Episode 32: 'Censorship' And Localization

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4.6 • 849 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2016

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Former XSEED editor Jessica Chavez is here to talk about the localization/'censorship' debate. We also geek out about JRPGs, talk Trails, and get some behind-the-scenes stories of what it's like to bring games from Japan to U.S. shores. 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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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of Kotaku Split Screen.
0:08.8	It is May 12, 2016.
0:11.7	My name is Jason Schreier.
0:13.5	I am here without Kirk for another week because he has decided to bail on Kotaku for the entire month of May,
0:21.2	but he may or may not be back next week.
0:24.0	I just talked to him.
0:25.0	He wrote us a brand new intro song,
0:29.2	so get hyped about that.
0:31.3	It sounds kind of like Adia's theme from Bravely DeVault,
0:34.0	which is fantastic.
0:35.8	Anyway, I am here today with a very special guest. She
0:40.7	introduced herself earlier today to me as a gun for hire. That's how she describes
0:46.8	herself these days, even though she used to work in localization as an editor and manager
0:53.4	for the company X-Cade Games.
0:57.3	Everybody meet Jessica Chavez.
0:59.7	Hi, Jess.
1:00.6	Hey, Jason.
1:02.0	How are you doing today in lovely Australia?
1:06.7	I'm surviving.
1:08.4	That whole lovely new sleep deprivation.
1:11.8	Yeah, so you have a newborn child.
1:15.4	I do, and I've snuck away from her.
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