Ryudo wrote:

beedle wrote: SINCE WERE BEING HONEST AND PUTTING OUR CARDS ON THE TABLE I'M CALLING OUT YOKOSUKA MARTIN. I WILL NEVER FORGIVE THAT MOTHERFUCKER.

Did you probe your anus? Gosh darn aliens

good joke buddy

I made a video about this, it's nearly an hour long (yes really) so I'll totally understand if you guys don't want to watch it or sit through it all, but none the less here it is.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-01RIqtttE[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_kJp6SXBtI[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KLjoFMj8Q8[/youtube]

Remind me not to turn to Yama for riveting conversation.

Fuckk, still got the blues from my Japan trip last August.

Going to be years before I go again, if I ever do.

Playing Space Harrier in an Akihabara arcade was the biggest nerd-on ever.

If any of you get the chance to go, being as you are Shenmue fans.. gooooooooooo
My life's dream dude. May take a few years. But saving up. I plan to land on the shores smile and pass on meet my maker...wait..no fuck that I have games to buy and shit to see first fuckas. :twisted:

Seriously tho something I dreamt about for the past decade and a half. Never had the opportunity really. So finally able to save and make one. I do believe I will be close to 40 or more (30 now) before it happens. So I am hanging on to my ticker til then. If it goes out soon after. Be ok finally did all I wanted :mrgreen:

Thought you or someone had a massive Japan pic thread

You have a great Shenmue collection bro!

Tip of the ice berg there sir. But thank you.

well, who will be a good parter for suzuki? that is one of his concerns in making shenmue 3. hell, if i won the power ball, i would donate that money to get shenmue 3 made. getting shenmue 3 funded is why i bother playing the powe ball or lottery these days

I maintain Mark Cerny would be a good fit.

I will once again shamelessly plug one of my videos explaining this. Please note, it's 54 minutes long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-01RIqtttE

Thanks. You guys just reminded me..........I'm not in Japan right now.




I'll have to get on voice chat tonight and try to chat up some nihonjins to ease my newly bestowed sadness.

Been a great day. Good good news for my mom. Had a great lunch. Got some nice new shirts. Picked up a coupe sealed games at a thrift store and was a great spring day. Now watching the NFL draft. Everything just went well. Ice cube is not the only one who had a good day.

Check some of the feedback he got off one of the guys he bought from...

AVOID! RESOLD MY ITEM WITHIN 3 DAYS W/O CONTACTING EBAY. AWFUL. DO NOT BUY
No More Heroes 2 Limited edition Wii & Rare No More Heroes Figure USA SELLER (#110907785088)

This guy reckons he's the real deal...

The Dickinson's Real Deal!!
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Ziming wrote:

uchihamadarav wrote: yh, this needs more promoting. Ziming any chance of a youtube?

Adam Koralik has plans to upload a video. He's a huge Dreamcast enthusiast and a fan of Shenmue.

http://www.youtube.com/user/AdamKoralik

Yes, this is true.

Casual gaming last few years has earned this reputation of not real gamers or some 99 cent game on IOS. Or Wii Sports. While the "Hardcore" go play "real games". Been given this rep as it's killing the industry. No what hurts the industry is shovelware and AAA games that put more graphics than gameplay into it(Crysis 3)

Well I am going to list a few games that are casual. Call of Duty or any FPS multiplayer. Mario,Sonic,Sports games,Street Fighter many download games. Now before you freak out. Casual gaming is a game that you can pick up and just play have fun either by yourself or with friends. The gaming industry was founded on casual experiences. Pong,Pac-Man,Donkey Kong. Atari,NES. These systems many of the games were meant to be picked up and just have fun right away. You also had games like Ninja Gaiden,Mega Man,Final Fantasy that took more effort and time and skills.

I can invest hundreds of hours in a RPG but also turn around and pick up a Kart racing game or Pinball. Shovelware and Casual are not the same thing. Shoevelware can ever be a bigger budget series but released every year to milk every last drop. Still the same game for the most part and using a graphics engine it first used 7 years ago. Games like Wii fit are kind of a gray area to me. Fitness games been around since the 80's. I can see where it would fit in. I can also see where people lump it with Shovelware. Havest Moon is a 20 year old series and very casual while also investing time and effort into but a very relaxed and simplified type of game, Same as Animal crossing. Farmville is the shovelware for stealing a concept and making you pay real money and a bad clone to boot.

I don't really care for the labels gamers brand one another. Just that I feel casual gaming itself is fine and gaming was founded on having fun and the primary goal of most casual games is to relax and have fun.

It has begun!

I am doing a video on Mistwalker tonight and also have a small thing done for Dragon Quest fans. I hope you like it.

Was thinking you should do a new video, maybe a recent pickups or something.

I know it might appear sad but I genuinely like your videos haha
lol thanks. I don't try and be a pro. Just do it for fun. Also always wing it so guess why sometimes I ramble or have a long pause. Tonight will be Mistwalker related.

god damn... this like literally all I want from video games. seriously, fuck halo and what ever else the fuck fps comes out. Just give me S3

I'll let you know..

Yes I'm a member! I hope you liked it!

haha, wow what a fleeting appearance Iwao makes. It's almost creepy for some reason. But still, good days huh- Nutty Prof, mind booglingly cool Sony robot dogs, Iwao, and when Janet was a bonafide and less plastic surgery riddled (or maybe just younger, I can't really tell) all in one glorious pop time capsule.

Please can someone reccomend me some good 2 player DC games.

Like MVC2, VF3,


Last Blade 2
Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves
Capcom vs Snk
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
DoA2
Giga Wing
Ikaruga

The last two aren't fighting game like you asked for, but they are rediculously fun 2 player shmups that have endless replay value.

^ and Dynamite Cop!

If anyone ever needs to relax, listen to this stuff. Kinda reminds me of Shenmue in some parts

And I dreamed of a girl like two peas similar to Aishwarya Rai Perhaps it's fate .... And then I woke up .....

You are not authorised to read this forum.

Video coming soon. And this is in San Francisco huh?

To those interested, my thoughts on this situation.

these 90s videos always make me feel so cozy for some reason, great work rakim.

I'm on board. I'll make one for my channel.

As it stands, in a different Shenmue video, I'll be promoting it again. However I will do a dedicated video on the 1st or second.

Are you asking me to do two videos? One for my channel and a different one for the Dojo's channel?

YES THIS IS ME!!! i have been sying since day 1 get him in the game! and my persistence paid off! i did it for all of the shenmue community!

One example of detail in Shenmue that I never really appreciated until now is the climbing of stairs in Shenmue.

Nearly every game I can think of just has the characters move up the stairs as if they were a ramp. Shenmue is the only game off the top of my head that bothers to have a separate animation showing the characters moving up each individual step.

Hello and welcome to the 2013 Shenmue Dojo Awards! I will be your host for the evening.

Please, have a seat, grab a beverage, pause redtube and get ready for the shocking results!

Now without further ado I present to you:



2013 Best Newcomer:
Runners Up:
Deschain (3)
Rhino Hazuki (3)
YCC (3)
ShenmueTree (3)

3rd Place:
ShenSun (4)

2nd Place:
Adam Koralik (8)

1st Place:
Radar (9)
Raithos (9)

A TIE! Congratulations gentlemen! Make sure to stick around!



2013 Buzz Killington:
Runners Up:
Thief (4)
south carmain (3)
lavrentis (2)
Who Really Cares (2)

3rd Place:
Mittenz (5)
Ryudo (5)

A Tie!

2nd Place:
mue26 (8)

1st Place:
AnimeGamer (15)

By a landslide! Job well done sir!

2013 Most Missed Member:
Runners Up:
Mr Frozen (3)
Joe Pesci (3)
Brothaman (3)
Spokane (3)
Ryudo (3)

3rd Place:
Martin (4)
Tuffty (4)
Dorian (4)
A three way with Dorian! How fitting.

2nd Place:
Clint (5)

1st Place:
Kiba (12)

2013 Biggest Bully:
Runners Up:
TEEPO (2)
Who Really Cares? (2)
Riku Rose (2)
Segata (2)

3rd Place:
beedle (7)
That's gotta hurt!

2nd Place:
Mittenz (10)

1st Place:
QWERTY (16)
What a lead! Looks like he bullied the competition as well!

2013 Funniest Member:
Runners Up:
beedle (4)
Bambi (3)
Sailors? (2)
Crimson Ryan (2)
sonikku (2)

3rd Place:
Rakim (5)
Oh my! I'd like to thank the academy, my 6th grade teacher and Chappelle's Show reruns for making this all possible.

2nd Place:
Mittenz (9)
south carmain (9)
A tie! You're both hilarious!

1st Place:
QWERTY (13)
Let's Get Sweaty (13)
Another tie! Its getting crazy in here tonight! Good luck to the both you.

2013 Biggest Punchbag:
Runners Up:
Jeff (2)

3rd Place:
Mue26 (6)

2nd Place:
Ryudo (8)

1st Place:
AnimeGamer (10)
Another 1st Place prize to Mr.Gamer! You're going somewhere kid!

2013 Coolest Member:
Runners Up:
mue26 (3)
mittenz (3)
Henry (3)
St. Elmo's Fire (3)
Kiyuu (3)
Raithos (3)
Ziming (3)
south carmain (3)

3rd Place:
Peter (4)

2nd Place:
Kenny (7)
OL (7)

1st Place:
Rakim (12)
Oh My Gawd! I don't know what to say! I've got to give it up to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for providing me with the strength to be so cool.

2013 Handheld GOTY:
Runners Up:
Sudoku (2)
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (2)
Animal Crossing 3DS (2)
Fire Emblem Awakening (2)

3rd Place:
Ys: Memories of Celceta (3)
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (3DS) (3)
MineSweeper (3)

2nd Place:
Persona 4: Golden (Vita) (5)

1st Place:
Zelda a link between worlds (6)

2013 Console/PC GOTY:
Runners Up:
Gone Home (2)
The Wolf Among Us (2)
GTA V (2)
Tekken Revolution (2)
Tales of Xillia (2)

3rd Place:
Assassin's Creed IV (3)
Killer is Dead (3)
Arkham Origins (3)
Metal Gear Rising (3)
dirty pantsu quest 9 (3)

2nd Place:
Ni no Kuni (6)

1st Place:
The Last of Us (9)


And now I'd like to bring you what you've all been waiting for. The awards for Best and Worst members of 2013!

2013 Worst Member:
Runners Up:
Segata (4)
Perfect Chaos (3)
mrslig (3)
beedle (3)

3rd Place:
QWERTY (6)
mue26 (6)

2nd Place:
Ryudo (9)
Wow a blast from the past! Congratulations!

1st Place:
AnimeGamer (10)
Wow three first place trophies! Looks you're gonna be the big winner for tonight! Great job sir!

2013 Member of the Year:
Runners Up:
OL (7)
Rakim (7)
Ziming (6)
wude (5)
Kenny (4)

3rd Place:
Henry (8)

2nd Place:
Let's Get Sweaty (11)

1st Place:
MiTT3NZ (12)
Wow! I'm sure this is going to cause a stir! Congratulations to our 2013 Member of the Year!

Well that's that. It sure has been a wacky night!
Thanks again to all those that voted and congratulations to all of our winners!

Some of you have suggested prizes, well you're not getting anything from me, but you may be getting a PM from one of our more generous members here so keep an eye on your inbox. Good night.


There was a category called Community Contribution but most of youse voted for people instead of the contributions themselves so I took it out of the results. But to give props to those people doing cool stuff out there here is the full list of results.


2013 Community Contribution Award:
Let's Get Sweaty (12)
Ziming (11)
Rakim (5)
sm1th (4)
Kiyuu (3)
xhizors92 (3)
shengoro86 (2)
Giorgio (2)
Mittenz (1)
mike177 (1)
Yama (1)

Also, in case you haven't realized it, the numbers in parentheses are the number of points that member received.