RadioRadar Podcast 006: Escape from Japan

Japan. Lovely, lovely Japan. How we can’t wait for your sweet gaming treats to flutter from the heavens, to touch our shoulder and fall to our feet, like the moment after a cherry blossom reaches full bloom. Oh, oh Japan.

All of this is to say, the Tokyo Game Show’s happening this week, and we’re basically running on a skeleton crew. Yay. The Wii U gets its due, Borderlands does 2, and there may also be a taming of the shrew. That last bit, as well as everything that came before it, was nonsensical. My bad.

This Week's Hosts: Sophia Tong, Sterling McGarvey, Lorenzo Veloria, and Tom Magrino

The Deets

Post date: September 19, 2012
Intro song by: Danny Baranowsky
The Question of the Week: Which Western game would have been better as a JRPG? (The top answer gets Sony's Pulse wireless headset!)

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