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	<itunes:subtitle>Darren (in the UK) and Alex (in Japan) compare notes on gaming, Japanese pop-culture and inconsequential nonsense.</itunes:subtitle>
	<itunes:summary>Darren (in the UK) and Alex (in Japan) compare notes on gaming, Japanese pop-culture and inconsequential nonsense.</itunes:summary>
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	<itunes:author>Alex and Darren</itunes:author>
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		<title>Cultural Diversity and Ethnocentricity</title>
		<link>http://dofuss.net/2011/07/22/cultural-diversity-and-ethnocentricity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Beech</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Duke Nukem]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rez]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month saw the release of a number of significant titles from Japanese designers and developers, most notably Child of Eden and Shadows of the Damned. For a long time gamer like myself they represented hugely significant titles marking (in Eden) a spiritual successor to a classic (Rez), and (in Shadows) a collaboration of some of Japans greatest talents. Yet while my excitement was nearly over flowing at their release, the gaming playing community at large responded with a near inaudible, 'meh'.]]></description>
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		<title>Famitsu Vol.1 at Club Drop &#8211; ファミ痛</title>
		<link>http://dofuss.net/2010/08/23/famitsu-vol-1-at-club-drop-%e3%83%95%e3%82%a1%e3%83%9f%e7%97%9b/</link>
		<comments>http://dofuss.net/2010/08/23/famitsu-vol-1-at-club-drop-%e3%83%95%e3%82%a1%e3%83%9f%e7%97%9b/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Beech</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dofuss.net/?p=2412</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is possible I am getting too old for this, but lets just pretend I went in with the wrong expectations. Introduced to me by new friend Matt, Famitsu Vol.1 was a chiptunes event held in my adopted hometown of Osaka. It was an interesting night but one filled with uncomfortable social encounters.]]></description>
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		<title>Cross Pollination (in 250 words).</title>
		<link>http://dofuss.net/2010/06/02/cross-pollination/</link>
		<comments>http://dofuss.net/2010/06/02/cross-pollination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Beech</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Capcom]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jun Takeuchi]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dofuss.net/?p=2313</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since the very first examples video games have influenced each other. Growing from a few seeds the industry has evolved. Occasionally a single shoot is split, forming a new branch in the evolution. Some of these are dead ends, while others flourish. Even more rarely branches come together and make something new.]]></description>
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		<title>Perhaps The Christmas Lull Was There For My Health.</title>
		<link>http://dofuss.net/2010/04/23/perhaps-the-christmas-lull-was-there-for-my-health/</link>
		<comments>http://dofuss.net/2010/04/23/perhaps-the-christmas-lull-was-there-for-my-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Beech</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[God of War 3]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Habits]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mass Effect 2]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Self-control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Street Fighter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Street Fighter 4]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dofuss.net/?p=2171</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Top title game releases are becoming a year round event. Gone are the days when a gamer could binge at Christmas and fast through the winter, surviving on the fat of Santa’s spoils. But while the release calendar has changed my buying habits have not, and that maybe about to become a problem. It was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jumping on the Bandwagon</title>
		<link>http://dofuss.net/2009/04/12/jumping-on-the-bandwagon/</link>
		<comments>http://dofuss.net/2009/04/12/jumping-on-the-bandwagon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Beech</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dofuss.net/?p=967</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems that recently the gaming world exploded on Resident Evil 5’s portrayal of race. It feels like every major gaming enthusiast site had something to say about it. Opinions have ranged from indignant to uncaring, but whatever your stance it is a debate worth having. Many of the articles seem worthy of a response, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The DoFuss Podcast – Aimlessly Wandering</title>
		<link>http://dofuss.net/2009/03/31/the-dofuss-podcast-%e2%80%93-aimlessly-wandering/</link>
		<comments>http://dofuss.net/2009/03/31/the-dofuss-podcast-%e2%80%93-aimlessly-wandering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:19:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Beech</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mad World]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Resident Evil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sensible Software]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Watchmen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dofuss.net/?p=931</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like my art home work back at high school just getting this one in just in time. After the last rather light podcast we have hit back with a content packed but somewhat undirected episode. So a full month of gaming and news fill the majority of the show. Darren takes on the iPhone discussion, [...]]]></description>
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			<enclosure url="http://dofuss.net/podpress_trac/feed/931/0/The_DoFuss_Podcast09.mp3" length="45412022" type="audio/mpeg" />
		<itunes:duration>1:03:04</itunes:duration>
		<itunes:subtitle>Like my art home work back at high school just getting this one in just in time. After the last rather light podcast we have hit back with a content packed but somewhat undirected episode. So a full month of gaming and news fill the majority of the [...]</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Like my art home work back at high school just getting this one in just in time. After the last rather light podcast we have hit back with a content packed but somewhat undirected episode. So a full month of gaming and news fill the majority of the show.
Darren takes on the iPhone discussion, yet some how manages to keep it retro with Pole Position and Wonder Boy. I try to keep things more current we head back to Resident Evil 5 and rub on a little Madworld. Then we avoid talking about the Watchmen.
News is sprinkled through out. We touch on a number of topics that have been affecting gaming in the UK recently. Then we bitch about Nintendo. Because they deserve it sometimes. We wrap up with the usual Darren’s old games with is a breathless summation of the wonderful Sensible Software.</itunes:summary>
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		<itunes:author>Alex and Darren</itunes:author>
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		<title>Fashion? – Update (I know I need a scanner.)</title>
		<link>http://dofuss.net/2009/03/29/fashion-%e2%80%93-update-yes-i-know-i-need-a-scanner/</link>
		<comments>http://dofuss.net/2009/03/29/fashion-%e2%80%93-update-yes-i-know-i-need-a-scanner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Beech</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dofuss.net/?p=910</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first line of Uniqlo gaming shirts are already out it appears. A very reasonable 1500 yen (that’s about 5 quid with the current exchange rate); plus discounts for multiple purchases. I bought three of this first run despite a current lack of funds. Much to my surprise they are not (for the most part) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fashion?</title>
		<link>http://dofuss.net/2009/03/27/fashion/</link>
		<comments>http://dofuss.net/2009/03/27/fashion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Beech</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dofuss.net/?p=890</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest Famitsu published images of the upcoming line of Uniqlo gaming shirts. Featuring classic games from Tecmo, Hudson, Namco Bandai, Sega, SCEJ and Capcom I will admit to being more than a little excited at the prospect of kitting myself out in these this April when they are released.   Resident Evil and Street [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yakuza 3’s Cast</title>
		<link>http://dofuss.net/2009/02/11/yakuza-3%e2%80%99s-cast/</link>
		<comments>http://dofuss.net/2009/02/11/yakuza-3%e2%80%99s-cast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Beech</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ayana Tsubaki]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dofuss.net/?p=621</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Famitsu recently ran an article about a recent Sega event for the release of Yakuza 3. For those who don’t know about the series it’s basically a gang land fighter, set in Japan, with RPG elements. In the West it received limited commercial success, but critics enjoyed them and their faithful reconstructions of the Tokyo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Xbox in Japan</title>
		<link>http://dofuss.net/2008/10/22/xbox-in-japan/</link>
		<comments>http://dofuss.net/2008/10/22/xbox-in-japan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Beech</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dofuss.net/?p=160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It hasn’t escaped anyone’s attention that over the last five weeks in Japan the 360 has been outselling PS3. After failure to penetrate Japan since the Xbox launched in 2002 suddenly they are gaining momentum. Three factors are allowing Microsoft to continue to ride this perfect storm. First the Xbox is now half the price [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo Game Show – Coz-play.</title>
		<link>http://dofuss.net/2008/10/14/tokyo-game-show-%e2%80%93-coz-play/</link>
		<comments>http://dofuss.net/2008/10/14/tokyo-game-show-%e2%80%93-coz-play/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Beech</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dofuss.net/?p=129</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Coz-play has become synonymous with Japanese gaming culture. At TGS this was represented by what I lovingly nick-named ‘coz-play avenue’. The effort coz-players put into their outfits was incredible. They even arrived out of costume and then changed at the show, paying five hundred yen each for the privilege of changing-rooms. Actually coz-play is something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Games as Art.</title>
		<link>http://dofuss.net/2008/08/29/games-as-art/</link>
		<comments>http://dofuss.net/2008/08/29/games-as-art/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Beech</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dofuss.net/?p=71</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The chances are you won’t have listened to the third podcast. In it I suggested that Space Invaders in the right context could be art. Artist Douglas Stanley seemed to agree. At Leipzig he unveiled the ‘Invaders’ piece. A 9/11 based game with two towers inserted into Space Invaders. The message is a damning comment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Death of the Arcade?</title>
		<link>http://dofuss.net/2008/08/13/the-death-of-the-arcade/</link>
		<comments>http://dofuss.net/2008/08/13/the-death-of-the-arcade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:55:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Beech</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charitably you could call me fair skinned, or less charitably ginger. So as a child on vacation I was either smearing sun-block over my blubber or hiding in arcades playing ‘Star Wars.’ Its crisp graphics still burn brightly as one of my earliest memories. Sadly arcades are dieing, victim to what the home experience now [...]]]></description>
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