Best the requiem gamer Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 57: Catching Them All With RRN's 2024 Pokémon GO World Championships Contender, Allijah 'Motiks' Motika 1:10:05

2h ago1:10:05

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Our guest today, Allijah Motika, is a competitive Pokémon GO! player who has earned a spot in the 2024 Pokémon GO World Championships, taking place in Honolulu, HI August 16-18. He’s also a fellow podcaster on the Ruminations Radio Network, as he co-hosted 25 Yards Later Fantasy Football. Join The Six-Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) as we ta…

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Episode 56: Ridge Racer vs. Pac-Man and the Less-Is-More Games That Truly Satisfy 1:09:41

14d ago1:09:41

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GameAgenstET and The Six Button Samurai dive into a philosophical discussion about the games that move us, and how in an age of weighing games by follow-up DLC support or how long a game takes to complete, a key aspect of what makes a good game great may be falling by the wayside. EVO is also happening quite literally as we speak, and the shadow dr…

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Episode 55: Sad Dad Sims & Astro-Bot Joy 1:24:22

21d ago1:24:22

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The Six-Button Samurai and GameAgentETare joined by longtime friend and former fellow fighting stick assembler, Aaron Holley, who unlike The Last of Us's Joel and God of War Kratos, actually enjoys fatherhood while trying to get in some gaming with his trusty SteamDeck. He provides a fresh third perspective as we take a last conclusive dip into the…

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Episode 54: The Not E3 No Bummer Summer Continues 1:02:29

2M ago1:02:29

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@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six-Button Samurai continue to be awash in trailers for new games as Not E3 Season marches on. We stop to pick apart the Season 2 DLC announcement for Street Fighter VI, as longtime SNK stalwarts, though Eddy himself had some timing qualms about what it all meant for the future, while James took a rosier view of the big …

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Episode 53: Bury Me At The MadCatz Booth In Kentia Hall 1:20:09

2M ago1:20:09

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It’s ‘Not E3 Season’ in the gaming industry, and in 2024 that means a loose amalgamation of streaming events that mostly seem destined to underwhelm, as the long tail of development weirdness from the pandemic continues to sow instability after a horrific round of layoffs this year. Despite this, @GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six-Button Samurai conti…

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Episode 52 – Hi-Fi Crushed: The Real Ninth Generation Console Blues 1:11:45

3M ago1:11:45

1:11:45

The tide of bad news for gaming continues to rise in 2024, as The Six-Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) attempt to make sense of the recent closure of studios by Xbox, a dim earnings report from Square Enix, and a variety of other issues hitting console-makers and devs alike. But it isn’t all sad songs and whiskey, as Eddy and JJJ also discuss…

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Episode 51: The Looming Hollywood Gaming Gold Rush 1:10:09

3M ago1:10:09

1:10:09

The Six-Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) take a look at the Amazon streaming series Fallout, based on Bethesda Software’s RPG franchise, just renewed for a 2nd season, while Fallout 4 gets a next-gen upgrade on PS5/XB (a mixed bag thus far), along with a sharp spike in interest in the entire line of games generated by the show. Given the succ…

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Episode 50: Shadow of the Zombie Game Company 58:17

4M ago58:17

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@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai get a bit misty-eyed talking about reaching their 50th episode of OGIH. But they’re also knee-deep in chasing the retro gaming biscuit, as Eddy continues to play Shadow of the Ninja in anticipation of the Natsume-Atari remake due later this year and further experiments with the Taito Egret trackball, w…

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Episode 49: Again, Legendary Friends… RETURN! 57:35

4M ago57:35

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The Six Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) are quite excited about SNK’s journey back to Southtown, in the form of FATAL FURY: CITY OF THE WOLVES, and we dive headlong into the previews to discuss how we felt about the first reveal of this LONG-awaited follow-up to 1999’s Garou: Mark of the Wolves. But that’s not all we have in store, as we tal…

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Ep 48: In Toriyama We Trust (fixed) 1:05:05

5M ago1:05:05

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Oh God It Hz Episode 48: In Toriyama We Trust GameAgentET and The Six Button Samurai are squeezing the juice from a few different hot-button items fresh from the world of video games, chief among them what it means now that the developers of Yuzu, the Nintendo Switch emulator, have settled out of court and will cease their activities following a bi…

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Episode 47: JRPGs and Fighting Words Over Character Customization Modes 1:04:23

5M ago1:04:23

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@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai dive headlong into what they’re playing at this very moment, with JJJ fresh from FINALLY beating FFVI and eyeing a bit of FFVII Remake action, and Eddy looking to round out his playtime with some Final Fantasy love in the near future. They also discuss character customization, ala Tekken 8 and other mo…

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Episode 46: A Landscape of Layoffs, But At Least The Mishimas Are Feuding Again. 1:10:37

6M ago1:10:37

1:10:37

@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai survey what turned out to be a fairly bleak January for gaming, with more than 6,000 layoffs announced. It’s definitely a weird time for the industry, and Eddy and JJJ just try to pick apart what it all means, and what experiences they hope to squeeze from gaming in 2024. (The forecast calls for more T…

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Episode 45: LIVE from the Westsiiide 51:10

7M ago51:10

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@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai are once again reunited in the desert after five years! And it’s a perfect moment to recap 2023, and what represents a whole catalog of wins, losses, and unfinished games JJJ and Eddy will still be working on long in 2024. Don’t miss this very special OGIH, recorded live from a hidden fortress on the o…

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Episode 44: Whose Trade Show Is This, Anyway? 1:13:48

7M ago1:13:48

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@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai talk The Fame, er, Game Awards, and how a lack of understanding around who the audience for this show, and what it’s function is, ties directly into the not-surprising death of E3. We also go deep into the fantasy zone of Sega’s recent quintuple franchise revival trailer, trying to make sense of the gl…

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Episode 43: What Makes For A Shockingly Superior Sequel? 1:27:01

8M ago1:27:01

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The Six Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) are back, and so is The Big Question, albeit it in evolved form, as they compare and contrast their individually-compiled lists of Five Shockingly Superior Video Game Sequels. Plus, our cross-Pacific heroes discuss what they’re playing now and next, some notable moments of fan-translation (including th…

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The Answer is Always 42 1:06:00

9M ago1:06:00

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With the news of Nintendo’s new movie project, that being a live-action Zelda feature, @GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai ponder just how high the bar would be for a franchise and a main character that fans hold ridiculously close to their hearts. Would Link speak? It might make for the biggest Internet kerfuffle among Nintendo fans sin…

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2 God 2 Hz 1:01:43

9M ago1:01:43

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It’s our second anniversary at Oh God It Hz! And our death-defying hosts, @GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai are once again fearlessly diving headlong into the corporate shark-infested waters that is the video game industry in 2023. We discuss the departure of Unity’s CEO, the looming (THANK GOD) finality of the ActBlizz merger, and som…

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The Spooky Gaming Special 59:18

10M ago59:18

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As Halloween draws near, we’re thinking about our favorite games that feature ghouls and ghosts and bats and whip-toting vampire killers, zombies, and anything else SPOOKY! From Castlevania to Sweet Home, from Eternal Darkness to the Resident Evil 4 remake, and everything in-between across decades of horror-inspired video games. (Big bonus points i…

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In Arino We Trust 1:05:12

10M ago1:05:12

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The Six Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) pick apart a somewhat heavy week of developments in the game industry, particularly the mess surrounding Unity’s announcement of a confusing and some would say outright greedy initiative called the Unity Runtime Fee, which had many indie developers and industry watchers hot under the collar. We also di…

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Wonder Made Us Ponder These PS+ Price Hikes 1:03:53

11M ago1:03:53

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Summer is turning into fall, and @GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai pick apart Sony’s proposed price hikes for their online service tiers, inviting outline outbursts from many disgruntled gamers given the steep climb of +35%. But it isn’t all teeth-gnashing, as we dissect the Nintendo Direct on Super Mario Bros. Wonder that has us think…

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What Makes A Forever Fighting Game? 1:08:18

11M ago1:08:18

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As it had been some time since The Six Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) had locked in for a ‘proper’ OGIH episode, we batted around a variety of topics in retrogaming. We focus on the new Gold Master Series from Digital Eclipse and The Making of Karateka, and how it addresses preservation of both the game in its various iterations as well as …

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The Side-Scrolling Beat 'Em Up Special 1:03:26

1y ago1:03:26

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With successful revival efforts behind Streets of Rage and TMNT having done well commercially and critically, and more making their way out like Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons, it was time for The Six Button Samurai, @GameAgentET (OGiH) and special guest @Hoptimus (RFC) to discuss their love of the genre and how it influences their view …

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The Boulevard of Broken Franchise Promises 1:08:50

1y ago1:08:50

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The Six Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) walk the dark streets of shattered glass and unhappy gamers who have invested themselves too deeply into rigid definitions of game franchises, or worse yet, taken sides in the Console Wars, which are grinding Skynet-like into their forties. But it isn’t all dystopia, as they find some fun stuff they re…

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Episode 34: Behold, The Summer Games Feast. 1:02:45

1y ago1:02:45

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GameAgentET and The Six Button Samurai have their hands FULL with games like Zelda: TotK and SF6 in the mix, so we brought aboard Hoptimus from Retro Futurist Culture to help us sort through the madness of the rash of not-E3 news and new game announcements. We also went in deep on TotK and Street Fighter 6 specifically, with Eddy having spent the m…

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Fat-Bottomed Games Make The Rockin’ World Go Round, But How Do You Juggle Them As An Adult? 59:01

1y ago59:01

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Join The Six-Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) as we get on our bikes and ride into a freewheeling convo that centers on our experiences thus far with The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and the Street Fighter VI open beta. Turns out neither of your hosts have spent as much time as we’d like with these monstrous, soon-to-be time devourin…

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They Don’t Give Out Bronze Medals In Console Wars, Do They? 1:01:36

1y ago1:01:36

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@GameAgentET (OGiH) is joined by The Six-Button Samurai and special guest @Hoptimus (RFC) as they look to an otherwise hopeful summer with big games like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Street Fighter VI. We also discuss news about a brand-new Double Dragon game and the joys of the Super Mario Bros. Movie. The big rants at the end hav…

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Episode 31: We Await Your Return, Warrior. 59:26

1+ y ago59:26

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The Six-Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) are back after a month-long hiatus, but there’s A LOT to talk about, between some serious questions being asked at Microsoft about the future of Xbox, The Super Mario Bros. Movie pulling in a BILLION dollars (and what this might mean for seeing other Nintendo franchises materialize at the box office), …

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The Twenty Year Chozo Itch (special guest Hoptimus) 1:00:10

1+ y ago1:00:10

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@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai are joined by the RetroFuturist himself, @Hoptimus (RFC) as the mighty remaster of Metroid Prime for Switch takes center stage, mutating into a heavy discussion centering on the games of 2001-2005, an era in which there was also a very heated console race between Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. But unli…

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Business Blues X Street Fighter VI Hype! 56:08

1+ y ago56:08

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On this latest episode, JJJ and @GameAgentET (OGiH) discuss the ongoing mess that is the Microsoft + Activision merger, and how the recent announcement regarding Call of Duty games for Nintendo consoles is one of the strangest in recent memory given the sheer size of the corporate gods involved with so few actual players potentially interested in t…

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Nintendo Direct 58:34

1+ y ago58:34

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The latest Nintendo Direct dropped some delightful bombshells, which Game Agent ET and The Six-Button Samurai are happy to dive into, from Game Boy and GBA support on Nintendo Switch Online to a variety of new announcements, not the least of which was the final trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and the long-awaited and rumored …

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Navigating the Wild Seas of Corporate Hegemony and Irrepressible Fan Creativity 59:00

1+ y ago59:00

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The Six-Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) are back after Eddy got the 'rona, but you wouldn't know he couldn't talk two weeks ago as they tear into subjects like the Xbox exclusive HI-FI RUSH, the secret origin of the Pac-Man CE demake they've been simping over for months, and what can happen when video games inspire real-life choices. It's al…

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Episode 26: New Year’s Resolutions and Other Lies We Tell Ourselves 1:00:33

1+ y ago1:00:33

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@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six-Button Samurai wrestle with the arrival of 2023, and what it means to be a gamer these days. They discuss some of their recent holiday acquisitions, such as Atari 50, Kirby & The Forgotten Land, and some of the more promising games already shining brightly with potential on this fresh calendar. Can a gamer learn some…

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Episode 25 - 2022 Year In Gaming Review 1:01:10

1+ y ago1:01:10

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The Six-Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) are joined by their blood brother in gaming @Hoptimus (RFC) to gnaw what's left on the ragged soup bone that was the year of gaming in 2022. Hop finally got to experience the majesty of the Bioshock Trilogy, Eddy is still freaking out over the excellence that is the 8-bit Pac-Man CE demake, and JJJ blo…

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Episode 24: A Salty Sack of Random Cheers, Fears, and Tears. 56:11

1+ y ago56:11

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A Salty Sack of Random Cheers. Fears, and Tears. @GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai stage a miniature Festivus over issues like controller drift and Nintendo's seeming absence in really addressing those matters, but it isn't entirely grumpy, as they also discuss joyful matters like the Atari's 50th anniversary and newly-released retro c…

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Episode 23: A Bewitching Hour of Bayonetta 3 & Andor Amor 57:59

2y ago57:59

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The Six Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) are finally back, embracing a one-hour format and keeping it loose as they go on an unplanned but deeply felt ramble about the Disney+ series Andor before discussing Bayonetta 3 and what might be next for fan-favorite Platinum Games. We also pay tribute to a new inductee into our Oh God Tier, that bein…

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Joy, Pain, & Sticker Shock 1:33:45

2y ago1:33:45

1:33:45

GameAgentET and The Six Button Samurai chew on the state of the gaming industry with PS5 price hikes afoot on the eve of a weirdly quiet fall for releases, the expected other shoe dropping from 2-1/2 years of pandemic uncertainty making an impact on developers worldwide. But even with Eddy’s thumb on the mend, there’s still some gaming fun to be ha…

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Episode 21: Recovery Room 1:16:30

2y ago1:16:30

1:16:30

With our beloved cohost @GameAgentET (OGiH) still recovering from his thumb surgery and unable to play much, we shift gears and ditch the usual segments, opting for an easy-breezy catchup that ultimately winds towards our observations around EVO and related announcements involving Street Fighter VI, not to mention an inkling or two about Splatoon 3…

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Genre Spotlight: The Shmup Special 1:23:46

2y ago1:23:46

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The shmup, which used to be simply known as a shooter, is one of the oldest genres in gaming. The genre was permanently established when Taito's Space Invaders rocked arcades in Japan, establishing a legacy that would carry on throughout the entirety of video game history. @Hoptimus (RFC) of the Retro Futurist Podcast joins @GameAgentET (OGiH) and …

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The One That Started Awkward But Got On A Weirdly Good Roll And You Should Hang On For It. 1:44:56

2y ago1:44:56

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We’re past the fusillade of non-E3 announcements, but E3 itself is now making news with a new organizer, ReedPop, and what looks to be a move towards much more of a fan-driven event. ET and JJJ also discuss the Bayo 3 release date and Naive Angel mode details, make time to shit on NFTs *again^, and take a really hard detour with an unexpected rando…

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Don't Be A Monster, Be A Human 1:12:10

2y ago1:12:10

1:12:10

JJJ and @GameAgentET (OGiH) navigate an urgent medical happening in ET's life, but then resume their usual commentary on the very strange collision between gaming, developers, and a social media audience that sometimes seems hellbent for solutions in the least effective way. All this, and a whole lotta love for Capcom Fighting Collection. Remember …

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The Non-E3 Edition, or the Untimely Fall of Kentia Hall 1:29:39

2y ago1:29:39

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@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six-Button Samurai observe another summer without a massive, central traditional media gathering ala E3, but no less festooned with a variety of gaming news pertaining to the console realm. Is this end-of-days anarchy, or something better? Regardless of that argument, our cross-Pacific heroes chatter excitedly about the …

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Wata Under the Bridge 1:26:27

2y ago1:26:27

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Six-Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) surf through a riptide of gaming currents, such as the sudden seeming dearth of Xbox titles for fall 2022 in the wake of Bethesda's Starfield and Redfall being delayed, a class-action lawsuit being filed against retrogaming inflationists Wata Games, and some fantastic new wrinkles for the MiSTer. And while…

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Episode 16: Again, Legendary Men… Can’t Keep Their Yaps Shut. 1:32:00

2y ago1:32:00

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@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai navigate an unusually noisy gaming mediaverse, with screeds from Yuji Naka, Reggie Fils-Aimé, and Shigeru Miyamoto (sort of!) to dissect, along with some intriguing news about Nvidia playing footsie with keepers of the crypto. JJJ and Eddy also continue their heavily retro habits with games like Fire S…

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Episode 15: We Can Remember It For You With This DLC 1:06:41

2+ y ago1:06:41

1:06:41

The Six Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) slice and dice through a hurricane of news, from big Nintendo announcements, to the joy of being able to once again buy a GPU at something resembling market value, and the irritatingly-muddled Sega DLC plan for Sonic Origins. Plus, Eddy delights at the wickedly remade Pocky N' Rocky Reshrined, JJJ marv…

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Episode 14 - There's Much Game in Our Backlog of Shame 1:23:32

2+ y ago1:23:32

1:23:32

Once again, video game industry woes take center stage by the water cooler as @GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six Button Samurai disassemble the politically-charged issue of Activision/Blizzard's handling of QA testers, a not-surprising delay for Breath of the Wild 2, difficulties accessing PS One classics on PS3/Vita, and why Ms. Pac-Man is being retc…

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Episode 13: Always Online, Never Outfunned 1:22:00

2+ y ago1:22:00

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The Six-Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) have bones to pick with an increasingly greedy Sony and a forever-cease & desist-happy Nintendo of America, given the woes players have recently experienced with Gran Turismo 7, and pulled scans of a super-rare Japanese Super Mario 64 guide that will never, ever be marketed in the US. However, it's not…

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Episode 12: No Egrets For Our Youth 1:27:14

2+ y ago1:27:14

1:27:14

Hot-button gaming smack takes a bit of a cold (war) shower this episode, given the very real ripples being felt through the gaming world by the invasion of Ukraine. But some silly business remains, such as MOAR Switch 4k/Pro rumors that simply will not die, and we're ready for pizza with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles after the announcement of th…

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Episode 11: Fighting Words 1:17:03

2+ y ago1:17:03

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GameAgentET and JJJ scrap on the big announcements from Capcom, specifically the Capcom Fighting Collection and the reveal of Street Fighter 6. One of which they are quite grateful for, the other of which they think could have used a little more time (and cough, graphic design.) The Six-Button Samurai ponders changing his name to The Four-Button Sa…

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Episode 10: A Direct Load of Deep, Deep Cuts 1:40:29

2+ y ago1:40:29

1:40:29

Our trans-Pacific Ocean alliance dips into double digits as GameAgentET and JJJ pick apart the latest Nintendo Direct, and we're pretty stoked about a variety of things we never thought we'd see, like Live A Live, Front Mission, and Klonoa! James and Eddy also remain HYPED AS HELL for KOF XV and the recent DLC team announcements, while this week's …

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Episode 9: Big Money, Big Prizes, But Do We Love It? 1:25:10

2+ y ago1:25:10

1:25:10

On this episode of Oh God It Hz, it's business time as JJJ and GameAgent ET discuss the many, many sided-die that is the Activision/Blizzard buyout by Microsoft, Sega formally exiting the arcade business in Japan, and Ubisoft thinking you're too dumb to know NFTs are good for you! We also talk about what we're playing right now, what's next that's …

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