On tonight's episode of Throwdown, we are joined by special guest Yong Yea. Yong is best known as a YouTube personality who specializes in creating video game analysis videos; especially his series of Metal Gear Solid related videos. We talk to him about how he got started doing videos, his love of the Metal Gear Solid franchise, his thoughts about the current situation at Konami, what it was like growing up as an Asian kid in South America, and much more.

This week's news topics include:

*Japanese gaming companies localizing more games for the West

*July NPD numbers; PlayStation 4 once again dominates hardware and software sales

*Phil Spencer says that catching up to PS4 sales isn't a priority

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You can check out Yong Yea on:

Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/yongyea

http://www.youtube.com/yongplays

Podcast:

https://twitter.com/The_Codec

Social:

https://twitter.com/YongYea

www.facebook.com/yongyea

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