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本日はイギリス出身の講師MichaelにMichaelの趣味についてインタビューしてみました！
Often when I meet students for the first time we talk about hobbies in our introductions.One of my hobbies is playing video games ,and sometimes that gets some strange looks! So today I want to talk about Japan, video games and me!
I think sometimes Japanese people don’t know how influential the Japanese video game industry is around the whole world.Of the 3 big video games consoles at the the moment, 2 are Japanese,Nintendo and Sony. In terms of game popularity around the world only USA has more than Japan, which I think is pretty amazing considering Japanese isn’t spoken much outside of Japan.
When I was a kid I played Japanese games without even knowing it, Mario and Sonic were so popular and Sega and Nintendo were dominant.The first time I really thought about Japan while gaming was playing a game called Shenmue. This game wasn’t in a fantasy world, it was set in a real world Japan and it was very different from anything Id played before.I loved it!
After this I started to discover I liked Japanese games more than American ones. I like games with stories and games like Final Fantasy were so interesting to me.I don’t really like shooting and killing all the time in my games and this was balanced better in Japanese games.
I learned a lot about Japan from games before I ever visited! You can learn a lot about attitudes and culture from art, literature etc and a good game can be both. Also, as games got more advanced you could learn more practical things too. For example the first time I came to Japan in 2013 and visited Akihabara I recognized many roads from the maps in a game I had played!
Recently I’ve been playing a game called Death Stranding by Kojima Hideo. It’s very strange! If I tried to explain it I would be here all day but it’s very interesting and fun.
See you soon! Mike
日本のことが好きという外国の方や日本を訪れている外国の方は、Michael先生のようなタイプが多いように感じます。
私たち日本人より、日本について熱く語ってくれる外国の方は多いですよね🌟
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