• kid- obsessed with video games
    • still am, but I was then too
  • free time playing
  • couldn’t play? reading magazines
  • from a very young age, I realized that, to see into the future of video games, go to Japan
  • led me to, as a child, being obsessed with Japan and Japanese culture
    • still am, but I was then too
  • wanted to go but had no way to get there
  • I tend to cycle through my obsessions, and my obsession with Japan recently resurfaced
    • Daughter has gotten hooked on anime and manga
    • Been going to the kinokuniya regularly
    • watching anime together
    • recently started playing Yakuza
      • most interesting part: walking around and exploring the city
  • this rekindled obsession coincided with vacation
    • first of any length in a while
  • decided to go to Japan
  • can’t travel there now unless you have business to conduct
  • I was able to get around this thanks to my love for video games
  • what you’re thinking:
    • high-powered business man
    • probably has a deal to do some work with some video game company
  • Go! Go! Nippon! My first trip to Japan
  • takes the form of a visual novel (describe)