158: Yakuza 0 [Part 1]

By December 21, 2022PODCAST

We give no explanations in the first part of our Yakuza 0 series.

Developer: Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio | Publisher: Sega | Initial Release: January 24, 2017

Katie, Flora, Mike and special guest Imran Khan play minigames, fight with wacky weapons and sing karaoke.

Players: Katie Lesperance (@lesperak) & Mike Ruffolo (@ruffolom), Flora Merigold (@LudonarrativeFM)

Special Guest: Imran Khan [Twitter, Patreon]

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SHOW NOTES:

  • 0:00 Start
  • 1:00 Introducing Imran Khan and running The Gauntlet
  • 13:00 Fast Pitch
  • 14:30 Our Experience with Yakuza games
  • 24:30 Yakuza Gives No Explanations
  • 27:30 The Setup: What Is Yazuka
  • 29:50 Mike Got All The Tissues
  • 33:00 Katie’s Got All The Cards
  • 39:00 Combat And Wacky Weapons
  • 44:00 A Majima Character Study
  • 51:20 Minigames: Shogi Is Hard
  • 56:00 Karaoke Time
  • 1:01:00 Imran’s Final Yakuza Pitch
  • 1:06:40 Wrap-Up

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