@patrickklepek said:

Hell, I’ve been friends with and worked with John Ricciardi and Mark MacDonald since I was...14?

Pretty tacky by Tricky to be moonlighting with other people while working at Giant Bomb!

On the reals though, the work 8-4 did on Nier was amazing

Awesome!! I never heard the 8-4 cast, but Mark is definetly someone worth hearing. Thanks for introducing us to this one, G Bomb!! Keep awesome!

Listened to the latest podcast of theirs & was rather interesting though after the change I'm wondering what changes they might do, maybe even a new home for the Nintendo Download Xpress (prerecorded or via skype).

Welcome to the family...first rule of GiantBomb...don't talk about GiantBomb! Second rule of GiantBomb...please tell others about the website :)

Enjoy your stay and make sure you ask Brad for your complimentary pop tarts...well not complimentary just the nasty brown sugar ones which no one eats.

@Draxyle said:

@Animasta said:

8-4 does a lot of the tales localizations btw

they also did Nier, though, which was fantastic and amazing.

Hmm, I'll need to check out which ones. Tales is certainly the better of Namco's products when it comes to localizations from what I've played, especially when given the sheer amount of dialogue that's in those games.

They've also localized every Metal Gear game since Portable Ops.

Cool, I guess they are done with 1Up...

Weird?

Not that it seems like a big deal it just doesn't seem to mean much.

This is cool, never Heard of this studio until now, will be digging into the backlog when the podcasts are posted

I'm personally stampeeding over to the 8-4 podcast to check it out. Sounds like a collaboration made in heaven, or thereabouts.

I admittedly have never heard of 8-4, but this sounds like something I'd totally dig.

Oh.

Pretty much the only gaming podcast I listen to, next to the Bombcast.  
I'm on board, is what I'm saying.

CHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAANNNNNGGGGGGEEEEEEEEE

Pretty cool dood, I will listen to that.

Giantbomb: Your one stop shop for podcast awesomeness. Seriously. Two of the best video game podcasts out there under one roof. Sweet.

One of the best podcasts next to the best podcast? This is great news.

8-4 has really cool people, and I love hearing the unique point of view they have on the industry and ongoings. 
 
Pretty excited about this. Also really hope you guys can get out to TGS this year.

MARK MACDONALD. I still remember the 1upYours (I think?) where him and Dennis Dyack went at it

didn't both of those guy work for gamespot?

HOLY SHIT!!!!! FUCKING YES!!!!!!!!!!, seriously the 2 best podcasts out there working together?!

Patrick klepek you are my hero

cool! will definitely listen to it :)

More content on Giantbomb. Sure!

Fuck yes

@yoshimitz707 said:

@patrickklepek said:

@Duffyside said:

The only potential problem I see with this is Giant Bomb's coverage of games 8-4 has worked on...

This won't impact anything we talk about or how we talk about it, promise!

But that's not really up to you, is it? Giant Bomb decided they were too close to the Bastion team and the development of that game and didn't review it. How can you look at something objectively when you're this close to the group and not let that bias your opinion of a game?

There's a difference between bringing a development team and their game onto the old Happy Hour shows to talk about their development process and such (almost akin to a commercial for their game, even if it was a great game), and hosting a localization company's podcast. It's not simply because they are close to a group. They're close to a lot of developers, yet manage to review their games just fine. It's called professionalism.

Mark MacDonald, I missed ya buddy. Had no idea you were doing podcasts for japanese games. I'm going to have to dive into that one. GOD I miss the old school EGM days.

8-4 does some great stuff and I've had a man-crush on Mark MacDonald for long time, so I'm excited for this.

Very random. Got no beef with it as long as it doesn't clutter my Giant Bomb feed.

how old was that video?

While I have never listened to that podcast, it's always nice to see things like this happen. It'll mean more exposure for those guys, and, judging from people's reaction they deserve it. So kudos to both parties involved!

8-4 Play and the Bombcast are my two favorite video game podcasts, so this seems pretty cool. The 8-4some could use some more exposure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l71gaZnYgOU

This is such a good fit. The bombcast crew mostly doesn't cover Japanese games, and 8-4 mostly do. When I heard the bombcast intro on this week's episode, I suddenly remembered how they had said last week that they were moving. Can't get the smile off my face.

@patrickklepek said:

@Duffyside said:

The only potential problem I see with this is Giant Bomb's coverage of games 8-4 has worked on...

This won't impact anything we talk about or how we talk about it, promise!

But that's not really up to you, is it? Giant Bomb decided they were too close to the Bastion team and the development of that game and didn't review it. How can you look at something objectively when you're this close to the group and not let that bias your opinion of a game?

You know, guys; this podcast is actually pretty good.

dude I remember my grandma having a wall calendar that looked just like that one on the beggining of the video, I was little but I remember, it all makes sense now since the guy at the grocery store that gave it to her was japanese...

Sounds really cool!

I've been listening to the 8-4 podcast since they started the podcast and it has become my favorite gaming podcast out there. Hope this gets 8-4 more fans and support, they deserve it. This may have been posted but you can get their podcast here http://8-4.jp/blog/

while you wait for their page on Giantbomb.

Still waiting for somebody (Vinny) of the giant bomb crew to try and tackle and make sense of Monster Hunter. Monster Hunter is awesome and it hurts listening to Ryan and Jeff shit on it.

Cool

Great Job! looking forward to this.

Idle Thumbs just announced they're partnering with 3-Moves-Ahead, and about 6 months ago Talkradar disbanded and started LaserTime, which is about 4 different podcasts. Also the number of legitemate "podcasting networks" to spring up since 2010 is hard to even keep track of.

Podcasts have gained a strange momentum in the passed year especially.

Awesome, 3rd in my top five favorite podcasts 2 in one spot! Bonus!

That's actually cool. Will listen to at least one episode and then decide if it's worth the time.

My favorite podcasts are, in order:

1) Giant Bomb

2) 8-4

So this is great news for everyone involved, even if all it really means in the short term is another entry on the podcasts page, and hopefully more audience for the 8-4 podcast.

Now, if we can get some detailed coverage on TGS, NintendoWorld, the Level-5 convention, etc...

I started listening to their podcast like a week ago. Weird...

I, for one, welcome our new Japanese game overlords!

Almost 4 years ago and Mark was already talking over poor Hiroko.....what a jerk! No, I love the 8-4 podcast, glad to see they're finding an awesome new home (somewhere I already visit). Really look forward to whatever crossovers might spring up from this. Maybe Vinny can talk Dark Souls with them too.

Great nes. Wish 8-4 made a quick video for this news but watching this old vid works as well.

@dastly75 said:

@MiniPato said:

"Dig Deeper into Hiroko Minamoto."

lol

Happy about the partnership though! Now I don't have to go to two different sites and I like the podcast player hear better.

Just in case people think you're making that up, here's the screen cap before the page was edited:

lolnice

Requoting to point out Patrick's crude, possibly unintentional, joke!

When 8-4 talked about leaving the 1up Network for another host I was hoping it was going to be Giant Bomb, hooray!