Brain Training creator refuses millions in royalties

Uh, no you don't. Guy is stupid for not taking the money... unless he's either having it go to a charity, or to his university for research in his field of study (brain aging). Otherwise, if Nintendo is keeping those royalties, he's a douche.

Disregard my last reply. Actually reading it answered my own questions. I respect.

Ah, that's much better. It sounded like he just let Nintendo keep the royalties, which made me kind of mad. I was going to say "You could have at least taken them and given them to charity, man, I'm sure there are people who need that money a little more than *Nintendo*!"

Props to the doctor.

While his wishes are admirable, let's face a slice of reality here: If I had 100,000USD; I'd definitely spend it on something else...


Peter Gibbons: What would you do if you had a million dollars?
Lawrence: I'll tell you what I'd do, man: two chicks at the same time, man.
Peter Gibbons: That's it? If you had a million dollars, you'd do two chicks at the same time?
Lawrence: Damn straight. I always wanted to do that, man. And I think if I were a millionaire I could hook that up, too; 'cause chicks dig dudes with money.
Peter Gibbons: Well, not all chicks.
Lawrence: Well, the type of chicks that'd double up on a dude like me do.
Peter Gibbons: Good point.
Lawrence: Well, what about you now? what would you do?
Peter Gibbons: Besides two chicks at the same time?
Lawrence: Well, yeah.
Peter Gibbons: Nothing.
Lawrence: Nothing, huh?
Peter Gibbons: I would relax... I would sit on my ass all day... I would do nothing.
Lawrence: Well, you don't need a million dollars to do nothing, man. Take a look at my cousin: he's broke, don't do shit.

LOL @ Foxhound

Actually, it IS slightly more expensive living in Japan nowadays, so depending on where you live, $100,000 is more like $80,000. Still, nothing to scoff at.

Except in Japan there's increased taxes:

-Robot tax
-Holographic transponder tax
-Chronosphere anti-historic annulment tax
-NERV tax
-Super Sentai Heroine Tax
-etc

no, not lul

You realise that most people are actually less happy after winning the lotto then when they were living on whatever their previous wages were?

To be rich and live well you have to actually be obsessed with money i.e. a businessman.

sell the 4th and 5th car, stop throwing all you can snort blow parties on the weekend, no more champagne bubble baths.

Now i think you should have enough money to do a little more than "barely make it".

Unless you live in the heart of a major metropolitan area, $75,000 should be more than enough for a couple to live comfortably.