Podcast appearances and mentions of Alexander O Smith

Nadia Oxford gathers with Jeremy Parish and translator Alexander O. Smith to talk about Vagrant Story's 25th anniversary and its localization. Retronauts is made possible by listener support through Patreon! Support the show to enjoy ad-free early access, better audio quality, and great exclusive content. Learn more and listen to the full Vagrant Story episode at http://www.patreon.com/retronauts!

Alexander O. Smith returns to talk game translation and localization. What words did he sneak into every Final Fantasy game that he translated? How would he have tackled current controversial translations? All this and more are discussed in this exciting episode of the Resonant Arc Podcast. Alexander's Instagram account: http://www.instagram.com/aokajiya/ The "Shogun" breakdown Alexander mentioned from Hiroko Yoda: https://blog.hirokoyoda.com/p/jidaigeki-made-in-usa **We're Now On Spotify**: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gIzzvT3AfRHjGlfF8kFW3 **Listen On Soundcloud**: https://soundcloud.com/resonantarc **Listen On iTunes**: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/state-of-the-arc-podcast/id1121795837 **Listen On Pocket Cast**: http://pca.st/NJsJ Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/resonantarc Subscribe Star: https://www.subscribestar.com/resonant-arc Twitter: https://twitter.com/resonantarc Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/resonantarc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/resonantarc TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@resonantarc

It seems that with every new Japanese game released here in the States, there's another controversy about the translation. Most recently, we saw this with Metaphor: Refantasio, but the same thing happened with Unicorn Overlord and many others. This is true not only for games but also for anime and Manga. So today, we brought in Alexander O. Smith, a professional Japanese-to-English translator and game writer who worked on games like Vagrant Story, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Final Fantasy X, and Final Fantasy XII, to set the record straight about the process of game translation and localization. Is the game industry plagued with "rogue translators" who are pushing their own agenda? Is censorship the issue? In this episode, you'll learn how and why these decisions are made and learn some REALLY cool behind-the-scenes info on how Final Fantasy X was translated! Timecodes: 1. Intro (0:00) 2. Establishing Our Intentions With This Conversation (1:46) 3. What Got Alex Interested In Learning Japanese? (6:36) 4. How Different Are Japanese And English Fundamentally? (15:51) 5. How Much Oversight Do Japanese Devs Have Over English Translation? (28:48) 6. How Much Of The Changes Between Japanese And English Are Marketing Decisions? (35:57) 7. How Often Are The Japanese Teams Requesting Changes For Other Markets? (44:24) 8. Should Translators Also Be Good Writers Themselves? (58:24) 9. Why Did Alex Change "Arigato" to "I love you" in Final Fantasy X? (1:19:00) 10. Alex's Biggest Translation Mistake On FFX (1:30:09) 11. Alex's Feelings On Working With Yasumi Matsuno (1:39:36) 12. How Do You Approach Translating Song Lyrics Like Melodies of Life? (1:57:56) 13. How Did You Master Older Forms Of English? (2:03:43)

Square Roots - Episode 427 Welcome to this In-Ogre-Al episde of our Tactics Ogre playthrough! You can play Reborn! You can play the PlayStation 1 one! You can play the PSP one! Whatever you want, it's all about various ethnic groups at war. You know it's an Alexander O. Smith translation with all the "neh"s and manses, so get ready for some great but dense text!  Also: - In-Ogre-Al - Is Vanessa JD Vance? - His Name Is Grandma's Peach Tea - A Birthday Cacophany - The Dynast-King Dragula - Duke Wrongway This Week:  Finish Qadriga Fortress in Tactics Ogre: Reborn / Let Us Cling Together! Next Week: Finish Chapter 1!

In this episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) and Patrick Macias are joined by translator, writer, and game industry veteran Alexander O. Smith who talks about his experience translating the late Akira Toriyama's classic manga DR. SLUMP for the US market! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FOLLOW THE TOKYOSCOPE BLOG ON SUBSTACK!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠FULL SHOW EARLY EPISODE DROPS AT OUR PATREON!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ INFO ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pure TokyoScope on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Matt Alt on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patrick Macias on Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pure TokyoScope on YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.tokyoscope.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for merch The podcast is produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠jaPRESS LLC⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias Theme song by Marxy

Episode 129 Friday, November 24, 2023 On the Needles 1:48 ALL KNITTING LINKS GO TO RAVELRY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.  Please visit our Instagram page @craftcookreadrepeat for non-Rav photos and info   Roam by Dawn Barker, Rainbow Peak Yarns super sock in Luminosity II (Lula Faye Fibre)   Vanilla is the New Black by Anneh Fletcher, Knit Picks Felici in Beyond the Wall– DONE!!   Christmas is the New Black by Anneh Fletcher, Lollipop Yarn Quintessential in We Need a Little Christmas (started December 2022, yarn 2016)   Ilha by Orlane Sucche, SugarPlum Circus sock in Scorpio   Explicate by Hunter Hammerson, Hue Loco Merino Sock in Blue laced red wyandotte–DONE!!   On the Easel 14:51 Gouachevember Calendar prep check here for shop updates On the Table 21:15 Monster Cookies | Cup of Jo   Crispy Honey Balsamic Glazed Brussels Sprouts - Caroline Chambers   Paper Plane Wild Rice and Mushroom Pilaf Recipe   Ad hoc chicken pot pie with the BEST crust! (used icy cold vodka instead of water). Carmelized Shallot gravy  Yellow Curry Chickenturned into Handpies with leftover crust from above. Cocktail from Episode 61 New cocktail! We're calling it The Franciscan. I part Orange Curacao, 1 part Gin, splash of ginger allspice simple syrup*, garnish with cara cara orange. *Ginger Allspice Simple Syrup: 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon allspice berries, 2-inch piece of fresh ginger, peeled and chopped. Combine in saucepan & bring to boil. Cook till sugar is melted. Remove from heat & let steep for 30-60 minutes. Strain into a jar, cover & refrigerate. And an epic quantity of green beans! On the Nightstand 36:36 We are now a Bookshop.org affiliate!  You can visit our shop to find books we've talked about or click on the links below.  The books are supplied by local independent bookstores and a percentage goes to us at no cost to you!   Goodreads best of 2023 voting   T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton (audio) Malice by Keigo Higashino, trans by Alexander O. Smith (audio) Waking Gods by Sylvain Neuvel (audio) Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel (audio) Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy, trans by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (this link goes to a different version) Under the Smokestrewn Sky by A. Deborah Baker/seanan McGuire Little Thieves by Margaret Owen  The Keeper's Six by Kate Elliott    48:00 Starter Villain by John Scalzi  Evil Eye by Etaf Rum  August Blue by Deborah Levy  Beyond the Door of No Return by David Diop, trans by Sam Taylor  Aliss at the Fire by Jon Fosse, trans by Damion Searls  Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros    All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers Happy Place by Emily Henry Mrs. Porter Calling by AJ Pearce The Museum of Failures by Thrity Umrigar All Wrapped Up 1:09:19 Needles   Weather or Knot Scarf Kit – The Yarnery   Faux suede tags, handmade, this is the back   Knitting cady yarn bowl Uncommon Goods   CABLE KNIT LEATHER BANDS FOR APPLE WATCH birdie parker   Nudge Brass Counter Budget version counter Handmade: knitting tags   Easel Caran D'ache Bi-color set of colored pencils (unfortunately, I cannot find the set I have. Here's an example). Klee Marble Pencil Set from LACMA Blackwings! Leuchtturm1917 sketchbook Talens Art Creations sketchbook Hahnemuhle Bamboo (lightweight paper) sketchbook Field Notes small sketchbooks   Blick Acrylic Portrait Set Charvin Acrylic Portrait set   Handmade: sketchbook ideas Table   Snacking Bakes by Yossi Arefi   Substack subscription   State baking dish, serving dish, platter, historic map trays   Diaspora & Co spices also, check Whole Foods Lucky Iron fish Big Sur Elote Salt or Maldon bucket!   Handmade: giftable spice blends   Nightstand   Demon Copperhead   Everyman's Pocket Classics: Scottish Stories, Garden , New York, Detective   Literary women book locket necklace   Tequila Mockingbird (10th Anniversary Expanded Edition): Cocktails with a Literary Twist Museum Book Shops: MFA Boston, SFMoma, DeYoung/Legion, The Met, etc. The Simple Art of Rice by Danica Novgorodoff and Joseph Johnson Here We Go Again by Tiffani Thiessen The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan (boo! Not out till April!--sorry friends). Day by Michael Cunningham America's Test Kitchen 2023 & others. Handmade: bookmarks!

Welcome back to our series on Ico: Castle in the Mist. In Part 2 we find out a bit more about Yorda and her backstory. Phil has some (minor) concerns about the direction that the book is heading, but Kevin is full steam ahead for the flashback train. Ico: Castle in the Mist was written by Miyuki Mizabe and translated by Alexander O. Smith. In the Whaddya Playin segment, Phil talks about the Rose's Story DLC for Resident Evil: Village, and Kevin expresses his disappointment with God of War Ragnarök Show Notes 2:53 - Episode 1 Recap. 9:00 - Beginning of Part 2. 1:31:00 - Whaddya Playin segment. Games discussed, Resident Evil Village DLC Shadows of Rose, and God of War: Ragnarök Socials Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pixellitpod Our website: https://www.pixellitpod.com Our discord: https://discord.gg/NdwmVEwFbQ Join our Steam Group: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/pixellitpod PixelLit is the video game-literary nerd's dream come true. It's a podcast where we read and discuss video game novelizations, and the games they're based on. This is a podcast for the former kid who read their instruction booklets cover to cover. For the gamer who listens to every audio log in Bioshock. The PixelLit Podcast! Because the only thing better than playing a video game is reading about it  

New series! ICO was a game made by ICO team in the early 2000s. The game released after it, Shadow of the Colossus is must more well known but a lot of the "quiet world" design elements were first shown off in ICO. This book which was released a few years later, was written by Miyuki Mizabe and translated into english by Alexander O. Smith. So far we have been having a great time with the book! In this episode we cover the first chapter and a little bit of the second which adds a bunch of story and context to the game.

Is there such a thing as a perfect crime? The locked room mystery books we read for today's episodes tried to create one, but could you crack the case before the book ends? Books mentioned on this episode: Reprieve by James Han Mattson, One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus, Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen, Malice by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye Alexander, and The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/keepitfictional/message

Season 2 - Episode 5/10 Alexander O. Smith—who goes by Alex—is a translator, writer, and photographer living in Kamakura, Japan. As a translator, he's worked on games like Final Fantasy 12, novels in the fantasy, sci-fi, and mystery genres, and manga. He's written for Magic: The Gathering, DeNA mobile games, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and is currently writing at game studio Camouflaj on an unannounced VR title. Alex chose to chat about the sci-fi novel—which later became a blockbuster movie staring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, Edge of Tomorrow—All You Need Is Kill, by Hiroshi Sakurazaka and translated from Japanese by Joseph Reeder and edited by Alexander O. Smith. "When the alien Gitai invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many raw recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to find himself reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On the 158th iteration though, he sees something different, something out of place: the female soldier known as the Bitch of War. Is the Bitch the key to Keiji's escape, or to his final death?" Additional J-EN Translations translation review of All You Need Is Kill Alexander O. Smith Website: Kajiya Productions Twitter: @aokajiya Translation Chat A podcast where professional Japanese to English translators and editors chat about their favorite translations. Hosted and edited by Jennifer O'Donnell Music by Alex Valles Logo by Katherine Soldevilla

Season 1 - Episode 9/10 Gavin Greene is a freelance localization director, translator, and interpreter specializing in video games. In his ten years in the industry, he's translated more games than he can count (he's better at writing than math), many of them for well-known franchises such as Final Fantasy and the Tales of series. As a localization director, he organizes multilingual teams bringing fun and games to various corners of the world. And as an interpreter, he talks and sometimes people listen. For this episode he chose to chat about the sci-fi novel Harmony by Project Itoh, translated by Alexander O. Smith. "In the future, Utopia has finally been achieved thanks to medical nanotechnology and a powerful ethic of social welfare and mutual consideration. This perfect world isn't that perfect though, and three young girls stand up to totalitarian kindness and super-medicine by attempting suicide via starvation. It doesn't work, but one of the girls--Tuan Kirie--grows up to be a member of the World Health Organization. As a crisis threatens the harmony of the new world, Tuan rediscovers another member of her suicide pact, and together they must help save the planet...from itself." Gavin Greene Twitter: @GawyntheGreen Translation Chat A podcast where professional Japanese to English translators and editors chat about their favorite translations. Hosted by Jennifer O'Donnell Music by Alex Valles Logo by Katherine Soldevilla

Season 1 - Episode 7/10 Wesley Bishop is a localization director at video game developer and publisher Capcom. Wes grew up in Indiana in the USA. After earning his degree, he went on to work at the Japan-American Society of Indiana, an NPO dedicated to strengthening the bridges of friendship between the Japan and the USA. Wesley moved to Japan in 2013 to become an English teacher on the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme. In 2016 he began work for Fukuoka Prefectural Board of Education in an advisory role, and has been working since 2018 to share the wonder of Japanese games with people around the world. He decided to chat about the English localization of Final Fantasy XII, which was translated by Alexander O. Smith and Joseph Reeder. "Enter an era of war within the world of Ivalice. The small kingdom of Dalmasca, conquered by the Archadian Empire, is left in ruin and uncertainty. Princess Ashe, the one and only heir to the throne, devotes herself to the resistance to liberate her country. Vaan, a young man who lost his family in the war, dreams of flying freely in the skies. In a fight for freedom and fallen royalty, join these unlikely allies and their companions as they embark on a heroic adventure to free their homeland." Wesley Bishop Twitter: @EatsMeatsWes Translation Chat A podcast where professional Japanese to English translators and editors chat about their favorite translations. Hosted by Jennifer O'Donnell Music by Alex Valles Logo by Katherine Soldevilla

This episode we're talking about our Favourite Reads of 2021! We discuss our favourite fiction and non-fiction reads for the podcast (and not for the podcast) as well as other things that helped us get through the year! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Bookshop.org list of (most) our our top titles https://bookshop.org/lists/favourite-reads-of-2021  Favourite Fiction For the podcast Matthew Dreamships by Melissa Scott (1992) Episode 131 - Cyberpunk Anna Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (2017)  Episode 123 Psychological Horror  Tied with Episode 134 - Piranesi by Susanna Clarke Meghan Trouble and Her Friends by Melissa Scott (1995)  Episode 131 - Cyberpunk RJ The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith (Japanese 2005, translated 2011)  Episode 127 - Crime Fiction (But it's really Piranesi by Susanna Clarke) Not for the podcast Anna Minimum Wage Magic by Rachel Aaron (2018) Meghan Winter Tide by Ruthanna Emrys  (2017) RJ To Be Taught if Fortunate by Becky Chambers (2019) Episode 124 - Media (and Noodles) We've Recently Enjoyed Matthew Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (2019) Favourite Non-Fiction For the podcast Meghan The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket by Benjamin Lorr (2020) Episode 117 - Sociology Non-Fiction RJ The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin (1992; originally 1979) Episode 125 - Literary Theory & Literary Criticism Matthew Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (2016) Episode 117 - Sociology Non-Fiction Anna All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers and the Myth of Equal Partnership by Darcy Lockman (2019) Episode 117 - Sociology Non-Fiction Not for the podcast RJ Napkin by Carta Monir (2019) Episode 132 - Recent Media We've Enjoyed Matthew 19 Ways of Looking at Wang Wei by Eliot Weinberger (2016; originally 1987) Episode 132 - Recent Media We've Enjoyed Anna Having and Being Had by Eula Biss (2020) (except I feel guilty that this is the same author as last year's non-fic fav so I could also do Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy by Tressie McMillan Cottom) Meghan Three Squares: The Invention of the American Meal by Abigail Carroll (2013) Other Favourites Things of 2021 Anna Maintenance Phase & You're Wrong About (podcasts) RJ Unpacking (game) Matthew Barge Chilling Beach The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen (2020) Meghan wandrer.earth Sacré dépanneur! by Judith Lussier (2010) Runner-Ups Matthew Books Typeset in the Future: Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies by Dave Addey Episode 129 - Non-Fiction Film & TV Books The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole Comics (Twitter thread with more info on each title) Nicola Traveling Around the Demons' World by Asaya Miyanaga (4 volumes, complete) Episode 124 - Media (and Noodles) We've Recently Enjoyed The Girl from the Other Side: Siúil, A Rún by Nagabe, translated by Adrienne Beck (11 volumes, complete) Witch  Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama, translated by Stephen Kohler (8 volumes, ongoing) Episode 132 - Recent Media We've Enjoyed Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo, translated by Casey Loe (6 volumes, ongoing) Episode 132 - Recent Media We've Enjoyed What Is Obscenity? The Story of A Good For Nothing Girl and Her Pussy by Rokudenashiko The Nib edited by Matt Bors Website Pulp and Reckless by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and Jacob Phillips  Super Fun Sexy Times by Meredith McClaren This is How I Disappear by Mirion Malle Scary manga: Kasane by Daruma Matsuura (14 volumes, complete) Sensor by Junji Ito (1 volume, complete) PTSD Radio by  Masaaki Nakayama (6 volumes, complete) Blood on the Tracks by Shūzō Oshimi (7 volumes, ongoing) Anna The Art of Cruelty by Maggie Nelson What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Petersen How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell Meghan Fiction The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones (horror) The Story of My Teeth by Valeria Luiselli (literary fiction) No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood (literary fiction) Rabbits by Terry Miles (techno thriller) Non-fiction Bikes and Bloomers: Victorian Women Inventors and their Extraordinary Cycle Wear by Kat Jungnickel The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands by Jon Billman  Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix  RJ Picture books!!! Ping by Ani Castillo Poojo's Got Wheels by Charrow Two Many Birds by Cindy Derby This Is Ruby by Sara O'Leary & Alea Marley Animals Brag About Their Bottoms by Maki Saito, translated by Brian Bergstrom Your Name Is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow & Luisa Uribe Someone Builds the Dream by Lisa Wheeler & Loren Long Comics Beetle and the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen Stargazing by Jen Wang Grease Bats by Archie Bongiovanni TV/Video Taskmaster Only Connect Puzzgrid: Only Connect wall-style puzzles Dimension 20 Mice & Murder Misfits & Magic Games Voyagers: A LARP Duet (PDF link) Other Media We Mentioned Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Neuromancer by William Gibson On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss Red Spider White Web by Misha Nogha You Are Good (podcast) Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Wikipedia) Links, Articles, and Things Hark! Episode 300: Good to Better, Bad to Worse Secret Stacks Episode 65 Episode 116 - Best Books We Read in 2020 Episode 113 - Seeking Book Recommendations Episode 114 - Hot Cocoa & Book Recommendations Dude Chilling Park (Wikipedia) 20 Philosophy books by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors to help our listeners diversify their readers' advisory. All of the lists can be found here. The Promise of Happiness by Sarah Ahmed Tsawalk: A Nuu-chah-nulth Worldview by Umeek / E Richard Atleo The Location of Culture by Homi K. Bhabha Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by Adrienne Maree Brown Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by bell hooks The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything by Michio Kaku Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde Memory Serves: Oratories by Lee Maracle Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity by José Esteban Muñoz Everyday Ubuntu: Living Better Together, the African Way by Mungi Ngomane Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Mexican Philosophy in the 20th Century: Essential Readings edited by Carlos Alberto Sánchez & Robert Eli Sanchez Jr. As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance by  Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. 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This week, Schweiss sits down with the excellent video game translator Alexander O. Smith to discuss his career with Square, his freelance work, and what the future holds for this legend among translators. They also discuss a few behind the scenes things with the Final Fantasy series, and even dive into Alexander's lyrical talent regarding a few songs from the Final Fantasy series. Enjoy the episode, and be sure to follow Alexander here: Twitter: twitter.com/aokajiya Instagram: http://instagram.com/aokajiya Join now:   Log your HOG! http://hogib.herokuapp.com/ Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5   If you would like to contact Nude Clan, check out the links below:   Watch us play and record our podcast live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/nudeclangaming Check out our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/nudeclangaming Podcast RSS Feed: https://nudeclan.libsyn.com/rss   Official Podcast Network Site: https://geekdomentertainment.net/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/newdclanpodcast Discord Server: discord.gg/cFFx4N5 Log your HOG! http://hogib.herokuapp.com/   Tweet Joe: https://twitter.com/JosephDeGolyer Tweet Kaleb: https://twitter.com/UFFPodcast Tweet Aforextreme: https://twitter.com/Aforextreme Tweet Zack: https://twitter.com/BGrixis Tweet Cameron: https://twitter.com/nudeclancam   Other Helpful Links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ultimafinalfantasy Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/38tceeQ Paypal Donations: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PV47BX468GPN2   Check out our Final Fantasy show, Ultima Final Fantasy: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ultimafinalfantasy RSS Feed: https://ultimafinalfantasy.libsyn.com/rss #nudeclan #gaming #videogames

On Episode 1, we are joined by our very special guest, Vagrant Story co-author (alongside Yasumi Matsuno), and localisation writer, Alexander O. Smith, who joins show producer Albert Chessa to discuss the complex art of adapting and co-authoring cinematic, literary and poetic symbolism-laden narratives and worlds, explore a shared kinship with The Beatles and Tame Impala, and of course, speak on our long awaited return to Leá Monde… ALEX https://instagram.com/aokajiya ALBERT https://instagram.com/albertchessa SHOW https://instagram.com/vagrantstorypodcast COMMUNITY https://reddit.com/r/vagrantstory SITE https://albertchessa.com/media --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/albertchessa/message

This episode we're talking about Crime Fiction! We discuss the Venn diagram of crime, mysteries, and thrillers, teenage girls punching robots, whether superhero comics count as crime fiction, teen sleuths, whodunnits, howdunnits, hughdunnits, and more! You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or your favourite podcast delivery system. In this episode Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards Things We Read (or tried to…) Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Wicked Things by John Allison, Max Sarin, and Whitney Cogar Circus Windows by John Allison (webcomic) The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda, translated by Alison Watts Criminal: Cruel Summer by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, andJacob Phillips Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden Police procedurals Meghan didn't talk about Flowers Over the Inferno by Ilaria Tuti The Killing by David Hewson Natural Causes by James Oswald Knots and Crosses by Ian Rankin Nightblind by Ragnar Jónasson Other Media We Mentioned Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Wikipedia) The Cold Vanish: Seeking the Missing in North America's Wildlands by Jon Billman These Women by Ivy Pochoda Case Histories by Kate Atkinson Into the Woods (Wikipedia) Sunday in the Park with George (Wikipedia) Duck Soup (1933 film) (Wikipedia) Ms. Marvel, Vol. 5: Super Famous by G. Willow Wilson and various artists (gentrification storyline) Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett Criminal Minds (Wikipedia) Murder, She Wrote (Wikipedia) Star Trek: The Next Generation (Wikipedia) CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (Wikipedia) Profiler (TV series) (Wikipedia) Inspector Morse (TV series) (Wikipedia) Lewis (TV series) (Wikipedia) Murdoch Mysteries (Wikipedia) The Littlest Hobo (Wikipedia) Thursday Next Series by Jasper Fforde Giant Days, Vol. 1 by John Allison and Lissa Treiman Bad Machinery, vol. 1: The Case of the Team Spirit by John Allison Steeple, vol. 1 by John Allison  Steeple webcomic Rashomon (Wikipedia) Criminal (comics) (Wikipedia) The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith Links, Articles, and Things Readers' Advisory for Library Staff Facebook group Episode 033 - Legal Thrillers Dan Brown (Wikipedia) Stephen Sondheim (Wikipedia) Squirrel Girl (Wikipedia) Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan) (Wikipedia) The Rhino (Wikipedia) Doctor Doom (Wikipedia) Desert Island Discworld Margaret Atwood's new work will remain unseen for a century Future Library project (Wikipedia) Episode 057 - Nordic/Scandinavian Noir Episode 110 - Comedic/Humorous Fiction Hark! Podcast Brubaker Discusses Creator-Owned Comics Love and Why He Doesn't Miss Superheroes Dimension 20: Mice & Murder Trailer 2021 Edgar Award Winners 18 Crime Fiction Novels by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) Authors Every month Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcasts chooses a genre at random and we read and discuss books from that genre. We also put together book lists for each episode/genre that feature works by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, & People of Colour) authors. All of the lists can be found here. Easy Motion Tourist by Leye Adenle The Borrowed by Chan Ho-Kei, translated by Jeremy Tiang Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra If I Should Die by Grace F. Edwards Bad Men and Wicked Women by Eric Jerome Dickey The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen Malice by Keigo Higashino, translated by Alexander O. Smith A Rage in Harlem by Chester Himes IQ by Joe Ide Out by Natsuo Kirino, translated by Stephen Snyder The Brighton Mermaid by Dorothy Koomson Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke The Long Fall by Walter Mosley Nairobi Heat by Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey Murder on the Red River by Marcie Rendon The Bone Readers by Jacob Ross Humane by Anna Marie Sewell Give us feedback! Fill out the form to ask for a recommendation or suggest a genre or title for us to read! Check out our Tumblr, follow us on Twitter or Instagram, join our Facebook Group, or send us an email! It's almost time for our annual “We all read the same book” episode. So on Tuesday, June 15th we'll each suggest and talk about one title and you'll get to vote for which one we'll read. Then on Tuesday, July 6th we'll be reading Film/TV/Video/Movies non-fiction!

My guest today is Alexander O. Smith, a veteran translator who has worked on an incredible array of video games including Vagrant Story, Phoenix Wright, Vanquish and one of the greatest games ever made, Final Fantasy 12. Being a huge fan of the game, I ask a lot of questions about Final Fantasy 12 and Alex gives a lot of great answers, (like how important Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic was to the crew of the Rabanastre.) We talk a lot about where his love of language first arose, and the art and science of a good translation. We also take the customary stroll through Alex's personal video game history including an early love of Vector arcade games, making his own MUDs, becoming the GenCon Tetris champion in 1989 and how one of the greatest gaming moments of his life took place one night in Wales. "Incidentally, what is the going rate for rescuing Princesses these days? Food would be a good start -- the good stuff, mind you." PATREON! - patreon.com/checkpoints iTunes HERE - SUBSCRIBE / RATE / REVIEW Games discussed: FF12, Phoenix Wright, Brick Out, Game & Watch, Asteroids, Dungeons & Dragons, Tetris, Zork, Portal 2, Battlezone, Civilisation, Magic, Bard's Tale, Rock Band RSS HERE Twitter - twitter.com/CheckpointsShow Cover design: Craig Stevenson - http://onedinosaurandhisballoon.blogspot.co.uk Music: Samuel Baker - http://soundcloud.com/furoshiki

Michael and Kristen talk with veteran video game translator Alexander O. Smith about the essential elements of good translation, especially when it comes to video games. Alex has worked on such hit games as Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XII, and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. From these experiences, he's gained a lot of insight into what makes a good translation (and what makes a bad translation). If you're thinking of pursuing a career in video game localization, pay attention to what Alex has to say. You'll need more than just amazing Japanese ability. There are many more elements that go into an excellent translation. iTunes:https://tfg.li/tofugu-podcast Google Play: https://tfg.li/tofugu-gplay

Built to Play sacrifices the news for another day! We're talking to our guests about Phoenix Wright, ZZT, and the future of E3. If you played something Japanese in the 2000s, chances are Alexander O. Smith translated it. Alex has translated everything from the Final Fantasy series, the novel All You Need is Kill, and the Dr. Slump manga. But here at Built to Play, there's really only one game in his long portfolio that matters: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. The game is a visual novel from Capcom and stars Phoenix Wright, a down on his luck lawyer living in Los Angeles, who has to solve all of his cases in only three days. It's a charming and often funny game that relies on its stellar translation, which is far from literal. Download Here. Subscribe on iTunes. Subscribe on Stitcher Radio.  While the translation stays true to the tone and the overall plot, the dialogue can be completely different. And it kind of has to be. The names are Japanese puns and the dialogue is filled with references to Japanese society. The punchlines often don't make a lick of sense in English. So Alex had a lot of room to write his own jokes, and play with the characters.  Though by changing so much, you often run into issues down the line. Gyakuten Saiban, the japanese name of the series, is set in Tokyo, which causes the brunt of the inconsistencies. A hamburger shop mentioned in the early games has to reappear as a noodle stand later on. That's a small issue, but consider that the designers recently decided that the newest game would star Phoenix's direct ancestor, a samurai living in late 19th century Japan.  **You can hear more from Alexander O. Smith's translation process, the definition of a perfect localization and how Phoenix Wright was almost Roger Wright,  less than a minute into the episode. ** Back in good old North America, we talked to the author of the new book in the Boss Fight Series, ZZT. Anna Anthropy tells us about the history of an internet community and its diversity.  1991's ZZT is a weird game to talk about. It's an adventure game built from ANSI characters, all numbers, letters and symbols. It had a limited color palette, and even more limited story. But that's not that part of ZZT people remember the most. ZZT attracted a large community because it came with a level editor and a simple programming language that let you make your own games out of the ZZT engine. These games would then be shared online on message boards and forums, and covered a wide variety of genres and topics. People continue to make ZZT games to this day, and the most recent copy  of ZZT was ordered from its creator, Tim Sweeney, back in 2013. Anna Anthropy writes about that community and how it inspired her own growth as a designer and a writer. She met people who had the same concerns as her, and just like her, were trans. She says it's like a predecessor to the feminist-minded Twine community, which encourages everyone of every creed to make games.  But ZZT attracted all sorts of people, from teenagers trying to discover their own identity to trolls who attacked other creators. So talking about people who make ZZT game can get a little complicated.  Anna Anthropy tells us all about the history of ZZT, why it matters, and reasons why you should check out ZZT games today starting at 17:00. By the way, Anna gave us a couple recommendations that didn't make it into the episode, but here's a few: Ned the Knight, Kudzu, and Eli's House. For more, she has a whole list of great ZZT games to play onher website. You can pick up her book at Boss Fight Series page.  Last month, no one could stop talking about E3, but that's not necessarily a good thing. Many have questioned whether E3 is lessening in importance, or if its actually bad for the industry as a whole.  We've had 20 Electronic Entertainment Expos since its start, and whether they've been in Las Vegas, Santa Monica or Los Angeles, it's almost always been one of the most anticipated game-related events of the year. But its relevance seems to be changing as the years go by. Most publishers had nothing concrete to announce at E3. Electronic Arts barely had games to show beyond the concept level. The two big press conferences, Sony's and Microsoft's, were milquetoast, especially as they announced the big new games of two years from now. Meanwhile Nintendo didn't have a press conference. They broadcasted Robot Chicken jokes and two new franchises over the internet.  So to check its value, we checked in with Daniel Kaszor, the editor of the Post Arcade at one of Canada's largest newspapers, the National Post. According to him, E3 probably won't be going anywhere, but with fewer big budget games coming out each year, the demographics are shifting. E3 isn't even the biggest show of its kind anymore. That would be Gamescom in Germany, where the public days attract hundreds of thousands. The E3 of five years from now might look very different from how we know it today. Daniel tells us about the Post Arcade's coverage of E3, and whether E3 is even all that beneficial to big publications starting 32:40. You can find the Post Arcade here. We also ran a short rerun of our interview with Nadine Lessio and Kara Stone from the Vector Game Arts Festival back in March. The game they talked about, Sext Adventure, is now out and available to everyone who wants to try it. What did we think about it: "As part of the Feb Fatale game jam, a 48-hour race to finish a game, they created a text adventure based on sexy phone texts. You contact an anonymous android who attempts to satisfy humans sexually, but instead lapses into existential depression. Our sex-positive reporter, Daniel Rosen, dug deep into the jam game, and discussed with Stone and Lessio society's intimate relationship with technology, the eventual disharmony routed in cyborg theory and dildos."  The tomfoolery starts around 44:40.   This week's music comes from the Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney soundtrack and the Free Music Archive. From the former, we used the song, "Pressing Pursuit -  Cornered Witness." From the Free Music Archive, we used "As Colorful as Ever" by Broke for Free, "Blue" by Podington Bear, "Hallon" by Christian Bjoerklund. **Special thanks to Josh Rosenberg who played Phoenix Wright, and Alexander O Smith who said Objection that one time. Capcom please don't sue us.  ** **As always, this weeks episode was produced and edited by Arman Aghbali and written by Daniel Rosen. **

Six hours have passed since the occupation of 8-4 Towers by one Alexander O. Smith, founder and leader of the Kajiya sect. Tune in for talk of his various localization feats (Vagrant Story! Tactics Ogre! Final Fantasy XII!) as well as his current Kickstarter project Unsung Story, along with thoughts on Don't Starve, Kirby: Triple D, DayZ, Zubaz, and plenty more.

Podcast novel review of All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. Translated by Alexander O. Smith. Originally published in Japan by Shueisha. Published in US by Viz Haikasoru, $13.99. From the back cover: When the alien mimics invade, Keiji Kiriya is just one of many recruits shoved into a suit of battle armor called a Jacket and sent out to kill. Keiji dies on the battlefield, only to be reborn each morning to fight and die again and again. On his 158th iteration, he gets a message from a mysterious ally-- the female soldier known as the Full Metal Bitch. Is she the key to Keiji's escape or his final death?   My Grade: B   Read an excerpt from the book and get more info at: http://www.haikasoru.com/all-you-need-is-kill/