The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers with John Szczepaniak, Balloon Kid, Öoo
About this episode
John Szczepaniak discusses his anthology on Japanese game developers and reviews short games like Balloon Kid and Öoo.
Author John Szczepaniak is here to chat about his anthology of dev interviews: The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers! We chat about the lesser known corners of Japan’s gaming scene, the people who built it, and general sake consumption. In the games section, I look at some short and sweet games like Balloon Kid and Öoo! Follow our guest! Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.jp/Untold-History-Japanese-Game-Developers-ebook/dp/B00Q93N29I (0:00) - Intro Feature (0:52) - The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers w/ John Szczepaniak Games (44:35) - Balloon Kid (50:29) - Öoo News (56:53) - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie news, Tokyo updates Social media: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tokyogamelife.bsky.social Twitter: https://twitter.com/TokyoGameLife YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tokyogamelife Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tokyogamelife/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@tokyogamelife Website: https://tokyogamelife.com/ Like and subscribe on your favorite podcast app!
People in this episode
Host: Tokyo Game Life
Guest: John Szczepaniak
Topics covered
- Japanese game developers
- game history
- indie games
- sake consumption
- game reviews
Keywords
- Japanese game developers
- Balloon Kid
- Öoo
- game history
- sake
- indie games
- game reviews
Mentioned in this episode
Products: Balloon Kid, Öoo
Books & works: The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers
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