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What on earth is the Out-Cast? Well, this was a series of podcasts I did back in 2010~2012 on videogames and videogame culture in Japan for an old website with a completely different crew. I'm republishing them here on DecultureShock, but for anyone who is interested, the original website can be found here. http://www.decultureshock.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/The-Out-Cast-ep00.mp3 This is our first episode of our new Podcast, The Out-Cast, where we talk in depth about Final Fantasy XIII. It clocks in at 93 minutes. Download it below and please leave us your comments. 00:00: Introduction 04:47: Personal History With Final Fantasy 11:26: Why is Final Fantasy XIII Important and the Japanese Market 17:49: Linearity and Comparisons to Other Final Fantasys 27:07: Game-play of Final Fantasy XIII 39:13: The Good Things and the Bad 47:11: Characters and Localization Issues 69:55: Voice Acting, Translation, and Music 83:41: Final Thoughts Note: When talking about the "black stereotype" in Japan I was actually thinking of Bobby Olugun, not Bob Sapp, in that "son's question" television anecdote. Correction by Dan Feit.