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This week’s episode of Molehill Mountain is chock full of political goodness. Or badness.
Uh… We talk politics!
25:33 – What does a tariff on imported goods mean to gamers?
43:36 – What does getting rid of net neutrality mean to gamers?
55:55 – Brad Bushman study gets trashed
1:03:40 – Capcom, Sherlock Holmes and the Public Domain
1:18:05 – More Nintendo Switch stuff
Just a reminder, there will be no show this weekend but we’ll be back at you with a new episode the following Saturday!
If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Molehill Mountain, you can watch the video replay on YouTube. Alternatively, you can catch audio versions of the show on iTunes.
Molehill Mountain streams live at 7p PST every Saturday night on RandomTower!
Credits: Molehill Mountain is hosted by E. Zachary Knight and Andrew Eisen. The show is edited by Andrew Eisen. Music in the show includes “Albino” by Brian Boyko. It is in the public domain and free to use. Molehill Mountain logo by Scott Hepting.
Chat Transcript:
7:02 PM
7:03 PMDame either that’s a kinky gym or they are are hardcore about conditioning
7:05 PMat this point the dust has had more play time in your ps4
7:11 PMcan’t tell if I’m lost on the subject due to the lack of sleep and stress or this story is just to out there either way we just started and I feel mentally out of it only halfway through this story
7:12 PMI’ll get it for the trophy
7:13 PMthe podcast only lasts an hour or so, so you really can’t
7:13 PMand through suicidal people off roofs “wink”
7:14 PM Fhsh Fjfh was banned by Andrew Eisen.
7:14 PMthrow
7:15 PMI remember seeing gauntlet as an arcade cabinet years ago I wonder if those are rare
7:16 PM Brian Murray was banned by Andrew Eisen.
7:19 PM soar to faze members best clips was banned byAndrew Eisen.
7:19 PMI’m getting a tennis kings out of what your explaining how far off am i
7:19 PMholy, this guy is triggered
7:20 PMSome people really have too much free time on their hands
7:21 PM nigger beater was banned by Andrew Eisen.
7:23 PM nigger beater was banned by Andrew Eisen.
7:23 PMchill people
7:23 PMit’s just one douchebag
7:23 PMgeek and sundry
7:24 PMI’ve got several personalties?
7:25 PMHe’s probably some angry basement dweller who thinks Andrew is an SJW. I’ve disagreed with Andrew sometimes too, but that doesn’t mean I have to harass him.
7:26 PMespecially when those blue leds first started getting big on consumer electronics. some of those “indicator” lights were just blazing beacons in the darkness
7:26 PMas long as we just look like white trash in secret duck tape the invention that fixes it all
7:26 PMmade decent nightlights… if that’s what you wanted
7:28 PMdo you remember what you did eathen
7:28 PMback to /b/ with you
7:28 PMI will post the link of what you did to that por person
7:28 PMpoor*
7:30 PMMaybe you should put your energy to something that will actually make a difference. Like donating to a food bank or charity, or doing community work.
7:31 PMtell the last time you saw “made in USA” for example I was using suggested text to write this and as soon as I hit (made in ) the next suggested word was China even our technology knows American
7:32 PMmake videos i mean a lot of videos about the switch 4 per week it helps your channel and audions
7:33 PMI think he has already said everything he has to say.
7:33 PMha could you imagine a Nintendo switch made by American factories in today’s time I wouldn’t doubt it would look like the Mexican Disney knock off toys
7:34 PMand possibly start a trade war with the countries targeted by these punitive tariffs…
7:36 PMmaybe mexico decides “nah, you guys are being jerks we don’t really want to sell you car parts now”, and our auto industry collapses
7:36 PM3wM9uuwoi6Y
7:37 PMhere’s the last part of the YouTube video
7:37 PMI doubt Mexico could afford to just stop trade like that. Same with Canada. We’re all very co-dependant.
7:37 PMAmerican trying to get back in the mass production game Henry Ford is rolling in his grave
7:38 PMoh you have to choices Andrew you better listen
7:38 PMwell, trade is going to take a huge hit from the tariffs, too, so they may consider it worth the risk
7:38 PMI dunno what I expected
7:38 PM1. delete the kittens video
7:38 PMor
7:39 PM2. be hacked and your internet shutdown
7:39 PMI should just ignore this kiddo
7:39 PMthat is all you have 48 houra
7:39 PMhours*
7:40 PMlmao
7:40 PMall of the kittens video
7:40 PMnot all of them. all of it. video, singular
7:41 PMthe best painting I’ve heard about how the usa is portrayed is when you really look at the country it’s mall to mall from coast to coast and not even a good fraction of the commercialism made here
7:41 PMMan, leave Andrew alone. There’s nothing wrong with wanking to kittens.
7:42 PMI thought he was actually malicious for a good minute, but I think it’s just good fun.
7:42 PMIf he’s not the same guy who was saying the N word
7:43 PMit’s something like 300 billion from mexico to us, 25 billion from us to mexico
7:43 PM*250
7:44 PMTrump: I’m building a wall Mexico: good we don’t wanna see your fake ugly tan
7:44 PMwanna laugh still
7:44 PMI’d be all for the wall if it wasn’t for the fact that tunnels exist.
7:45 PMHollywood takes risks?
7:45 PM216.58.211.142 eh alright your IP eh lol right Andrew
7:45 PM
And ladders. And ropes. And planes. And migrating wildlife.
7:46 PMlol true
7:46 PMdid you hear about Trump’s press speaker getting into a fight with dip n dots
7:46 PMlol
7:46 PMandrew
7:46 PMright were laughing hahahahah
7:46 PMthe businesses are against it for obvious reasons. the people against it don’t actually know what it is, they’ve bought into the fiction the businesses are spinning
7:47 PM216.58.211.142 let’s laugh Andrew hahahaha
7:47 PMnot to stray off topic but did you guys hear about John hurt passing
7:47 PMI don’t even know who that is
7:47 PMKane from alien
7:47 PMyour IP I’ll do it remove the videos or edit it out now Andrew
7:48 PM
Guy who gets chestbursted in the original Alien.
7:48 PMOh. Yeah I haven’t even seen Alien. Heresy, I know.
7:48 PM216.58.211.142
7:48 PMI’ve yet to see an argument against net neutrality that wasn’t some variation of “THE GOVERMENT WILL FORCE YOU TO READ JUST AS MANY LIBERAL WEBSITES AS CONSERVATIVE ONES! REGULAAAAATION! oooOOOoo!”
7:48 PMgetting spooked andrew
7:49 PMDude. Stop watching this video right now and watch Alien.
7:49 PMI guess I have homework.
7:49 PMBest horror movie ever.
7:50 PMyes Peter alien is one of the best horror movies ever made though in a fanboy of the series but I feel most people would agree with that statement
7:50 PM
Honestly, never a big fan of Alien. Don’t hate it; lots I like about it but was never blown away by it.
7:51 PMAlien 3 (director’s cut, not the theatrical version) is still my fave
7:51 PMIf anything I’ll probably just appreciate the practical effects. Same thing as appreciating the original versions of Star Wars.
7:51 PMThat one iconic scene with the alien in that spaceship seat looks rad
7:51 PMI’m just inthralled by the alien life cycle it’s great syfy
7:51 PMguh, late!
7:52 PMI actually saw the director’s cut first, and I couldn’t understand why there was so much hate for Alien 3. then I finally saw the theatrical version, ans was all 
“oh. that’s why…”
“oh. that’s why…”
7:52 PMha totally just wanted to share the passing of John hurt and took over the chat sorry andrew
7:52 PMlol
7:53 PMcity: Mountain View Zip Code:94043 Longitude:-122.057404 CA San Francisco, CA Latitude:37.419201 Longitude:-122.057404
7:53 PMoh hohohoh
7:53 PMand he reprised his chestburst victim role for spaceballs 
7:53 PMEvening guys! Went to the Switch Tour this afternoon! super excited for March 3rd!
7:53 PMany opinions on fire emblem warriors
7:54 PMLooking forward to that one.
7:54 PMSame!!! I’m gonna line up at Walmart at least half an hour early. I intend to get the version with the coloured joycons and ALLLLLL the Zelda amiibo.
7:54 PMare you scared yet andrew
7:55 PMHumble Bundle usually does Steam keys.
7:55 PMJordan, they discussed the Fire Emblem direct last podcast.
7:55 PMyour very committed to this video after leaking your address and your ip
7:56 PMman your good
7:56 PMchill dude
7:56 PMyou’re*
7:56 PMlag?
7:56 PMit’s probably just on your end. There’s always a bit of a delay in any stream though.
7:57 PMi don’t really care about punctuation
7:57 PMsomething positive: only 1453 days to go
7:57 PM
Or capitalization.
7:57 PMYou should, you’ll be taken a lot more seriously in any situation.
7:57 PMnice one andrew
7:57 PMI’m still convinced with all the other paranoid Nintendo fanboy that Nintendo of America is sitting on a Scrooge McDuck vault of Nintendo classics
7:57 PM
Or accuracy.
7:57 PMI’ll send someone to your house
7:58 PM#rekt
7:58 PM
Don’t ring twice. I’ll think it’s the postman.
7:59 PMHopefully, Andrew will offer him a beer and we can see them on the podcast.
7:59 PMWOW
8:01 PMVideo games totally make you a better killer. I mean, years of Fallout showed me all I need to shoot people is VATS.
8:02 PMif anything videogames have taught me all I need to do to avoid detection by authorities is walk crouched down.
8:02 PMIf* ; )
8:02 PMokay killing virtual people can gory and immoral but when I see Mario stopping on goombas I just wanna go to my local community garden and smash everyone’s mushrooms I can help myself
8:03 PMNot me. It makes me want to eat mushrooms. To get big.
8:04 PMcan I send email now
8:04 PMthem
8:04 PMand to wear a cardboard box to hide
8:05 PMThe switch event was a blast Andrew!
8:06 PMokay Andrew when do you get tired of region issues and just move to japan
8:07 PMIt’s not like moving to Japan will magically give the games English subtitles.
8:08 PMWe’re fan translating The Great Ace Attorney Andrew. I’m on the team. 
8:08 PMBut at least we can play PAL exclusive Switch games now.
8:10 PMposting your address on 4chan
8:11 PMThey’re not your personal army.
8:11 PMwhat was your opinion on ace attorney in marvel vs Capcom and as a side note any opinions on marvel vs Capcom infinite
8:13 PM4chan. Shit, Andrew. You’ll get called a cuck.
8:13 PMA CUCK! The horror.
8:14 PMim not feeling the 3d art style for the new games..i like marvel vs capcom in 2d better
8:14 PMshort for cuckold
8:15 PMI’m just wait to hear a knock on Andrews door and have colorful ninjas storm in with sausage link nunchucks and rainbow afros while carrying boomboxes playing dubstep …. what I’m creative
8:15 PMcuck: submissive male, bends over backwards for women
8:16 PMCuck ah Doodle Doooo!
8:16 PMlol
8:16 PMThe only problem with SJWs is some of them have a very warped view of what is justice.
8:17 PMOBJECTION!!!
8:17 PMwhat justice is*
8:17 PMThat’s not a cuckold
8:17 PMI want to be a Social Justice Wizard. Cast Magic Missile… On the darkness. Or racism and homophobia.
8:18 PMA cuckold is a man watching his partner have sex with another man.
8:18 PMagreed, AE. service for fans, not just cheesecake for adolescents
8:20 PMI got my coworkers hooked on human resource machine
8:20 PM“suckers! you know assembly now!” 
8:20 PMStill, the only launch game I’m interested in is Zelda.
8:20 PMReally old
8:20 PM10 year old games damn Andy
8:21 PMt
8:22 PMAndrew, I played Zelda, ARMS, Disgaea 5, PuyoPuyo Tetris, Has-Been Heroes, SnipperClips, Super Bomberman R and Splatoon 2 today at the Switch Tour
8:22 PMARMS plays a hell of a lot better than it looks.
8:22 PMI love how the switch is just a smaller more portable Wii u, like seriously no one see this all you need is a portable wall plug and a backpack to put the Wii u in then just play your games on the pad
8:23 PMquite a bit like PSP cases
8:23 PMyou know what would make me buy a switch, day one? starts with M, rhymes with “petroid”
8:23 PMthose cases are not about to sit in my towers nicely
8:23 PMTo be fair, we’re not missing anything with new Mass Effect. But maybe I’m still bitter ovet
8:24 PMno…
8:24 PM*over ME3.
8:24 PMjust metroid, please
8:24 PMIt’ll be neat to bring it on the go, but I doubt I’ll be doing that much. All the power to the people who don’t have enough time to game at home though.
8:24 PMAndrew would you mind going over my last comment?
8:24 PM@Sean sharpe ME3 ending was that bad??
8:25 PMheck, I’m still bitter over ME2
8:25 PMnever botherted with 3
8:25 PMI’ll compile the footage I took into a single video and upload it for you if you care to see it Andrew.
8:25 PMWait, Prime: Echoes?
8:25 PMI heard that’s the best one.
8:25 PMI loved ME2
8:25 PMI thought Echoes was the weakest of the 3, but it’s still good
8:26 PMHmm that’s a rare opinion
8:26 PMPrime is the best
8:26 PMI’ve only played 3
8:26 PMME2 was mass effect with everything I loved stripped out of it, and a bunch of gears of war jammed in instead
8:26 PMI thought the hub structure of Echoes was really boring
8:27 PMnot a big interconnected world like the first metroid prime, but just one main central area where you go out from it into different zones one at a time
8:28 PMAh, I would dislike that too. Same reason I dislike the linear Marios and Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
8:28 PMprime 3 was even more disconnected, but the motion controls were a lot of fun
8:28 PMPro Controllers charge with USB-C as well, confirmed that today
8:29 PMWill do!
8:30 PMThe screen on the switch itself looks amazing. So sharp and clear!
8:30 PMdat 720p though.
8:30 PMthose tiny Joy-Con’s though, my European hands did not enjoy…
8:31 PMWere they small?
8:31 PMYikes I was hoping that wasn’t the case. Oh well, there’s always the pro controller…. Cost aside.
8:31 PMyeah, I have pictures and video, they’re not all that big…
8:32 PMworst part was pressing the minus (select) button
8:32 PMYeah those buttons look awful
8:32 PMyup
8:33 PMNintendo wants to build stock on nostalgic but the power brick isn’t good nostalgia
8:33 PMif they really stick to USB-C spec though, you may not need to use their adapter
8:34 PMUgh, same problem the NES classic has
8:35 PMthe good news is it’s not called “wii us” or anything dumb like that, so people will know it’s different
8:35 PMnow all we need is the new generation needing to blow and wiggle on switch cartridges then they’ll know the real struggle
8:36 PMI’ve never had to clean a 3DS cartridge.
8:36 PMno, that was one of the joys of NES cartridges
8:36 PMof course, in the long run, blowing made it worse
8:37 PMHaving all IP on one machine is guaranteed money once exclusives arrive.
8:37 PMYeah that’s before my time, I started with the GC and GBA
8:37 PMwhen I was like 8
8:37 PMyou know you did it we all did still do it’s a staple of retro gaming standards
8:38 PMOn a 6 year old game
8:39 PMI’m buying Skyrim simply because my PC is a toaster and I don’t own non-Nintendo consoles. So I never had a chance to play it
8:40 PMI’ll DM you guys the video later on, on the Twitter
8:40 PM
8:41 PMGood night!
8:41 PMHave you played Shantae Mr. Andrew?
8:42 PMbut net neutrality forces me to watch your vidoes
8:42 PMSAVE ME, AJIT!
8:42 PMso should we keep a close eye on trending YouTube news just in case Andrew brutally dies in his sleep is he that big on YouTube that’s not an insult it’s a genuine concern
8:43 PMWhich is better Andrew?
8:43 PMDon’t worry, he’ll be fine. The guy didn’t even have his address
8:43 PMI know I just have dark humor
8:44 PMAndrew has a Stalker lol
8:44 PMYEEEEEAAAAAH! perfect but no dungeons in Shantae, hope that’s not true for Zelda
8:45 PMwe need it all sister mom kittens you shirtless and dull reactions
8:46 PMin general just all your popular tropes in on video mashed together
8:47 PMSees the fact that the title is about politics, comes on to see 2 people talking about ghost chili
8:47 PMif it’s easier I could unsubscribe to give you more time
8:47 PMwell, he was talking about torturing himself. that’s sort of political
8:48 PMsoon he won’t have to. Dear Leader Drumpf can do it for him!
8:49 PMMAGA :^)
8:50 PMMAAA
8:50 PMbut but … all the labours whaa
8:50 PMby the time this hoser is out, we’ll have to make america america again
8:50 PMAndrew, is it in reference to Super Mario world moles?
8:51 PMlabour for life
8:51 PMthe title that is! ^
8:51 PMGoodnight!
8:51 PMReference to making a mountain out of a mole hill. We had a viewer who made the connection for the logo.
8:51 PMah
8:51 PMlabour is a word for a group of moles