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Posted: Jul 19th 2011 8:42PM Typhonic said

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Up with Yamaoka, down with this dude. C'est la vie.

Posted: Jul 19th 2011 8:45PM tendoboy1984 said

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Grasshopper Manufacture is a Japanese company right?

That guy looks Italian.

Posted: Jul 19th 2011 8:50PM Epoque said

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That's because he is Italian ...
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Posted: Jul 19th 2011 8:54PM Arsenic13 said

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@tendoboy1984

Airplanes exist.
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Posted: Jul 19th 2011 8:55PM tendoboy1984 said

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@Arsenic13

But most Japanese people hate working with western folk.
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Posted: Jul 19th 2011 9:16PM Epoque said

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Your preconceived notions have been shattered by the mere fact this man has been working in close cooperation within a Japanese company. That's all there is to it. Perhaps he is the exception to the rule, or perhaps you've made a gross generalization of Japanese people.
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Posted: Jul 19th 2011 11:15PM Heisenberg said

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@tendoboy1984

Suda 51 and Shinji Mikami are one of the few Japanese developers, that I at least know about, who want to break out of Japanese game development conventions. So I'd venture to guess that they don't hold a bias when it comes to westerners helping develop their games.

But I think all Japanese game studios have western people in them. At least the big ones. I know Q-games, the pixel junk guys, have a bunch of westerners at the top.
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Posted: Jul 20th 2011 12:19PM gatotsu911 said

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@tendoboy1984
Grasshopper has an unusually high number of foreign employees for a Japanese studio, it's true. But foreigners working in the Japanese games industry is hardly unheard of. Just look at Dylan Cuthbert, Shane Bettenhausen, and Ryan Peyton, to name a few.
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Posted: Jul 19th 2011 8:45PM Shogan said

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Kinda hot.

Posted: Jul 20th 2011 7:29AM (Unverified) said

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@Shogan Totally hot
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Posted: Jul 20th 2011 8:52AM Xenobite said

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I'd hit it.
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Posted: Jul 20th 2011 11:32AM Vizruy said

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Really hot.
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Posted: Jul 19th 2011 8:50PM Special Agent Bob said

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i dont why but this guy he..scares me.

Posted: Jul 19th 2011 8:54PM tendoboy1984 said

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@Special Agent Bob

His father is Al Pacino, and his cousin is Robert DeNiro. :-P
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Posted: Jul 19th 2011 8:53PM tendoboy1984 said

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But why would an Italian guy work for a Japanese company? Most Japanese developers don't like working with Western folk.

Posted: Jul 19th 2011 9:02PM Epoque said

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Because. Just, because.
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Posted: Jul 19th 2011 9:01PM Assmar said

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Chad Ovosonico?

Posted: Jul 19th 2011 10:05PM Pure Black World Tendency said

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More studios = more games = good good good

Posted: Jul 19th 2011 10:14PM Startingline13 ArmlessOctopus said

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I guess he saw the writing on the wall.

Posted: Jul 19th 2011 10:37PM esbeekay said

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Shadows was the sleeper hit of 2011 for me. I had a little interest, picked it up, and ended up loving it. Easily a contender for my goty

Posted: Jul 19th 2011 11:46PM CapiCoco said

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I'll buy Shadows of the Damned in August along with No More Heroes Paradise; I didn't have the money when it launched but I intend to fully support original games like this.
Besides the game has very good reviews and I've heard nothing but praise, a real shame many people is waiting for a price drop but they do buy many generic crap like Fifa and CoD day one... it should be the other way around.

Posted: Jul 20th 2011 1:10AM darkhellmutt said

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@CapiCoco
Here here. Shadows was awesome. Dialog is good and campy. There's a boner joke every other sentence, but they always nod to it. The music, also superb. I was never a Suda fan, because I never played No More Heroes. Eagerly awaiting that next month.
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Posted: Jul 20th 2011 12:34AM Meghterb1985 said

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Wish he stayed at GH.

Posted: Jul 20th 2011 7:32AM (Unverified) said

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Shadows of the Damned was genuinely amazing - game of the year so far easy. Most game reviewers were too busy trying to prove they're smarter than dick jokes to get that the joke was on them

Posted: Jul 20th 2011 8:20AM Xenobite said

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This guy shouldn't bother with a videogame start up. Just go into modelling while he's still young.

Posted: Jul 20th 2011 9:23AM Spartan050 said

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Incorrect. Many Japanese comPanies love working with westerns. Together they brought us Silent hill Resident evil Street fighter and many I can't remember at the mo.

Posted: Jul 20th 2011 9:40AM Epoque said

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Metroid Prime and Donkey Kong Country Returns. Two of the best games for their respective platforms, and two of the finest East-West video game collaborations from a development perspective.
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Posted: Jul 20th 2011 9:52AM blessrok said

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SotD was meh to me, but good luck to this guy.

Posted: Jul 20th 2011 10:48AM Dracorian said

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Not really surprised. Checked out this guys website. He is very ambitious at what he does. Which is pretty much everything! Shadows is an awesome game. Will be looking out for him in the future.

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