EarthBound – это японская ролевая игра, выделяющаяся своим необычным сеттингом и юмористическим тоном. Игрок управляет группой детей, путешествующих по сюрреалистичному миру, вдохновлённому американской культурой 90-х. Бои происходят в пошаговом режиме, где игрок выбирает действия для каждого члена отряда. Уникальной особенностью является система "rolling HP", когда урон наносится постепенно в течение нескольких секунд, позволяя игроку успеть вылечить персонажа или одержать победу до того, как он будет повержен. В игре отсутствуют случайные столкновения с врагами – все противники видны на карте, что дает возможность избежать нежелательных битв. Помимо сражений, игрок занимается исследованием мира, общением с NPC и решением головоломок. Сюжет EarthBound затрагивает темы дружбы, взросления и борьбы со злом, представленным в эксцентричной и запоминающейся форме.
Winter’s Chill change to: Gives your Frostbolt, Frost Blast, and Fingers of Frost empowered Ice Lance spells a 20/40/60/80/100% chance to apply Winter’s Chill, increasing the target’s damage taken from your next Cone of Cold by 5% and it gains an additional 7% of your spell damage, stacking up to 5 times. Mental Strength moved to Row 2 from Row 4 and changed to increase your intellect by 2/4/6/8/10%. New talent (Row 4): Dark Inspiration – Your Mind Blast and fully channeled Mind Flay causes Dark Inspiration, increasing yours and your party’s Spirit by 3/6/9/12/15% for 10 seconds. Shadow Mastery changed to increasing your Shadow spell damage by 2/4/6/8/10% (Was 1/2/3/4/5%).
Shigesato Itoi has recently taken a liking to Chiikawa and started sharing art he’s drawn of the characters. The creator of the Mother (Earthbound) RPG series released on Nintendo consoles has been spotted increasing his social media posts about the franchise ever since Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island launched in Japanese theaters in late July 2026. He eventually started drawing Chiikawa characters on his own from August 20, 2026. Most recently, Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island launched in theaters, first in Japan on July 24, 2026.
How Stephen King watching a train hit a kid led to Kiefer Sutherland making his videogame horse crap on command: A PC Gamer Causality Chain™ Many of our greatest works are downstream of terrible woe. Tactical espionage action, of a sort 🧵 Unspool 🧵 November 6, 2001: 25 years after the release of Stand by Me, the first episode of Fox's action thriller 24 airs on American television, starring Kiefer Sutherland in the lead role as counter-terrorism agent Jack Bauer. Sutherland, meanwhile, gains lasting recognition in Japan: At a 2012 press conference12 in Tokyo, Sutherland says "I am where I am today thanks to everyone in Japan." Snake eater 🧵 Unspool 🧵 June 2013: Infamous action thriller enthusiast Hideo Kojima announces that, in place of the expected performance from David Hayter, Kiefer Sutherland has been cast13 to provide facial capture and English voice acting for Snake in Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. Sources and further reading - Danse Macabre, StephenKing.com - Different Seasons, StephenKing.com - Stand by Me, IMDB - The famous Stand by Me reference in Pokémon, Legends of Localization - Entry for Stand by Me (CINEX : Cinema English exercise), CiNii database - What are the highlights of "Stand by Me" according to comedian Kogaken, a huge movie fan?, Kin'yō Road Show (machine translated) - Japanese superfans flock to this small city in Oregon because of ‘Stand by Me’, Thrillist - Television program viewership ranking from 01/09/06 through 01/15/06, ABC (archived July 7, 2011) - Kiefer Sutherland's first Calorie Mate commercial, YouTube - Re-emerging with a remake: The legendary '24' that captivated the entire nation, leaving them unable to sleep, Oricon News (machine translated) - 24 Japan, Wikipedia - Kiefer Sutherland visits Japan for the third time: "I am where I am today thanks to everyone in Japan", Oricon News (machine translated) - Kiefer Sutherland confirmed as Snake in Metal Gear Solid 5, GameSpot - Hideo Kojima Metal Gear Solid 3 commentary transcription (Ocelot Battle ～ The Fear Battle), Muni Shinobu's Metal Gear Solid fansite - MGSV - DO IT D-HORSE, YouTube Read more on PC Gamer - After 10 years, there's a functioning Metal Gear Solid 5 co-op mod so you and a friend can be played like a damn fiddle together - He once said playing Metal Gear Solid 5 would be '60 hours of humiliation,' but Snake actor David Hayter finally played the game: 'All is forgiven' - Crapshoot: The Stephen King 'game' that will take you to a dark place Keep up to date with the most important stories and the best deals, as picked by the PC Gamer team.
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