Living the Tokyo Game Life with Mono

Arrggh! A Video Game Podcast from The Waffling Taylors

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Jay was joined by Mono of the Tokyo Game Life podcast, and they nerded out about Japan, Japanese culture, and video games. Along the way, they discuss the live action, immersive experiences that Japanese companies create. Mono talks about being "Turtled out" and what it was like at this year's TGS - Tokyo Game Show

Here's a sample of the full show notes - make sure to click through and check them out.

Show Notes

Unfortunately Squidge couldn't appear in this episode, as he was feeling super under the weather. But by the time it came round to editing this episode, he was feeling much better.

Feel better soon, Squidgey!
- Jay

Mono of the Tokyo Game Life podcast joined Jay, to talk about all things Tokyo and video gaming... including a few tidbits about Tokyo Game Show.

Before they could get around to talking about video games though, Jay started talking about his trips to Japan - you can listen to some of his audio diaries from his most recent trip here - which lead to Mono and Jay talking about some of their favourite memories of Kyushu - the southernmost of the big islands which make up Japan - including when Jay was in a crowd of people playing this Space Invaders Groovy Invades Canal City.

Mono describes his show as:

A Tokyo based video game podcast focussing on Nintendo and gaming culture in Japan's capital... it's also like a slice of life of Tokyo.
Yeah, it's just a place where I celebrate Japan, Japanese gaming, and also Nintendo.
- Mono

Recent Games

The Recent Games segment will not be new to listeners, but in case you're new to the show here's how it goes: we go round the table and discuss one or more game that we've been playing recently, and whether we think it's worth the listeners checking it out. We continue to do this until we've run out of games to discuss.

And this episode was no different.

Mono's Recent Games

• Splatoon 3
• And a bunch at TGS; some of which were:
  • Sonic Frontiers
  • Super Bomberman R 2
  • Atelier Ryza
  • ONI: Road to be the Mightiest Oni
  • Wanted: Dead
  • RUINSMAGUS

Be sure to check out Mono's podcast for his coverage of (and advice for attending) Tokyo Game Show. Here's a link directly to his TGS 2022 episode.

Jay's Recent Games

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection

Full Show Notes

Make sure to check out the full show notes for more discussion on the points we raise, some extra meta-analysis, and some links to related things.

Have you listened to the Tokyo Game Life podcast? Did you catch Mono's episode on TGS yet? What did you think to it? Have you ever been to Japan? Are you excited for Sonic Frontiers, or will it continue the 3D Sonic games legacies of not being very good?

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Links

Here are some links to some of the things we discussed in this episode:

• Join our Discord server and be part of future episodes
• Our Facebook page
• Us on Twitter
• Support us on Ko-Fi
• Kyushu at WikiPedia
• Tokyo Game Life
  • on Twitter
  • on the web
• Mono's TGS 2022 episode

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