Do I feel Lucky?

Dear SEGA,

Go ahead, SEGA...
Make my day by releasing
Shenmue in HD!

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.

Reunion

Dear SEGA,

Xiuying and Ziming
have to be reunited!
It has to happen.

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.

Wolf Team Forever!

Sega CD has
a few unknown games like this.
Lost in Nippon land..

Third Party

Dear SEGA,

You can either be
an EA or a 3DO.
What's it gonna be?

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.

The Cave

SEGA teaming up with Double Fine is very good news indeed. Rather surprising news, at that! I hope they both make the best of it. Though, when I think of caves and SEGA, I can't help but think of this.

Cliffhanging in a cave. (Not the talking, funny kind, either.)

During the recent Kickstarter campaign for Double Fine Adventure, I made a donation of 100 dollars just so I could get my name in the credits, (not just that, the game, and the rewards were enticing, too) so of course I made my name "Make Shenmue 3, SEGA!" I hope they leave it in, as I'll get a chuckle every time I play it, I'm sure. Not that it'll do any good for the Shenmue campaign, it being crammed in the end credits with 9000 other names, but it'll be good for a laugh in the years to come at least, that's for sure. It must also be said, that by the time I donated, they were already at 3 million bucks, which was above and beyond the goal of 300k. They most certainly did not need my greenbacks, so there was no altruistic intention on my part. I simply wanted to see Shenmue in another game's credits. Oh, and the chuckles.


Back to the topic at hand. The Cave is about an assortment of individuals that come to a talking cave (the game's narrator) to get a wish granted, all the while exploring their inner demons. In my mind, It sounds like it'll be a dementedly funny Fantasy Island. The gameplay is an amalgamation of Maniac Mansion, Metroid, and The Lost Vikings. Sign me the fuck up! You pick three of seven eclectic, playable characters, all of which you can switch out at any time, and go exploring each of the characters' respective areas that unlock according to who you have in your party. There are also multiple ways to accomplish tasks dependent on said chosen characters. It supports 3 player local play, as well. The magic number.

Not only does it HAVE local multiplayer, it lacks online play. I like your style, Ron Gilbert! In the Eurogamer preview I compiled all my info about this game from, he jokingly states, "Our servers will work on day one." A nice, timely, little jab at Diablo III makers, Blizzard, and the tyrannical, money munching bastards, Kotickvision.

It's always great to see SEGA support indie devs, even more awesome that they're publishing Double Fine games, and, like all Double Fine games, it's nice to see something that doesn't pander to the modern day teenage/retards in general demographic. Quite the opposite, as it seems like this is gonna be quite an amazing, little throwback, yet a leap forward at the same time, and I can't wait to play it.

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.

Let's Hope You Feel Better Now

Dear SEGA,

It's too bad he's dead.
He could have put you out of
your long misery...

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.

Reggielution 2

Dear Reggie Phils Amie,

Defect to SEGA.
Reggienate them back into
sweet profit margins.

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.

En Humo

Dear SEGA,

 It's really sad to
see you guys go up in smoke.
Not so far out, man.

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.

16 Button Presses A Second

Dear SEGA,

Did he say sorry
for copying Wonder Boy?
Ha! Probably not.

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.

Mega Driver

You can't fuckin' buy
Sega Genesitars, man.
Gotta mod that shit!

Shake Your Moneymakers

Dear SEGA,

Fans can chip in, too.
We'd shake our moneymakers
to help fund the game.

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.

Cools

Good stuff coming soon.
The new VF's coming out
in a couple weeks.

Okawa Sama

Isao Okawa! 
The man, the myth, the legend! 

Rest in peace, good sir!

Smithsonian

Dear SEGA,

Never thought I'd see
Dreamcast in a museum.
And Shenmue to boot!

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.

Exile

Dear SEGA,

This song reminds me
of when you gave up consoles.
It sums it up well.

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.

Gray Suit, Glasses

Try watching these using the Youtube auto caption feature. Pretty good stuff. If you enjoy things like
Star Wars: The Backstroke of the West, then you must. To enable the feature, click on CC, then transcribe audio. Let it do it's thing for a second  or three and click ok, then click on translate captions and whichever language you prefer. If CC doesn't show, then you have to select it as an option in your settings. I found it hard to select English a lot of the time, but it is in beta, so whatever. Do what ya gotta do to get it to select the right language, it's worth it. It's not all great, or very intelligible, but there are some gold nuggets here. There's a couple different versions of the same video for even more fun.

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Shy, Sickly Schoolgirl

Shy around strangers.
"She avoids talking to them,"
says her friend Eiko.

Homebrewed

Thank god for Homebrew.
Ya know, it's good for more than
just pirating games.

Drawing A Blank

Dear SEGA,

I'm drawing a blank...
So I guess today I'll just
not talk about it.

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.

Possibly The Last Shitty Limerick For Ya

There once was a game from the East
It went West and thus was released
Shenmue was its name
A really great game
Too bad that sales were not increased              

I Need A Vacation

Dear SEGA,

For 3 years straight now,
I have blogged here every day.
Ha! Like you guys care!

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.

Sweet SEGA O' Mine

Where's the old SEGA?
These days it just seems like an
awful cover band.

Sincerely Yours,
C.M0USE

Vicious

Dear SEGA,

Just like Sid Vicious,
your console business died young.
GODDAMNED TRAGEDIES.

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.

Tout Feu Tout Flamme

Dear SEGA,

And so I'm still here
pleading for a Shenmue 3.
Well, for the moment...

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.

Inafking

Dear SEGA,

What should you do now?
Get Keiji Inafune
to make SEGA games!

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.

The Manager

Left previous job
to open up the Slot House.
Likes plastic models!

WESTERNIZE THIS, PLEASE!

Dear SEGA,

This shit is crazy!
Just what the dump truckin' fruck
is happening here?!

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.

Presently Patient

Is Shenmue 3 out?
Not at the present moment,
but give it some time.

Nom De Plume

Dear SEGA,

I changed my name to
Just Another Shenmue Fan.
More accurate, eh?

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.  O_O

Life Without Shenmue 3

Time to tweet #hashtags!
Head on over to Twitter,
after watching this.

Know Your Role

Dear SEGA,

Make Shenmue 3 and
be the people's champion.
Like this fella here.

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.

Season Of The Witch

Dear SEGA,

I do love good jokes
and this is the best ever.
A joke on fanboys!

Sincerely Yours,
Just Another Shenmue Fan.