(Time Extension) Feature: "I Told Him I Loved Him, Because I Do" - A Tribute To The Late Dead Or Alive Creator Tomonobu
Posté : sam. 25 oct. 2025 08:24
James Mielke reflects on the Team Ninja creator who treated him as a brother.
Years ago, after knowing each other for over 20 years, Tomonobu Itagaki —of his own accord— updated his Facebook profile and adjusted his relationship to me to be an “older brother.” He meant it in that Vin “I don’t have friends, I have family” Diesel way, minus the ham-fisted corniness. But it meant something. Itagaki-san was my family.
It’s still a bit raw for me to write this, and as a result, this whole long word dump is going to be an inelegant mess, but I think it’s better to get this on "paper" while the wounds are still fresh, so I don’t lose sight of recent events as the numbness scabs over my memories. If my name is at all familiar to you because of anything I’ve done in the past 27 years in gaming, just know that I have lost someone closer to me than your average ‘best friend’. I lost someone who was like a brother. And having grown up without any siblings, to call someone my brother is my highest expression of affection possible.
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