Online Passes, the Removal

Do you remember just over two years ago when I commented on EA’s online pass system?  No?  Well I did.

Now though it seems EA is backing down on this.  Apparently they realized that nobody liked this plan of theirs.  So now where do I stand given that I supported the whole thing?  Well slow down a bit because I never actually supported it.  I understood where it came from, but neither supported nor hated it really.  But I do have to say that they’re being awfully reasonable about it so far.  I guess the income lost to used games is less than the income lost to people not buying the game in the first place because of the online pass.  The lesser of two evils and all that.

Makes me wonder though what will happen for games that already have online passes.  Will they revoke the system for those too?  Only time will tell…

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The One Piece Podcast Goes to Japan Kickstarter

I am huge fan and listener to the One Piece Podcast. Heck, I even wrote a review about nearly exactly a year ago from today, you can read it here.

I just found out that The One Piece Podcast has a kickstarter so that the podcast can head to Japan to film a video documentary series starting August 5th. As part of the series they will have live video events,  hope to have video interviews, video tours of Japan, and cultural insights.

I am super excited for these guys. After listening to their podcast and listening to how podcasts do not have to be lame and can actually be interesting really inspired me which resulted in my the creation of my own podcast. You know, the Ninja Pirate Dogcast!

It is an exciting development and I urge you to listen to their podcast and donate if you can. Every little bit helps and the rewards are fun.  If they reach their KickStarter goal of $7,000 (ATM they are at $4,637) everyone will win by being able to view the videos and interviews for free come September when they start to get released.

Kickstarter – The One Piece Podcast Goes to Japan

 

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Playstation Plus and Copy Protected Saves

Ok, I’m recently new to the whole Playstation Plus thing.  Backing my saves up to the cloud is kind of nice.  Did they really have to be so annoying about copy protected saves though?
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Ninja Pirate Dogcast! – Episode 7 – Skullgirls Veronica Mars Ducktales and Intern Carl

Metal Gear Rising: Revengance, Skullgirls, Kevin in Japan (35:14) Japanese TV / Tattoos / Ducktales and Veronica Mars are just a few of various Animations and Games topics we discuss in this week’s podcast!

Kevin in Japan!’s Website can be found at: http://saishowaguu.blogspot.com/

RSS Feed Link Until iTunes works: http://ninjapiratedog.com/feed/podcast/

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Ninja Pirate Dogcast! – Episode 6 – Lots of Spider-man – Wreck-It-Ralph

Metal Gear Rising, Lots of Spider-man, Ben 10, InJustice, Kevin in Japan (1:25:55) Tsunami, Toonami and Wrech-It-Ralph and Veronica Mars are just a few of various Animations and Games topics we discuss in this week’s podcast!

Kevin in Japan!’s Website can be found at: http://saishowaguu.blogspot.com/

RSS Feed Link Until iTunes works: http://ninjapiratedog.com/feed/podcast/

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Ninja Pirate Dogcast! – Episode 5 – TMNT and Maid Cafes

Metal Gear Rising, TMNT, InJustice, Kevin in Japan (1:06:07) Akihabara and Maid Cafes are just a few of various Animations and Games topics we discuss in this week’s podcast!

Kevin in Japan!’s Website can be found at: http://saishowaguu.blogspot.com/

RSS Feed Link Until iTunes works: http://ninjapiratedog.com/feed/podcast/

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Ninja Pirate Dogcast! – Episode 4 – Gravity Falls and Skullgirls

Gravity Falls, Wreck-it-Ralph Oscars, Skullgirls, Kevin in Japan (1:15:37) are just a few of various Animations and Games topics we discuss in this week’s podcast!

Kevin in Japan!’s Website can be found at: http://saishowaguu.blogspot.com/

RSS Feed Link Until iTunes works: http://ninjapiratedog.com/feed/podcast/

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Ninja Pirate Dogcast! – Episode 3 – Digimon, PS4, Kevin in Japan!

Digimon, Adventure Time, PS4, Kevin in Japan (49:47) are just a few of various Animations and Games topics we discuss in this weeks podcast! We have successfully made it to 3 episodes!

Kevin in Japan!’s Website can be found at: http://saishowaguu.blogspot.com/

RSS Feed Link Until iTunes works: http://ninjapiratedog.com/feed/podcast/

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Ninja Pirate Dogcast! – Episode 2 – Kevin in Japan!

Episode 2 is up. Kevin in Japan (1:51), Animation and Games! We ran into all kinds of audio problems that I found out about after the recording finished and because the conversations came out so well, I refused to let it die!

Plus this is the episode we introduced our new segment “Kevin in Japan!” I placed the Kevin in Japan (1:51) first because the audio for that was the best.

But this is my first jump into podcasting so I knew there would be some hiccups, I just did not expect them to all happen in the second episode. It really ruined my work flow from the first episode.

Kevin in Japan!’s Website can be found at: http://saishowaguu.blogspot.com/

RSS Feed Link Until iTunes works: http://ninjapiratedog.com/feed/podcast/

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Moonlighting Animated Characters

I had discussed this in the Ninja Pirate Dogcast Episode 1, but I wanted to give you visual clarity on what I was talking about. Peter Parker looks so much like Takumi Fujiwara. That is Peter Parker from the animated Ultimate Spiderman and Takumi from the Japanese anime Initial D. In my world I’d like to believe there is some truth to Who Framed Roger Rabbit in that the animated characters are all just actors looking for work where ever they can get it. Even if it means looking for work in another country.

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