Holy crap, this is one of the all time great QLs. I laughed my ass off, then 30 mins later said “fuck it” and watched the whole thing again. And laughed my ass off AGAIN.
Most of the voice actors in this game also appear in Shenmue I or II (i.e. Ryan Drees played both President Michael Wilson and Tom the hot dog stand guy). Jeremy Blaustein talked a while back about the reason why the voice acting was so bad in Shenmue, and said it was mainly because Yu Suzuki insisted the english dialogue be recorded in Japan. There simply weren't enough decent voice actors for the job.
Since this game was Japan-only it looks like the same thing happened. If you were a native English speaking actor in Japan at the time who sounded at least fairly professional, you got the job in both games. Even if you probably couldn't cut it as an actor in the US.
The phrase is most definitely "cut the mustard" not "cut the muster." It's first used in the late 19th Century in the US. And Abby's question is a good one-- there's no consensus about it's origin. There's a good discussion of it here:
There's a lot of speculation about where it came from (i.e. the use of a sharp knife to cut tiny mustard seeds, or the use of a sharp scythe to cut the tall growing mustard plant) but there's no definitive evidence found in contemporary texts.
Wario and Waluigi Enemies a-comin to get me Toad say he never a-met me Pipes a-run underground with Monty Mole diggin’ holes Mushroom Kingdom full a-things Swear-o god, a-sounds like they screamin’ Chain Chomps and Boos are a-cryin’ Butt-stomp-a the Goombas until it all a-quiet ‘round me
Pigs in Blankets History, i.e. the UK is straight up wrong:
From mobile-cuisine.com:
"For today’s Did You Know we will look at Pigs in a Blanket fun facts.
Pigs in a Blanket Fun Facts: The term “pigs in a blanket” often refers to hot dogs, Vienna sausages, cocktail or breakfast/link sausages wrapped in biscuit dough, pancake, or croissant dough, and baked.
The first written record of pigs in a blanket occurs in Betty Crocker’s Cooking for Kids in 1957."
From metro.co.uk
"Pigs in blankets
We have a lot to thank America for – Leonardo DiCaprio, Oreos – and also our favourite pig-on-pig treat. The earliest written record of pigs in blankets dates back to 1957, making them the same age as Oscar-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis (and just as tasty too)."
Not a big deal, but just so the crew know: For the first 6 hours or so after a livestream is uploaded, I can't get the last 4-5 minutes to play. It starts working eventually, so I don't really miss much. But it is a bit of a pain if I'm watching something live and have to cut out early, cause then I normally can't catch up on what I missed till the next day.
I know people have a lot of doubts about Stadia's latency, but from putting in a few hours into Project Stream I can say that it really wasn't noticeable at all. Like shockingly so. That being said, I realize that FPS or fighting games or sports game are totally different from an AC style game when it comes to needing low latency, but we'll see.
Oh, and the correction about Game Pass is essentially correct, although I don't remember y'all getting it wrong in the first place. Xbox was never required and you could always get Game Pass as a purely PC user if you were satisfied with the 16 or so games on offer. A lot of the other details about PC Game Pass (cost, will it be included with regular Xbox Game Pass, will it be included in Game Pass Ultimate or just be a totally separate subscription) still haven't been clarified by Microsoft.
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