Ep. 308 - Along for the Ride in Tokyo, with Brandon Sheffield

Brandon reports on foot in Japan, bringing us along to retro game stores, surprise idol concerts, heist stories with chibi-tech and Playstation 2 discoveries with Colin Williamson. Hosted by Brandon Sheffield, with chibi-tech and Colin Williamson. Edited by Esper Quinn, original music by Kurt Feldman. Chapters: the perseverance of nakano sunplaza and shiso leaves (00:08) a bonus travel tip regarding fresh passports (03:02) chatting with chibi-tech in akihabara about maids, idols, and stealing stuff (06:29) a guessing game and building sasage (18:01) games, other names for granola, tofu for men, and sleep chocolate (20:14) the state of japanese retro game stores (27:12) not speaking english with pavel, and spending as much as possible on indian food (33:01) can you hear these birds?! they’re going nuts (39:31) something extremely curious (40:52) nobody does japan like japan does (49:17) wilderness reclamation (55:51) waiting for a train in kyoto, and delaying saying no (01:00:51) The Discovery of Zeus IV, with colin williamson (01:05:42) towing a hearse (01:16:21) Discuss this episode in the Insert Credit Forums A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: Nakano Sunplaza Shiso Korinbo Gopinatha Meiji University chibi-tech Spam musubi Donpen (Don Quijote) Maid café Dear Stage Dempagumi.inc Rasputin Music chocoZAP Linda³ Panekit Taito Legends / Memories series Baby Universe Retro Game Camp Black/Matrix Super Potato BEEP Spikeout: Battle Street Book Off Part of Your World Doraemon Fukiage Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams… Shenmue Coco Ichibanya Demonschool Earth Defense Force series Dengeki Magazine Basic Studio This week’s Insert Credit Show is brought to you by patrons like you. Thank you. Subscribe: RSS, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and more!