I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your aunt, Chary. I can't think of any words to offer, but I Hope yuo and your family manage to cope with everything that's been happening.
My account gets notifications on your blog posts (and other people I used to talk with), too, so I read those sometimes. I hope you're doing well currently, and that the rest of the year goes well for you as well.
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/space/stories/scientist-claims-have-detected-parallel-universe
So you've found potential evidence that parallel universes exist?
I think the lack of sales in Japan should probably be attributed to how consoles don't sell too well in Japan more than the Japanese being apathetic to the Xbox brand (though both factors are obviously involved) since the 360 has one of the largest libraries of Japanese indie games on a console...
KOTOR 1/2 were nice (though the latter is only really enjoyable with the restoration mod). Licensed games generally aren't very good, though.
FAST6191 also made a small post not too long ago about how some SW games helped game genres advance here, though that probably isn't what you're looking for.
"Could/should/would of" kind of bugs me because it should be a contraction of 's/w/could have'. I dunno if that's too relevant to what you're looking for, though.
Also... *insert lame comment about how shift-4 = $ and Foxi4 is therefore Foxi$/Foxii$ony/Foxi$ega/whatever?*
*Yawns*. Yeah..I'm...
http://legendsoflocalization.com/
This site is/will be a gold mine for these type of questions, I think. The full comparisons are detailed regarding the changes anyway. The Cutting Room Floor also highlights regional differences pretty well.