Best Mitch Proctor Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 72: Crime Doesn’t Pay: Actually, You Might Have to Pay 100 Bucks For It 1:11:33

12d ago1:11:33

1:11:33

The Six-Button Samurai is away on a spring vacation for this-here Episode 72. So GameAgentET, opting not to subject our listeners to an unhinged 1-hour soliloquy about the evils of gaming while on the toilet, decides to bring on fellow Ruminators Hoptimus (Retro Futurist Culture, Game Roominations) and Charlie (Brevity Box) for this special show. D…

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Episode 71: Console Launch Blues, Greens, and Reds 53:21

27d ago53:21

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Console Launch Blues, Greens, and Reds. The Six-Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) delve into their own experiences on either side of the pond in trying to lock down a Nintendo Switch 2, but also swerve pretty hard into the history of console launches, which once upon a time, had ZERO hype, they just managed to show up at a Toys 'R' Us nearby. …

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Episode 70: Entering the Next Generation with Switch 2 1:03:37

1M ago1:03:37

1:03:37

@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six-Button Samurai are joined by @Hoptimus (RFC) of Retro Futurist Culture to grapple with the arrival of Nintendo Switch 2 after the Direct hype cooled a bit. While we're still pretty excited about the hardware itself, the nickel-and-dime nature of charging for updated visuals for older games like The Legend of Zelda: B…

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Episode 69:The Surprise Direct Before The Direct 55:40

2M ago55:40

55:40

While @GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six-Button Samurai have been patiently awaiting the much-ballyhooed Nintendo Switch 2 Direct scheduled for April 2nd, in typical Nintendo fashion, they zigged when everyone awaited a zag and dropped a final (?) original Switch-focused Direct the week before. They went about announcing some new titles (including a v…

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Episode 68: The One Where The Six-Button Samurai Bugs Eddy to Get A PS5 59:03

2M ago59:03

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Ol' Six-Button has an itch, and the only cure for that itch is MORE YAKUZA. And while our favorite GameAgent is still getting in some sporadic time with Yakuza: Kiwami on Switch, he's quite pumped about M2 returning to crank out another modernized classic, this time in the vein of Taito's Night Strikers series. And what does it mean, if anything, t…

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Episode 67: The One Where Eddy Nearly Hacked Up A Lung 46:49

3M ago46:49

46:49

Our dear friend and cohost @GameAgentET (OGiH) was still under the weather, but onwards he and The Six Button Samurai forged, talking about, of all things, Yakuza: Kiwami, which is a game they both recently started and have been enjoying. It's a series that has been a genuine phenomenon for SEGA since it began way back on the PlayStation 2, arguabl…

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Episode 66: Palp-itating Over Our Favorite Star Wars Video Games 58:37

3M ago58:37

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@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six-Button Samurai welcome their old real-life friend @Hoptimus (RFC) to rap not just about the latest and greatest news surrounding Capcom's recent fighting game announcements, but to also wax about our favorite Star Wars video games, which now comprise a history nearly as long as the medium itself! The Force is STRONG …

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Episode 65: Switched On 56:10

4M ago56:10

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Nintendo finally broke the seal on their next-generation Switch console, simply called Switch 2, and released a short trailer that showcases the (quite similar) physical form factor, along with a tiny tidbit of what will likely be called Mario Kart 9. Eddy and The Six-Button Samurai dive headlong into the details on this long-awaited yet truncated …

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Episode 64: 2024 Game Awards Post-Show Chatter + Big Announcements! 1:12:00

5M ago1:12:00

1:12:00

The Six-Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) talk The Game Awards the day following the show, picking apart the big wins by games like Astro Bot, Balatro, and Metaphor: Refantazio! We also take a quick sweep of the more notable announcements that graced the show, such as Hideki Kamiya's return (OKAMI 2) to development for Capcom under a (sort of)…

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Episode 63: Unpacking The Game Awards & Anticipating the New Nintendo Switch 1:09:48

6M ago1:09:48

1:09:48

@GameAgentET (OGiH) and The Six-Button Samurai are back from hiatus, leaping into some of the hot-button issues surrounding The Game Awards and what even comprises the very definition of a game at the end of 2024. We also go hard on what we know and what we don’t regarding the successor to Nintendo Switch, pleading for proper voice chat and (long-o…

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Episode #62: The OGIH Three Year Anniversary 1:05:18

7M ago1:05:18

1:05:18

@GameAgentET and The Six-Button Samurai reflect on doing the show for three years, and how the games industry has mutated in a variety of ways. Every console maker has their pros and cons, but our hearts definitely beat the hardest for those striving to deliver fun new experiences no matter the platform. We also circle the idea of spending some tim…

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Episode 61: To Pro or Not To Pro? 1:05:45

8M ago1:05:45

1:05:45

With Tokyo Game Show afoot, and more rumors + news of new hardware offerings afoot, GameAgentET and The Six-Button Samurai dive right in. We dip into the widely-felt sticker shock over the PlayStation 5 Pro's $700 pricetag, and why that may or may not be entirely valid, along with the leaked images and specs for the successor to the Nintendo Switch…

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Episode 60: Pioneering Retrogaming PCs and Fighting Sticks with guests Ed Farias and Aaron Holley of Arcade-In-A-Box 1:19:54

8M ago1:19:54

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Sometimes, you can be just a little bit too far ahead of the curve. Our guest Ed Farias is just one of those visionary people, building proto-retrogaming computers as far back as 2001, way before Raspberry Pi or MiSTer was around. OGIH cohosts @GameAgentET (OGiH), and The Six-Button Samurai (along with special guest Aaron Holley) were along for muc…

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Episode 59: Love Games and the People Who Make Them, Not Console Manufacturers or their PR Efforts. 1:17:19

9M ago1:17:19

1:17:19

GameAgentET & The Six-Button Samurai serve up a 50/50 bar of ice cold delights, as RRN's own Allijah Motika returns to talk about his awesome experiences at the PoGO World Championships last month in Hawaii. Then we get into what's filling us with joy, as Eddy talks about M2's latest revisitation of the Castlevania franchise with the Castlevania Do…

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Episode 58: Filthy Casual 1:15:14

9M ago1:15:14

1:15:14

GameAgentET and The Six Button Samurai are feeling those dog days of late summer, with a very slow news cycle in gaming, but there's been some interesting things to celebrate, like a new SuperFX chip 3 being utilized in a new physical cartridge offering of DOOM on SNES, and some very positive news about Tango Gameworks being acquired by a Korean pu…

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

10M ago1:10:05

1:10:05

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

10M ago1:09:41

1:09:41

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

10M 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

11M ago1:02:29

1:02:29

@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

12M ago1:20:09

1:20:09

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

1y 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

1y 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

1y 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

1y 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

1y ago1:05:05

1:05:05

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

1y ago1:04:23

1:04:23

@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

1+ y 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

1+ y 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

1+ y ago1:13:48

1:13:48

@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

1+ y ago1:27:01

1:27:01

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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What's in a name? 1:03:05

1+ y ago1:03:05

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By Triple C, Becky with the Good Hair & Mitchy D

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The Answer is Always 42 1:06:00

1+ y 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

1+ y ago1:01:43

1:01:43

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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Getting Back to It 1:32:45

1+ y ago1:32:45

1:32:45

www.RuminationsRadioNetwork.com https://www.instagram.com/brevityboxpodcast/ www.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetwork Twitter: RuminationsRadioNetwork@RuminationsN Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] https://www.patreon.com/RuminationsRadio Audio Engineered by Ian Shown for Area 42 Studios and Sound Music and Produ…

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The Spooky Gaming Special 59:18

1+ y 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

1+ y ago1:05:12

1:05:12

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

1+ y ago1:03:53

1:03:53

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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Sports Talk with BWTGH and CCC 1:05:25

1+ y ago1:05:25

1:05:25

The Box Score with Triple C and Becky! A very sports centric episode featuring discussions about The NFL draft, Aaron Rodgers new home, the flubbed white house invitation for LSU women’s basketball and so much more! It’s a great episode! www.RuminationsRadioNetwork.com https://www.instagram.com/brevityboxpodcast/ www.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioN…

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The Mole People 1:04:46

1+ y ago1:04:46

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Join your favorite threesome for a super chaotic episode! We talk about why some people just shouldn’t procreate, Becky tells the tale of her scary mole removal and so much more!!! Tune in you really won’t be disappointed! www.RuminationsRadioNetwork.com https://www.instagram.com/brevityboxpodcast/ www.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetwork Twitter:…

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

1+ y 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

2y ago1:03:26

1:03:26

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

2y ago1:08:50

1:08:50

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

2y ago1:02:45

1:02:45

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

2y 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

2y ago1:01:36

1:01:36

@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

2y ago59:26

59:26

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

2y ago1:00:10

1:00:10

@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

2y 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

2y ago58:34

58:34

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

2+ y ago59:00

59:00

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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