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Did someone say something silly about video games? Well, I guess we’ll just have to poke fun at them!

• 00:13 – Andrew attended the March For Our Lives and only saw one pug. We also talk a bit about the intersection of the march and Black Lives Matter.
• 10:28 – Andrew talks about the addition of Deviljho to Monster Hunter World and the problems he has with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
• 42:39 – Metropolis: Lux Obscura dev says that, despite the box saying there’s sexism in his game, there’s no sexism in his game, only sexual objectification of women who have no agency and are dependent on men. Yeah…
• 53:17 – Video games violence may not be a problem but perhaps toxic meritocracy is. It’s certainly a perspective we haven’t heard before. Let’s discuss!
• 1:19:24 – EZK finally sees Thor: Ragnarok
• 1:37:55 – We discuss the second season of Jessica Jones

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:

6:31 PMGeneral Armitage Hux​Hi

6:45 PMAndrew Eisen​Good evening to you.

6:49 PME. Zachary Knight​Hello everyone.

7:01 PMWarren Lewis​hey guys.

7:02 PMGeneral Armitage Hux​Ho

7:02 PMGeneral Armitage Hux​Oops

7:02 PMGeneral Armitage Hux​Hi*

7:15 PMaddictedtochaos​Hello

7:17 PMaddictedtochaos​2 was psp and 3 was never localized

7:18 PMaddictedtochaos​Have you left the Plateau yet?

7:19 PMmatthew wilson​than it seems like botw isnt for you than

7:20 PMmatthew wilson​cut a tree down, use stasis, hit it alot jump on it, and you will gly across the world

7:21 PMaddictedtochaos​Clear Vah Medoh to get Revali’s Gale it will make climbing a ton easier.

7:22 PMaddictedtochaos​Use fast travel as needed.

7:25 PMaddictedtochaos​You can largely avoid combat.

7:25 PMaddictedtochaos​Use the Master Sword for the Major Test of Strength.

7:26 PMmatthew wilson​the master sword doesnt breack

7:27 PMLil eye​hi

7:28 PMDiego Makula​yo whats up bro i am new here

7:28 PMmatthew wilson​botw is a open world immersive sim. the fun of the game is bending its system’s to your will, but that kind of game isnt for everyone

7:32 PMmatthew wilson​I dont think botw works without it though. the wepons are a resource.

7:33 PMfroilen13​mine craft has weapon durability

7:34 PMBornDistracted​it felt like all wepons on breath of the wild broke too soon

7:34 PMaddictedtochaos​Also the champion’s weapons will break but you can get them remade.

7:35 PMaddictedtochaos​The entire climbing set will vastly speed up your climbing.

7:36 PMmatthew wilson​the master sword can be gotten when you get 12 haerts

7:36 PMaddictedtochaos​13 hearts

7:37 PMaddictedtochaos​Vah Medoh is above Rito village.

7:37 PMmatthew wilson​use stasis hit a rock, and than juimp on the rock. you will travel supper quick.

7:38 PMmatthew wilson​people have built flying machines in botw

7:39 PMBornDistracted​too bad I sold my Switch lol…

7:40 PMPats459​How many shrines have you found so far?

7:40 PMaddictedtochaos​Rito Village is in the Tabantha region west of Hyrule castle

7:41 PMBornDistracted​didn’t Link talk on the Philips CD-I games?…

7:41 PMmatthew wilson​its time, #makelinktalk lol

7:43 PMBornDistracted​lol

7:49 PMBornDistracted​almost sounds like click bait

8:05 PMBornDistracted​its a world of over analizing…

8:17 PMaddictedtochaos​Yeah it wouldn’t fix anything. A toxic jerk is still going to be a toxic jerk.

8:58 PMaddictedtochaos​Iron fist 2 season 2 was confirmed a while ago.