In this very special episode of 8-4 Play, we recap our live-to-tape hosting of the Grasstream2 Japanese tsunami relief charity event, put on by the good people at famed developer Grasshopper Manufacture. You will (hopefully) laugh, you will (probably) cry, and in the end, you might just learn something — about Pandora’s Tower, Hip Tanaka,…
A lot has happened in the four weeks since our last episode. The Game Developer’s Conference came and went, Charlie Sheen jumped the tiger-shark (-blood…or whatever), Winter gave way to Spring, and the largest earthquake in Japan’s recorded history rocked our tiny island home. But the show must go on, as they say, and so…
The Nintendo 3DS is out in Japan, and the 8-4 crew is back from launch morning chaos with a pile of brand new 3DS gear and a bevy of special guests ready to give hands-on impressions, including Brad Douglas of Sony (shock!) and Che Chou of Microsoft (awe!). Tune in for first thoughts on the…
Pop quiz: What do Cave Story, Catherine, Dead Space, Dead Island, Hard Corps, Dark Souls, Butt-head, Tactics Ogre, Super Bowl Monday, Ys, the 1979 Iranian revolution, Dragon Quest, Haruki “Peppy” Epperson, Billy Mitchell, and Voltron have in common? Give up? …Nothing! Except that they’re all topics discussed during this super random episode of 8-4 Play.…
PSP2…NGP…whatever you want to call it, Sony’s new handheld has the gaming world in a tizzy, and we’ve got just the thing to satisfy your next-generation portable cravings: two hours of hardcore, hands-on impressions fresh from Sony’s PlayStation Meeting 2011 in Tokyo. Matt Leone of 1UP, Phil Kollar from Game Informer, and podcast phenom Shane…
Live in Tokyo, do you? And you attended Nintendo’s recent 3DS event? …So you know everything there is to know about the upcoming glasses-free 3D handheld? Fine then, don’t listen to this podcast. The rest of us will tune in to hear the 8-4 crew’s full report on Nintendo World 2011, including first-hand impressions of…
After an extended holiday break filled with snow, sake, and SASUKE! (look it up), the 8-4some is back and they got some ‘splainin’ to do! (:LAUGHTER:) Good thing former EGM and Turn 10 hipster Che “China Warrior” Chou joins in to talk iPhone game shame, his personal wall of give a s*** — basically ANYTHING…
Let’s make this perfectly clear: Like Kinect, sauerkraut, and inverted controls, this special holiday episode of 8-4 Play is not for everyone. How can you know? Take our simple quiz: 1. Do you enjoy Monster Hunter? 2. Are you curious about Monster Hunter? 3. Would you like to hear almost two hours of talk about…
In Tokyo, the holiday season brings a mix of imported Western traditions and uniquely Japanese flavors (Google “Japan KFC Christmas” if you don’t know what we mean), so that’s exactly what this T-day episode of 8-4 Play delivers. A rundown on the best Black Friday gaming deals one minute, a detailed explanation of table-flipping arcade…
The 8-4 crew’s too busy working on next year’s games to have much time for this year’s offerings, so they called in intern Alex “cvxfreak” Aniel to help discuss everything they wish they were playing (but mostly aren’t). Tune in for baseless, uninformed talk about Donkey Kong Country Returns, Kinect, Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, Vanquish,…