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Mahjong Stuff in Pon No Michi 10 - Christmas Mahjong American Style

The Christmas party at the parlor is one of the mahjong-lightest episodes yet, second only to maybe the barbecue.

David Cabrera

28 Mar 2024 — 4 min read

The Christmas party at the parlor is one of the mahjong-lightest episodes yet, second only to maybe the barbecue.

Emi’s dream

This is another prophetic dream that plays out exactly as depicted here later in the episode. This time the girls make the cheating blatantly obvious because the hand is cute: 111222m222555p77s. That is to say, it’s spelling out 12/25 with two Christmas trees (7s) on top.

I’d tell you more about the Fatal Fury: City Of The Wolves beta if I hadn’t spent half my time waiting for a match

I had a great time playing City of the Wolves over the weekend and I’m looking forward to the completed game, but whether I buy it on launch or wait until it’s on sale depends entirely upon whether or not this online matchmaking experience improves.

Bonus: Some of my favorite characters in Virtua Fighter 5 REVO

Now that the review-vital stuff is out of the way, I want to talk about the point that actually makes VF so fun and so rewarding to return to. That’s the characters, and how well-defined they are. I get that they don’t have the lore and story modes

Virtua Fighter 5 REVO with rollback netcode is my Forever Video Game

Listen, I reviewed this game the last time it came out. On the Xbox 360. For Joystiq. Nine years ago. So I’m not going to write the same review again, say everything I’ve been yelling on street corners about Virtua Fighter for twenty years. I’ll try and

The Colors Within/Kimi no Iro is concentrated sweetness and transcendent performance

Her direction is natural, intimate, soft, gentle and sweet like a hand cradling your chin. She makes you feel like you are physically sharing the same space as the characters. It’s no surprise that her works have forged some pretty intense connections with their viewers.