Interviews with Localizers is back (again)!!! This time with an interview with Japanese to English video game translator and project manager @japantaloons.bsky.social!
#InterviewswithLoc
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A stylized illustration of the main character’s face split in half with a stripe of contrasting colors (purple and pink), overlaid with the title "Demonschool" adorned with an open book icon with flames.
DEMONSCHOOL apocalypse ferry trip shopping list:
- 90s nostalgia 👾
- Puzzle strategy combat 🤔
- Freaky lil freaks 🤪
- Big bag o' zany quips 💅
...And maybe @necrosoftgames.com or @ysbryd.net can bring some Sunny D and flamin' hot cheetos idk???
For the first time since its inception, I'm happy to report that ALL nominees of #TheGameAwards include #TranslatorsInTheCredits! We've come a long way since the dark days of credit withholding, and none of this would've been possible without your support!
I was a freelance game translator going back to as early as 1995. That was before the term localizer even existed. In that time, I struggled as an individual and as a company to see justice arrive. I want to thank you and others that spoke out enough to finally push us over the edge.
I was really honored to be in this excellent series on the history and philosophy of horror gaming. Please take a look.
Oooh! Scary!!
The right to work in another country is a fundamental right??
Dear good people, if you rant against Musk for doing a Nazi salute, and you should, you can’t remain silent when things like this happen or you don’t care about antisemitism, only politics.
A blue background tinted version of cyberpunk Osaka behind the text BLADE CHIMERA surrounded by stylish creatures from Japanese folklore.
Is real Osaka not cyberpunk enough for ya? 🫵
Fed up with only finding metroids in your vanias, and instead want to uncover the truth of a forgotten past?
Well, we gochu homies - #BladeChimera is here, and available in 9 languages for some demon-smacking, ledge-jumping joy. ⚔️
My original article on Castlevania: SOTN's original English translation is up at @polygon.com!
Based partly on an epic zoom interview I did with Jeremy Blaustein, who is still living & translating in Japan.
www.polygon.com/gaming/50682...
No better here. Not. One. Bit.
By the way, a thing to celebrate:
David Corenswet’s the first Jewish actor to play Superman
Feels monumental, especially because the character was created by Jewish immigrants
New episode day at 4Kids Flashback! Hear Professor @stuzagnit free on all podcast apps 4kidsflashback.com/subscribe! And learn all about the translation & localization of #pokemon with Jeremy Blaustein at patreon.com/4kidsflashback a week early and ad-free! @4kidsflashback.bsky.social
Ok, here's an interview from last month where Jeremy Blaustein literally says he's a David Lynch fan and used lines from his films for his localization of Metal Gear Solid.
postmode.org/silent-hill-...
We often leave Raccoon City for a vacation in Silent Hill, and always find someone interesting in the fog...
Silent Hill translator/writer Jeremy Blaustein & Angela Orosco actor Donna Burke were our special guests on the Crimson-Head Podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/7mVA...
#SilentHill #SilentHill2
One of the very first games @hirokoyoda.bsky.social
and I worked on, under team leader @jblaustein.bsky.social
(now of @dragonbaby.bsky.social). I recall all of us getting so little dev support that Hiroko and I had to enlist a local Chinese restaurant to help us decipher some in-game terms.
I was involved.
Despite a lack of R’lyehian linguists it helped that @dragonbaby.bsky.social adheres to non-Euclidean logic and is drawn to the worship of Great Old Ones anyway…💦
#worldofhorror #恐怖の世界
