The Insert Credit Show

Console modification expert Christa Lee joins our stateside panel to answer the same gauntlet of questions 8-4 Play faced in episode 307J. Hosted by Alex Jaffe, with Frank Cifaldi, Tim Rogers, and Christa Lee. 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? (03:29)
2. What are Japanese arcades like right now? (08:54)
3. Design an online multiplayer game where the mechanics are intended to incorporate international time zone differences. (14:43)
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? (20:32)
5. What’s your approach to game localization purity? (28:19)
6. Which game studio has produced the most good games without releasing ANY bad ones? (37:31)
7. What is the “But doctor, I am Pagliacci!” of video games? (48:02)

LIGHTNING ROUND: First Person Pronouns (55:31)

Recommendations and Outro (01:07:48)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Merzbow
• Swans
• Ep. 307J - Podcast Swap Situation, with 8-4 Play
• 8-4 Play
• No More Heroes series
• Rising Sun (1993)
• OutRun 2
• Gunslinger Stratos
• Jeans Mate
• Yakuza / Ryū ga Gotoku series
• Phantasy Star Online
• Final Fantasy XI Online
• Swatch Internet Time
• Satellaview
• 1 vs. 100
• HQ Trivia
• Scott Rogowsky
• Death Stranding
• Braid
• Lemnis Gate
• NieR
• NieR: Automata
• Crash Bandicoot series
• Final Fantasy XIV Online
• Donkey Kong Country series
• Assassin’s Creed series
• Elder Scrolls series
• Mega Man / Rockman series
• Super Mario series
• Grand Theft Auto V
• Red Dead Redemption series
• Ys series
• Maneater
• Calamity Jane
• Final Fantasy VII games
• War and Peace
• Constance Garnett
• Persona 5
• Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
• Dragon Ball
• Capcom
• Exoprimal
• The DioField Chronicle
• Dragon Quest series
• Hudson Soft
• Rockstar North
• FromSoftware
• Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis
• Manhunt
• Remedy Entertainment
• Quantum Break
• Max Payne series
• Alan Wake
• Dead Rising
• Far Cry series
• Far Cry (2008)
• EarthBound
• Star Wars Outlaws
• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
• Peter Jackson’s King Kong: The Official Game of the Movie
• Watch_Dogs series
• Child of Light
• For Honor
• Michael Jackson: The Experience
• Tonic Trouble
• Batman: Vengeance
• DC Universe Infinite
• Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu
• id Software
• Valve Corporation
• Doogie Howser, M.D.
• Kingdom Hearts series
• Karnov
• StarCraft
• Diablo II
• Tooth Protectors
• Mortal Kombat games
• Fight Club
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Recommendations:

Tim: Invite a friend to a movie but don’t tell them what it is, then have them do the same to you. But make sure the movie is interesting, not Expendables 4 or whatever.

Christa: Void Stranger

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