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Thank You For A Great Year

It’s actually very difficult for me to write this, but today we’ve come to the decision to close CouchBound. Unfortunately, Ken, Jade, and myself are so busy that we cannot maintain the site at the level that we feel it deserves. So, we come to the decision that the time is right to close up shop rather than let the site languish with only a couple of posts per week.

We’d like to thank all of you who came to the site and supported us over the past year and helped build this site into what it is. Although I have already sent them separate messages, I’d like to take the opportunity to thank the staff of CouchBound and our content partners as well. You are all extremely talented people and I wish you nothing but the best.

What the future may hold for our production of material, I don’t think any of us can say for sure. We do intend, once everything calms down a bit, to get back to podcasting, so be on the lookout for that. I don’t want to make this long and drawn out, but again, thank you all.

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What Demon’s Souls Is Teaching Me

Lamenting the time spend with a very different kind of game in this generation

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From the Streets of Akiba: Why Portables?

An examination as to why portable gaming has become ingrained in Japanese culture

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Phonogram: Rue Britannia — Pretentiously Post-Modern

Thoughts and musings about Kieron Gillen’s “Phonogram: Rue Britannia.”

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Why Did I Watch…Movies About The Slit-Mouthed Woman?

In this installment: Two movies based on a messed-up Japanese urban legend.

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Couch Co-Op: Fall 2011 Anime Mid-season

Derek and Ken give their 2011 Fall mid-season opinions

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Fall 2011 Anime Early Impressions

Ken shares what he has been watching so far this season

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Derek Lavigne participating in Extra Life 2011

Find out the details of the upcoming event for charity here

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Site Updates

Read about the new tweaks to the CouchBound website. Text-heavy post, so be prepared!

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Call-Out Response: My Neighbor Totoro

The challenge has been answered and the cat bus shaped hole has been filled.

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From the Streets of Akiba: Used Game Culture

Explore the differences between the used game market in America versus that in Japan

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Wanted: Graphic Designer

CouchBound is looking for a new graphic designer to join the team!

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Why Did I Watch…Screamtime?

Another movie you probably shouldn’t watch, because LOOK AT THAT COVER ART.

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We’ll Buy Duke Nukem, But Not Japanese Games

The surprising sales numbers for Child of Eden and Shadows of the Damned are on the other end of the spectrum from DNF, the wrong end.

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Homer is next character in ‘Word Fighter’

The latest character in Feel Every Yummy’s PAX 10 nominee Word Fighter is revealed

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Call-Out: My Neighbor Totoro

Join us for the first edition of Call-Out, where one staff member challenges another to erase a grievous oversight in their geek cred

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The Sport Of Games

Should competitive video games be considered a sport? Isaiah weighs in with his thoughts.

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Word Fighter Debut Trailer

The debut trailer for the PAX 10 nominee made by friends of the site!