Localization

Games

What It’s Like to Localize a Yoko Taro Video Game

05.03.21

By Patrick Klepek
Games

A 23-Year Perfectionist Journey to Localize the Obscure ‘Bahamut Lagoon’

03.08.21

By Patrick Klepek
Games

An Online Feud Killed a Gaming Oddity People Had Waited 21 Years For

08.06.19

By Patrick Klepek
Games

This ‘Twin Peaks’-Inspired Open World Game Came Out in 1998, and Now It’s Playable in English

07.31.19

By Matthew Gault
Games

The Near Impossible 20-Year Journey to Translate ‘Fire Emblem: Thracia 776’

07.29.19

By Patrick Klepek
Games

How a Major JRPG Wound Up Getting Totally Re-Written Months After Release

11.29.17

By Patrick Klepek
Games

The Modder Who’s Finally Translating ‘Dragon Quest’ into Arabic

05.18.17

By Patrick Klepek
Games

The Modder Slowly Translating ‘Stardew Valley’ into a Language Most Games Ignore

05.11.17

By Patrick Klepek
Games

Localization Isn’t Censorship, And The Difference Is Important

04.27.17

By Patrick Klepek
Games

What Happens When You Ask Google to Translate ‘Final Fantasy’

12.13.16

By Patrick Klepek
Games

Why Germany Banned ‘Criminal Girls 2’, A Game It Deemed “Harmful To Minors”

08.11.16

By Patrick Klepek
Games

The Game Germany Deemed ‘Harmful to Minors’

08.11.16

By Patrick Klepek

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News

Human Head That Washed up on a Miami Beach Belonged to a Heroic Teen

Victor Enrique Castaneda Jr. was 19 when he went missing while trying to rescue his little sister from a rip current near a Miami beach.

11.18.24

By Luis Prada
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Life

Spirit Airlines Files for Bankruptcy—Just in Time for Holiday Travel

11.18.24

By Sammi Caramela
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Life

Heists and Sex Tapes and Auctions, Oh My: The Wild Tale of the Ruby Slippers From ‘The Wizard of Oz’

The ruby slippers have had a hell of a history.

11.18.24

By Luis Prada
Netflix

Sports

WWE ‘Monday Night Raw’ Gets Netflix Premiere Date, Secures Special Guests and Venue

The WWE Raw premiere on Netflix is going “Sicko Mode.”

11.18.24

By Haley Miller
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Gaming

‘Strinova’ Is the Goofy Love-Child of ‘Paper Mario’ and ‘Valorant’, and I’m All in on It’s Gimmick

The upcoming shooter ‘Strinova’ has one of the strangest gimmicks I’ve ever seen in gaming, and I’m completely sold on it’s concept.

11.18.24

By Shaun Cichacki