Reiwa Gaming Podcast
by ReiwaGamingPodcast
The Reiwa Gaming Podcast is a gaming and geek culture focused podcast based out of Yamanashi, Japan, a mere 2 hours from downtown Tokyo. Every episode will bring you the most current news from the gaming world as well as a some insight and anecdotes from our experiences living and playing games in Japan. Come join your hosts, Mike, Matt, Aaron, and Nick as we welcome in “A New Era of Gaming in Japan.” We come from a variety of different gaming backgrounds, experiences, and opinions so every episode is sure to offer a balanced view of the industry.
Episodes
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014 Hayao Miyazaki Presents: Magic Mike and the Enchanted Pole
2020 is turning out to be a year full of surprises and new things, mostly bad unfortunately, but luckily the Reiwa Gaming Podcast is still here. Join us this episode as we talk about some of the games we’ve been playing recently and make some light-hearted predictions for Sony’s big PlayStation 5...
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013 Fartnite, Starring Norman Remus
This week‘s games played section starts off innocently enough, but quickly evolves into the “Persona 5 Appreciation Awards” when the hosts can’t stop gushing about it. We also briefly touch on the current state of VR and Nick discusses his recent play though of Pixel Ripped 1995. In the news, we...
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012 (Game)Shark Tank™
We’re back!!! It’s been a month and we’re sorry for the delay. But we’re here and ready to talk about some stuff, and boy, do we talk in this one. Japan isn't currently on a strict lockdown, but many of us here are trying to stay home as much as possible and its giving us all a bit of cabin…
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011 The one with only three hosts
*Disclaimer* We had some trouble with our recording bot this week (damn you Craig!) so the editing was extra tricky. If the audio or conversations don’t match up exactly sometimes don’t worry, we aren’t losing our minds. The recording bot was adding in blank space no reason. It’s probably fine…
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010 Chairman of the Board
Hey everyone. We reached our 10th regular episode. How does it feel? It feels pretty good! This episode we dive into a bunch of news. The coronavirus is really messing things up all over the world and the games industry isn’t immune to it either. This week‘s host segment is brought to you by Nick...
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Bro Brunch 3/1: One-Eyed Winky
Matt’s out sick this weekend so Mike, Aaron and Nick get together on a Sunday morning for a little Bro Brunch to have a casual chat about games, life in Japan, and Mike’s cat and Reiwa Gaming Podcast mascot, Winky! We’ll be back for our next regular episode in a week or two. As always, check...
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009 To Sequel or Not to Sequel
Welcome to episode 9 of the Reiwa Gaming Podcast. Once again it‘s a bit of a slow news cycle as the industry waits and waits for new game releases and information about the upcoming consoles. This episode‘s host segment is brought to you by Aaron. He wants to know what the other hosts think about...
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008 Hot Takes! Get Your Hot Takes!
Welcome and thanks again for joining us here at the Reiwa Gaming Podcast. On this week‘s episode we skip the usual news segment as there hasn’t been much going on in the industry and go straight in to the weekly host segment. This week Matt wants to know about some of our gaming industry hot…
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007 #BanOddjob
The second year of the Reiwa era is here and with it comes a new year of episode from the Reiwa Gaming Podcast! As always, a great big thanks to the listeners. We really enjoy making this podcast and we hope all of you out there enjoy listening to it. In this episode we have a nice chat about…
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Sayonara 2019: 2020’s Most Anticipated
Come join your hosts as we say sayonara to our “Sayonara 2019” special series with a discussion of our most anticipated games of 2020. Our choices may not be the most surprising to listeners but there’s sure to be a few games that come in under the radar. We also take moment to channel our inner...
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Sayonara 2019: Looking Back at the Last Decade
Wow! 10 years sure does go by fast, doesn’t it. There were a lot of great gaming moments in the last decade (and some not so great ones too). This week’s special “Sayonara 2019” episode sees your hosts reflecting back on a variety of different gaming topics. From most emotional gaming moment, to...
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Sayonara 2019: Game of the Year
It’s finally here! We did it somehow. We were able to wade through a whole years worth of game releases and agree upon, as the Reiwa Gaming Podcast, our top 5 games of 2019. Some battles were won and some were lost, but after a surprisingly civil discussion we are able to declare a winner. Along...
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Sayonara 2019: Gaming’s Most Disappointing
Welcome to the inaugural Reiwa Gaming Podcast: End of the Year Extravaganza! In the first episode we break down what we thought were the most disappointing things to happen in gaming in 2019. Games, companies, events. All are fair game. The hosts start the festivities off by going over each of...
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Sayonara 2019 Special Series Announcement
12/16 - Gaming’s Most Disappointing 12/23 - Game of the Year 2019 12/30 - Best of the Decade 1/1 - Most Anticipated of 2020
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006 Phoenix Down
The holiday season approaches and with it comes a long stretch without any major game releases. Luckily for us, we all have a decent game backlog waiting for us. This week we wrap up our Death Stranding discussion now that 3 out of 4 hosts have completed the game, chat about what we’ve been…
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005 A BB, a BT, and a BD-1 walk into a bar...
We’re back after a slight delay! Did Nick catch the flu? Or maybe it was DOOMS? This week we bring you a healthy amount of Death Stranding discussion. It’s been a week since the game’s launch and we’re excited to finally be able to chat about it with each other. If you haven’t made it to chapter…
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Episode 005 Delay!!!
Episode 5 will be pushed back one week! Sorry everyone!!
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004 What’s the Over/Under?
We’re back! And with newly leveled-up audio! The last couple of weeks have been pretty light on news as the gaming industry prepares for a huge fall season of game releases that continues its hurricane-like approach. Aaron is in charge of this week’s main segment and tasked each of us with diving...
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003 The Shame Game
Typhoon Hagibis has come and gone and with it came a boat load of game news. The Blizzard/Hong Kong fiasco, tons of Sony PlayStation info, and a new chapter of Fortnite!? This week’s special segment is brought to you by Matt and sees us confessing to our biggest gaming sins. Don’t miss it as we…
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Reiwa Gaming Podcast 002 Hyped or Un-hyped?!
We’re back! We did it! We overcame the first hurdle and Episode 2 of the Reiwa Gaming Podcast is back! This week we talk briefly about our current playlists and favorite Japanese convenience store fried chicken before jumping into a new segment “Strangely un-hyped for” where we chat about…
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The Reiwa Gaming Podcast is a gaming and geek culture focused podcast based out of Yamanashi, Japan, a mere 2 hours from downtown Tokyo. Every episode will bring you the most current news from the gaming world as well as a some insight and anecdotes from our experiences living and playing games in Japan. Come join your hosts, Mike, Matt, Aaron, and Nick as we welcome in “A New Era of Gaming in Japan.” We come from a variety of different gaming backgrounds, experiences, and opinions so every episode is sure to offer a balanced view of the industry.
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