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8-4 Play 9/23/2010: ASCENSION OF THE POKETRON
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firehawk12
Subete no aware
Cheers. It's funny how there are like 4 Japan based gaming podcasts now. Took long enough. :lol
theinfinityissue
Member
I really want to see this cape.
Visualante
Member
aw yeah
firehawk12
Subete no aware
SOLDIER said:
The GAF one came and went earlier in the year... and then there's "Warning a Huge Game Podcast" and "Red Sun Gamer". People from both have posted in the podcast thread here I think.
The Warning a Huge Game Podcast guys did a text interview with SWERY which was pretty cool to listen to, since it came just as the Giantbomb Endurance Run ended.
slaughterking
Member
Ohh great, now I have that DP song stuck in my head again.
MikeE21286
Member
saw this pop up in my RSS reader on the way home from work.....was very pleased 
Blast Processing
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KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Second episode was just as enjoyable as the first. I'm definitely going to keep listening to this. And, as a biweekly podcast, it updates far more often than Warning A Monthly Podcast.:lol
I hope there will be some more talk about Pokemon in the future once you guys have had more of an opportunity to play the games. I also found the Monster Hunter talk interesting despite not really having any interest in that area myself.
Personally, though, I'm kind of uninterested in the whole "Japan vs the west" motif and all of that stuff. I know everyone has a different take on the issue, but I feel like that whole topic has kind of been played out in recent years.
I hope there will be some more talk about Pokemon in the future once you guys have had more of an opportunity to play the games. I also found the Monster Hunter talk interesting despite not really having any interest in that area myself.
Personally, though, I'm kind of uninterested in the whole "Japan vs the west" motif and all of that stuff. I know everyone has a different take on the issue, but I feel like that whole topic has kind of been played out in recent years.
MiniBossBattle
Member
Great Podcast, Mark is a really good MC (just as good as Ryan of GiantBomb). I want the new PSP Monster Hunter Now. My Japanese is terrible but I had so much fun in AdHoc mode.
Flakster99
Member
Thus far, 2 episodes in, I'm REALLY enjoying this podcast. Brings a huge smile to my face.
Keep it up everyone.
Keep it up everyone.
theinfinityissue
Member
I think what'll I do is say Akira Yamaoka every week until he shows up on the podcast. That was this week's mention of AKIRA YAMAOKA.
I have to wonder how much of this is just that "new podcast" energy, but the flow of the show is really fast and fluid. I never find my attention waning, which is weird because even in my very favorite ones I'll occasionally gloss over a bit, so stay the course guys.
I have to wonder how much of this is just that "new podcast" energy, but the flow of the show is really fast and fluid. I never find my attention waning, which is weird because even in my very favorite ones I'll occasionally gloss over a bit, so stay the course guys.
Sickboy007
Member
Shane says he and Swery want to do a prequel to Deadly Premonition
firehawk12 said:
WARNING! A Huge Podcast, actually.
KuwabaraTheMan said:
AW COME ON! You don't have to rub it in, you know!
We actually would have been back on time for our next episode, but it got a bit delayed due to TGS. We just finished recording the episode, in fact.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
shidoshi said:AW COME ON! You don't have to rub it in, you know!
We actually would have been back on time for our next episode, but it got a bit delayed due to TGS. We just finished recording the episode, in fact.
I tease because I love (and wish that we got episodes more often). Either way, I'm glad that we'll be getting more soon.
We'll do our best! We have a long list of people who we want to have on the show, but sometimes it'll just be us, too. Hope that's OK.Mafro said:
Actually it's now showing up for me, either -- not sure why. Maybe I did something wrong; I'll look into it when I have a free sec.iifu said:
The current plan is every other Thursday, but now and then we'll break schedule if the situation warrants it (for example, we'll probably do an episode the day of the 3DS launch, regardless of where that falls in our normal schedule).Wario64 said:
Actually curious what people think about that -- is it super important to you that a podcast stick to a rigid schedule, or are you cool with us dropping in eps here and there when we can?
bernardobri
Steve, the dog with no powers that we let hang out with us all for some reason
Gonna listen asap.
I'm for a rigid schedule in favor of keeping a consecutive series of episodes, rather than 3 episodes in a week and then not hearing anything from you for weeks.
Obviously if you have "rare" opportunities like this time I don't mind at all, but I'd enjoy more hearing you on par with the trending flow on the industry.
And yeah, the cover album doesn't show up either around here on Itunes.
I'm for a rigid schedule in favor of keeping a consecutive series of episodes, rather than 3 episodes in a week and then not hearing anything from you for weeks.
Obviously if you have "rare" opportunities like this time I don't mind at all, but I'd enjoy more hearing you on par with the trending flow on the industry.
And yeah, the cover album doesn't show up either around here on Itunes.
john tv said:We'll do our best! We have a long list of people who we want to have on the show, but sometimes it'll just be us, too. Hope that's OK.
Actually it's now showing up for me, either -- not sure why. Maybe I did something wrong; I'll look into it when I have a free sec.
The current plan is every other Thursday, but now and then we'll break schedule if the situation warrants it (for example, we'll probably do an episode the day of the 3DS launch, regardless of where that falls in our normal schedule).
Actually curious what people think about that -- is it super important to you that a podcast stick to a rigid schedule, or are you cool with us dropping in eps here and there when we can?
John, this episode was excellent. The Ryan Payton interview and the discussion of the size of Japanese game development, strengths and weaknesses of Japanese top-down direction, were very insightful.
john tv said:We'll do our best! We have a long list of people who we want to have on the show, but sometimes it'll just be us, too. Hope that's OK.
Actually it's now showing up for me, either -- not sure why. Maybe I did something wrong; I'll look into it when I have a free sec.
The current plan is every other Thursday, but now and then we'll break schedule if the situation warrants it (for example, we'll probably do an episode the day of the 3DS launch, regardless of where that falls in our normal schedule).
Actually curious what people think about that -- is it super important to you that a podcast stick to a rigid schedule, or are you cool with us dropping in eps here and there when we can?
Keep the rigid schedule, go ahead and do special episodes for events (i.e. Nintendo DS, E3, TGS, big announcements, etc).
I'd really like you guys to explore more about the East vs. West style of gaming (I know its already been touched on and I haven't listened to this episode yet), I find it highly interesting to see the back and forth between the styles, how each side affects each other, and where you guys think East-style development will go.
Zeouterlimits
Member
Rigid too please, it's really nice to integrate listening to a great podcast into my weekly schedule.john tv said:
Seriously great stuff guys, loved both episodes, but as I said on the last thread, do give us as much insight as you can into 8-4, the trials and tribulations of localising etc. I'm sure ye've already given it alot of thought, but ye've really just mentioned that ye have guests lined up, which seems like it would take alot of focus away from the possible insight into 8-4 itself.
TL;DR - Fantastic podcast, hope ye strike a good balance between 8-4/localisation & guests.
shouamabane
Member
I'm going with 8-4 Play and Talk Radar as far as gaming podcasts go for the foreseeable future.
Good to know people are interested to hear about what goes into bringing a game from Japan to the West--or our part of it, at least.
We're trying to come up with ways to talk about what we do w/o 1. saying anything we can't and 2. boring the hell out of people who aren't interested about how the sausage is made. Think we might have something soon...
Keep the ideas coming. Lots more guests lined up, and we have the big 3DS conference next week in Tokyo to talk about...
We're trying to come up with ways to talk about what we do w/o 1. saying anything we can't and 2. boring the hell out of people who aren't interested about how the sausage is made. Think we might have something soon...
Keep the ideas coming. Lots more guests lined up, and we have the big 3DS conference next week in Tokyo to talk about...
I hope in the future you guys will do some currently playing sections, would be good to hear if you are playing some games, people in the west may be less aware of.
I agree with what Ryan was saying regarding the Japanese and the portable scene. I can see 3DS and PSP2 being the future of the country to fund AAA games on HD consoles.
I agree with what Ryan was saying regarding the Japanese and the portable scene. I can see 3DS and PSP2 being the future of the country to fund AAA games on HD consoles.