• (00:00) - - The eery quietness of Persona 4 Golden
• (03:10) - - The Heisei mergers
• (06:15) - - Persona 4 Golden is biased towards tradition
• (06:55) - - Yukiko gives in
• (08:55) - - Kanji's dyes his hair
• (10:56) - - Rise goes back to showbiz
• (12:35) - - These aren't real people
• (13:03) - - Conservatism
• (14:28) - - Tradition for tradition's sake

Thanks to @FazPersona , @shinobuSMT , and @SphericAlpha for game footage

Watch @LadyVirgilia 's video on the Heisei mergers and Inaba: https://youtu.be/gd2YrXqkchM

Watch @BiggeTwig 's "The Development of Persona 4": https://youtu.be/gd2YrXqkchM

Thank you to my $5+ members:
GJ
Jenn Cheung
Mike Turley
Chase Allhart
Zeno
MajesticOstrich
Kim
Silellak

Research Sources:
Katsura Hashino blogs from the old Atlus website

https://web.archive.org/web/20130831132713/http://www.atlusnet.jp/topic/detail/607
https://web.archive.org/web/20140205015317/http://www.atlusnet.jp/topic/detail/650

Podcast interview with Persona 4 dev team

https://web.archive.org/web/20100908090614/https://game.biglobe.ne.jp/colweb/shoku/2010/100902/100902.html

SiliconEra translation and summary of the podcast interview

https://www.siliconera.com/behind-the-design-of-persona-4/

“The Development of Municipal Mergers in Japan” by Kiyotaka Yokomichi

https://clair.or.jp/j/forum/honyaku/hikaku/pdf/up-to-date_en1.pdf

Interview on 1UP.com with Yu Namba and Nich Maragos

https://web.archive.org/web/20130228183558/http://www.1up.com/news/anime-expo-atlus-talks-persona

Interview on 1UP.com with Katsura Hashino

https://megatengaku.wordpress.com/readings/interviews/1up-persona-4-afterthoughts/

Shmuplations translation of Persona Club P4 book

https://shmuplations.com/persona4/

Highlights from the Persona Club P4 book by Tumblr user, adachimoe

https://adachimoe.tumblr.com/post/731417840378347520/random-stuff-from-the-persona-club-p4-book

Toru’s blog on their visit to Fuefuki

https://p4toru.jugem.jp

Toru’s blog visiting the same street as the P4G team did on their tour of towns to base their design of Inaba on

https://p4toru.jugem.jp/?eid=17

Fuefuki on Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuefuki

0:00 - My boring question
0:38 - What is Blippo+?
1:17 - Why does JJ love 80s TV?
5:26 - Her analog video work
8:19 - JJ's genius made Blippo+ great
11:59 - JJ's reverence for her collaborators
14:23 - Giving "weirdos" the Holly wood treatment
15:07 - Following her dreams paid off
17:51 - My hope for Blippo+

Before I talked to JJ Stratford, I had a really boring question. Is Blippo+ a video game or a cable service? But she was far more interesting than that question.

Full interview with JJ available on Patreon & Ko-Fi:
https://www.patreon.com/flowstatecrit
https://ko-fi.com/matthorton

Blippo+ is available on Playdate, Steam (PC & Mac), and Nintendo Switch

It was a weird year for video games, but here's my favorite moments among the mess.

• (00:00) - - It was a weird year...
• (01:01) - - and Roger
• (01:48) - - Extra: Persona 4 Golden
• (03:00) - - Dispatch
• (05:15) - - The Séance of Blake Manor
• (06:11) - - Unfair Flips
• (07:20) - - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• (08:54) - - Extra: Octopath Traveler 2
• (09:56) - - Fretless
• (11:13) - - Fighting Games
• (13:36) - - Q-Up
• (14:45) - - Known Mysteries
• (16:47) - - Citizen Sleeper 2
• (19:19) - - The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy

dotzip's and Roger episode - https://share.transistor.fm/s/570f6f40
Brendon on YouTube - ‪@itswavelengths‬
Stephen on YouTube - ‪@MemoryCardManuscript‬