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TOPICS:
* Video Game Hall Of Fame Adds Four More Games
* FTC Warns Microsoft, Nintendo, And Sony About Warranty-Voiding Restrictions
* Night Trap is Coming to Switch 25 Years After Nintendo Said it Would Never Appear on Their Consoles
* Donkey Kong Champion Billy Mitchell Stripped of all Records and Banished to the Shadow Realm
* Mega Man X Legacy Collection 1 and 2 coming to PC and consoles in July
* Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection Gets a Final Release Date and Ultra Special Bonus
* God of War’s Strong Reviews Complete Sony Santa Monica’s Return From the Brink
* Yakuza Kiwami 2 is Getting a Western Release on PS4 This Year
* SEGA “may consider” bringing Yakuza 3-5 to PS4 if there’s enough demand

Hart & Usagi #86: Nintendo’s Night Trap

Posted by HartKnight on May 8, 2018

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On episode 86 of the Hart & Usagi Podcast we chat about a variety of topics like warranty voiding and more collections coming your way.

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Hart & Usagi #82

Posted by HartKnight on September 1, 2017

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Episode 82 of the Hart & Usagi Podcast is here! We chat about a variety of topics like the upcoming Yakuza series of games, revivals like Windjammers and Night Trap, and more.

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TOPICS:
* Yakuza Kiwami
* Shin Ryu Ga Gotoku
* Hokuto ga Gotoku
* Windjammers
* Ys Origin
* Night Trap
* MachineGames’ Wolfenstein series
* Shadow Warrior 2
* Mafia III
* Raiden series
* Micronics ports
* 2005 year in gaming

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Hart & Usagi #76: E3 2016

Posted by HartKnight on June 16, 2016

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On this episode of the Hart & Usagi Podcast we chat about a variety of news and announcements from the E3 event this year.

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NEWS:
* PlayStation 4.5
* Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst
* Mighty No. 9 Sequel Discussed by Inafune
* Titanfall 2 Single-Player Campaign Confirmed, See It In Action
* Titanfall 2 Has a $250 Collector’s Edition
* Quake Champions
* Doom Getting Unto The Evil DLC, SnapMap Free Updates Coming
* New Wolfenstein Game Possibly Teased At Bethesda E3 2016 Conference
* Tekken 7 Announced for Xbox One and PC in Early 2017
* Microsoft Announces Project Scorpio Console
* God of War Revealed for PS4 at E3 2016
* The Last Guardian Release Date Finally Revealed, Watch New Gameplay Trailer
* Resident Evil 7 Biohazard Announced, Watch First Trailer
* Crash Bandicoot Games Being Remastered for PS4
* Ratchet & Clank Dev Making New Spider-Man Game for PS4
* Platinum Games’ PS4-Exclusive Nier: Automata Gets Delayed

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NEWS/TOPICS:
* God of War After 10 Years: The Decline and Fall of Kratos
* Security flaw gave researcher the power to erase every video on YouTube
* You’re Basically Screwed if You Used OnLive
* ‘Angry Joe’ is super pissed at Nintendo
* Mark Pincus becomes CEO of Zynga as Don Mattrick exits stage left
* EFF battles the ESA over DMCA exemptions for abandoned games
* GameStop Will (Tentatively) Offer Classic Consoles and Games Again
* USgamer Answers: How Much Game Violence Is Too Much?
* Comcast makes big play to offer high speed broadband to more customers
* Report: DOJ likely to oppose Comcast-TWC Merger
* AT&T sues FCC over Net Neutrality rule changes
* The first gay character in ‘Mortal Kombat’ revealed
* ‘Easy Fatalities’ DLC for ‘Mortal Kombat X’ gets some sunlight

Criticizing Gets Remastered

Posted by HartKnight on October 28, 2015

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“For a lot of companies, remakes are a way to drive revenue. It’s sub-cost, it’s an IP that’s there, you can remaster, and that’s great. We don’t do that here. I don’t think that’s ever been in our culture.”

The above quote is from Electronic Arts’ COO Peter Moore. You know, the same guy who worked at Sega until 2003 where he worked on the Xbox with Microsoft until 2007. This is when he ran EA Sports. He’s been EA’s COO for four years now.

When I hear Mr. Moore criticize the current amount of remaster rereleases of existing games I think he needs to watch himself. He’s certainly correct in that remasters are a low cost way to make easy money. However, I find it difficult to hear him say it since he’s one of the top executives in a company who puts out a yearly sports game in the Madden series.

I know a remaster of a game and a new entry in the Madden football series isn’t exactly the same thing. But when that yearly football release has little differences from the previous year, you can see how the Madden games might feel like a rerelease instead of anything actually new.

On a similar note it’s why I haven’t bought any new WWE games since 2003. They’re also a yearly release with little additions or improvements along the way. In fact, after seeing footage of the newest title, WWE 2K16, I think it looks particularly ugly graphically.

I think remasters are cool, but there needs to be actual effort put into them. An example of no/little effort would be God of War III and an example of real effort would be Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition.

GameSpot news: EA Exec Criticizes HD Remasters

Hart & Usagi Podcast #62: Losing Our History

Posted by HartKnight on April 20, 2015

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Our views on a variety of topics on Mortal Kombat X is revealed along with news on Comcast and Net Neutrality. All this plus your feedback, a contest announcement, and more on episode 62 of the Hart & Usagi Podcast.

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NEWS/TOPICS:
* Mega Man Creator’s Other 3DS Game Cancelled
* Senate Intelligence Committee Greenlights CISA
* FCC Inspector General launches investigation into agency’s rulemaking practices
* FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Facing Congressional Scrutiny Over Net Neutrality This Week
* FCC faces first legal challenges to Open Internet Order changes
* Major Loophole To Combat Copyright Infringement Left In Open Internet Order
* GameStop isn’t cheap for throwing out game products, it’s just terrible at recycling
* First Details of Nintendo’s Next System, the ‘NX’
* Atari Lawyers Demand Vita Game TxK is Removed
* Konami Tries to Quietly Erase Hideo Kojima as It Continues to Bleed Talent
* PS4 Getting 1080p God of War 3 Remastered
* Don’t Expect More God of War PS4 Remasters, Sony Says
* Batman Arkham Duo Remastered for PS4 and Xbox One, Report Claims
* Borderlands 1 Could Come to Xbox One/PS4 If Fans Demand It
* Nintendo Mobile Dev Wants to Topple Candy Crush
* Here’s Why Nintendo’s CEO Dislikes the Term “Free-to-Play”
* Full Hard Drives Mean An Uncomfortable Digital Age For PS4 And Xbox One
* Dear Teacher, A Video Game Developer Is A Real Job And Should Be Celebrated

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Hart & Usagi Podcast #61: Remastered

Posted by HartKnight on March 28, 2015

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Remastering of last generation games — are they worth it? Free-to-play or Free-to-start — which is it? Also, we chat about Gamestop’s horrible recycling program, Nintendo going mobile, and Usagi704 purchases a Bloodborne PS4 faceplate…live! All this plus your feedback and more on episode 61 of the Hart & Usagi Podcast.

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Hart & Usagi Podcast #47: A Fascinating Medium

Posted by HartKnight on June 4, 2014

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Despite the heat HartKnight and Usagi704 are back with episode 47 of the Hart and Usagi Podcast! Do we have a show for you? Absolutely. We welcome ebbderelict back for a fourth time and talk about Tetris being the greatest game ever and how maybe Super Mario Bros. isn’t. There’s also more sad excuses for microtransactions and an unlikely opponent of the FCC.

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NEWS/TOPICS:
* God of War: Ascension multiplayer
* Video games are the most fascinating medium ever created, David Cage says
* The FarCry Racism Adventure
++ Mark Cuban: “I’m A Prejudiced Bigot”
* Congressman Funded by Telecommunications Campaign Cash Proposes Bill to Stop FCC’s Net Neutrality Plans
* Own a Piece of Gaming History When Recovered E.T. Games go on Sale
* Hyperkin Retron 5 Review
* 15 Must-Have Games for 3DS Virtual Console
* Game Genie Was More Than The Sum of its Cheat Codes
* Grand Theft Auto Parent Publisher Defends Microtransactions
* Watch Dogs: Finding Morality in Useless Information

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Hart & Usagi Podcast #46: Google Ruins Everything

Posted by HartKnight on May 22, 2014

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Welcome back! This is episode 46 of the Hart and Usagi Podcast! Do we have a show for you? Absolutely. I rant on Google, collector’s editions, and the FCC. Usagi explains about his time playing the God of War Collection on Vita. Also there’s physical vs. digital games, Night Trap, and much more.

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NEWS/TOPICS:
* God of War
* Open-carry gun activists
* Nintendo responds to criticism regarding same-sex relationships in Tomodachi Life
* Report: Majority of core gamers in the US prefer discs over digital
* Report: YouTube to acquire Twitch for $1 billion
* DuckDuckGo
* Should Your Self-Controlled Car Kill You?
* Xbox One: Microsoft Cuts the Kinect and the Price to $399
* Watch Dogs – Five Collector’s Editions For One Game? What? F*$%ing WHAT?
* One-armed mercenary Bombshell has roots in Duke Nukem
* Report: Multiplayer Flappy Bird swooping, crashing in August
* Mainstream gamers
* Why the death of net neutrality would be a disaster for libraries
* Night Trap scaring up an HD return

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