[Momo]

I only managed to finish half the podcast on the day I downloaded it. My horrible boss insisted I "do work" at work ._.

But I finished it when I got home. I really do love the way you guys interact with each other. You guys really cater to my needs thank you T^T

I've always been a fan of you guys, from the day I picked up the Final Fantasy 7 blowout edition of GameFAN. (The one with Phantasy Star as the graveyard game, PO'ed, Legend of Thor, Panzer Dragoon, Albert Odyssey, Linkle liver Story (:lol ), Snatcher etc)

To be able to listen to you guys do a podcast is amazing.

Thank you.

P.S. No mail system related world trekking :lol :lol

[Takuhi]

Had to repost this from the comments section of our website, because this person may have totally cracked the eyepatch mystery.

While I was living in Japan back in ’05, my friend and I were also wondering why so many Japanese women had eye patches. His theory (which makes sense to me) involves plastic surgery. As you probably know already, the Japanese language has the terms hitoe and futae; the former describes “single eyelids” that many Japanese people have while the latter describes the “double eyelids” that look more Western. Many Asian women think that larger , Western-style eyes are more desirable (take Ayumi Hamasaki as an example), so they get cosmetic surgery done on their eyes (similar to the popularity of breast enhancements in America). Obviously, if the doctor does the surgery on both eyes at the same time, the patient would be blind until his or her eyes have healed, so he or she gets one eye done at a time. I’m not sure why this has become an anime/video game trope, though. Perhaps people fantasize about things that they see every day? Anyway, that seems to be the most logical explanation to me.

Mind. Blown. That's gotta be it, right?

PS - Thanks Momo!

[Aokage]

Dude, that is SO it. I can't tell you how many Japanese girls are fatally embarrassed by their hideous hitoe-mabuta.

The mystery of eye patch prevalence is solved!

But what about the reason they were fetishized...? I dunno, maybe non-folded eyelids are such an aesthetic taboo in Japan that parents allow their 14-year-olds to have plastic surgery.

[sixteen-bit]

I thought the single/double eyelids was just a South Korean thing.


Great show, awesome as always.

[Aokage]

HEY! SAY! GETTER YEAH! COMING NOW!

WARNING! A Huge Podcast is Approaching Fast!

//Stage 011

//Now Playing: Solatorobo, Malicious, Game Dev Story

//Subtopics: Inafune bails out of Capcom + Capcom's response, Shinji Mikami gets more money from white folks, Atlus brings some Innocent Sin to PSP, G-Rev shows off Strania, Mamoru-kun, and Black Sting, Nintendo may throw poor DS owners in North America a few bones, Taro Yoko also bails out (from AQI), hottest Genso Suikoden announcement ever, Pokemon leaker thrown in Poke-jail, female Square Enix employee bleeds from “you know where”, should Dragon Quest X cheat on the Wii, Akira Uchida wants you to take your LovePlus 3DS girlfriend home to mom and dad, Final Fantasy XIV screws up… again (while Wada apologizes), JAPAN IS F**KED!! WATCH, Portopia for us English speakers, Mutter Watch (Ono, Kamiya, Inaba, Kojima, KCET Europe, Inafune, Eno), Sales Updata, Coming Next, our brand new section C'mon! Lets ☆ Beat's, Comment of You, and a special surprise outro!

//Timecodecs
//00:01:20 – Intro
//00:11:54 – Releace a New !!
//00:56:27 – Hot Infos
//02:23:19 – Mutter Watch
//02:37:08 – Sales Updata
//02:40:26 – Coming Next
//02:56:58 – C'mon! Lets ☆ Beat's
//03:12:55 – Comment of You

//So You Don't Miss It:

//Coming Next Japan Game Mentions
//Agarest Senki 2, Crazy Hot!! Pachinko Game Soul “CR Evangelion ~First Gospel~”, Criminal Girls, Winning Eleven Playmaker 2011, Sonic Colors, Hit 'n' Bounce Super Smash Ball Plus Wii Remote Plus Pack, Super Kaseki Horider, Crossboard 7, DanceEvolution, Sonic Free Riders, New Brain Training You Answer With Your Body, Kinect Sports, Trinity: Zill O'll Zero, Tears to Tiara Portable, Dangan Ronpa: Hope Academy & Despair High, Arms' Heart, True • Love Princess † Reverie ~Profusion of Maidens ☆ Romance of the Three Kingdoms Summary~ Chapter Shu, Anpanman Nikoniko Party, Mario Sports Mix, Super Robot Wars L, Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu Ver. 1.5

//Other Game Mentions
//Tail Concerto, Shadows of the Damned, Vanquish, Resident Evil (series), Persona, Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, Ys: The Oath in Felghana, Söldner-X, Radient Silvergun, Ketsui, Facening, NieR, Drag-On Dragoon, Hokuto no Ken / Fist of the North Star, Evangelion, Dragon Quest X, Lost in Shadows, M.U.S.H.A. / Aleste, Puyo Puyo, Golvellius, The Guardian Legend, Super Street Fighter IV, Street Fighter x Tekken, Dead Rising, Deathsmiles, Silent Hill

//C'mon! Lets ☆ Beat's Tracks
//Casey's pick: Madara 2: Sound Fantasia – Theme of Madara 2
//shidoshi`s pick: Rule of Rose – Untitled
//Nick's pick: Zed Blade/Operation Ragnarok – Stage 1 Theme
//iTunes pick: Phantasy Star Online Episode Three C.A.R.D. Revolution Let The Winds Blow – Ravum Aedes Sacra

//Link: Nick's super hot HYPERSTICK™ t-shirts: http://bit.ly/dgXyIb
//Link: NeoGAF Inafune interview translation thread: http://bit.ly/bc42Q4
//Link: Tiny Cartridge Portopia story: http://bit.ly/aCGZ7l

[FleckSplat]

Wow, dyslexic Italians must hate this podcast.

[Cheesemeister]

Thanks for the shout-out. :D

[Momo]

Oh hell yes.

YEEEESSSSS!!!

[Zeouterlimits]

Just thinking about this episode this morning, kind of "Shidoshi better almost done editing" mindset.

[sixteen-bit]

Awesome. Looking forward to giving this a listen.

[Momo]

Listening at work, please employ me when I am fired T_T

[Aokage]

<plug>

Please do check out my HYPERSTICK™ T-shirts by the way. They are indeed stupid dope fresh!


(front)


(back)

Sales link.

</plug>

[shidoshi]

Just thinking about this episode this morning, kind of "Shidoshi better almost done editing" mindset.

No lie, I ended up spending like 6~7 hours editing this stage. At this point, I've been convinced by others to do more than just put up the shows exactly how we recorded them (as I was doing previous), but I don't think I'm going to keep doing the meticulous editing I did this time. It'll drive me crazy, and I'm not sure it needs to be that tight editing-wise.

Of course, I'm sure people will say how much they love the flow of this stage, and I'll be force to continue to do such heavy editing from here on out.

[thetrin]

No lie, I ended up spending like 6~7 hours editing this stage. At this point, I've been convinced by others to do more than just put up the shows exactly how we recorded them (as I was doing previous), but I don't think I'm going to keep doing the meticulous editing I did this time. It'll drive me crazy, and I'm not sure it needs to be that tight editing-wise. Of course, I'm sure people will say how much they love the flow of this stage, and I'll be force to continue to do such heavy editing from here on out.

Don't you hate it when hard work is recognized and praised?

[Edgeward]

Boom, just in time as I finish last stage's podcast. Can't wait for more mutter watch and JP gossip. :D

[Wazzim]

Yay new stage today! I don't even know what it really was about since it's so long but it's really awesome! =)

[TommyT]

For anything gaming/media/internet/etc.-related, yes, except for the times when I didn't have an option for not using my real name (when writing for Play, for example). Are you asking because you're wondering if I'm one of those crazy egotistical rockstars who comes up with a random name and then forces everybody to use it, or you asking if there's any other names I've done things under?

c) saw/heard/whatever something done under the name shidoshi and is now assuming it was you with the hopes that you can now be 'sploited :lol

[Anerythristic]

Good news

[Momo]

c) saw/heard/whatever something done under the name shidoshi and is now assuming it was you with the hopes that you can now be 'sploited :lol

Dun Dun Dun

The broth's viscosity increases

*ponders what this magical shidoshi content could be :(*

[shidoshi]

c) saw/heard/whatever something done under the name shidoshi and is now assuming it was you with the hopes that you can now be 'sploited :lol

HMMM! Now you've got my curiosity up! There is, however, at least one other person out there who uses the "shidoshi" nickname, and he travels some of the same circles that I do.

[Rufus]

Don't you hate it when hard work is recognized and praised?

I think when 'hard work' means six to seven hours spent editing, then I can see the point. I'm sure it'll go down with practice, but it'd still be a major time-sink on top of recording a 3+ hour podcast.

[shidoshi]

I think when 'hard work' means six to seven hours spent editing, then I can see the point. I'm sure it'll go down with practice, but it'd still be a major time-sink on top of recording a 3+ hour podcast.

Especially when recording the 3+ hour podcast actually ends up taking like 5~6 hours. *laughs*

[TommyT]

Dun Dun Dun The broth's viscosity increases

touche!

I've never heard of this podcast, however with tactics ogre coming out today I'll be all over anything that has to do with impressions about it!

[thetrin]

I think when 'hard work' means six to seven hours spent editing, then I can see the point. I'm sure it'll go down with practice, but it'd still be a major time-sink on top of recording a 3+ hour podcast.

I wasn't attacking Shidoshi. It was meant in jest. I know the feeling to be honest. I face it every day in my job. I work hard on something, but feel like I spent way too much time on it. It gets praised, and now I have to bust my ass on every subsequent similar project.

I feel for Shidoshi to be honest :lol

Especially when recording the 3+ hour podcast actually ends up taking like 5~6 hours. *laughs*

Yeah, I hear you. That was part of the issue with our podcast too.

[Rufus]

I see. I'm a bit of a slacker for a reason. :lol

Especially when recording the 3+ hour podcast actually ends up taking like 5~6 hours. *laughs*

Right, didn't consider that. Insanity, I say. So I take it Nick fell into a coma-like state once you guys were done recording? He didn't sound tired or out of it at all, by the way. Quite amazing.

[Aokage]

Respect + thanks ladled out for shidoshi's mad editing tactics! It makes us mushmouthed idiots sound like we actually know what we're talking about.

So I take it Nick fell into a coma-like state once you guys were done recording? He didn't sound tired or out of it at all, by the way.

Ha ha, thank you. Yes, I slept for...like...14 hours. It was epic, I'm telling you.

[Neifirst]

Amazing episode of the podcast, as usual! I thought the discussion of the PSP as the present-day home of the Japanese-developed games for the hardcore is right on the mark. I personally can't wait to pick-up that black friday psp bundle for $130 and dive into the Ys games, plus Persona 1/3, and other back catalog titles. Gamefan and Play were my favorite magazines back in the day and I'm glad Shidoshi, Nick Rox, and Casey Lowe are still around to give us a look at the Japanese side of the industry.

[thetrin]

Just caught that you guys called Xenoblade the best RPG of the generation.

That is so incredibly true it's not even funny. Put 105 hours into it. Loved the shit out of it.

[shidoshi]

So I have been informed that both Nick and I are scrubs who do not know that, in fact, the in-game art for the original Persona 2 was done by Soejima and not Kaneko.

I think the only option now is that I quit the show in shame. (-_-;;)

[Aokage]

So I have been informed that both Nick and I are scrubs who do not know that, in fact, the in-game art for the original Persona 2 was done by Soejima and not Kaneko. I think the only option now is that I quit the show in shame. (-_-;;)

WHAT?

Are you cereal?

In my defense, I never played Persona 2...but I guess the image of the brilliant cover art those games had was so strong, I always assumed Kaneko did the in-game as well. ('Cause ain't nobody telling me that cover and all the promotional art and stuff isn't Kaneko.)

[thetrin]

WHAT? Are you cereal? In my defense, I never played Persona 2...but I guess the image of the brilliant cover art those games had was so strong, I always assumed Kaneko did the in-game as well. ('Cause ain't nobody telling me that cover and all the promotional art and stuff isn't Kaneko.)

_I_ think you're missing out. EP was a fantastic RPG, that probably hasn't aged the best.

[TelemachusD]

You really should put a direct link to the podcast or the podcast page on your post, Aokage.

http://radio.morningproject.com/
Direct download

[Momo]

Furries are serious business :lol

[mehdi_san]

Haha I made that thread with the stupid title "Hideo Kojima quits..." and then Twitter in the op. Not a lot of people liked it :lol :p

[Takuhi]

touche! I've never heard of this podcast, however with tactics ogre coming out today I'll be all over anything that has to do with impressions about it!

Alas, no Tactics impressions in this episode. But my copy is on the way and it will be discussed at length in the next 'cast!

[sixteen-bit]

<plug> Please do check out my HYPERSTICK™ T-shirts by the way. They are indeed stupid dope fresh! (front) (back) Sales link. </plug>

I bought one. *Thumbs up*
Great work as always.

[Aokage]

Thanks!! I appreciate it!

[Grimmy]

The new podcast is excellent as always - much, much more informed and informative than the other podcasts out there that purport to cover Japanese games

[Curufinwe]

Is that a dig at 8-4 Play?

[GotchaForce]

Is that a dig at 8-4 Play?

I enjoy 8-4 myself, but this goes all the way back to why I stopped reading EGM back in the day and only read Gamefan: the Gamefan crew had a knowledge and passion for games that knew no bounds. Import games would be covered with the same fervor as huge mainstream titles and weren't relegated to a special section. 1up has since done a good job in covering import games but yeah, WAHP certainly has the leg up on the others (as for as JP game knowledge and willingness to discuss it at length goes). Kevin Gifford really needs to be a regular on the 8-4 show, the guy knows his shit!

[firehawk12]

What about the other Japan-based podcast? :lol

[KuwabaraTheMan]

Another great episode. I think Nick has a future doing dramatic audiobook readings.

It's always nice to hear discussion about games that don't get much play elsewhere.

[isamu]

This podcast is so fucking good. I mean seriously....it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO fucking good!

I am just now catching up and I'm only up to Episode 003(yes from way back in April), but trust me I will be listening to ALL of them in order, every day until I catch up.

Seriously, you guys are doing PHENOMENAL job! Episode 003 was SOOO fucking good! Didn't even know there was a huge Castlevania Boxset that came out in Japan until I heard you guys mention it on the show. Good lookin' on that. Plus the SNK talk about KOF and the backgrounds and all that shit was pure win!!!!

Warning to me is heads and shoulders above every other podcast I've listened to. I dunno guys, I guess I'm just biased because I really enjoy hearing people discuss what's going on in the Japanese gaming industry. No other podcast does this(WHY???)

Plus, it doesn't hurt that I was already a big fan of the work Nick, Casey and Shidoshi did for GameFan all those years ago. It's like all the cool text from GF has been lifted from the pages and transformed into audio. To say I'm digging it is an understatement.

Keep up the superb job, guys. I really appreciate this show. Can't wait to hear what's in store for Ep.4 :)

[Chairhome]

I have to admit, I was a little iffy on this podcast when I first started listening to it. I love it now, though, one of my top podcasts.

And I love the new segment with the soundtrack selections. Keep up the good work!

[sixteen-bit]

This podcast is so fucking good. I mean seriously....it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO fucking good! I am just now catching up and I'm only up to Episode 003(yes from way back in April), but trust me I will be listening to ALL of them in order, every day until I catch up. Seriously, you guys are doing PHENOMENAL job! Episode 003 was SOOO fucking good! Didn't even know there was a huge Castlevania Boxset that came out in Japan until I heard you guys mention it on the show. Good lookin' on that. Plus the SNK talk about KOF and the backgrounds and all that shit was pure win!!!! Warning to me is heads and shoulders above every other podcast I've listened to. I dunno guys, I guess I'm just biased because I really enjoy hearing people discuss what's going on in the Japanese gaming industry. No other podcast does this(WHY???) Plus, it doesn't hurt that I was already a big fan of the work Nick, Casey and Shidoshi did for GameFan all those years ago. It's like all the cool text from GF has been lifted from the pages and transformed into audio. To say I'm digging it is an understatement. Keep up the superb job, guys. I really appreciate this show. Can't wait to hear what's in store for Ep.4 :)

This post made me nostalgic. Stage 3 was the perfect length for a flight I went on in April and a great episode to boot.

[Takuhi]

I have to admit, I was a little iffy on this podcast when I first started listening to it. I love it now, though, one of my top podcasts. And I love the new segment with the soundtrack selections. Keep up the good work!

Oh, thanks! Haven't seen much feedback on the soundtrack segment yet. If anyone has any thoughts regarding track sample length or suggestions for future themes, we would love to hear them!

Oh, and get cracking, isamu! :D Where've you been all these months?!

[isamu]

Oh, and get cracking, isamu! :D Where've you been all these months?!

I know man! Don't worry I'll be caught up in no time :D

[commanderdeek]

Damn, I only just realised stage 11 is up. Shame on me.

[isamu]

Up to stage 5 now. UNBELIEVABLY good shit guys. The brief discussion about the state of Konami and Namco and how they're basically becoming a parody of their former selves was kinda depressing. The Namco discussion in particular nearly brought a tear to my eyes, as I want them to continue making Ridge Racer games for like...oh I dunno....forever? :lol:

Good good shit guys.

[Mr. Spinnington]

it's true this is a fulfilling and solid podcast. of the four i subscribe to and 3 i actually listen all the way through, this is one of the three