Ep. 307J - Podcast Swap Situation, with 8-4 Play

8-4 Play (Tina Carter, Mark MacDonald and John Riccardi) serve as your panel with Brandon Sheffield as host, covering a barrage of questions about localization, the global nature of games, and Sans. Hosted by Brandon Sheffield, with Tina Carter, Mark MacDonald and John Riccardi. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

1. How has Japanese corporate culture manifested itself in the history of game development? (03:08)
2. What are Japanese arcades like right now? (08:28)
3. Design an online multiplayer game where the mechanics are intended to incorporate international time zone differences. (14:04)
4. Jaffe’s NieR Automata Dilemma: How is it that sometimes a video game sequel or follow-up can be technically better than the previous one in every way, but you don’t like it as much? (19:08)
5. What’s your approach to game localization purity? (25:57)
6. Which game studio has produced the most good games without releasing ANY bad ones? (32:03)
7. What is the “But doctor, I am Pagliacci!” of video games? (37:12)

LIGHTNING ROUND: First Person Pronouns (39:44)

Bonus Question: Defend your choice of the “I” pronoun you used for Sans in Undertale. (44:03)

Recommendations and Outro (45:46)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• 8-4 Play
• Capcom Five
• UFO Catcher
• Dave & Buster’s
• Round One
• Gunslinger Stratos
• Groove Coaster
• Kirby
• Mercari
• Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
• Ms. Pac-Man
• Pong
• NARC
• Space Invaders
• Phantasy Star Online
• Swatch Internet Time
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• EVE Online
• Resident Evil 4
• Unpacking
• NieR
• NieR: Automata
• David Jaffe
• Alex Jaffe
• Alex Jaffe
• Dragon’s Dogma series
• Perfect Dark
• GoldenEye 007
• Saturday Night Live
• Limp Bizkit
• Trouble Bobble, with Mathew Kumar and MoxBagel
• Final Fantasy VIII
• Densha de Go! series
• Final Fantasy IV
• Kotatsu
• Undertale
• Enhance Experience Inc.
• Disco Elysium
• Supergiant Games, Inc.
• Angry Birds
• Valve Corporation
• Vanillaware Ltd.
• Treasure Co., Ltd.
• Stretch Panic
• Mischief Makers
• cavia inc.
• Bullet Witch
• Earth Defense Force series
• Sandlot
• “But doctor, I am Pagliacci”
• Bayonetta series
• The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa
• Undertale ’s Japanese Localization Is Causing A Fan Frenzy
• Legends of Localization

Recommendations: Mark: Enhance Experience Inc.’s games John: Follow @johntv, listen to 8-4 Play, check out Masahiro Sakurai’s Youtube channel

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