Eight-Four Play

Oct 11 2024 304 ep. 135 mins 3k

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Every other week, tune into 8-4 Play for talk about video games, Japan, and Japanese video games, straight from the 8-4 offices in beautiful downtown Tokyo. Hosted by 1UP Japan’s own Mark MacDonald, John Ricciardi, and Hiroko Minamoto.

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8-4 Play: 8-4 Play 10/11/2024: ECHOES OF SCIENCE

The TGS dust has settled and it’s back to normal over here—normal as in, Nintendo announcing stuff mere hours after we record. We’ll have to hit snooze on the alarm clock chatter, but we can try and keep you awake with thoughts on Echoes of Wisdom,

8-4 Play: 8-4 Play 9/27/2024: TOKYO GAME SHOW 2024

Tokyo Game Show! State of Play! Monster Hunter Wilds! Pirates in Hawaii! Metal Gear Delta! Tons of special guests! Exclamation Points!

8-4 Play: 8-4 Play 9/20/2024: THE SHIBUYA BIWEEKLY PODCAST CASE: THE SHINKANSEN COMETH ~PREPPING FOR CHIBA, TEARFUL TIGHT 60~

You take the old (Dragon Slayer, Aria of Sorrow), you take the new (Astro Bot, UFO 50), you speculate and talk some news (PS5 Pro, Palworld litigation, new Switch rumors, etc.)–the podcast life. (repeat) The podcast life~ ♪

8-4 Play: 8-4 Play 9/6/2024: ARIA OF SAVINGS

Castlevanias! Eldens Rings! Some random Dragon Ball game! Nintendo stuff, oh yes! Concord stoppage, oh no! Hey! Listen!!

8-4 Play: 8-4 Play 8/23/2024: IT BELONGS IN A MUSEUM

A news-heavy episode on all the happenings out of Gamescom (ok mostly just Monster Hunter Wilds, ’cause hey, it’s us) and extended thoughts on the Nintendo Museum (again, what did you expect?).

8-4 Play: 8-4 Play 8/9/2024: I DREAM OF DEMONS

Pour a tall glass of lemonade and join us on the porch for lazy summer ramblings re: Monster Hunter Wilds, the new season of Apex Legends, and various other bits of “trash talk.”

8-4 Play: 8-4 Play 7/26/2024: SUMMER SUMMIT

A bit of BitSummit, more Erdtree gab, Power Pros baseball banter, Nintendo World Championships chat, and (most importantly!) Garigari-kun and other tips on how to beat the Tokyo summer heat.

8-4 Play: 8-4 Play 7/12/2024: MAXIMUM DWEEB

More of our (mostly spoiler-free) ongoing Elden Ring DLC discussion, including difficulty (or lack thereof?), vertically-challenged maps, and messaging etiquette — served up with a side of news.

8-4 Play: 8-4 Play 6/28/2024: SCOOB OF THE SKEDADDLETREE

How do you pronounce “Scadutree”? Where the hell is your horse?! Wait, they fixed the map button?!? Enjoy the first of (no doubt) many Shadow of the Erdtree discussions, spoiler-free-ish. Plus: Nintendo Direct thoughts in News

8-4 Play: 8-4 Play 6/14/2024: VANIA MANIA

Sure, we’ll talk about the heaps of new games shown at State of Play, Summer Game Fest, Xbox Games Showcase, and Day of the Devs – but first let us ruminate on Symphony of the Night, Rondo of Blood, more PC-FX stuff you’ve never heard of, and Alan W