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Molehill Mountain Episode 151 – Steam Sale Shenanigans

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How could anyone have seen this coming? 12:25 – Google doesn’t think gamers want a subscription service so Stadia will charge a subscription AND per game! …what? 32:44 – Lazy Valve made obvious boo-boos with its Steam Summer Sale. Because it’s lazy, you see. 44:42 – Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft stand arm-in-arm against tariffs 53-16 …

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Nitro Game Injection #362: Dimensional Cadence

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The Soundtrack Spotlight gets shined on both Dimension Drive and Cadence of Hyrule, new stuff from Brave Wave, GameLark, and OverClocked ReMix are featured, and tons more on this episode of Nitro Game Injection!

Molehill Mountain Episode 150 – Chucky vs Buddi

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I saw the new Child’s Play. I have opinions. 0:43 – Hey, did you hear what EA said about loot boxes? 15:27 – YouTube’s algorithm is… not very good. 25:47 – Time to talk Child’s Play. 47:52 – I don’t want to watch season 2 of Iron Fist… but I must!

Molehill Mountain Episode 149 – The Great E3 Recap Show!

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E3 2019 is over!  Let’s excitedly prattle on about all the games we want to buy! 1:04 – Microsoft 55:19 – Bethesda 1:11:09 – Devolver Digital 1:19:54 – PC Gaming 1:48:34 – Ubisoft 2:02:40 – Square Enix 2:23:26 – Nintendo 3:19:00 – E3 winners, final thoughts, and miscellaneous games

Molehill Mountain Episode 148 – Pooping In the Punch Bowl

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Here’s last week’s podcast.  (What can I say?  I’ve been busy.)  This week’s podcast will be posted in the next couple of days. 3:50 – EA’s new Star Wars game didn’t present very well 24:14 – Bandai Namco game director/producer releases statement on all three of the company’s E3 games leaking 26:16 – Google Stadia …

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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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Molehill Mountain Episode 146 – Nothing But Bad Ideas

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In the long, sad history of bad ideas, these are some of them. 19:36 – Ouya’s days are numbered. Who knew it was still alive? 28:59 – Fire Watch publisher announces a Nintendo-esque quirky portable console 40:38 – Terminator franchise picks itself up, brushes itself off, and tries it all over again. Again. 52:12 – …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 145 – Worse Than the Sonic Movie Trailer

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Sega and Paramount can breath a sigh of relief. 7:40 – Two grown men seriously discuss Detective Pikachu 41:01 – Minecraft Earth has a bad trailer and who ever made it should feel bad 51:35 – Nintendo’s voucher program is very Nintendo 1:05:05 – Epic should know that gamers don’t take kindly to idea of …

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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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Nitro Game Injection #351: Go Another Round

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The post-350 era of Nitro Game Injection (which it turns out is no different from the pre-350 era) begins with rockin’ tracks from the likes of RichaadEB, Little V, and PirateCrab, gets a little jazzy and funky with Cyril the Wolf, Super Soul Bros., and Tee Lopes, debuts a new segment dedicated to AmigaRemix.com, a …

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