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Why does people use words from languages they don't understand well?

Crawl and 1OOO wrote:

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The facial expressions in that strip are very subtle. I mean, they have to be: The gangsters in frame 2 can't let out what they're really thinking. But they're still clear. And the other good thing about the facial expressions is that it ties into the joke. The look on the characters' faces is as big a clue as anything as to what's going on in and the joke of that strip. The Gun-Tron strip is another one where a look on a character's face is the clue that lets you "get it".

I agree with that. PBF is one of the few webcomics I've seen that actually knows how to ues facial expressions for comedic effect. I realize my earlier posts on that subject might have made it sound like I don't think facial expressions can ever be used for humor. It's just when people say that humor can't be funny without them that it raises my eyebrows.

I just remembered something else that had over-the-top, mugging-for-the-camera, facial explosions like VGcats, and it actually annoyed me to the point of not wanting to watch any more of it - Tenchi in Tokyo.

In case anyone should feel I'm just talking out my cantankerous ass about that site, here's a choice quote:

Basically, there is just no reason that this game was released as far as I can see. If, perhaps, the developers had taken their classic games and somehow updated them to better suit the contemporary tastes of gamers, then there would be a reason to distribute their game again. But as it stands, R-Type and R-Type 2 should have died with 2D systems. I mean there is no way that anyone would dare to rerelease a 32-bit system game once 128-bit systems are available, so why would anyone bother to rerelease a game that looked like it did in 1989? I'll just hope that this is a way to try to get a quick cash infusion for IREM Software so that they can kick-start their R&D department again, because one thing is as true as the statement "shooting aliens is always fun," and that's "there is no room for nostalgia in the lightening-fast realm of technology."

Like I said, when it still existed, it was my vote for #1 Worst Game Site on the Internet.

It's too bad the NES scenes were always too busy fighting each other. This is the type of shit they needed to take up arms against.

That site is just so bad (and I couldn''t stand their snarky-looking dog mascot, either), that I feel like I have to cleanse my palette after viewing it again.

Much better R-Type review

There. I feel less defiled now.