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Japanese boss’ kind reaction to employee ditching work, playing pachinko, losing company car in fire
The neighborhood of Otsuka is very different from what it once was–and even more so without its most iconic building.
The driving force behind this team-up isn’t nuclear power or existential angst, but little metal balls.
Politician wants people to know which businesses in one high-risk industry are ignoring warnings during the state of emergency.
A popular pachinko place claims to be “following suggestions by city mayors“, but is what they’re doing helpful?
A grim mortality rate for pachinko parlor management companies shines a light on the poor health of the industry.
”Preventative measures” sees visitors setting themselves back $75 before even stepping foot into the casino.
If smoke-filled rooms, loud noises and low win rates weren’t enticing you to go, there might actually be a few reasons to visit one now!
Turns out there’s a simple way you assess whether you’re a happy drunk or a dangerous one, at least according to one Japanese Twitter user.
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Videos have emerged of a man smashing pachinko machines with a hammer before being arrested by police.
Depending on how cynical a gamer you are, this is either the last thing you expected, or the first.
From the consumer end, it’s easy to mistakenly assume that video game publishers’ only concerns are creating art and providing fun. The reality, though, is that like with any human endeavor, time and money are always limiting factors in game development, and while an abundance of one can sometimes help cover for a lack of the other, at the end of the day there are only so many resources to go around, and companies can’t greenlight every project pitched to them.
But that just makes it all the more heart-warming when a major publisher gives the go-ahead to a new installment of a fan-favorite. Remember how a few months ago Konami halted digital distribution of horror sensation P.T. and the associated Silent Hills, the daydream-come-to-life collaboration between game and film directors Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro? All water under the bridge, because there’s a brand new Silent Hill game coming in October, and it’ll cost less than a buck to play!
Konami is even being bold enough to take the franchise into an entirely new genre: pachinko.
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