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:

How has Japanese corporate culture manifested itself in the history of game development? (03:08)
What are Japanese arcades like right now? (08:28)
Design an online multiplayer game where the mechanics are intended to incorporate international time zone differences. (14:04)
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)
What’s your approach to game localization purity? (25:57)
Which game studio has produced the most good games without releasing ANY bad ones? (32:03)
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)
Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums
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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