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Russ Pitts stops by to discuss the revival of The Escapist.

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.

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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 PMMichael McNaught​hello 🙂

7:02 PMWarren Lewis​hello, hello!

7:03 PMWarren Lewis​did it go somewhere?

7:04 PMjordan thompson​I was thinking escape rooms and Andrew went stright to porn, well now we know Andrews train of thought

7:05 PMmatthew wilson​that reaction though was deserved you cant remove politics from games. games are art, art is by nature political. only way to aviod it, is by doing tech stuff like DF does

7:07 PMMorello 456​Hello

7:13 PMMichael McNaught​nuke the forums from orbit, it’s the only way to be sure.

7:15 PMjordan thompson​but you don’t realize the industry value of this complex were talking millions of dollars put into this property – Burke

7:17 PMmatthew wilson​they are, just on twitter

7:18 PMmatthew wilson​more industry, than low teir

7:30 PMSuper Deformed Gamescast​Anyone who knows you knows your stance on things, Russ.

7:40 PMMichael McNaught​there are ideological cliques on the forums who try to police others. its not a friendly place.

7:49 PMAndrew Eisen​Any questions for Russ?

7:52 PMSuper Deformed Gamescast​On reviews, does Russ plan on using scored reviews? I feel too many sites use arbitrary numbers.

7:53 PMSuper Deformed Gamescast​Thanks.

7:56 PMSuper Deformed Gamescast​Thanks Russ! Agree completely.

7:58 PMRobert Marks​The original Escapist didn’t do reviews.