Obscuriosities is a journey through the farthest reaches of video game history with Japanese translator Samuel “Obskyr” Messner.
Jumping Flash made a splash in 1995, when it was the first 3D platformer to hit consoles. But did you know there’s a third game in the series, only in Japan? Today’s all about the Jumping Flash series, and more specifically, the personality-packed Robbit Mon Dieu for PlayStation 1.
June 13th, 2020 – Episode 2On this inaugural episode of Obscuriosities, we talk about mon games – games inspired to ride the coattails of Pokémon’s creature-collecting craze. But of course, unlike a Digimon or a Monster Rancher… these games didn’t make it big.
May 12th, 2020 – Episode 1