Nina's Nihongo Zone 17 - Playing Videogames for Japanese-Learning (Patreon)

Hello patrons, and welcome to episode 17 of Nina's Nihongo Zone! This month I discuss using video games to study Japanese - things to consider when choosing a game, commonly recommended games, and my own experience playing the first few hours of クレヨンしんちゃんオラと博士の夏休み 〜おわらない七日間の旅〜 or Crayon Shin-Chan: Me and the Doctor’s Summer Vacation, Endless Week-long Trip.

CORRECTION: In the recording, I said しちにちかん (shichinichikan) for 七日間 in the games’ title, but I should have read it as なのかかん (nanokakan).

- Post from Nihongo App's blog about using video games to study Japanese. They include lots of good tips, and the second half discusses how to find game scripts and then use their app to make flashcards from those scripts (I've never used the app, so I can't say how well it works). 

- Article on Tofugu about using games for study, which includes some games that are specifically for language-learning, talks about phone games and dating sims, and includes good advice on getting more out of your gaming experience.

- This page on Go! Go! Nihon isn't as extensive as the other two, but includes a helpful vocab list.

- The trailer for the Crayon Shin-Chan game I'm playing.

- My first page of vocab notes:

- The intro song is "The city" by The Kyoto Connection, from the album KyotoSoundscapes, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

- The outro song is "Brain Power" by Mela, from the album Mela two, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.

If you have language questions or a topic you'd like to request for a future episode of Nina's Nihongo Zone, you can email me at gundampodcast@gmail.com, or leave a comment below!