Ryan from Autumn Pioneer, the developer of Shashingo: Learn Photography With Japanese joins the podcast to talk about his photo-snapping edutainment game with a Tokyo flair! We dig into using video games to learn languages, the joy of photography games, and tons of obscure Japanese oddities. In the feature, I take you to Odaiba’s amazing retro arcade that is one of the best in all of Tokyo!

Check out Shashingo: Learn Japanese With Photography here: 

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1632490/Shashingo_Learn_Japanese_with_Photography/

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(0:00) - Intro

Games

(0:53) - Shashingo: Learn Japanese With Photography w/ Ryan of Autumn Pioneer

Feature

(38:02) - Odaiba’s awesome retro arcade

News

(48:38) - Summer Games Fest

(52:02) - New Nintendo plushies

(53:01) - Closing

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