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The Benza RPG
''The Benza RPG'' is a 2020 role-playing video game that takes place in the world of the Japanese on demand comedy series '' The Benza'' and its spin-off series ''Benza English''. It was released in 148 countries via the iOS app store and shortly after on Steam and Android devices. The plot takes place between ''Benza English'' and the second series of ''The Benza''. The story and dialog were entirely written by series creator Christopher McCombs. Gameplay The player primarily takes control of Chris and Kyle as they explore a retro-rpg version of Higashi Nakano. Many locations and characters from ''The Benza'' and ''Benza English'' are featured within the game. Gameplay is divided between story, battle, and exploration. The combat system is turn based and features an on screen turn counter. The player also has the ability to swap characters in and out of battle at any time via the “Switch” battle command. Plot Chris (Christopher McCombs) and Kyle (Kyle Card) are about to he ...
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Christopher McCombs
Christopher Brian McCombs (born 25 August 1980) is an American actor and model. He is the creator, star, writer, and producer of the Japanese on demand series '' The Benza'' and its spin off series ''Benza English'' on Amazon Prime Video. He is known for portraying Michael in the Netflix original series ''Followers'', and for stage roles such as Hoteye in the live action production of ''Fairy Tail''. McCombs is fluent in Japanese, and has won several acting awards for his performances in English and Japanese alike. Early life McCombs was born in Geneva, Ohio and moved to Cleveland with his mother, teacher Karen Callahan, at a young age. He began acting and modeling professionally in high school at the age of fifteen when his gifted education teacher pushed him into auditioning for shows. He credits his father, David McCombs, for his interest in the Japanese language. When he was a child, his father bought him and his brother a Super Famicom and he began playing video games in J ...
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Janni Olsson
Janni Olsson (born 22 March 1985) is a Swedish TV host, model, actress and outdoor columnist. She is the creator, producer and host of the outdoor documentary series '' Getting Dirty in Japan'' which started streaming on Amazon Prime Video in Japan in April 2023 and is known for her appearances on Japanese television shows such as ''Trails to Oishii Tokyo''(former ''Trails to Tsukiji''), ''Cycle Around Japan'', ''J-Trip Plan'', ''Tokyo Eye 2020'', and ''Journeys in Japan'' of NHK World-Japan. Olsson plays the character Alena Treasurehunter in the Amazon Prime Video series '' The Benza'' and its spin-off series Benza English and the video game '' The Benza RPG''. She additionally works as an outdoor journalist in Japan, being featured in major magazines such as BE-PAL, PEAKS and GARVY. Career Olsson started out in the entertainment industry as a costumed character at a theme park in Sweden, where she worked for 10 years. Her modeling career started when she was scouted during he ...
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Single-player Video Games
A single-player video game is a video game where input from only one player is expected throughout the gameplay. Video games in general can feature several game modes, including single-player modes designed to be played by a single player in addition to multi-player modes. Most modern console games, PC games and arcade games are designed so that they can be played by a single player; although many of these games have modes that allow two or more players to play (not necessarily simultaneously), very few actually require more than one player for the game to be played. The '' Unreal Tournament'' series is one example of such. History The earliest video games, such as '' Tennis for Two'' (1958), '' Spacewar!'' (1962), and '' Pong'' (1972), were symmetrical games designed to be played by two players. Single-player games gained popularity only after this, with early titles such as '' Speed Race'' (1974) and '' Space Invaders'' (1978). The reason for this, according to Raph Ko ...
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Japanese Role-playing Video Games
While the early history and distinctive traits of role-playing video games (RPGs) in East Asia have come Video games in Japan, from Japan, many video games have also arisen Video games in China, in China, Video games in South Korea, developed in South Korea, and Taiwan. Japanese role-playing games Japanese computer role-playing games Origins (early 1980s) While the Video games in Japan, Japanese video game industry has long been viewed as Video game console, console-centric, due to the worldwide success of Japanese consoles beginning with the Nintendo Entertainment System, NES, the country had in fact produced thousands of commercial PC games from the late 1970s up until the mid-1990s. The country's computer market was very fragmented at first; ''Lode Runner'', for example, reportedly required 34 conversions to different hardware platforms. The market eventually became dominated by the NEC PC-8801 and NEC PC-9801, PC-9801, though with some competition from the Sharp X1 and ...
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Role-playing Video Games
Role-playing video games, also known as CRPG (computer/console role-playing games), comprise a broad video game genre generally defined by a detailed story and character advancement (often through increasing characters' levels or other skills). Role-playing games almost always feature combat as a defining feature and traditionally used Turn-based role-playing game, turn-based combat; however, modern role-playing games commonly feature real-time Action role-playing game, action combat or even non-violent forms of conflict resolution (with some eschewing combat altogether). Further, many games have incorporated role-playing elements such as character advancement and quests while remaining within other genres. Role-playing video games have their origins in tabletop role-playing games and use much of the same :Role-playing game terminology, terminology, Campaign setting, settings, and Game mechanics, game mechanics. Other major similarities with pen-and-paper games include develope ...
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MacOS Games
macOS, previously OS X and originally Mac OS X, is a Unix, Unix-based operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc., Apple since 2001. It is the current operating system for Apple's Mac (computer), Mac computers. Within the market of Desktop computer, desktop and laptop computers, it is the Usage share of operating systems#Desktop and laptop computers, second most widely used desktop OS, after Microsoft Windows and ahead of all Linux distributions, including ChromeOS and SteamOS. , the most recent release of macOS is MacOS Sequoia, macOS 15 Sequoia, the 21st major version of macOS. Mac OS X succeeded classic Mac OS, the primary Mac operating systems, Macintosh operating system from 1984 to 2001. Its underlying architecture came from NeXT's NeXTSTEP, as a result of NeXT#1997–2006: Acquisition by Apple, Apple's acquisition of NeXT, which also brought Steve Jobs back to Apple. The first desktop version, Mac OS X 10.0, was released on March 24, 2001. Mac ...
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IOS Games
Ios, Io or Nio (, ; ; locally Nios, Νιός) is a Greek island in the Cyclades group in the Aegean Sea. Ios is a hilly island with cliffs down to the sea on most sides. It is situated halfway between Naxos and Santorini. It is about long and wide, with an area of . Population was 2,299 in 2021 (down from 3,500 in the 20th century). Ios is part of the Thira regional unit. Chora The Port of Ios is at the head of the Ormos harbour in the northwest. There is a path up the nearby hill to Chora, named after the Greek word for the main village on an island. Chora is a white and cycladic village, full of stairs and narrow paths that make it inaccessible for cars. Today, the main path through this village is completely taken over by tourism with restaurants, boutiques, bars and discothèques catering to visitors. Apart from the port and the village of Chora, Ios has a few small settlements that consist of groups of spread out houses in the background of major beaches (Theo ...
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Android (operating System) Games
Android most commonly refers to: * Android (robot), a humanoid robot or synthetic organism designed to imitate a human * Android (operating system), a mobile operating system primarily developed by Google * Android TV, a operating system developed by Google for Smart TVs Android may also refer to: Science and technology * The Android mascot, the mascot of the Android operating system Arts and entertainment Film * ''Android'' (film), a 1982 film directed by Aaron Lipstadt * ''Android'', the Russian title for the 2013 film '' App'' Music * The Androids, an Australian rock band * "Android" (song), a 2012 song by TVXQ * "Android", a song by Green Day from the album '' Kerplunk'' * "Android", a song on The Prodigy's '' What Evil Lurks'' EP Games * ''Android'' (board game), published by Fantasy Flight Games Other uses in arts and entertainment * Amazo, DC Comics character aka The Android * ''The Android'' (novel), by K. A. Applegate * Android 18, ''Dragon Ball'' manga chara ...
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Tokyo Weekender
''Tokyo Weekender'' is an English-language magazine published in Japan. Founded in 1970 by Corky Alexander and Susan Scully, ''Tokyo Weekender'' was first published bi-monthly. Now ''Tokyo Weekender'' is published monthly and is distributed in embassies, luxury hotels, shops, stations and airports. Early years ''Tokyo Weekender'' was co-founded by Korean War veteran Millard "Corky" Alexander and Susan Scully, previously co-workers at '' Pacific Stars and Stripes''. It was the first free regular English publication in Japan. As well as being free at various locations, it used to come inside the Friday edition of the English '' Daily Yomiuri'', a real distribution coup. After Corky died, the publication was taken over by his daughter and son-in-law before being relaunched by Caroline Pover. In 2008 ''Tokyo Weekender'' was purchased by Bulbouscell Media Group. In 2015, Bulbouscell Media Group was bought by the PR Agency Sunny Side Up Inc., and later merged with ENGAWA K.K., an SSU ...
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Metacritic
Metacritic is an American website that aggregates reviews of films, television shows, music albums, video games, and formerly books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc Doyle, and Julie Doyle Roberts in 1999, and was acquired by Fandom, Inc. in 2022. Metacritic turns each critic and user review into respective percentage score. This can be done either by calculating the score from the rating given or by making a subjective decision based on the review's quality. Before averaging the scores, they are adjusted based on the critic's popularity, reputation, and the number of reviews they have written. The site also includes a summary from each review and links to the original source, using colors like green, yellow, or red to indicate the overall sentiment of the critics. Metacritic won two Webby Awards for excellence as an aggregation website. It is regarded as the foremost online rev ...
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The Benza RPG Tokyo Comic Con 2022
''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pronoun ''thee'') ...
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