Scott Strichart

To this day there is a certain subset of people who seem to think that Japanese is a sterile, wooden language (and thus, wooden translations are more “”accurate””) when the real Japanese is infinitely more creative than they could ever imagine

10 years ago my boss asked me if I’d ever want to dub Yakuza 0 - I was like, Nahhh. But life comes at you slow, and I’m glad we had 10 years (in the joint) to prepare for the challenge. THANK YOU to the entire team, cast, and crew who made it possible, and enjoy the game!

A graphic asking “Which Frodo are you today” featuring 9 ridiculous Frodo faces as depicted by Elijah Wood in the Lord of the Rings trilogy

Having a real 8 day so far, will be 9 by the end

Haha that was a major catalyst, yes

No, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wasn't "made" by 30 people Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's credits are a lot bigger than "30 developers".

Food for thought. External QA, animators, voice actors, and musicians deserve to be part of the narrative of game makers.

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter (I did)

I can’t believe you’ve done this but THANK YOU GREG

Great write up!

Every store: Great, thank you for taking our survey. Now, if you would like to opt out of receiving an email every 10 minutes, please check the box that says "Yes, subscribe me!" And don't forget about your free *terms and conditions apply* taco! We'll just need to ask you a few more questions

Every store: I see, so what you're saying is, you came to the store to literally buy [product], but your customer service associate, [Jeremy] couldn't convince you to buy [other product]. How unfortunate for him. Now, how would you rate the store's cleanliness? Cause that's [Shannon]'s department

Every store: Thank you for taking the time to complete our survey! We see you bought [product], but is there a reason you didn't buy [other product]? Price? Package Appeal? Can you quantify your interest in [other product] on a scale of 1 to 10? [Jeremy] did mention it was 20% off... didn't he?

Every store: Oh, four stars? You do realize [Jeremy]'s livelihood depends on that 5th star, don't you? We base our incentive program on customer satisfaction, and you do want [Jeremy] to be able to afford groceries this week, don't you? Now tell us, what can [Jeremy] do to earn that big 5?

Every store: Thanks for shopping with us! Now if you would kindly leave us a 500 word, 5 star review essay on Yelp, rate your customer service associate, [Jeremy] with another 5 stars, and take this short (15 min.) survey about your experience for a chance to win a FREE taco? WE VALUE YOUR FEEDBACK

And that human symphony, experienced by voters and jury members of the Game Awards in a *downstream language* was still found worthy of the Best Narrative accolade. I hope you'll celebrate it as victory not just for Sega/Atlus and our team, but one for the power of and a case for good localization.

Nevertheless it's an accomplishment, dare I say it, for the whole profession. As translators fight for living wages, to be credited for the their work, as AI threatens livelihoods, Metaphor's narrative was written by humans, translated by humans, and performed by humans (...heh if you know you know)

I don't mean to go back to the Game Awards; we all know the troubles. BUT — Metaphor winning Best Narrative is the first Japanese to English localization title to achieve that in the show's 10 years. And yeah, "down year", dearth of "prestige" AAA titles to compete against, I know all that. (1/3)

Proud of Metaphor, proud of my team, proud we got to have a part in casting this magic. If you played it, I hope it connected with you.

Shoutout to the amazing interpreters working during the Game Awards tonight! You all did such an amazing job❤️

Being localization producer on Geoff Keighley’s RPG of the Year was not on my life’s bingo card

…which is a shame because now that it happened I can’t shout bingo.

My PlayStation Wrapped indicating I spent 495 hours playing games this year and implying 142 of those were on Theatrhythm Final Bar Line, which is true

Sooo more Theatrhythm DLC when

Hell yeah

Hello, new followers! I’m Scott, and I imagine most of you know me as a localization guy from 16 years worth of various work. That said, I am free from the desire to post! When I do get the urge to post, I ask myself, should I really post? And the answer is usually no! But thanks for following ❤️

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Metaphor: ReFantazio sells 1 million copies in less than a day Atlus' newest RPG has already dethroned Persona 3 Reload as its fastest-selling title, and also marks the developer's biggest Steam launch.

Metaphor: ReFantazio sells 1 million copies in less than a day

I have dreamt of saying “Metaphor: ReFantazio is out now, go play it” for three long years and today that dream comes true. Congratulations to the hardworking devs, loc, QA, voice actors, brand, and everyone else who played a part in bringing this day to fruition. I hope you enjoy.

They gotta stop giving me these certified bangers, too much pressure www.metacritic.com/game/metapho...

One too many

Breaking a long social media silence to say I’m alive, there are bees on my car, and I hope you’re looking forward to Metaphor: ReFantazio in less than a month. It goes hard.

I had my first chili dog today. I don’t know how I made it this far without having one or how people eat something so messy like it’s nothing, but it was pretty good, ngl. Are you proud of me Sonic