<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Shoal of Words]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://michelsabbagh.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Michel Sabbagh]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://michelsabbagh.wordpress.com/author/michformer/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Becoming the Robot: how Shogo MAD immaculately captures mecha anime&#8217;s&nbsp;essence]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[By transplanting one of Japanese pop culture’s most iconic media forms to the quintessentially Western first-person shooter genre, Shogo gives the player the opportunity to experience firsthand the chaotic action and drama typical of mecha anime, and live out their own power fantasies by ‘becoming’ the pilot/machine and forging their own path through combat experience and narrative decision-making.]]></html><thumbnail_url><![CDATA[https://michelsabbagh.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/shogo_mobile_armor_division_03.jpg?fit=440%2C330]]></thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width><![CDATA[440]]></thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height><![CDATA[280]]></thumbnail_height></oembed>