“Welcome to The Local.
Come in. Get a pint in. Get me one, too. Then sit down, the game’s about to start. Not there, you mong, you’re in the way! That’s better.
“So, what brings you Down the Local today?”
“What the hell is
this place? This blog isn’t about pubs.”
“No, this blog is about games.”
“So, what’s the
connection then? Local Games for Local
People?”
“You thought you were being funny there, but you’re actually
right. In a certain sense you’re right,
anyway. However, the games I want to discuss
here were originally made for different local shops and different local
people. Specifically, Japanese local
shops and Japanese local people. “
“Oh, right, so you
wanna talk about Japanese games? Don’t
loads of ugly geeks sat in front of illuminating boxes do that already?”
“Yeah, but-”
“I can’t be bothered
with another white-boy otaku bitching about how the Japanese games industry
isn’t what it used to be since Nintendo sold themselves out-”
“That’s not what I’m gonna do. I actually want to look at how games created
by and for people raised in one culture are changed and adapted for people in a
different culture.”
