It’s a guestacular second episode of 8-4 Play as two of the industry’s finest – former EGM/1UP scribe Shane Bettenhausen (now of Ignition Entertainment) and Kojima Productions alum Ryan Payton (now of Microsoft’s 343 Industries) join us to give their thoughts on this year’s Tokyo Game Show, the state of the Japanese game industry, Dante’s new hair, and a whole lot more.

Running time: 1:31:21

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Time – Topic Discussed:
4:09 – Shane’s thoughts on TGS 2010
19:09 – Deadly Premonition / Swery
22:15 – El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
26:00 – Pokemon Black/White
34:13 – Ryan Payton’s podcasting return
1:16:20 – Bonus round w/Shane: Shadows of the Damned, DMC, Asura’s Wrath, Yakuza: Of the End, Ni no Kuni, etc.
1:27:00 – Closing comments

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