Return to 1980’s Japan for one final, optional battle with super-hard Japanese numeric wordplay (goroawase) to understand the last three pager codes in Yakuza 0!
Tag: culture
How to Read Yakuza Zero’s Perplexing Pager Codes
Find out how Kiryū and Majima look at a string of seemingly-random numbers on their pager and somehow extract meaning from them.
Did Xenogears Really Fear a Lawsuit from “Star Trech?”
An explanation of the untranslatable joke from the Japanese version of Xenogears that led to an infamous fourth-wall breaking joke in the English release.
Regional Authenticity in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet
On August 3rd, we got a close look at the new Paldea region. What’s the origin behind the names, here? And did the Japanese ones differ?
Why Does Touhou’s Mokou Think Jelly Donuts are Scary?
Unraveling the layered context behind the immortal Mokou’s surprising expression of fear for jelly donuts in Touhou Eiyashou: Imperishable Night.