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Hi! You've NEVER heard a community podcast like this one before, as we recorded it in Tokyo during a typhoon, albeit from the safety of James Eldred's apartment. As such, he joins me (Diamond Feit) and Jeremy Parish to discuss the news and read your feedback.

Please submit your responses to our monthly listener question in the comments below by October 18.

Specific items mentioned in this episode include:

Art & edits by Diamond (photo source). Music heard in this episode:

", "contentSnippet": "Hi! You've NEVER heard a community podcast like this one before, as we recorded it in Tokyo during a typhoon, albeit from the safety of James Eldred's apartment. As such, he joins me (Diamond Feit) and Jeremy Parish to discuss the news and read your feedback.\nPlease submit your responses to our monthly listener question in the comments below by October 18.\nSpecific items mentioned in this episode include:\n\nat the top I say the year & month in Japanese, followed by \"Silver Typhoon\"\n\nepisode 218 waaay back in 2019 also featured James and his domicile\n\nJohn Linneman shared a photo of James' record shelf!\n\n\nMarsupilami 2 (2026. multiplatform)\n\nGo Slimey Go! (multiplatform)\n\nGhost in the Shell (2026), The Expanse, and Three-Body (2023 over 2024)\n\n\"Billy Dee Williams does not like Italians\" = Fear City (1984)\n\nMurder, She Wrote and its suspiciously high body count\n\nBlood Dungeon came out! Adorable yet quite hard!\n\nenjoy Devon Dale's \"Kraid Corleone\" & \"Pizza Ritchson\"\n\nalso gaze upon Stu's wonderful Reacher art, ICYMI\n\n\nStar Trek's planet of gangsters = \"A Piece of the Action\"\n\nepisode 483 carries a unique warning message for adult language\n\nthe late Jorge Gonz\u00e1lez stood 7'7\" (2.31m) tall, a record for WWF/WCW\n\nWorf often got trounced on Star Trek to sell an enemy's strength\n\nyou can still see a second of Richard Kiel as The Incredible Hulk\n\nMETAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2\n\nMGS4, Peace Walker HD, and Ghost Babel (GBC, called Metal Gear Solid in US/EU)\n\n\nArcade Archives: Karnov\n\nHamster + Hori present Arcade Classic Pro\n\nofficial site says it only weighs 2kg (not including plug-ins)\n\nthe joystick supports 4-way or 8-way inputs\n\npeep the unique features of 720\u00b0's arcade stick\n\ndoes everyone know about Elevator Action: Death Parade??\n\n\nZelda X Druaga = The Tower of Zeldaga\n\nDragon Quest Heroes: Torneko's Mystery Dungeon -Classic HD- (multiplatform)\n\n\"this remaster is burdened with a slapdash UI and a litany of input, lag and performance issues that culminate in a significantly worse \"quality-of-life\" experience than the original SFC version\" GSK (a patch is coming)\n\n\nre:Blue, a fan-made Blue Dragon \"static recompilation\"\n\nProject Reignition, fan-made PC port of Sonic and the Secret Rings (2007)\n\nSuzuki Bakuhatsu fan translation! Fully playable!\n\nI wrote a column about this back in 2020, it's such a wonderfully weird little game\n\n\nout by the time anyone hears this: Alien Breed Collection (multiplatform)\n\nAlien Breed (1991)\n\nAlien Breed Special Edition '92 (1992)\n\nAlien Breed II: The Horror Continues (1993)\n\nAlien Breed: Tower Assault (1994)\n\nAlien Breed 3D (1995)\n\nAlien Breed 3D II: The Killing Grounds (1996)\n\nlast warning: do NOT look up the cheat codes!\n\n\n\"proof-of-concept alpha\" of Project Dream (SNES) released by angry user\n\nRare released a video about this years ago but now it's playable!\n\n\nTerranigma coming back in 2027 (multiplatform)l\n\nSanitarium, too! (multiplatform)\n\noriginal version remains on Steam/GOG\n\n\nInfested DX coming October 2026\n\nremake of 2016 indie Shadowgate-like throwback (still on itch.io)\n\n\nJoe & Mac Retro Collection coming to Steam & consoles in October\n\nJoe & Mac Caveman Ninja\n\nCongo\u2019s Caper\n\nJoe & Mac Lost in the Tropics\n\nOperation Condor was an Armour of God sequel but were swapped in the US\n\n\n\"handcrafted Steam remake\" The Battle Of Olympus coming to Steam 2027\n\n\"by the original development duo behind the programming and graphics\"\n\nKazuo Sawa (1951-2024) did the music\n\n\nJeremy interviewed Yukio Horimoto (not Hashimoto) in 2015\n\nReiko Horimoto (n\u00e9e Oshida) calls this their \"swan song\" as game developers\n\nconfirmed: Ken & Roberta Williams married in their teens before making games\n\n\nPixelJunk Monsters 3 announced ahead of 20th anniversary\n\nSquare Enix wants to sell you tiny toy TVs that play Final Fantasy music (2027)\n\n1980 yen apiece OR 11,880 for the set, reserve yours today!\n\ntagline: \"COLLECT NOSTALGY\"\n\n\nThatgamecompany launches \"full-service publisher\" Thatgamepublisher\n\ntheir most recent game was Sky: Children of the Light (2019, I didn't play it)\n\n\nSilent Hill producer wants the series to go annual\n\n\"There are still many projects that are still under the works and very unannounced titles. So obviously, we can't go into specifics. But there are still many projects that we are currently exploring and working on as we speak.\" Motoi Okamoto\n\n\nNintendos Directs!\n\nZelda OoT remake arrives November 5\n\nJeremy appeared on the TGS episode of 8-4 Play\n\nI said Aoyama when I meant Aonuma\n\n\nOnyx: The Dark Grip (2027)\n\nMETAL SLUG ULTIMATE COLLECTION (multiplatform, 2027) from M2\n\nMETAL SLUG (1996)\n\nMETAL SLUG 2 (1998)\n\nMETAL SLUG X (1999)\n\nMETAL SLUG 3 (2000)\n\nMETAL SLUG 4 (2002)\n\nMETAL SLUG 5 (2003)\n\nMETAL SLUG ADVANCE (2004)\n\nMETAL SLUG 6 (2006)\n\nMETAL SLUG 7 (2008)\n\nplus a METAL SLUG \"Location Test Version\" (Never officially released)\n\n\nNext: The Portopia Serial Murder Case (multiplatform, 2027) from room6 & GMODE\n\nYo-Kai Watch 2: Haunted Domain (no date)\n\nsuspiciously short announcement trailer that honestly could be AI\n\nCALLED IT, Hino actually apologized after the fact\n\n\n\nMetroid Ravenous (January 2027)\n\n\"eat or be eaten\"\n\n\nKirby and the World Beyond (Spring 2027)\n\n\nSony State of Play (Dual Edition)\n\nRhapsody in Scarlet (multiplatform, date unknown)\n\n\"puzzle-first adventure\" Uncanyon (multiplatform, 2027)\n\ncoming to PS+ Classics\n\nMega Man X: Command Mission (out!)\n\nDino Crisis 2 (\u201clater this year\u201d)\n\nthe original Ratchet & Clank (\u201clater this year\u201d)\n\n\nCygames announced CygamesEdge & Where the Seeds Fall (November)\n\nLego PlayStation coming October 1, 1911 pieces, \"near 1:1 scale replica\"\n\nKimimi: \"There's a realistic chance that Lego PS1 will cost more than a working example of the real thing bundled with a bunch of good games, if current eBay prices are anything to go by.\"\n\nartist Piet Mondrian did a lot of abstract geometric paintings in his later years\n\n\n\nmeanwhile in court, Sony argues no one owns anything & we KNOW THIS already\n\nfiled in June, a suit alleges Sony insufficiently explains digital licenses\n\nJames brings up Sony's removal of digital video purchases from users' libraries\n\nusers are collecting a (long) list of times where Sony said \"own\" re: digital purchases\n\n\nSony friendship with KojiPro ENDED as they pull out from publishing PHYSINT\n\nSony called Kojima with the bad news but KojiPro found a new partner: XBOX\n\nonce upon a time it was a big deal to see Metal Gear games on Xbox\n\n\nthis month's dumbass Microsoft announcement: Cloud gaming time limits!\n\navailable hours per month vary based on your Game Pass level\n\ndays later MS added these limits \"only affect new purchases\"\n\n\nDragon Ball theme park in France? Funded by the Saudis??\n\njust one problem: they didn't get permission from the copyright holders!\n\nToei Animation even made a press release to say \"we don't know her\"\n\n\nnot too late to pivot to Dragon Power Land or Alex Kidd Land\n\n\nRIP Dolly Parton, beacon of light. James recommends:\n\nThe Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)\n\nRockstar (2023)\n\n\"Baby I'm Burnin'\"\n\nLindsay Ellis on Dolly Parton ($, Nebula)\n\n\nRIP Tim Curry, exuberant actor\n\n\"the singing telegram girl\" = Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Gos!\n\nhear his take on The Joker in Batman: TAS before Hamill took the role\n\nCurry visited the Academy earlier this year and toured the archives\n\n\nRIP Peter Cullen, voice of authority\n\nbetween the original cartoon and the 2007 movie, Garry Chalk voiced Optimus\n\njust LOOK at LI'L STARSCREAM\n\nalso take a gander at this awesome JP TF LD from 1998\n\n\nRIP Gerrit Graham, salutations from the other side. James recommends:\n\nPhantom of the Paradise (BEEF!)\n\nBeware! The Blob (1972)\n\nBobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976)\n\nDemon Seed (1977)\n\nUsed Cars (1980, also YIKES)\n\nTerrorVision (1986)\n\nChopping Mall (1986)\n\nIt\u2019s Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)\n\nPolice Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)\n\nChild\u2019s Play 2 (1990)\n\nhe hasn't seen Walker (1987) but he's heard good things\n\n\nsounds like Jeremy's describing Family Trainer 5: Meiro Daisakusen\n\nhere's that video Jeremy & I shot in Nakano Broadway\n\nsee Jeremy & Bob at Portland Retro Gaming Expo!\n\nJames' blog post about his recent health issues (graphic language)\n\nArt & edits by Diamond (photo source). 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