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 Send to email | Bashcraft And Arcade Mania On Your Japanese Network TV [Arcade Mania] in Arcade mania Arcade Culture Japan Only in Japan Original |  By Brian Ashcraft
el 02-Dec-2008 |  That was this morning. Woke up, flipped on Zoom In!! Super, Japan's equivalent of Good Morning America, and saw my bloated, unshaven mug talking about Japanese arcades and Arcade Mania. Revenge of the Giant Face tag! Gah.
About a month back, out of the blue, I got a phone call from a producer from Nippon Television, one of the country's major networks. He said he'd seen very positive stuff on the Japanese internet about Arcade Mania. He wanted to know what foreigners thought of Japanese arcades. We talked for a good bit and he phoned back several times in the following days. Then he said he'd call me back if there were going to do someone on arcades and Arcade Mania. Time passed, my second son Micro-Bash was born, and I forgot all about it.  Got another call over the weekend from the producer, who said they wanted to interview me for Zoom In. Sure, I said, thinking I'd have to go to Tokyo, but no, they were going to send a camera crew to my house in Osaka to shoot. Oh, okay, great. Everything was happening so fast.
I'm really bad about stuff like this. Like, I get nervous, tongue-tied and generally freeze up. The last time I appeared on TV was for Kotaku when we were all in New York. It was incredibly stressful — and I was being asked simple stuff like when I first started writing for Kotaku and what I thought of blogging. VERY BASIC THINGS. And that was in English, too! I did horrible, I think.  This was gonna be worse: The Japanese TV interview was nationwide and, you guessed it, in Japanese. Wife was worried I'd start blabbering away in the Osaka dialect or come off as rude and embarrass myself into oblivion. I was worried that my face would contort and I'd simply go, "Eh......." Father-in-law told me, "It's worse to sound like a nervous idiot than just an idiot. So don't worry about sounding like an idiot. Just keep talking — even if you make a mistake."
That's pretty much what I did. They interviewed me in Japanese. I was exhausted after — I did okay, I guess. Didn't start crying or throwing up like I thought I would. But was extremely nervous during the whole thing. (I'm shy!) Good thing is that the next English language interview I do will be a cake walk. The entire segment was something like 8 minutes long (or longer) and was quite interesting! Another reporter interviewed lots of foreigners at Tokyo game centers, asked them what they were keen about. Most said "sticker pictures" or "crane games."  There was a really funny bit where one guy was just watching some Japanese dude pwn Beatmania and then went up to him after he finished and shook his hand. Another interesting bit: The program polled a bunch of Akihabara tourists about where they wanted to go. The second most popular answer? Game centers.
Arcade Mania is now available on Amazon.
 
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| Arcade Mania Now In Second Printing [Night Note] | ![Click here to read Stream Netflix, Read Comics, Track Sports, Play Games With Windows Phone 7 - Stream Netflix, Read Comics, Track Sports, Play Games With Windows Phone 7 [Clips]](http://cache-05.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/160x120_windows_7_netflix.jpg) To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Hellooooo CES Today my editor Cathy Layne passed the word that the arcade book I wrote, Arcade Mania, has gone into its second printing. I was rather flabbergasted as the book's been available outside Japan since December. And in this cratering economy? It's beyond flattering that people are spending their money on [..] Read complete article | | Published 09-Jan-2009 by Brian Ashcraft in night note Note
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| Arcade Mania In (Japanese) Stores [Night Note] | | To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Countdown to TGS Yeah! TGS is around the corner. It's a month later this year, which is fantastic, really. Went out today to run a few errands, and it's still horribly humid here. The best advice [..] Read complete article | | Published 16-Sep-2008 by Brian Ashcraft in night note Arcade mania Note
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| Arcade Memories In Paper! [Arcade Mania Contest] | ![Click here to read Even EA Thinks Infinity Ward Vs. Activision Is "Disappointing" - Even EA Thinks Infinity Ward Vs. Activision Is "Disappointing" [Gdc10]](http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/160x120_infinity_ward.jpg) What's your arcade memory? It's not Friday, but TELL US DAMMIT! Because, hey, we're dying to know. Reader Alexander sends along his memory and entry for the Arcade Mania diorama contest: I decided to go and recreate one of my most memorable experi [..] Read complete article | | Published 15-Dec-2008 by Brian Ashcraft in Arcade Mania Contest Arcade mania Contest Culture
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| Don't Forget About Arcade Mania This Saturday Night! [Night Note] | | To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Day Note Filmed In Front Of A Live Studio Audience Don't forget! For those who are planning on attending the Arcade Mania event in Tokyo, just a reminder that it's tomorrow night (that's Saturday!) in Ikebukuro. There will drinks and snacks as well as copies of the book for purchase. More info here. Hope to s [..] Read complete article | | Published 26-Sep-2008 by Brian Ashcraft in night note Note
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| Arcade Mania! The Turbo-Charged World of Japan's Game Centers [Book] | | Earlier this year Ashcraft emailed me to ask if I would write one of the forewards for his upcoming book on Japanese arcades. I jumped at the opportunity, mostly because it gave me a chance to get my hands on the book's galley. I'm a huge fan of Ash's writin [..] Read complete article | | Published 10-Sep-2008 by Brian Crecente in Book Arcade mania arcade mania! The Turbo-Charged World of Japan's Game Centers
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