142: What It's Like To Write Final Fantasy XIV

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🗓️ 23 August 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Jason brings on Square Enix's Koji Fox, who's been at the company since 2003 and currently heads up translation on Final Fantasy XIV. They talk about what it was like to join Square on the day it became Square Enix, how Final Fantasy XIV's overhaul affected the staff, and what it's been like to write for a story that never ends. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:51.7	Welcome back to Kataku split screen. My name is Jason Schreyer. I am the news editor of kataku.com, and I am joined, as always, by Kirk Hamilton, editor-at-large of kataku. Hello, Kirk.
1:02.9	Hi, Jason. You're so smart and handsome. I like jazz. Okay, goodbye. Goodbye, Kirk. We have a great show for you today. It's actually just going to be me talking to a very special guest. Today we have Michael Christopher, aka Koji Fox, who is in charge of translation direction on Final Fantasy 14, which is the big successful popular
1:29.7	MMO. I talked to him about all sorts of things, including the Final Fantasy 14 overhaul,
1:35.2	the big reboot, where they launched a Realm reborn a few years ago. I talked to him about what
1:40.2	it's been like to work on this story that just never ends, how they came up with Hildebrand,
1:45.8	the strangest character in the game, and a whole lot more. So without further ado, we're going to
1:51.5	bring on Koji Fox, and then we will be back next week for a more normal episode. Today is
1:58.1	just me and Mr. Fox. So let's bring him on.
2:06.8	Okay, I am now joined by Michael Christopher Koji Fox, who is joining us from Tokyo all the way across
2:15.3	the pond, and Koji Fox is in charge of translation direction
2:20.3	on the wonderful MMO Final Fantasy 14. Koji, thank you so much for coming on the show.
2:26.4	Thank you very much for having me. I'm a little bit nervous, but this should be an exciting hour,
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