8-4 Play 8/4/2017: THIS DRACULA HUGS

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8-4 Play 8/4/2017: THIS DRACULA HUGS

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Aug 4, 2017

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Dragon Quest XI, Pyre, Kingsway, Kingdoms and Castles, Monster Hunter XX demo, Dragon Quest XI sales, Pokemon Go updates, and more!

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Aug 4, 2017

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Every other week, tune into 8-4 Play for talk about Japan, video games, and Japanese video games, straight from the 8-4 offices in beautiful downtown Tokyo. Featuring the sultry voices of 8-4's own Mark MacDonald, John Ricciardi, Hiroko Minamoto, Justin "JJ" Epperson, Roy Blakely, Sarah Podzorski, and Graeme Howard,

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8-4 Play 8/4/2017: THIS DRACULA HUGS

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