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[johnabe]

Hi all! I live in western Tokyo halfway between Shinjuku and Chofu; originally I came for 4 months on a college study abroad program...it changed into, well, longer^^ I'm 26 and work as a game programmer in a Japanese company, of 200 people I'm the only westerner, it's nice because it makes mundane things more interesting I think. I remember

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[heroofspielburg]

Heheh, you work in Chofu-shi on games, too. I work for a gaming company formerly located in Sengawa. Can you guess which one? (No cheating and looking at my LJ first.)

[johnabe]

Wow 押忍！闘え！応援団?? You have so much gaming street cred it's not even funny =) I work in Sasazuka, so if you were in Sengawa until recently I probably passed you every day...

[heroofspielburg]

I miss the small shoutengai feeling of working in Sengawa. Nakameguro is too close to Daikanyama and it's looking more and more like it every day; kind of depressing, really.

I live in Honmachi, just north of Opera City. When our office was located in Sengawa I would sometimes kill the ten minutes between waiting to change from the KEIO main to the shinsen line by running down the stairs and getting a six-pack of Draft One at LIFE before my connecting train showed up. Ah, the days of the reverse commute. :)

Speaking of street cred, your company has a solid history and a number of well-known titles. :D If we can find time, I'd kind of like to hear more about what it's like in a big Japanese studio.

[johnabe]

I want to know more about what it's like in a smaller Japanese studio =D I've never met any other western game programmers here, I'm fascinated. Are you gearing up for Tokyo Game Show?

[heroofspielburg]

Ah, TGS. Well, it depends. There is an outside chance that I may have holiday the week after next, in which case I am getting the hell out of Tokyo as fast as I can. If things fall through and I have to work, though, I suppose I'll go to TGS, and the question is just do I go on Industry Day, or Cosplay Day? :) (As if there is really any doubt.)

What day were you thinking of going?

I don't know many western game devs, either. Actually I had an interview with FS several years ago, but I called in sick to it because I'd gotten an offer from iNiS just the day before. ^^;; Who knows, on Yesterday's Enterprise we could have been deskmates. |D

[johnabe]

I want to go to TGS business day, I've never been before, but it really depends on whether my company lets me go. Oh well ya as you said, cosplayers^^

Good luck on vacation! I think I might be allowed to go on vacation in...November maybe? I've had one free weekend in 4 months now, I watched "Cars", it was nice.