{"id":4275,"date":"2011-04-08T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2011-04-08T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=4275"},"modified":"2023-12-05T06:36:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T12:36:20","slug":"gamers-heart-japan-and-so-do-we","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/04\/gamers-heart-japan-and-so-do-we\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamers Heart Japan&#8230; And So Do We"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gamers Heart Japan Promo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nRZz5mAQtgM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in 1988, my parents bought me the Nintendo Entertainment System, it came bundled with two controllers and a copy of Super Mario Bros. I can still remember seeing the little 8-bit plumber seek out hidden mushrooms and stomp Goombas. From then on I was hooked, I became a Japanophile and didn&#8217;t even know it.\u00a0Ninja Gaiden, The Legend of Zelda (yes I still have my gold cartridge, no I&#8217;m not selling it), Metroid, Castlevania, all games of my childhood and as I grew older, reasons that I became fascinated not only by the lush imaginary worlds within the games but the people who made these games in a distant and magical land known as Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Victor Lucas of Electric Playground came up with the idea for <em>Gamers Heart Japan<\/em> as a way to get like minded individuals from within the gaming community to come together and raise desperately needed aid to the Japanese relief effort. The one-hour special gave viewers an opportunity to hear from the industry&#8217;s top men and women talk about some of the Japanese games that directly or indirectly inspired them to turn their love of a hobby into a passionate career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 11th, the world changed forever for the roughly 126.4 million people of Japan. Gamers Heart Japan is doing but a small part to raise much needed aid for the people of Japan. Gamers \u2665&nbsp;Japan and damn it so does the Noisecast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Gamers&nbsp;Heart Japan aired on television on April 3rd on the G4 network in the US but the full one-hour special is available on their website, <\/em><a title=\"Gamers Heart Japan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gamersheartjapan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Gamers Heart Japan<\/em><\/a><em>. Please consider donating to the Red Cross if you can.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamersheartjapan.com\">Gamers Heart Japan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gamers Heart Japan is a video game charity that raised money for Japan&#8217;s relief effort. 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