Fallin‘ Thru Plotholes

In this episode 2 of 4 on the company Ubisoft, Alex and Michael continue to discuss their rise to the top as we get into the origins of Assassins' Creed, Watch Dogs and the various times other companies tried to acquire them.

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In the first episode of their new podcast Deep Dives Into Gaming, Alex and Michael discuss the beginnings of Ubisoft, a company that  began as a way to sell farmers computer equipment, and eventually ended up with them owning the Tom Clancy franchise.

Want to listen to the rest of the episodes?  You can find them over here: https://deepdivesintogaming.buzzsprout.com/ or search "Deep Dives Into Gaming" on your podcast service of choice.

Have some comments or want to let us know how we're doing? Drop us a message in our fanmail section at deepdivesintogaming.buzzsprout.com, or you can e-mail us at [email protected]. 

Youtube:  youtube.com/@deepdivesintogaming

Bluesky:  deepdivegaming.bsky.social

Source List:  https://pastebin.com/WKVsKCR1

Michael And Alex come back to announce their new podcast, Deep Dives Into Gaming!  A podcast that takes a ridiculously deep dive into all sorts of video game topics, whether it's gaming concepts or gaming companies and everything in between! 

You can find the new podcast feed here:  https://deepdivesintogaming.buzzsprout.com/ or search for "Deep Dives Into Gaming" on your podcast service of choice!

You can also find us at Youtube at youtube.com/@deepdivesintogaming

Finally, keep up with us on Bluesky at deepdivegaming.bsky.social

In this Episode, Michael hurriedly tells Alex all about Lunar, the cult classic RPG series that was cool and good until its developers got into a giant fight and it died.

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In the final-ish episode about Translation and Localization, Alex and Michael talk about the company Working Designs, an early pioneer when it came to localization and one that really, really hated Bernie Stolar.

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Sources:

https://www.lunar-net.com/interviews/vic.php

Interview with Victor Ireland (E3 - May 1998).  Author:  Eric Farand and Webber, published 1998

https://www.lunar-net.com/interviews/vic2.php

Interview with Victor Ireland (E3 - May 1999).  Author:  Eric Farand, published 1999.

https://www.sega-16.com/2004/09/classic-interview-victor-ireland/

Classic Interview:  Victor Ireland (Founder of Working Designs).  Author:  Zach Menston & Doug Arnold.  Published September 5th, 2004 and interviews originally conducted between 1993-1995.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/qanda-victor-ireland-on-the-end-of-working-designs/1100-6141225/

Q&A:  Victor Ireland on the end of Working Designs.  Author:  Brendan Sinclair.  Published December 14th, 2005.

https://tcrf.net/Exile:_Wicked_Phenomenon

Webpage for Exile:  Wicked Phenomenon.  Author unknown.

https://www.lunar-net.com/ebc/ebc_diff.php

Lunar: Eternal Blue Complete Translation Differences.  Author:  Unknown

https://r.mprd.se/Sega%20CD/Manuals/Lunar%20-%20Eternal%20Blue%20(U).pdf

Manual for Lunar:  The Silver Star.  No, seriously, it's mislabeled.

In this episode,  Alex and Michael talk about the early and mid-career of Jeremy Blaustein, translator for various Konami games such as Castlevania:  Symphony of the Night and Metal Gear Solid, and his somewhat controversial takes on translating and localizing.

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Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd2i4ufo9wg

-Four Kids Flashback, by Tara Sands and Steve Yurko

The Bizarre, True Story of Metal Gear Solid's English Translation

Jeremy Blaustein, Polygon, published July 18th 2019

https://www.polygon.com/2019/7/18/20696081/metal-gear-solid-translation-japanese-english-jeremy-blaustein

Interview With Jeremy Blaustein (Central Silent Hill)

Unknown Author, published 2003

https://www.silenthillmemories.net/creators/interviews/2003_blaustein_csh_en.htm

Interview with Jeremy Blaustein

Unknown author, Arcade Attack, unknown publisher

https://www.arcadeattack.co.uk/jeremy-blaustein/

Interview With The Wolfgirl - Agness Kaku

John Szczepaniak, Hardcore Gaming 101, Published January 2012

http://www.eatchain.com/garbage/METALGEAR%3F%3F%3F/Metal%20Gear%20Solid%202%20Agness%20Kaku%20Intereview/Page%201/Hardcore%20Gaming%20101%20%20Agness%20Kaku%20Interview.htm

In this episode, Alex and Michael talk about localization in video games, giving a background of necessity and difficulty of competently translating from one language to another.

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In the final episode of our series on Final Fantasy and Stranger of Paradise, Alex and Michael talk about maybe the three worst (narrative) DLCs I have ever seen, completely changing their opinion of Stranger of Paradise.

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Michael might have gotten a touch of COVID, but that's not going to stop him from telling Alex all about the nuts plot of Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin.

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In this episode, Alex and Michael talk about Stranger in Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, the Team Ninja-developed nonsense prequel to Final Fantasy.

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