Gaming Nostalgia in 2020 | Happy Hour #70

Strange Happy Hour!

Important Sh!t:

Mark “Dispatcher” Plover:
- AMD Ryzen 3300X and 3100: https://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyleather/2020/05/07/amd-ryzen-3-3300x-and-3100-review-stunning-performers-will-give-intel-serious-headaches/#5764257c109c

“Handsome John” Pettit:
- What about the future of gaming has us excited?

Brent “Jesterhead” Metcalfe:
- Gaming Nostalgia in 2020:
  - Long rumored Diablo 2 Remaster supposedly releasing Q4 this year: https://www.ign.com/articles/long-rumoured-diablo-2-remaster-apparently-coming-this-year 
  - Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1 + 2 Remakes: https://blog.us.playstation.com/2020/05/12/get-ready-to-grind-into-tony-hawks-pro-skater-1-and-2/ 
  - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Remastered, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Resident Evil 3 (2020)
  - Gameloft releases Android app that contains 30 of it’s classic mobile games: https://kotaku.com/you-can-now-play-a-bunch-of-old-phone-games-legally-ea-1843348269 

Last Call!:

Cheers!: Let’s introduce our special guest. Of course we are in our separate homes, so we have our own special guests.

Shout outs:
- Our Discord: https://discord.gg/bPZNJ7

Weekly Deals: 
- Marvel is giving away free comics: https://www.ign.com/articles/free-marvel-comic-collections-spider-man-venom-captain-america-and-more 
- Play together digital board games Humble Bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/asmodee-play-with-friends 

Cool @ss Sh!t: 
- Goldfinger Quarantine Editions: https://youtu.be/h0rSYEoBMYM 
- Mario Bros. masters set new arcade record amid quarantine: https://kotaku.com/mario-bros-masters-set-new-arcade-high-score-while-stu-1843298085 
- Father creates LittleBigPlanet level with daughters for Mother’s Day: https://twitter.com/LittleBigPlanet/status/1260185916116815875?s=20 

Question of the Week:
- What is a traditionally major industry or institution that you just do not participate in?

House Selection:
- PlayStation to release new PlayStation Studios branding with PS5: https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5-release-date-october-2020 
- Steam appears to be working on a loyalty system that would give users discounts: https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-seemingly-working-on-a-loyalty-system-that-could-get-you-game-discounts 
- Previously cancelled Prince of Persia game leaks on Youtube: https://kotaku.com/that-prince-of-persia-redemption-footage-came-from-a-re-1843292945 
- Every game shown at the Xbox 20/20 this week: https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-series-x-every-new-game 
- Aaron Greenburg addresses criticism of the Xbox 20/20 event: https://www.ign.com/articles/inside-xbox-aaron-greenberg-addresses-fan-response 
- The Last of Us pt. II just dropped a new trailer: https://blog.us.playstation.com/2020/05/06/watch-the-new-the-last-of-us-part-ii-story-trailer/ 
- Ubisoft announces a new digital games event to replace E3 event: https://www.ign.com/articles/ubisoft-announces-ubisoft-forward-digital-event-replaces-e3-press-conference 
- Tokyo Game Show 2020 physical event has been cancelled: https://www.ign.com/articles/tgs-2020-has-been-cancelled 
- Tom Cruise, Elon Musk, and NASA team up to shoot a movie on the International Space Station: https://www.ign.com/articles/tom-cruise-elon-musk-reportedly-plan-to-shoot-an-action-movie-in-space 

And, as always, feel free to reach out to any one of the wonderful hosts in any capacity. You reach the Dispatcher on Twitter @DuhFr33k (https://twitter.com/DuhFr33k), Handsome John @HandsomeJohnP (https://twitter.com/HandsomeJohnP), and the Jesterhead himself @Jesterhead0302 (https://twitter.com/Jesterhead0302). Also, don’t be afraid to talk to us down in the comments. We always enjoy a good conversation, in case you didn’t notice ;)