Oh c'mon, there is not one country not built on blood.  The British Empire wasn't exactly squeaky clean, Spanish, French and England all have massive colonial pasts, USA was built on near genocide of Native American Indians, and every Eastern country I know of has plenty of skeletons in their closet included Japan.

There are few (if any) countries that have a squeaky clean history.

OT - I have no idea.  I figure it is somewhat down to taste and the history of games in the region, I think kowenicki is somewhat correct to wonder at past Japanese history (I'd note Germany has given us Crysis, etc. and FPS on PC is very, very popular there).

If I had to guesstimate from Japanese games I've played I'd say it's the inherent gameplay.  The Japanese seem to like either 'pure' games like Mario, etc. (i.e. no real plot etc just pure gameplay mechanics for fun) or strategic, story driven games like RPG or games like DMC4 which are more focused on 'style'.  Few FPS would seem to offer quite that combination of mechanics.

I'd also note that this generation a lot of Japanese seem to be very focused on portable, fun titles or Wii 'pure' games - again this leaves FPS out in the cold.

You`re absolutley right about every country is built on blood.

I will state my opinion to my own question.

I just want to gather other opinions to see if someone can enlighten me with something new.

It`s really importatn to understand society in my opinion. That`s why I wrote this thread.

Answer mine. I'm feeling ignored and needy here.

Haha. I was about to, but I don`t feel like beeing all over the thread.

But I can say that Japanese culture is more influenced by usa`s culture than you`d imagine.

'cause we shoot people in the face, motherfucker.

EDIT: Okay, lol. Seriously, I would have to say because it's apart of our culture or something. Sure, shooting people is bad in any case.... But at least westerners play FPS's, and not "rape" game like in japan. And yes, they do exist.

What does liking Japan's pop culture have to do with anything with Japan's past? Even if they knew about Japan's history, does that make anime, manga, Japanese cuisine, music, etc any less enjoyable for those people? Does it make it "off limits"?

How does even knowing about Japan's history make you an expert in what all the Japanese people are like? It's an entirely new generation. Do you believe that sin and "evilness" are passed down hereditarily or something?

You can just generalize millions of people just by their nationality. You're the one being fucking juvenile.

Cause their are who people are pumping up Japan as the paradise of the world.  And some get so fanatic about Japan that everything Japan does is awesome even if it is cruel.  Kowenicki has no problem with people who like Japan Culture anime porn etc....  He can't stand those people who are so fanatic like the ones you can find on some J-forums posting stuff as 'I wish Japan had won the war because my country(USA) sucks and all the stuff that happened in China/nanking are all lies of the communists and Western Media'