Friend of the podcast, Alex O Smith returns! After two decades translating video games (including many Final Fantasies), Alex has accumulated quite a few stories from inside the Japanese video game industry. Some of his excellent tales include:

- The incredibly insane task of voicing every line of dialogue in Final Fantasy X.

- How he basically didn't sleep for two months.

- Hanging out with smokers to gain allies at Squaresoft.

- How he learned to compromise with big budget directors.

- And more! (Including his thoughts on Persona 5).

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Read Alex’s wisdom from the first episode: https://tfg.li/2D2nITG