Wikipedia is, in my opinion, one of the most successful ventures devoted to the dissemination of knowledge on the entire internet. It isn’t perfect — no encyclopedia or institution is — but it has had a profound effect on the decentralization of knowledge over the past two decades. Some …
Read More »Apple expanding successful Search Ads to three new English-speaking markets
Apple launched app-store Search Ads in October 2016. Since that time they’ve received praise from developers as a high-converting, high-value app discovery tool. Today the company is announcing that Search Ads will become available in the UK, Australia and NZ. The booking UI opens today and ad serving begins on …
Read More »Abuse in English Soccer Exposed
Former English soccer players who were subjected to years of sexual abuse by youth team coaches entrusted with their care are breaking cover to expose the game’s dark secrets. The abuses were first uncovered two decades ago with the conviction in the United States of English coach Barry Bennell, who …
Read More »Persona 5 Haru English introduction trailer, voice actress interview video
Atlus has released the English voice introduction trailer for Persona 5 character Haru Okumura, as well as a video interview with her voice actress, Xanthe Huynh. Here’s Atlus’ rundown of Haru: You wouldn’t think that the obedient daughter of an affluent business man would be rebellious, but Haru Okumura is …
Read More »Nine convicted over student visa English test plot
Nine people have been convicted of running an immigration fraud linked to English tests for foreign students. Hundreds of non-EU citizens are said to have got student visas after paying fake “sitters” to take language exams on their behalf. Four people were found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of immigration …
Read More »New Zealand PM: Bill English to succeed John Key
Bill English has been sworn in as New Zealand’s prime minister, succeeding John Key who unexpectedly resigned from office last week. Mr English, who was serving as finance minister and deputy prime minister for the ruling National Party, was sworn in at Government House in Wellington. Social Housing Minister Paula …
Read More »Persona 5 Futaba English introduction trailer, voice actress interview video
Atlus has released the English voice introduction trailer for Persona 5 character Futaba Sakura, as well as a video interview with her voice actress, Erica Lindbeck. Here’s Atlus’ rundown of Futaba: A genius 15 year-old girl with otherworldly calculation and programming skills. Her interpersonal communication is extremely poor through, so …
Read More »Tales of Berseria demo launches January 10, ‘English voice-overs’ trailer
Bandai Namco has released a new trailer for Tales of Berseria previewing the action RPG’s English voice-overs. As noted by the company, it contains spoilers. The trailer contains cut-scenes recorded on the PC version of the game, which is now available for pre-order on Steam. Users who own Tales of …
Read More »Persona 5’s Newest English Trailer Introduces Us To Futaba
Futaba is the hacker girl in Persona 5, who will also function as the navigation and party support character- not dissimilar to how Rise was in Persona 4. She’s actually been one of the most popular Persona 5 characters in Japan, and definitely one of the most popular ones since her unveil. And …
Read More »Persona 5 English Script is 1.5 Times Larger Than Persona 4 Golden
If you’ve been wondering why Persona 5 has been taking so long to reach the West, then rest assured there are good reasons. DualShockers recently learned that the final English script for the upcoming JRPG is 1.5 times larger than Persona 4 Golden. That’s pretty hefty, especially considering how big …
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