Author Topic: The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers  (Read 1975 times)

Medic_wheat

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Re: The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers
« Reply #30 on: March 13, 2016, 04:56:22 PM »
I own the DVD if anyone wishes to borrow it. I'm not a fan of John Szczepaniak but there is nothing else quite like it.

Lol. I'd like to borrow it but wouldn't like to be responsible for the DVD with a ten month old.


Maybe there is a riped video of the DVD I can just download.


Heck I could actually just rip the DVD as a a I file that could be passed around as a USB stick. But then I'd still be responsible for the DVD to rip it.  Lol


Oh the hedge hog's delima.



Which has nothing. To do with this when you look at the context I used it in. 😏

ccovell

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Re: The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers
« Reply #31 on: March 13, 2016, 09:38:59 PM »
Hardcore Gaming 101 has recently been releasing some of the interviews from the DVD, so why not judge their quality that way?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCPzkstbidZniw38EM0I8GA/videos

Mathius

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Re: The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers
« Reply #32 on: March 14, 2016, 01:11:00 PM »
Hardcore Gaming 101 has recently been releasing some of the interviews from the DVD, so why not judge their quality that way?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCPzkstbidZniw38EM0I8GA/videos

I forgot about this. Check em out!

Medic, let me know what you want to do. I'm no expert on ripping so that would all fall on you. :)
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Re: The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers
« Reply #33 on: March 17, 2016, 02:59:23 PM »

Found his visit to what's left of Hudson. Love that pompous British accent! He should've broken into the building, who would've minded, right ?? ;)

I said it before, but I still don't quite understand how the guy was just as angry before his successful Kickstarter after raising roughly $115,003 USD to give him a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in visiting Japan and getting to explore some gaming industry history this way...

You'd think with a blessing like that he'd put things into perspective. Fine, the sister resigned on you, it didn't work out, but you're on borrowed time in Japan on other peoples' money, find another translator/coordinator and resume instead of deciding to wage war on her and Agness, the Metal Gear Solid 2 translator... He was over there also "making" a kind of ugly history instead of just reporting it and it seems like there were much better alternatives. And ultimately they didn't take his bullshit which I suspect was likely defensive scapegoating so he caught 2 libel lawsuits in the aftermath...

It just doesn't compute. How many can say they ran a successful Kickstarter project raising that kind of cash ? It's really how there was no change in his anger level, that's what it seems like but you factor in the stress of such an endeavor, I guess somewhere an explanation can be found. Once a self-proclaimed "guerrilla journalist" always a "guerrilla journalist" I guess ?
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Mathius

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Re: The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers
« Reply #34 on: March 17, 2016, 04:20:58 PM »
^^Where are you guys getting info on JS's fall from grace? I found a link a year or two ago but have long since lost it.
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Re: The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers
« Reply #35 on: March 17, 2016, 05:10:00 PM »
The original thread on this I guess when the Kickstarter campaign took off ?

https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=14787.0

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Re: The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers
« Reply #36 on: March 18, 2016, 12:52:50 AM »
NightWolve: I agree...there is enough material for a documentary about this entire endeavor.

ASIDE: I would love for Japanese fans/interviewees to fact-check and verify the content of JS's writing...I hope he captured enough truth/reality. Considering how piss-poor the history of video games has been captured prior to JS, he really doesn't have to do much to surpass his peers.

The bar is quite low.

Which is sad.
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