Ep. 308 - Along for the Ride in Tokyo, with Brandon Sheffield (Patreon)

Brandon reports on foot in Japan, bringing us along to retro game stores, surprise idol concerts, heist stories with chibi-tech and Playstation 2 discoveries with Colin Williamson. Hosted by Brandon Sheffield, with chibi-tech and Colin Williamson. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman.

Questions this week:

1. the perseverance of nakano sunplaza and shiso leaves (00:08)
2. a bonus travel tip regarding fresh passports (03:02)
3. chatting with chibi-tech in akihabara about maids, idols, and stealing stuff (06:29)
4. a guessing game and building sasage (18:01)
5. games, other names for granola, tofu for men, and sleep chocolate (20:14)
6. the state of japanese retro game stores (27:12)
7. not speaking english with pavel, and spending as much as possible on indian food (33:01)
8. can you hear these birds?! they’re going nuts (39:31)
9. something extremely curious (40:52)
10. nobody does japan like japan does (49:17)
11. wilderness reclamation (55:51)
12. waiting for a train in kyoto, and delaying saying no (01:00:51)
13. The Discovery of Zeus IV, with colin williamson (01:05:42)
14. towing a hearse (01:16:21)

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A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• Nakano Sunplaza
• Shiso
• Korinbo
• Gopinatha
• Meiji University
• chibi-tech
• Spam musubi
• Donpen (Don Quijote)
• Maid café
• Dear Stage
• Dempagumi.inc
• Rasputin Music
• chocoZAP
• Linda³
• Panekit
• Taito Legends / Memories series
• Baby Universe
• Retro Game Camp
• Black/Matrix
• Super Potato
• BEEP
• Spikeout: Battle Street
• Book Off
• Part of Your World
• Doraemon
• Fukiage
• Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams...
• Shenmue
• Coco Ichibanya
• Demonschool
• Earth Defense Force series
• Dengeki Magazine
• Basic Studio

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