Molehill Mountain Episode 164 – I Forgot

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The journalism ball.  I have dropped it. 0:08 – WGA puts the kabash on the Videogame Writing Award for 2019 5:24 – Let’s talk about this year’s Kunkel Awards! (Better late then never, right?) 24:29 – Kamala Khan joins the Avengers in the upcoming Crystal Dynamics video game 35:37 – Monster Hunter World Iceborne crosses …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 163 – Oh Yeah, The Last Of Us Part II Is a Thing

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I’d forgotten all about it. 1:27 – Fallout 76 masks (from Gamestop) have a mold problem 4:58 – Disney and Sony play nice with Spider-Man 13:08 – Naughty Dog reminds the world that The Last Of Us Part II exists 23:56 – More Monster Hunter World Iceborne talk

Nitro Game Injection #372: Dreaming Big

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This week, NGI celebrates the Dreamcast’s 20th anniversary, gets a dose of Dwelling of Duels’ August 2019 competition entries, features selections from Materia Collective’s EIDOLON: Music from Final Fantasy IX album, and more! Support the KNGI Network on Patreon and Ko-Fi Follow for updates on Twitter and Facebook Subscribe on YouTube Join the discussion on …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 153 – The Switchless Switch

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Not-a-Switch? Switch In Name Only? 0:12 – Andrew argues that Judgment was purposefully made a lesser game in order to incentivize gamers to purchase microtransactions and paid DLC 31:42 – The 3D characters in the new Lupin III animated movie are amazingly on model! 40:35 – The forthcoming beta gives us a look at what …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 147 – Nintendo Fears Perfection

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Nintendo fears perfection.  That’s my theory for why it inexplicably saddles its otherwise genius games with at least one unnecessary and objectively bad design decision. 13:03 – Nintendo restricts online play in Super Mario Maker 2 to random players 22:52 – Gaming Disorder is now a recognized illness 38:18 – Anti-loot box and microtransaction bill …

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Nitro Game Injection #356: Encounter! Wankery (RPG Battle Themes Special)

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It’s time to FIGHT this week with guitariffic remixes of battle themes from legendary Japanese RPGs like Phantasy Star, Dragon Quest, Earthbound, Xenoblade, and Persona, as well as cult classics like Breath of Fire, Dragon Slayer, Ys, Wild ARMs, Lufia and more!

Molehill Mountain Episode 144 – State Of ESA

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We know what the future holds, we’re just trying to throw you off track! 34:47 – Sony’s second State Of Play presentation tops the first but still hasn’t found its groove 55:14 – Nintendo content to continue milking the 3DS 59:17 – Video game industry fun facts, courtesy of the ESA! 1:14:59 – The state …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 142 – Our Picks For the Remaining 30 Genesis Mini Games

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We’ll talk about Star Wars next week. 19:22 – What we thought of Shazam! 31:11 – Our picks for the remaining 30 Genesis Mini games 1:13:51 – Super Meat Boy Forever delayed for a very good reason

Molehill Mountain Episode 140 – Let’s Just Make a Mess Of Things

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Just because it’s clearly ineffective and will predictably exacerbate the problem doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do it anyway, right? 9:46 – Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice may not be very fun to play, but there is a lot Andrew likes about it 26:08 – We speculate on what the rumored new Switch SKUs could be 35:13 – …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 137 – I Never Thought I’d Feel Bad For Sonic the Hedgehog

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Seriously, I’ve never cared for the series but this is just cruel. 8:24 – Valve cites “unknown costs and risks” for deciding not to sell Rape Day 30:55 – Nintendo announces Labo VR with a web page but no video 44:46 – Nintendo does not want to maximize profits on mobile by exploiting its fans …

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