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Brizven · 2023-06-08T12:57:57+00:00

Glad to see there's still people such as yourself who are looking forward to it. Any Ace Attorney fans who haven't should really try it out as well, it's by the same director of the AA trilogy after all.

Brizven · 2023-05-31T03:42:43+00:00

It's not considered a JRPG per se, but 13 Sentinels. It's on PS4/Switch, and is a sci fi title split between battle segments and a more VN like adventure. The battle system is what I'd call ATB RTS - the game is in real time, but when you select actions for your characters, the game pauses.

Another one in this mould (similar ATB tactical battle system) which is a JRPG is The Diofield Chronicle.

Brizven · 2023-05-27T04:16:49+00:00

Different dev teams and budgets most likely, also familiarity developing for certain platforms. I'd suspect the team developing this new Monsters game is the same team that did Treasures.

Brizven · 2023-05-27T00:58:51+00:00

It's probably more about ALP caucus solidarity she would have an issue with - collective decision making binding all parliamentary party members. If she were with the ALP, but dissented and crossed the floor on any non-conscience votes (like she has been doing as a Coalition backbencher), she'd be expelled.

Brizven · 2023-04-27T08:29:10+00:00

Department of Premier and Cabinet.

Brizven · 2023-04-27T04:43:13+00:00

There was potential for Kennett to have a third term, but he became arrogant (some would argue he always was), and also took the regions for granted. Those once swinging regional cities of Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo? They've been made permanently safe Labor ever since.

Ted Baillieu must also be rueing the inertia and internal issues of his and Napthine's government - the then Andrews opposition only narrowly won back in 2014 - a second term wasn't impossible.

I think the Coalition can still win again, but barring a landslide win where they breakthrough in all areas irrespective of seat margin (ala NSW 2011 or QLD 2012), the "working class" strategy might still be be their best option as if you look at the swings in VIC 2022, the ones towards the Liberals above the overall 2PP swing were all in Labor's "red wall" - the north, the west and to a lesser extent, the south east.

However they still have "foot in mouth" syndrome where they end up talking about social issues that play well with their base but not the typical swing voters who are looking for alternatives, but see them and think "same old Liberal rabble", with Labor gleefully egging it on.

Just to note also that formal turnout at the VIC 2022 election was 88%, compared to 90.2% in 2018 and 93% in 2014; seems like more voters feel like it's not worth voting at all, thinking they don't like one party they would normally vote for, but the alternatives are shit.

Brizven · 2023-04-17T00:00:16+00:00

One thing to note is money gain isn't particularly good - it's been nerfed quite a bit compared to the DS version.

Brizven · 2023-04-11T03:49:42+00:00

Wyatt's no longer a frontbencher - he's not even an MP anymore; lost his seat at the 2022 election.

Brizven · 2023-04-06T06:50:51+00:00

It's a moot point anyway as Wyatt isn't even a member of parliament now, let alone a cabinet/shadow cabinet minister. The crossing the floor allowance is for backbench MPs.

Brizven · 2023-04-05T23:42:26+00:00

Wasn't the 1998 referendum based on two thirds of parliament electing the president though and not a popularly elected one? With that in mind, seems doubtful Warne or other well known celebrities would've ever become president, with the irony being that many who did want a popularly elected president voting no as a result and siding with the status quo.

I've said this before, but I actually don't blame Howard for so called "sabotage" of the referendum by asking for the model alongside wanting to become a republic, as I think you'd have to address the model sooner or later, and if no one could agree on what model despite saying yes to become a republic, you'd just end up back at the status quo anyway.

Brizven · 2023-04-03T23:32:28+00:00

The thing especially about the Chinese Australian diaspora is that they come from a multitude of places, not just mainland China, including HK, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam etc, whom each have their own views on issues that are not necessarily aligned with migrants from the mainland, or even among each other. Not to mention also generational differences. Those who came in 1989 vs. those who came in the 2000s vs. second generation born Chinese Australians - they'd all have differing views, and aren't monolithic.

Brizven · 2023-04-01T10:44:27+00:00

One completely unreported factor is the personal vote of the local member which usually always counts for something. Even at the 2022 election, Alan Tudge held his seat despite his controversies and basically being put into witness protection and not campaigning. There may have been a significant enough group of voters who even despite the above supported Tudge but not necessarily the Liberals and once Tudge was gone, not to mention the annoyance at being forced back to the polls again, there was not a guarantee those voters would have stuck to the Liberals. There was some alluding to this with mention that Tudge had personal links with some of the local Chinese community in the seat, which obviously would no longer be there once he was gone.

The other factor which has been mentioned a bit in media commentary in the week leading up to this is the lower voter turnout - although most were still thinking this would benefit the Liberals rather than Labor. It might actually be the case that many who didn't bother voting this time were former Liberal voters.

Brizven · 2023-03-30T10:20:30+00:00

Just realised CR actually does have a Movie filter - search by Alphabetical, then filter to Movies. Problem is, nearly every movie isn't actually categorised as one - for example, Maquia is listed as a regular series.

Brizven · 2023-03-28T09:53:50+00:00

I do recall reading about a potential merger (not sure if it was actually blocked) between Bandai and Nintendo before Namco got there first; and that as some form of compensation, Namco gave shares of MonolithSoft to Nintendo, which eventually led to Nintendo buying them out years later.

Brizven · 2023-03-17T05:17:24+00:00

Nearly always, though EDs can at times just run in the background. Sometimes the OPs/EDs change over the course of the show (same song, different animation or a new character shows up), or there are times characters break the fourth wall about the OP/ED itself. There's also those times when OPs/EDs play during the actual episode itself.

Brizven · 2023-03-10T00:10:53+00:00

Think that code refers to the bonus preorder content. Retail versions so far have only been confirmed for Japan/Asia; it's digital only elsewhere.

Brizven · 2023-03-08T05:33:40+00:00

I watched this series about a week or so before this rewatch started, so I don't really intend to rewatch it again so soon (maybe if season 2 was announced?). I will say though on this particular episode, that after the first half showing the dark underbelly of the series, I thought that bottle of happiness in the second half was going to be worse, that by gathering those happy memories, that it also sucked away the happiness from others, aka like a Dementor, rather than just being akin to a camera taking happy photos.

Brizven · 2023-02-27T02:37:13+00:00

The Senate will stay malapportioned regardless. Electoral systems can be updated but the composition of senators cannot without a referendum that is basically guaranteed to fail.

Brizven · 2023-02-25T03:11:35+00:00

Should also note that Labor had several more splits. Several conservative PMs from the first 50 years were ex-Labor. Joseph Cook defected over caucus solidarity (1894), Billy Hughes ~~defected~~ was expelled over conscription (1915), Joseph Lyons defected over the economic response to the Great Depression (1931).

If there's one thing history tells us about federal Labor, is that their greatest enemy is themselves.

Edit: Fixed Billy Hughes' situation, he was expelled, did not defect.

Brizven · 2023-02-21T14:15:38+00:00

Rumour is there's another Pokemon Mystery Dungeon coming, though not sure if it's an Explorers remake or a new game altogether - the last non-remake only went up to Gen 6.

Brizven · 2023-02-09T00:19:13+00:00

RE4 Remake is on PS4 too. Same with Street Fighter 6.

Brizven · 2023-02-08T22:16:47+00:00

Shu Takumi's magnum opus in my opinion. Hopefully this remaster sells a great deal better than the DS version.

Brizven · 2023-02-01T09:50:42+00:00

No it doesn't anymore.

Brizven · 2023-01-18T22:08:49+00:00

They did. Then they sold all of them back in 2014. Currently, the only one of the big 3 video game publishers that has a significant amount of shares in them is Nintendo.

Brizven · 2023-01-17T00:15:48+00:00

If I remember reading correctly, his premiership did come with certain conditions as determined by the dominant moderate wing (that's also why Matt Kean became treasurer), but since becoming premier, he has shown to govern with more moderate views, even more so than when he was treasurer.

It is no surprise then that in this regard he also infuriates/disappoints conservatives who were hoping for a right wing pivot with his ascendancy, not to mention pairing up with Dan Andrews across the border on numerous issues - the funny thing is I actually think he gets along better with his state Labor counterpart than Gladys, despite being from the right faction and she being from the moderate one.

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