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I was in an izakaya in Tokyo having beers after an interview with Hitoshi Sakimoto and Richter.
We were discussing about everything when the conversation turned to Dungeons & Dragons.
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#dnd #dungeonsanddragons #ttrpg
And tomorrow's newsletter will start with a nice beer I had with them after the interview to embark on a mental journey through Dungeons & Dragons!
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I met Hitoshi Sakimoto and Richter at Basiscape's studios in Tokyo, one a legend of video game soundtracks, the other his talented new Italian collaborator.
I chatted with both of them about how Basiscape works behind video game soundtracks.
www.player.it/interviste/6...
#ost #videogames #gaming
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FACT 5: I will never buy a Kojima game anymore.
All these facts lead to FACT 4:
Talking about the Kurdish question in the 90s was OK because the Kurdish were bombed in Iraq, a country where games were not sold.
Now, however, Kojima can bury his artistic and moral integrity because Turkey is a thriving video game market and he needs to sell.
FACT 3: Kojima cancelled the picture with Zerocalcare and Kojima Productions made that statement after some ultranationalist-propaganda-brainwashed Turkish dudes backlash on social media.
(Kobane Calling is about Kurdish vs ISIS conflict, by the way).
FACT 2: Kojima in the past talked about the Kurdish question: Sniper Wolf from Metal Gear Solid is Kurdish, she talks about the war and her childhood with suffering and bombs. This situation conveys the same messages as Zerocalcare's comic book "Kobane Calling".
FACT 1: Zerocalcare is not a terrorist, he has no convictions in any country, he has no extremist or divisive political views, unless you consider talking about the Kurdish question and the suffering of their people to be divisive.
This hurts so much @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp
As Kojima writes about "conveying facts", I'll do my part too
THIS.
I've already got next Sunday's newsletter ready and I can't wait to send it out.
It's an absurd discussion, a flight of fancy that started with a beer drunk in Japan with a legendary video game personality, but it will mainly be about D&D.
When MÖRK BORG appeared in 2020, it looked like a black metal album that had been accidentally printed in the games section.
A yellow spot that lit up the shelf.
MÖRK BORG was ugly, dirty, and evil.
And yellow.
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The newsletter will follow up on a chat we had with him at Lucca Comics & Games 2025, which you can read about in the interview article on Player: www.player.it/interviste/6...
There is already an in-depth article on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and tomorrow there will be a focus on Johan Nohr, artist of MÖRK BORG, an RPG that is overturning the canons of publishing in the sector and influencing the market.
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URGENT – INTERPRETER NEEDED IN TOKYO
Italian 🔄 Japanese
OR
English 🔄 Japanese
I need an interpreter in Tokyo for an interview with some japanese video games personalities.
📅 September 19, 2025
If you know someone, send them to my DMs!
Otherwise... please, repost! 🙏
#videogames #tokyo #japan
Last week I had a pleasant chat with @borislavslavov.bsky.social, composer of Baldur's Gate 3 OST and Music Director at @larianstudios.com.
An incredible person, deeply connected to the emotions he experiences and conveys to his audience. 👇🏻
www.player.it/interviste/5...
(Interview in Italian)
An ancient gold dragon soars through the skies. Text on image: Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Monster Manual
🎶ALL THAT GLITTERS IS GOLD🎶
Take a sneak peek at the Ancient Gold Dragon's stat block from the 2024 Monster Manual through the link below. https://dndbeyond.link/2024-Monster-Manual-Stat-Block-Design
What is haoppening with Rednote/TikTok is mindblowning but I'm unsure to download an app with so restricting rules.
Listening to City Pop music is boosting my skills in planning my Japan tour
it genuinely sucks that basically nothing on the internet works well anymore. search? barely works. social media? filled with garbage engagement-bait designed to game the algorithm. news websites? pages that refresh at random or so covered in video ads that it’s impossible to read stories
An adult bronze dragon defends the deep from a ravenous giant shark. Text on image: Dungeons & Dragons 2024 Monster Manual
Dragons have jumped the shark. 🐲🦈
Japan 2025 is happening
Is it weird to anyone else that Sega is much more of a RPG powerhouse than Square Enix these days, which is largely known as an action game developer
