Comments on: Daily Blogroll 6/24 — I Love Allergies edition

By: Tipa

Tipa — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:01:34 +0000

Okay, that was speculation, but with Aion the closest thing to a high profile WoW-clone currently in beta that I know of, anyway, it was the first that came to mind — especially since you were so clear about Fallen Earth.

So, what’s the subscription non-Aion WoW-clone you were referring to?

By: Tobold

Tobold — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:52:51 +0000

Hey! I didn’t talk about Aion in that post! I talked about clones of WoW that offer nothing new, and no improvement over the original. I haven’t played Aion, didn’t get into the beta, but as far as I’ve heard it offers new features like flying, and improvements in graphics and character animations. I think Aion will sell quite well.

By: Tipa

Tipa — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:41:05 +0000

@Hirvox Gaiman’s English script for Princess Mononoke was incredible — so much trouble to make mouth movements match and so successful.

By: We Fly Spitfires

We Fly Spitfires — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:57:07 +0000

It’s my opinion that most people still want to find the ‘perfect’ MMO for them. The grass is always greener right? So, everyone gets hyped up about the new game thinking it will be the right one for them. Sometimes it is, sometimes it isn’t.

By: Hirvox

Hirvox — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:24:15 +0000

Proper dubs are actually quite hard to do, which is why you see (and hear) so many horrible ones. Even Neil Gaiman, a brilliant writer on his own right, remarked on how hard it is to make one: You really can’t translate the jokes, certain languages have subtle intonations that cannot easily be replicated in an another language (for example, Japanese tends to be slightly different depending on whether you’re talking to a friend, an equal or a superior), the original work assumes that the viewer understands certain cultural idiosyncracies and last but not least, some languages simply tend to be shorter than others. From what I understood, making a good dub of Akira is practically impossible without redrawing because the mouth movements were drawn to match the original Japanese voice acting, and you simply cannot say the same thing in English using the same amount of syllables.

The interview is here: http://www.hollywoodgothique.com/gaiman.html

By: Saylah

Saylah — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:41:14 +0000

BTW – Feel better soon Tipa. Several co-workers have had a particularly rough season this year with allergies. Mine have been the opposite – they’ve lessened dramatically since moving from IL to back to GA. Very odd since I grew up in NYC and had no allergies so I don’t think it’s a city thing.

By: KillTrash

KillTrash — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:59:04 +0000

My first Miyazaki movie was Spirited Away. A good friend of mine recommended it to me, but it took me a while to rent it, since I’m not really into Anime stuff anymore. I watched it with my wife and we both loved it! Since then we’ve watched Princess Mononoke, Howl’s Moving Castle and Grave of the Fireflies (a Ghibli movie but not Miyazaki’s).

I haven’t heard from Ponyo yet, but I’ll make sure I’ll check that out.

By: Ravious

Ravious — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:57:12 +0000

/agree with Openedge1… Tobold needs to go back to WoW, his posts now are so conjecturish. It feels like he lost purpose. :(

By: Saylah

Saylah — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:49:56 +0000

I have all of Miyazaki’s films that have been dub’d in english. They are amazing films and portray the heart of excites me about fantasy.

I found the Blizzard Recruit a Friend quite simple actually. I didn’t encounter any issues. We were both online and linked within minutes. The only annoying aspect are the restrictions they’ve placed on trial accounts to thwart gold farmers which isn’t tied to the friends program. You’d encounter this silly restrictions like no-trading, no email, no whispering, etc. using any trial account.

By: openedge1

openedge1 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:38:30 +0000

Tobold already has it in for Aion anyways. His vision of the game is skewed on so many counts.

Today he already has a post based on someone else’s blog post that has a very misinformed view of the selling of gear (player shops vs AH)
Looks like he has found another reason not to play…as if he is trying his best to hate it.

Whatever