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🗓️ 7 April 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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This week Max and Brian are joined by the legendary Goichi Suda, AKA SUDA51, and James Mountain from Grasshopper Manufacture, who’ll be translating! SUDA 51 is the director, designer, writer, and producer behind a ton of memeorable and often times weird (but in the best way possible) games such as No More Heroes, Killer is Dead, and recently Romeo is a Dead Man. We ask him all about the creative process of Romeo is a Dead Man, the direction he would take Grand Theft Auto in, his favorite games across all generations and much more. This is a fun one. Beyond! This weeks show is hosted by Max Scoville and Brian Altano, and is produced by Nick Maillet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.0	We're going to have a little baby.
0:21.8	Raising Chelsea, a Hulu original series streaming exclusively on Disney Plus.
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0:30.2	Beyond and hello and welcome once again to IGN's weekly PlayStation show.
0:33.3	I'm your host Max Scoville and here with me is Brian Altano and we're going to have a very special
0:36.6	guest today, none other than Suda 5-1. Brian, who's Suda 5-1? Suda 5-1 is one of my favorite game designers of all time. He's been making stuff I love ever since I started playing. The first game I played at his was Killer 7, way back in the day, and I've just been in love with this game since. He used to do our show up at noon all the time. We hung out with him the last time we were in San Francisco.
0:57.1	We've been trying love with this game since. He used to do our show up at noon all the time.
0:55.2	We hung out with them the last time we were in San Francisco.
0:57.1	We've been trying to make this episode happen for a really long time.
1:00.0	So, yeah, without further ado, hereuda, aka Suda 5-1, and James Mountain from Grasshopper Manufacture, who will be translating.
1:23.6	Gentlemen, welcome. Thank you so much for joining us in the Internet.
1:29.3	Thanks for having us here on the Internet.
1:33.3	Now, yeah, we'll see you. Our audience may know Suda from his previous work, Killer 7.
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