Friend of the podcast, Alex O Smith returns! After two decades translating video games (including many Final Fantasies), Alex has accumulated quite a few stories from inside the Japanese video game industry. Some of his excellent tales include:- The incredibly insane task of voicing every line of dialogue in Final Fantasy X.- How he basically didn't sleep for two months.- Hanging out with smokers to gain allies at Squaresoft.- How he learned to compromise with big budget directors.- And more! (Including his thoughts on Persona 5).---Read Alex’s wisdom from the first episode: https://tfg.li/2D2nITG