This episode is co-hosted by David Hall, PhD Candidate in ECL at UNC.

David and I are joined by Rachael Hutchinson, Professor in Japanese Studies and Game Studies at the University of Delaware, to discuss what it means to play and research Japanese video games from a non-Japanese perspective. Navigating topics such as the deployment of aesthetic forms and grammars, regionally and linguistically specific jokes, and references to Japanese history and art within video games, we consider the importance of recognizing how these games play with their cultural context and the challenges that face researchers outside that context in identifying when they do so.