Episode 46-3: Oh Working Designs, You Are Such a Mess

In the final-ish episode about Translation and Localization, Alex and Michael talk about the company Working Designs, an early pioneer when it came to localization and one that really, really hated Bernie Stolar.

 

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Sources:

https://www.lunar-net.com/interviews/vic.php

Interview with Victor Ireland (E3 - May 1998).  Author:  Eric Farand and Webber, published 1998

 

https://www.lunar-net.com/interviews/vic2.php

Interview with Victor Ireland (E3 - May 1999).  Author:  Eric Farand, published 1999.

 

https://www.sega-16.com/2004/09/classic-interview-victor-ireland/

Classic Interview:  Victor Ireland (Founder of Working Designs).  Author:  Zach Menston & Doug Arnold.  Published September 5th, 2004 and interviews originally conducted between 1993-1995.

 

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/qanda-victor-ireland-on-the-end-of-working-designs/1100-6141225/

Q&A:  Victor Ireland on the end of Working Designs.  Author:  Brendan Sinclair.  Published December 14th, 2005.

 

https://tcrf.net/Exile:_Wicked_Phenomenon

Webpage for Exile:  Wicked Phenomenon.  Author unknown.

 

https://www.lunar-net.com/ebc/ebc_diff.php

Lunar: Eternal Blue Complete Translation Differences.  Author:  Unknown

 

https://r.mprd.se/Sega%20CD/Manuals/Lunar%20-%20Eternal%20Blue%20(U).pdf

Manual for Lunar:  The Silver Star.  No, seriously, it's mislabeled.