Motoharu Ono (AUTOMATON WEST の投稿者) https://automaton-media.com/en/author/motoharu-ono/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:53:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://automaton-media.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-automaton-sitelogo-120x120-1-32x32.png Motoharu Ono (AUTOMATON WEST の投稿者) https://automaton-media.com/en/author/motoharu-ono/ 32 32 When a three-month project turns into four years: looking back on Japanese indie developers’ struggles to estimate development time https://automaton-media.com/en/column/when-a-three-month-project-turns-into-four-years-looking-back-on-japanese-indie-developers-struggles-to-estimate-development-time/ https://automaton-media.com/en/column/when-a-three-month-project-turns-into-four-years-looking-back-on-japanese-indie-developers-struggles-to-estimate-development-time/#respond Sun, 08 Mar 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=62096 AUTOMATON WEST's Weekly Throwback. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/column/when-a-three-month-project-turns-into-four-years-looking-back-on-japanese-indie-developers-struggles-to-estimate-development-time/feed/ 0 Death Stranding gameplay tips by Hideo Kojima himself? A paralell universe where Final Fantasy 7 Remake’s Tifa has long hair? Looking back on what we were doing on “Twitter” in 2021 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/death-stranding-gameplay-tips-by-hideo-kojima-himself-a-paralell-universe-where-final-fantasy-7-remakes-tifa-has-long-hair-looking-back-on-what-we-were-doing-on-twitter-in-2021/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/death-stranding-gameplay-tips-by-hideo-kojima-himself-a-paralell-universe-where-final-fantasy-7-remakes-tifa-has-long-hair-looking-back-on-what-we-were-doing-on-twitter-in-2021/#respond Sun, 22 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=58877 AUTOMATON WEST's Weekly Throwback.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/death-stranding-gameplay-tips-by-hideo-kojima-himself-a-paralell-universe-where-final-fantasy-7-remakes-tifa-has-long-hair-looking-back-on-what-we-were-doing-on-twitter-in-2021/feed/ 0 Remember the Pokemon Sapphire playthrough which was entirely beaten by actual fish? Looking back at some of our weirdest stories from 2020 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/remember-the-pokemon-sapphire-playthrough-which-was-entirely-beaten-by-actual-fish-looking-back-at-some-of-our-weirdest-stories-from-2020/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/remember-the-pokemon-sapphire-playthrough-which-was-entirely-beaten-by-actual-fish-looking-back-at-some-of-our-weirdest-stories-from-2020/#respond Sun, 15 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=56743 AUTOMATON WEST's Weekly Throwback.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/remember-the-pokemon-sapphire-playthrough-which-was-entirely-beaten-by-actual-fish-looking-back-at-some-of-our-weirdest-stories-from-2020/feed/ 0