Podcast
Oh God It Hz!
Hosted by JJJ & GameAgentET · EN
Live on tape from Tucson, AZ & Osaka, Japan… JJJ and GameAgent ET deliver a biweekly blast of insight on the world of video gaming through a retro-fueled lens as a pair of lifelong friends catching up over hot mics across the Pacific Ocean. Sometimes it’s taking on gaming’s biggest issues with the history of the biz firmly in mind, sometimes it’s an open requiem for cool things, people, and places we miss, but there’s always an inside joke being slipped into the cracks as two gentlemen whose life paths have been forever woven together and influenced by this passion of theirs as console gaming enters its ninth generation.
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Episode 75: It's Hot Out Here for a Gamer
Jul 201:09:56Tap to summarizeSpeakpipe - send us a voicemailhttps://www.teepublic.com/user/ruminationsradionetworkhttps://linktr.ee/ohgodithzwww.RuminationsRadioNetwork.comwww.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetworkMusic and Production by Mitch Proctor for Area 42 Studios and SoundAudio Engineered by Dean Delp for Area 42 Studios and Soundhttps://www.patreon.com/RuminationsRadio ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Transcribe →Episode 74: Switched On For Summer Gaming
Jun 1901:12:24Tap to summarizeThe Six-Button Samurai and @GameAgentET (OGiH) contemplate the arrival of Nintendo Switch 2, offering early impressions after just a couple of sleepless days with the new hybrid console. But the industry writ large is blowing up with news this week, after direct videos from Sony as well as Xbox, not to mention some key announcements our grizzled gaming veterans have been waiting on, such as Season 3 for Street Fighter VI, Resident Evil Requiem (RE9), and the unexpected megaton announcement of Arc Systems' new Marvel fighting game. It's another emotional rollercoaster with your trans-Pacific dynamic duo on OH GOD IT Hz! https://www.teepublic.com/user/ruminationsradionetworkhttps://linktr.ee/ohgodithzwww.RuminationsRadioNetwork.comwww.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetworkTwitter: RuminationsRadioNetwork@RuminationsNMusic and Production by Mitch Proctor for Area 42 Studios and SoundAudio Engineered by Dean Delp for Area 42 Studios and Sound https://twitter.com/DeanDelpVOhttps://www.patreon.com/RuminationsRadio ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Transcribe →Episode 73: The Future Was Now
Jun 301:12:25Tap to summarize@GameAgentET (OGiH) welcomes back his cohost The Six-Button Samurai from his forest bathing, and they take some time to reflect on the ongoing debate over price increases that erupted in his absence with Charlie & Hoptimus in Episode 72. (Spoiler: this discussion is bound to dominate the rest of the year and they'll definitely have them back, especially once there's a baseline for how Nintendo's audience is receiving Switch 2 and its more expensive games post-launch.) Beyond that, there's plenty of other things our heroes dish upon, especially with the Switch 2 arriving in stores by the time you hear this, one of them being the future of SNK after Fatal Fury: CIty of the Wolves appears to have absolutely bombed and their CEO was sacked. Put up your dukes for an always-scrappy episode of OH GOD IT Hz! https://www.teepublic.com/user/ruminationsradionetworkhttps://linktr.ee/ohgodithzwww.RuminationsRadioNetwork.comwww.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetworkTwitter: RuminationsRadioNetwork@RuminationsNMusic and Production by Mitch Proctor for Area 42 Studios and SoundAudio Engineered by Dean Delp for Area 42 Studios and Sound https://twitter.com/DeanDelpVOhttps://www.patreon.com/RuminationsRadio ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Transcribe →Episode 72: Crime Doesn’t Pay: Actually, You Might Have to Pay 100 Bucks For It
May 2201:11:33Tap to summarizeThe 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. Discussions are made about the recently-delayed Grand Theft Auto VI, our favorite industry-defining game of our lifetimes, and the sobering new norm of prices going up, up and way up for game systems and software. We three ponder about these price-volatile times… if it’s temporary or here to stay. Just tell us where you WANT IT from Oh GOD it Hz!https://www.teepublic.com/user/ruminationsradionetworkhttps://linktr.ee/ohgodithzwww.RuminationsRadioNetwork.comwww.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetworkTwitter: RuminationsRadioNetwork@RuminationsNMusic and Production by Mitch Proctor for Area 42 Studios and SoundAudio Engineered by Dean Delp for Area 42 Studios and Sound https://twitter.com/DeanDelpVOhttps://www.patreon.com/RuminationsRadio ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Transcribe →Episode 71: Console Launch Blues, Greens, and Reds
May 6, 202500:53:21Tap to summarizeConsole 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. We also discuss a simultaneous playthrough of a Squaresoft classic that had eluded both of us in Secret of Mana, and another new Jeff Minter joint, with his wildly frenetic and colorful style now gracing a remake of Atari's I, Robot. Don't miss the latest OH GOD IT Hz!https://www.teepublic.com/user/ruminationsradionetworkhttps://linktr.ee/ohgodithzwww.RuminationsRadioNetwork.comwww.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetworkTwitter: RuminationsRadioNetwork@RuminationsNMusic and Production by Mitch Proctor for Area 42 Studios and SoundAudio Engineered by Dean Delp for Area 42 Studios and Sound https://twitter.com/DeanDelpVOhttps://www.patreon.com/RuminationsRadio ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Transcribe →Episode 70: Entering the Next Generation with Switch 2
Apr 23, 202501:03:37Tap to summarize@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: Breath of the Wild (not to mention overall game prices) feel a bit greedy. The gang also takes on the uneven state of fighting games in 2025, specifically some of the upheaval in the Tekken 8 community following their Season 2 launch, some weird marketing moves from SNK. and what may be next for Street Fighter VI in Season 3. Summer Games Fest is also within shouting distance, and we're intrigued to see what Not-E3 has in store at such a weird point for the industry. It's a packed hour of power on the latest episode of OH GOD IT Hz!https://www.teepublic.com/user/ruminationsradionetworkhttps://linktr.ee/ohgodithzwww.RuminationsRadioNetwork.comwww.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetworkTwitter: RuminationsRadioNetwork@RuminationsNMusic and Production by Mitch Proctor for Area 42 Studios and SoundAudio Engineered by Dean Delp for Area 42 Studios and Sound https://twitter.com/DeanDelpVOhttps://www.patreon.com/RuminationsRadio ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Transcribe →Episode 69:The Surprise Direct Before The Direct
Apr 8, 202500:55:40Tap to summarizeWhile @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 very real and Duke Nukem Forever-level overdue) Metroid Prime 4, and definitely some surprises one normally associates with PlayStation, such as Everybody's Golf: Hot Shots and Patapon 1 & 2. Is this the beginning of the end for console wars? Not likely, but there's a lot to pick apart on the latest OH GOD IT Hz! https://www.teepublic.com/user/ruminationsradionetworkhttps://linktr.ee/ohgodithzwww.RuminationsRadioNetwork.comwww.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetworkTwitter: RuminationsRadioNetwork@RuminationsNMusic and Production by Mitch Proctor for Area 42 Studios and SoundAudio Engineered by Dean Delp for Area 42 Studios and Sound https://twitter.com/DeanDelpVOhttps://www.patreon.com/RuminationsRadio ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Transcribe →Episode 68: The One Where The Six-Button Samurai Bugs Eddy to Get A PS5
Mar 25, 202500:59:03Tap to summarizeOl' 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, to well...anyone if the 1990s whipping boys of licensed game publishing, that being Acclaim ...returns? Get answers to this, and so much more, on the new OH GOD IT Hz!https://www.teepublic.com/user/ruminationsradionetworkhttps://linktr.ee/ohgodithzwww.RuminationsRadioNetwork.comwww.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetworkTwitter: RuminationsRadioNetwork@RuminationsNMusic and Production by Mitch Proctor for Area 42 Studios and SoundAudio Engineered by Dean Delp for Area 42 Studios and Sound https://twitter.com/DeanDelpVOhttps://www.patreon.com/RuminationsRadio ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Transcribe →Episode 67: The One Where Eddy Nearly Hacked Up A Lung
Mar 11, 202500:46:49Tap to summarizeOur 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, arguably their biggest franchise that doesn't date back to when they had their own hardware to support. Clear your throat and enjoy this somewhat shorter, but no less spirited cross-Pacific convo on the latest OH GOD IT Hz!https://www.teepublic.com/user/ruminationsradionetworkhttps://linktr.ee/ohgodithzwww.RuminationsRadioNetwork.comwww.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetworkTwitter: RuminationsRadioNetwork@RuminationsNMusic and Production by Mitch Proctor for Area 42 Studios and SoundAudio Engineered by Dean Delp for Area 42 Studios and Sound https://twitter.com/DeanDelpVOhttps://www.patreon.com/RuminationsRadio ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Transcribe →Episode 66: Palp-itating Over Our Favorite Star Wars Video Games
Feb 19, 202500:58:37Tap to summarize@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 with this all-new episode of OH GOD IT Hz.https://www.teepublic.com/user/ruminationsradionetworkhttps://linktr.ee/ohgodithzwww.RuminationsRadioNetwork.comwww.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetworkTwitter: RuminationsRadioNetwork@RuminationsNMusic and Production by Mitch Proctor for Area 42 Studios and SoundAudio Engineered by Dean Delp for Area 42 Studios and Sound https://twitter.com/DeanDelpVOhttps://www.patreon.com/RuminationsRadio ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
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