Honestly, I don’t recall. That might have been the reason given, but I’m willing to bet tobacco lobbyist money was at least as big of a factor. Either way, I had managed to quit cigarettes and vapes by the time they banned them, so I didn’t really pay it too much attention.

They don’t really have any presence outside of military bases and embassies, so if you don’t exist in those circles, you wouldn’t have been exposed to them.

Final Fantasy Tactics. The original, not the kiddy Tactics Advance games.

Great tactical combat, great soundtrack, amazing story. Plus, abusing the job system to make broken character combos is absurdly fun.

This photo is like 5 years old.

No one? They aren’t pronounced the same in any accent that I’m aware of.

Edit: I’m dumb. I was reading that as the “nearby” close and not the "shut " close.