Recent content by Yoshi Sugawara

Saw this last night with my wife and brother in San Francisco. Since it had recieved barely any marketing attention, there were only a few others in the theater. It was definitely worthwhile, I really appreciated the accurate (at least for me) portrayal of the Japanese during that time...

I bought this blindly last Friday (my first blind TV series buy in a long time), and this is absolutely one of the best buys (excuse the pun) I ever made. Everything about the show is well executed, nothing is ever too over-the-top. The flashbacks are one of my favorite parts, especially how...

As far as superhero films, it feels like it doesn't get any better than this. I was floored at the nearly flawless blend and execution of character development, comedy, and action. I really liked the fact that the characters were the focus of the film, which makes the whole experience more...

My fiance's parents got our dog Bowlingual from Japan a year ago - overall, it's sort of hit-or-miss. It's a toy, you have fun with what messages appear, and it's amusing at times. The problem is that our dog doesn't bark that much, unless she really has to (someone walking by the apartment...

My fiance called me all the way from Japan (visiting her parents) and asked me to post a question in the HTF :) She wanted to ask about powered TV antennas and whether they help in her parents' situation or not. The thing is, her parents live in a mountainous area, and I'm not sure if an...

I'm too lazy to translate it, but my brother works for GamePro and attended the FF12 press conference in Tokyo, and wrote an article: http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/news/31775.shtml Also, an interview he had with Square: http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/game...es/31807.shtml...

My brother works for GamePro, and he just came back from the Square-Enix announcement in Tokyo and told me he just posted news on it: http://www.gamepro.com/sony/ps2/games/news/31775.shtml Just thought I'd give a shameless plug :)

I wasn't expecting much after seeing that the majority of critics dismissed it as a mindless exercise in special effects. While I agree that there were a lot of special effects, but I felt they were appropriate in their purpose. The movie wasn't as bad as I would have been led to believe...

I haven't played SW: Galaxies at all but the genral concensus I gather from various sites/opinions are: Pros: - nice Star Wars scenery - good social scene, encourages interaction Cons: - there's too little static content (intersting missions, etc) - character classes are unbalanced -...

Not sure what you are really interested in, but how about Network Administrator, Technical Support Associate, Computer Support Specialist, or something along those lines. You might want to try mid- to small- sized businesses, as they seem like those types of companies really need the support...

A fun, feel-good movie that's actually a family film without you realizing it is. Jack Black is hilarious, and the kids seem very real and are likeable as well. Nice buildup to the end, and I thought Joan Cusack also did a great job. 8.5/10

The director basically said something like, "Suntory whiskey has a century of history behind it, and I want you to convey that legacy to the viewers." That "look at camera with intensity" comment by the translator just shows that she didn't really know what to say :) The bus advertisement...

A great film - Bill Murray was great, and Sofia Coppola really captured the atmosphere of Japan really well - from a Japanese perspective, nothing felt out of place at all. It was interesting for my fiance and I as Japanese speakers to see the film, as we got to see it from "both sides", so...

Good luck on the move - Japan has 100v current, not 220 btw :)

A note about performance, I also had some slowdowns/frame rate hitches on my P4 2GHz/ 768MB RAM/ GeForce 4 Ti4200 , running at max settings - I had to turn down to 1152x864 to get better performance.