the addled mind of the stereotypical american gamer who thinks all jrpgs are stupid. This short sighted thinking can't apply to an international videogame website though. "" @Detrian said:That confuses me greatly. Strength for who, and how? "Not covering JRPGs or dungeon crawlers is hardly a failing. More like a greatest strength. "" Why would the anime website cover for the failings of the videogame website? "
"Don't pretend like you set the editorial standards for international video game websites. "Isn't that implying that video game journalism has standards :P?
Then they could change their name to Japanator and have employees who fantasize about watching moe all the time.
Seriously, that would be a good move for Anime Vice, since they're kinda fading out of existence at the moment. I wonder where their vids went, like the 1-minute expert movies. Those were pretty interesting.
Also, does anyone know who works there, because I honestly haven't seen any employee on camera except for the people in the vids where they reviewed manga.
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