Interview with Digital Happiness, creators of DreadOut

Remember that cool Indonesian survival horror game we plugged a few days ago? We actually liked it so much we sent a bunch of questions to its developer, which was so kind to answer them for us.

They could still use some support for their Indiegogo campaign, which only runs for a few more days, so if you like survival horror and especially Fatal Frame, do consider backing it!

To the interview!

<p><img src="http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/blog/dreadouta.jpg"></p> <p align=justify>Remember that cool Indonesian survival horror game we plugged a few days ago? We actually liked it so much we sent a bunch of questions to its developer, which was so kind to answer them for us.</p> <p align=justify>They could still use some support for their <a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/dreadout/x/2567372" target="_blank">Indiegogo campaign</a>, which only runs for a few more days, so if you like survival horror and especially <i>Fatal Frame</i>, do consider backing it!</p> <p align=center><a href="http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/dreadout/dreadout-interview.htm">To the interview!</a></p>

Dale DeSharone - an unspoken legend

After HG101 contributor Audun Sorlie wrote a memorial for composer Ryu Umemoto, I felt compelled to dig out the notes from my interviews with Dale DeSharone, who passed away February 2008 from leukemia, and share them with the world. For me there's a feeling, like a sense of duty having interviewed someone no longer with us, especially since as far as I know I'm the only one to have interviewed Dale. He was involved in early Atari software, some acclaimed C64 classics, including Below the Root, an adaptation of Zilpha Keatley Snyder's Green Sky Trilogy of books. He was connected with the team that developed Red Book Audio, was a pioneer of the CD medium for games, and was instrumental in making sure the Philips CDi had software. His career later included the PlayStation and GameCube, right up to the current generation. Perhaps though, his most known works, are the two side-scrolling Zelda games for CDi, which I will forever argue are well designed games which are fun to play.

Above all though, Dale was a sincere, decent human being, well loved by all those who knew and worked with him. I am always reminded of the memorial comments from James Bach, who explained how Dale had given him a start with his career, taught him to drive and helped him through a family tragedy.

My own experience of Dale was that he went above and beyond when helping with my articles, providing numerous high res scans and always happy to answer my many questions, and I will always remember that.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xDxRPKo7ebUDx2Cg16fPTsrwt5PagXRXHf0QxOxAQmBC2xpg-LUwa7xLSlcRH0uyPR0sVp7aG5xio4ex3zzIQ6NXQ_ogbmdx2zF3XOh_yE6QC6vJtPrN-FAF4n5xoLex4SdczRpHRVXl/s1600/Dale+DeSharone+2007-01-30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xDxRPKo7ebUDx2Cg16fPTsrwt5PagXRXHf0QxOxAQmBC2xpg-LUwa7xLSlcRH0uyPR0sVp7aG5xio4ex3zzIQ6NXQ_ogbmdx2zF3XOh_yE6QC6vJtPrN-FAF4n5xoLex4SdczRpHRVXl/s320/Dale+DeSharone+2007-01-30.jpg" width="245"></a></div> After HG101 contributor Audun Sorlie wrote a <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/178187/memorial_composer_ryu_umemoto.php" target="_blank">memorial for composer Ryu Umemoto</a>, I felt compelled to dig out the notes from my interviews with Dale DeSharone, who passed away February 2008 from leukemia, and share them with the world. For me there's a feeling, like a sense of duty having interviewed someone no longer with us, especially since as far as I know I'm the only one to have interviewed Dale. He was involved in early Atari software, <a href="http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,3472/" target="_blank">some acclaimed C64 classics</a>, including Below the Root, an adaptation of Zilpha Keatley Snyder's Green Sky Trilogy of books. He was connected with the team that developed Red Book Audio, was a pioneer of the CD medium for games, and was instrumental in making sure the Philips CDi had software. His career later included the PlayStation and GameCube, right up to the current generation. Perhaps though, his most known works, are the two side-scrolling Zelda games for CDi,<a href="http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/zeldacdi/zeldacdi.htm" target="_blank"> which I will forever argue are well designed games which are fun to play</a>. <br> <br> Above all though, Dale was a sincere, decent human being, well loved by all those who knew and worked with him. I am always reminded of the memorial comments from James Bach, who explained how Dale had given him a start with his career, taught him to drive and helped him through a family tragedy.<br> <br> My own experience of Dale was that he went above and beyond when helping with my articles, providing numerous high res scans and always happy to answer my many questions, and I will always remember that.<br>

An interview with Ken Lobb

It recently transpired that ReyVGM on the HG101 forums had exchanged several emails with games industry veteran Ken Lobb. Not many will recognise the name, though his initials KAL should be more familiar. He worked at Taxan, Namco and Nintendo, and had the Klobb gun in Goldeneye named after him. As we’ll reveal, he’s been responsible for some truly, astoundingly excellent ideas. Read on for the email exchange.


<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgykEy96pRvUHf6kdIbVVj-QXuE2IP-U-FLGB-nctu0Ad0L94FtWDFJ3TjXaedFGnRMNt3hcJ23Tf2oV0EnlT1G22CsYxJ98QtCOSxiZIQz3ytHflCOvI1R0WXvP0QqILd4dxMsxLvmLwnr/s1600/kenLobb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5709319414178328258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgykEy96pRvUHf6kdIbVVj-QXuE2IP-U-FLGB-nctu0Ad0L94FtWDFJ3TjXaedFGnRMNt3hcJ23Tf2oV0EnlT1G22CsYxJ98QtCOSxiZIQz3ytHflCOvI1R0WXvP0QqILd4dxMsxLvmLwnr/s400/kenLobb.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;"></a>It <a href="http://hg101.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=games&action=display&thread=5552">recently transpired</a> that ReyVGM on the HG101 forums had exchanged several emails with games industry veteran Ken Lobb. Not many will recognise the name, though his initials KAL should be more familiar. He worked at Taxan, Namco and Nintendo, and had the Klobb gun in Goldeneye named after him. As we’ll reveal, he’s been responsible for some truly, astoundingly excellent ideas. Read on for the email exchange.<br><br>

Agness Kaku update - Konami Japan contacts us

By now you probably all realise that the Metal Gear files from our Agness Kaku interview are gone. Read on for an explanation, slightly odds tales about contacted by outside agencies, and also further insight from the lady herself. Plus some fresh translation material too.


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The reason for the file removal was, basically, we woke up and they were gone. Konami's legal department in Japan hit our host/provider with a DMCA take-down notice, and they were removed on our behalf. There wasn't even a fight to put up, it just happened and we were forwarded some legal emails. I was tempted repost them, but they're pretty dull.

The best thing out of this though, is it was direct from KOJ's legal division, complete with awkward legal English. The news story was on 2chan and several Japanese blogs, so they obviously found about it and - I like to think - Kojima himself demanded the legal eagles take them down. If you didn't grab 'em, I'm afraid they're gone.

The other interesting thing is I was contacted by INTAC directly (as explained in the interview this was the agency Konami dealt with). They said they were trying to understand what happened and asked for information about my interviewee, and I told them straight: as a journalist I'm not required to divulge any information regarding my sources. I never got a reply. What was interesting was the wording of the email - not threatening, but really bizarre, as if those of us running HG101 were kids. The hilarious thing is, all of the questions that I had been asked, were pretty much already answered by the article itself.


I've also been chatting with Agness some more, which resulted in these interesting re-translations. For anyone who enjoyed the original interview, this should make a nice addendum.

My two cents: these examples perfectly highlight the importance of good localisation. The direct translation in blue is stilted, drier and without any kind of flavour. It's just dull. The green on the other hand conveys the characters personalities a lot better - especially Snake's wry cynicism. It's a no brainer really. If you're converting anything which involves heavy use of language, from one language to another, it's extremely important to give the localiser the freedom required to make it work. Some interesting feedback I've read regarding the interview is people bringing up some of Squaresoft's localisation work, and how they worked hand-in-hand with localisers every step of the way, and citing Alexander Smith as someone allowed the freedom to do the job right. It's a great shame that Konami never saw fit to do the same, since besides Agness Kaku and Jeremy Blaustein, I've heard other rumblings regarding how they operate.



I'm pasting Agness' email verbatim.

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What with everyone getting their MGS2 freak on, I decided to re-read the sample file I have linked off of Hibernium--the Tanker Chapter opening. It was a lot better than I remembered, so I looked up the original. Aha. Should have done this before the interview, since it answers your question about what exactly I meant by "mood-building and slapping on a good coat of noir". Lines from actual Japanese screenplay (taken from cached version of Kojima's blog and bunch of fan sites) is on top. For your amusement, I've done a direct translation in blue. Green is what I handed in.

二年前のハドソン川…俺達は新型メタルギアが極秘裏に輸送されるという情報を掴んだ。今思えば…疑うべきだった。

The Hudson River, two years ago... We got information that a new type of Metal Gear would be transported in top secret. Now that I think about it, we should have been suspicious.

The Hudson River, two years ago... We had classified intelligence that a new type of Metal Gear was scheduled for transport. The whole thing stank, but our noses had been out in the cold too long...

こちらスネーク。聞こえるか？オタコン!?

This is Snake. Can you hear me? Otakon?

This is Snake. Do you read me, Otakon? Over.

ああ。聞こえる。僕だよスネーク。

Yes, I can hear you. It's me, Snake.

Loud and clear, Snake. Over.

待たせたな！スニークポイントに到着。着地の衝撃でステルス迷彩が壊れた。

You kept me waiting! I've arrived at the sneak point. The stealth camo broke from the landing impact.

S: Think I'd wait forever [the comment is directed to the player]? I'm at the infiltration point [SP for 'sneak point']. Over.

O: Everything going okay? Over.

S: The stealth camo's busted. Landing impact. Over.

随分こき使ってきたからね……。悪いけど我慢してくれ。軍じゃないんだ。

We did use it pretty hard... I'm sorry, but grin and bear it. This isn't the military.

We did use the hell out of that thing. Sorry, but you're gonna have to deal. You're not in the military-industrial complex anymore, Dorothy.

ああ。いつまでもこんなものに頼るつもりはない。

Yeah. I don't plan to relying on this forever.

Right. I don't plan on relying on this gadget either way. Over.

だけど民間のいいところもあるだろ？プライバシーは守られてるし……。

But the private sector has good points, right? Your privacy is protected...

Hey, the private sector's not so bad, though, huh? Privacy guaranteed...

変な薬も盛られずにすむしな。

And you're not fed some strange drug.

I'm happy as long as no one slips a Mickey Finn in the morning glass of OJ.

ナオミのこと……？

This is about Naomi...?

You mean that thing with Naomi?

うるさい見張り役がいないのも気が楽だ。

It's also nice that there's no nagging minder.

And I can't say I miss the chattering nanny.

メイリンか……。また彼女に頼んでおくよ。NATICKの新兵器。

Mei Lin, huh. I'll ask her another favor. The new weapon from NATICK.

Mei Lin's not so bad. That reminds me, I have to get in touch with her again about that new Natick flashware.

陸軍兵士システムセンターからの横流しか。彼女に伝えておいてくれ。いずれはバレる。早いうちに手を引くようにな。

Diverting from the Army Soldier Systems Center. Give her a message. It'll come out sometime. Tell her she should stop soon.

Diverting toys from the SSCEN (U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center) again? Someone will find out, sooner or later. She's better off assuming it's sooner and quit while she's ahead. Tell her I said that.

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あと、できるだけ戦闘はさけてくれよ。目的はあくまで、新型メタルギア開発の証拠を集めて―、公開することだ。誰にも見つからずに脱出できればそれが一番だからね。

Another thing, avoid fighting as much as possible, The goal is to collect evidence of new Metal Gear development and publicize it. It would be the best if you could escape without being discovered.

The mission objective is to make visual confirmation of the new Metal Gear being transported by that tanker and bring back photographic evidence. No destruction, please. Got it?

わかっている、俺達はテロリストじゃない。

I know that. We're not terrorists.

Don't worry. I know the drill -- we're not terrorists.

そうだよ。反メタルギア財団『フィランソロピー』…国連にもＮＧＯ（非政府組織）として登録もされてる。

That's right. We are an anti-Metal gear foundation "Philanthropy". We're registered with the U.N. as an NGO.

Very good. We're a 100% UN-recognized 'Opposition to Metal Gear' aka OMEGA*. Don't you forget that you're a part of an NGO and can chew granola with the best of them.

まあ、ＮＧＯの中では過激な存在には違いない。

Well, we're certainly a radical presence among NGOs.

Recognized, but still fringe, Otakon.

Kind of odd to realize how much people love the opening. Lots of quoting of the "noses had been out in the cold too long" line.

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-1IAYibd77u6Ctygv2HJidl8HYeCp5jslQ0_XY4bm7hbaSg7uM9GGFHdCOgeIl6ngK0EAp4s1j8gQ5qUTcQtmTJBC8VuSFImzSFJZfdfHrsUiMTjN0wfMWj3LUFhV5H-R_Gb7tmG7zN5/s1600/Mgs2-7.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706037421186686354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy-1IAYibd77u6Ctygv2HJidl8HYeCp5jslQ0_XY4bm7hbaSg7uM9GGFHdCOgeIl6ngK0EAp4s1j8gQ5qUTcQtmTJBC8VuSFImzSFJZfdfHrsUiMTjN0wfMWj3LUFhV5H-R_Gb7tmG7zN5/s400/Mgs2-7.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" /></a><br />By now you probably all realise that the Metal Gear files from our <a href="http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/metalgear/agnesskaku.htm">Agness Kaku interview</a> are gone. Read on for an explanation, slightly odds tales about contacted by outside agencies, and also further insight from the lady herself. Plus some fresh translation material too.<br /><br /><span class="fullpost"><br />.<br />.<br />.<br />The reason for the file removal was, basically, we woke up and they were gone. Konami's legal department in Japan hit our host/provider with a DMCA take-down notice, and they were removed on our behalf. There wasn't even a fight to put up, it just happened and we were forwarded some legal emails. I was tempted repost them, but they're pretty dull.<br /><br />The best thing out of this though, is it was direct from KOJ's legal division, complete with awkward legal English. The news story was on 2chan and several Japanese blogs, so they obviously found about it and - I like to think - Kojima himself demanded the legal eagles take them down. If you didn't grab 'em, I'm afraid they're gone.<br /><br />The other interesting thing is I was contacted by INTAC directly (as explained in the interview this was the agency Konami dealt with). They said they were trying to understand what happened and asked for information about my interviewee, and I told them straight: as a journalist I'm not required to divulge any information regarding my sources. I never got a reply. What was interesting was the wording of the email - not threatening, but really bizarre, as if those of us running HG101 were kids. The hilarious thing is, all of the questions that I had been asked, were pretty much already answered by the article itself.<br /><br /><br />I've also been chatting with Agness some more, which resulted in these interesting re-translations. For anyone who enjoyed <a href="http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/metalgear/agnesskaku.htm">the original interview</a>, this should make a nice addendum.<br /><br />My two cents: these examples perfectly highlight the importance of good localisation. The direct translation in blue is stilted, drier and without any kind of flavour. It's just dull. The green on the other hand conveys the characters personalities a lot better - especially Snake's wry cynicism. It's a no brainer really. If you're converting anything which involves heavy use of language, from one language to another, it's extremely important to give the localiser the freedom required to make it work. Some interesting feedback I've read regarding the interview is people bringing up some of Squaresoft's localisation work, and how they worked hand-in-hand with localisers every step of the way, and citing Alexander Smith as someone allowed the freedom to do the job right. It's a great shame that Konami never saw fit to do the same, since besides Agness Kaku and Jeremy Blaustein, I've heard other rumblings regarding how they operate.<br /><br /><br /><br />I'm pasting Agness' email verbatim.<br /><br />---<br /><div>What with everyone getting their MGS2 freak on, I decided to re-read the sample file I have linked off of <a href="http://hibernium.com/">Hibernium</a>--the Tanker Chapter opening. It was a lot better than I remembered, so I looked up the original. Aha. Should have done this before the interview, since it answers your question about what exactly I meant by "mood-building and slapping on a good coat of noir". Lines from actual Japanese screenplay (taken from cached version of Kojima's blog and bunch of fan sites) is on top. For your amusement, I've done a direct translation in blue. Green is what I handed in.</div> <div><br /></div><blockquote class="ecxwebkit-indent-blockquote" style="border: medium none; padding: 0px;"><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';"> 二年前のハドソン川<span style="font: 11px Helvetica;">…</span>俺達は新型メタルギアが極秘裏に輸送されるという情報を掴んだ。今思えば<span style="font: 11px Helvetica;">…</span>疑うべきだった。</p></span><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="color: rgb(5, 61, 245);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11px;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">The Hudson River, two years ago... We got information that a new type of Metal Gear would be transported in top secret. Now that I think about it, we should have been suspicious.</span><br /><br /></span></div> <div style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 28);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11px;" >The Hudson River, two years ago... We had classified intelligence that a new type of Metal Gear was scheduled for transport. The whole thing stank, but our noses had been out in the cold too long...</span></div> <div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 28);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:11px;" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';"> こちらスネーク。聞こえるか？オタコン<span style="font: 11px Helvetica;">!?</span></p></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">This is Snake. Can you hear me? Otakon?</p> </span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">This is Snake. Do you read me, Otakon? Over.</p></span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';"> ああ。聞こえる。僕だよスネーク。</p></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">Yes, I can hear you. It's me, Snake.</p></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;"> Loud and clear, Snake. Over.</p></span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';">待たせたな！スニークポイントに到着。着地の衝撃でステルス迷彩が壊れた。</p></span></div> <div style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">You kept me waiting! I've arrived at the sneak point. The stealth camo broke from the landing impact.</p> </span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">S: Think I'd wait forever [the comment is directed to the player]? I'm at the infiltration point [SP for 'sneak point']. Over.</p> </span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">O: Everything going okay? Over.</p></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;"> S: The stealth camo's busted. Landing impact. Over.</p></span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';">随分こき使ってきたからね<span style="font: 11px Helvetica;">……</span>。悪いけど我慢してくれ。軍じゃないんだ。</p> </span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">We did use it pretty hard... I'm sorry, but grin and bear it. This isn't the military.</p> </span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">We did use the hell out of that thing. Sorry, but you're gonna have to deal. You're not in the military-industrial complex anymore, Dorothy.</p> </span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';">ああ。いつまでもこんなものに頼るつもりはない。</p></span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica; color: rgb(5, 61, 245);"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Yeah. I don't plan to relying on this forever.</span></p></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">Right. I don't plan on relying on this gadget either way. Over.</p> </span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';">だけど民間のいいところもあるだろ？プライバシーは守られてるし<span style="font: 11px Helvetica;">……</span>。</p> </span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">But the private sector has good points, right? Your privacy is protected...</p></span></div> <div style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">Hey, the private sector's not so bad, though, huh? Privacy guaranteed...</p></span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';"> 変な薬も盛られずにすむしな。</p></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">And you're not fed some strange drug.</p></span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 102, 28);"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">I'm happy as long as no one slips a Mickey Finn in the morning glass of OJ.</span></p></span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';"> ナオミのこと<span style="font: 11px Helvetica;">……</span>？</p></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">This is about Naomi...?</p></span></div> <div style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">You mean that thing with Naomi?</p></span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';"> うるさい見張り役がいないのも気が楽だ。</p></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">It's also nice that there's no nagging minder.</p></span></div> <div style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">And I can't say I miss the chattering nanny.</p></span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';"> メイリンか<span style="font: 11px Helvetica;">……</span>。また彼女に頼んでおくよ。<span style="font: 11px Helvetica;">NATICK</span>の新兵器。</p></span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica; color: rgb(5, 61, 245);"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Mei Lin, huh. I'll ask her another favor. The new weapon from NATICK.</span></p></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">Mei Lin's not so bad. That reminds me, I have to get in touch with her again about that new Natick flashware.</p> </span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';">陸軍兵士システムセンターからの横流しか。彼女に伝えておいてくれ。いずれはバレる。早いうちに手を引くようにな。</p></span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica; color: rgb(5, 61, 245);"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">Diverting from the Army Soldier Systems Center. Give her a message. It'll come out sometime. Tell her she should stop soon. </span></p></span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica; color: rgb(51, 102, 28);"> <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Diverting toys from the SSCEN (U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center) again? Someone will find out, sooner or later. She's better off assuming it's sooner and quit while she's ahead. Tell her I said that.</span></p></span></div> <div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">--</p></span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica; min-height: 13px;"><br /></p></span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';">あと、できるだけ戦闘はさけてくれよ。目的はあくまで、新型メタルギア開発の証拠を集めて<span style="font: 11px Helvetica;">―</span>、公開することだ。誰にも見つからずに脱出できればそれが一番だからね。</p> </span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica; color: rgb(5, 61, 245);">Another thing, avoid fighting as much as possible, The goal is to collect evidence of new Metal Gear development and publicize it. It would be the best if you could escape without being discovered.</p> </span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">The mission objective is to make visual confirmation of the new Metal Gear being transported by that tanker and bring back photographic evidence. No destruction, please. Got it?</p> </span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';">わかっている、俺達はテロリストじゃない。</p></span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica; color: rgb(5, 61, 245);"> I know that. We're not terrorists.</p></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">Don't worry. I know the drill -- we're not terrorists.</p> </span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';">そうだよ。反メタルギア財団『フィランソロピー』<span style="font: 11px Helvetica;">…</span>国連にもＮＧＯ（非政府組織）として登録もされてる。</p> </span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica; color: rgb(5, 61, 245);">That's right. We are an anti-Metal gear foundation "Philanthropy". We're registered with the U.N. as an NGO.</p> </span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">Very good. We're a 100% UN-recognized 'Opposition to Metal Gear' aka OMEGA*. Don't you forget that you're a part of an NGO and can chew granola with the best of them.</p> </span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px 'Hiragino Kaku Gothic ProN';">まあ、ＮＧＯの中では過激な存在には違いない。</p></span></div><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica; color: rgb(5, 61, 245);"> Well, we're certainly a radical presence among NGOs.</p></span></div><div style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family:Times;"><p style="font: 11px Helvetica;">Recognized, but still fringe, Otakon.</p> </span></div></blockquote><div>Kind of odd to realize how much people love the opening. Lots of quoting of the "noses had been out in the cold too long" line.</div></span>