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Not everything is about video games. Just most of it.

• 4:35 – Celebrities weigh in on movie Sonic getting a redesign. I weigh in on their weigh in
• 18:36 – Ubisoft is starting to timidly admit that politics are a part of their video games
• 44:33 – Jaws 2 novelization give the shark some really compelling motivation!
• 57:57 – I forgot to save and had to replay the first hour of Zero Time Dilemma
• 1:02:34 – I have a silly idea for an RPG

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:

4:59 PMaddictedtochaos​Hello

5:01 PMaddictedtochaos​I can see you

5:02 PMotritzu​Evenin, Andrew.

5:02 PMMercenary THUG​What is the most hilarious anime you watched?

5:05 PMjordan thompson​hey oh, I’m bed ridden since I injured my foot so a good podcast brightens up the day.

5:05 PMotritzu​Ah, so you have to deal with the usual stream delay thing.

5:05 PMotritzu​Seems like every streaming site I watch has it.

5:06 PMjordan thompson​any main focus or can we ask random questions

5:07 PMMercenary THUG​My favorite is Highschool DXD

5:08 PMotritzu​It leans a bit hard on the ecchi stuff

5:08 PMotritzu​It makes it easy to make porn of HS DXD

5:11 PMjordan thompson​the way I view it is its a adaptation not a direct recreation, I’ll admit it doesnt look good but it’s their version of sonic. I hope they have a original sonic cut when its on blu ray.

5:16 PMaddictedtochaos​Even Sega wasn’t pleased with Sonic’s look.

5:17 PMotritzu​They’ve got the money to buy the licenses. They can do that. However, keeping the license when they do a bad job gets harder.

5:18 PMjordan thompson​I’m also a film purist and even if the look wasnt good I’d really like to see both versions made available to the public

5:19 PMjordan thompson​did you watch the Japanese teaser for the Monster Hunter movie

5:19 PMaddictedtochaos​Fox is the perfect example of how to do a licensed property incorrectly.

5:20 PMaddictedtochaos​It wasn’t X-Men it was the Fox version of X-Men.

5:22 PMjordan thompson​as much as there are still tones of bad movies based on video games I kinda want some bad games based on current movies

5:22 PMaddictedtochaos​Venom was Sony

5:24 PMaddictedtochaos​Ubisoft just can’t get out of their own way.

5:25 PMjordan thompson​got any thoughts on Wal-Mart taking down violent game ads

5:28 PMDesert Rain​No arguments there Andrew, say one thing wrong or do one thing wrong? Be prepared for shit to hit the fan.

5:28 PMjordan thompson​I’d be awesome to have a video game like “house of cards” politics can play very well to any media it just has to have a compelling risk at stake to keep people interested.

5:30 PMDesert Rain​Jordan Thompson, yeah, I got a thought. How stupid.

5:31 PMjordan thompson​Andrew context is a dead language and it’s scary

5:31 PMDesert Rain​Basically Wal-Mart shot themselves in the foot.

5:32 PMaddictedtochaos​Wal-Mart pulling violent game ads doesn’t bother me, it is just ads, and I rarely buy games from them anyway.

5:33 PMjordan thompson​John Lennon was killed because someone read a book, people blame everything random on bad stuff that happens

5:38 PMDesert Rain​But of course, that’s how they always roll when they don’t want to take responsibility for their inflammatory rhetoric.

5:39 PMjordan thompson​when people talk about restriction on guns my go to is “you do know knifes have been around way longer and so has been mass murder.”

5:40 PMDesert Rain​To which I say, “True, but knife wielders can be stopped a lot quicker and knives don’t fire 20 – 50 rounds of ammunition per second.”

5:43 PMjordan thompson​I go to the theater 3 times a week for a few hours out of that day, if I get killed I get killed as much as I don’t wanna die. I’m just gonna enjoy my time and hope for the best.

5:43 PMOmega-Metal-Chase92​@Andrew Eisen I agree man. I wish that our government would do more.

5:44 PMDesert Rain​Well, when your time comes, your time comes. I do agree, Carpe Diem.

5:45 PMjordan thompson​as much as I go to the theater I cant wait for my heart to give out in my theater seat as a 70 year old man and freak the hell out of some teenagers

5:46 PMDesert Rain​Have fun and enjoy the sushi. If they got ramen there, get a big bowl of it. If Snoo-Snoo came in the form of food, Tonkatsu ramen is it!

5:49 PMjordan thompson​kinky

5:49 PMDesert Rain​Ah, are you someone who has a soft spot for felines? Me too.

5:51 PMjordan thompson​I finished reading the 1986 aliens novelization, nearly all of the cursing was taken out which felt weird.

5:52 PMjordan thompson​also the jaws nes game us

5:52 PMjordan thompson​sorry phone screwed up. I was saying jaws NES is a cult game now

5:53 PMDesert Rain​Indeed, the Jaws NES game is one of those that it is so bad it’s good.

5:56 PMjordan thompson​did anyone ever play the jaws unleashed on ps2

5:56 PMDesert Rain​I haven’t, but I saw some game play footage of it. Looked interesting and cheesy.

5:58 PMjordan thompson​the worst by far is the jaws universal parks game

5:59 PMDesert Rain​Never played it but I heard that Universal Studios game was a nightmare.

5:59 PMDesert Rain​I got three cats of my own that I wouldn’t trade for the world, and hope to eventually adopt an oriental shorthair cat.

6:01 PMjordan thompson​I still want jaws 19

6:02 PMDesert Rain​That’s awesome, great way to get the kitty fix when you can’t adopt one.

6:03 PMDesert Rain​But oriental shorthair kitties are beautiful, love their unique appearance, especially their big, floppy and expressive ears.

6:05 PMjordan thompson​have you ever had to fight a glitchy game to play it

6:10 PMjordan thompson​Andrew your god complex is showing