For some reason the podcast will work if you click on the link provided in this page:
http://www.podcasts.com/geeks-with-...w-podcast-135-chris-pranger-from-the-escapist
Just listened to some of it, this other Podcast is a mess too, this guy was cocky and setting himself up a year in advance:
39min:30sec
"I'm probably breaking my rules, like the big company rules... (goes on to talk about company protocol about how an individual shouldn't view themselves as a spokesperson, a "standout" or above their team)
43min mark: '...(I/we) can't go on a gaming site and say Let me tell you the real story! 'But Nintendo! Why don't you stand up for yourself?! (Exaggerated fan voice)' Because we're not allowed to! But rest assured, we have the answer to put you in your place, if you only knew! So that's the hard thing about the job is learning to have tact....to be part of gaming but not engaged in some of the most vocal aspects of it."
44min "You don't want to be the guy that leaks stuff. When I first came to the Treehouse, I was told 'We have never leaked anything about games. We have a perfect track record.' So if you become the guy that leaks something, you're busted."
46 min: 'The littlest thing can snowball quickly snowball, so that's why we're always encouraged, do not be a 'vocal person' for video games. Try to stay away from it, don't talk about our games 'in certain senses.'
He then says "anything I say is my opinion and not the company's" but that flies right in the face of what just a few seconds before regarding what he said on NOA telling him before in how to speak and act.
57 or so min mark:
(Exaggerated fan voice): 'Why won't you bring this Japanese game over?? Why do you hate your customers?? Why won't you take our money??' It's not just some old guy is just standing there saying (in a dumb tone) 'I don't understand! I just don't want to give it to them!' 'There's a lot of business people making smart business decisions and all that adds up to money money money money money!" Then talks more about localization risks and money decisions, uses Animal Crossing as an example. Says AC was a big risk, but it payed off. Uses Earthbound as a "heartbreaking" example of a lot of work localizing something that flopped in the U.S. sales wise.
59min18sec:
"Last year there was a meeting we had where we were specifically talking about Bravely Default and we weren't sure if the localization task was going to fall to us or Square Enix. And this is this kind of common thing, a lot of games which are kind of 'out there,' are we going to help bring this over or can we do it? It's somber because...here's a schedule of...here are the games that we are going to come out with, this year....'we would love to bring these games over but if we do then we can't bring these over.' Doing more of his third person "dumb fan guy voice" in order to "debate" what he's saying on behalf of the company, 1hr4min mark near the podcast's end the hosts take a break to discuss the Vita and something about Free Comic Book day that year.
1hr10sec mark, podcast is closing and Chris states he is not speaking on behalf of Nintendo and these are only his opinions "...to cover my own butt, because I think I probably said more than I should have."
"I didn't give any game secrets away..."
Podcast host: "Haha. There's still a chance!"
Chris: "Ha, nope, not gonna happen! I love my job, it's a good job."
Ends shortly after that.
So yeah...
...a year before this blew up and this guy apparently has zero self awareness, sharing lots of conpany info (talking about their internal meeting about Bravely Default stands out as a huge no-no) and doesn't seem to realize like a gaming forum, a podcast is 100% public.