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Giant Bomb Visits 8-4

8-4 tells us what it takes to properly localize a game and avoid spoony bards.

Oct. 17 2008

Cast: Brad

Posted by: Jeff

97 Comments

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interesting stuff

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The girl looks pretty and she smiles a lot too.  Big Square Enix game? DQ9 or one of those FF?

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indeed

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Trogdor is totally on that blackboard!

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All Your Base Are Belong To Us!
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YOU'RE WINNER!

...no wait, they were North American...wow that really puts things in perspective.

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Time travel?

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Edited By Shawk

Anyone notice how these guys shave?

Seriously... wtf? One dude has some pedo thing going on, the other seemed to do over his lip and forgot to do under his lip and then put the chin strap look to just complete the weirdness..

And I'm pretty sure the taller dude worked or works for 1UP.com
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Japanese vending machines demand respect.

Very interesting interview. I'd like to see more things like this that are out of the norm'.

... I mean

Liking the interview, interesting so I'd want more!

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always got to throw in a random moment don't ya

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Yay Mark Macdonald!  Interesting stuff....

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Dude, NARC shit? Awesome

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i think shes worked in the industry for Over 9000 years!!!!!!!!!

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they seem nice

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Hello pretty Asian lady!

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Great video.  I love seeing video game business stuff that you'd be unlikely to see on many other gaming sites.

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Nice interview. Cool to see what Mark MacDonald is doing after 1up.  And I like that Trogdor is on the blackboard.

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I agree with DJ. I thought Mark had gotten a job at a developer but apparently not. It's is still cool to see what he's been doing since his days at 1UP

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Edited By Flushes

Anyone else see the giant Ryan Payton message on the board?

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Edited By chililili

I like these guys but I did not like the flamboyantly gay comment, I think that stuff shouldn't be altered as it shows and exposes part of the culture that is ok in japan and makes people over here think about their values and what they think is normal

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Great video. It's awesome to see how all that works.

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pretty interesting stuff. and of course...a good ending XD

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I'm glad I stuck around to the end. I'll make it a point to bow to my vending machine next time it gives me yummies.

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@SpaceInsomniac
 Agreed 110%. Getting news on other parts of the industry is a great addition to the site. I'd love to see more of it as time permits.
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brad spoke with the gaming jesus mark macdonald

and u get good luck for bowing to a vending machine
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Edited By MachoFantastico

Great Interview, nice to see a different area of gaming.

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Edited By Schadenfreude

Is there an English website to see what games they've localized?

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That is a serious vending machine. Do want.

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Edited By NinjaSquirrel

Great interview. That's really cool of  you guy's to interview a really different side of the industry.
Trogdor lives by Brad's head.

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Lol at All Your Translations Am Belong To US and bowing at vending machine

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I thought Mark MacDonald was working for Konami.  Was he just helping with localization or did he move on after MGS 4?

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Ryan Payton on the board!

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I think the hot Japanese chick is John's girlfriend. I've seen her on some 1up video specials before. Mark Mac...who is that fool?

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Wow.  You know, whenever I thought of game development localization was the last thing on my mind.

Dude, these guys are important.  Like, really important.

Thanks for the vid.

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"Milky wuz here"
Awesome

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Mark Mcdonald FTW!!

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Hmm... looks to me like some of the GiantBomb comments could use some better localization.

"I love giantbomb for making this kind of interviews"

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lol @ Jeff's bowing at the end.

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WOW ... I care about this ZERO

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马克先生回来了!!
hurray

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@Flushes: Hahaha, "The best is yet to come" indeed. :)

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Notice the chalkboard, "all your translations am belonging to us", hahah.

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This is exactly why I love Giant Bomb. Who else does stuff like this?

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Thanks for the localization. And thanks for all the fish.

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LOL at Jeff, hillarious.

Mark MacDonald was great on the Kojima Productions Report Podcast, damn you GB bringing back my withdrawl symptons!

The secret project they're doing must be The Last Remnant.

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Lol @ the vending machine. Nice.

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Impressive how many games they have worked on for translations.

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They mentioned Chaos Wars, if you are enticed to know how horrible the cutscenes might be, click this link and enjoy (or recoil in horror!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAtC1SzWSXg