Molehill Mountain Episode 79 – All About the Kugel

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Swatting got someone killed last week.  It’s an unpleasant topic and one we spend the first part of the show yammering about anything and everything to avoid it.  But, as former GamePolitics writers, we felt we needed to discuss it. 46:00 – Gamers kill someone via swatting 1:13:08 – Copyright extensions keep hundreds of games …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 71 – Dead Horse Beatings

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EA has closed one of its studios… again. 32:38 – Capcom grossly overprices its costume DLC for Marvel vs Capcom Infinite 37:10 – Disney finally revealed the official name of its upcoming Han Solo movie. It’s boring. 39:12 – Bethesda goes overboard with Season Pass and Preorder shenanigans for Wolfenstein 2 41:25 – Switch OS …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 67 – Podcast Bombing

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Podcast bombing.  It’s a thing. Also a thing? Review bombing, DMCA abuse and the Tokyo Game Show. 0:00 – Will technology advance to the point where we fear it will harm our children and turn them into bad apples? 29:55 – Let’s talk DMCA abuse. At length… 1:10:28 – Valve tries to address review bombing …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 66 – A Heat of the Moment Podcast

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EZK had technical problems so it’s another Andrew solo show. He talks a bit about IT (which he still hasn’t seen) and the recent Nintendo Direct but he spends most of the time complaining about amiibo. Fun stuff!

Molehill Mountain Episode 65 – Nintendo Has NOT Erased Mario & Luigi’s Past

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Let’s get upset about the internet getting upset about things! 0:00 – We talk about IT even though neither of us have seen it. 12:17 – Google labels us a file sharing site for… hosting our own podcast? 18:19 – All of YouTube’s changes are terrible. All of them. 29:35 – My patience pays off! …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 64 – Forced Bundle Podcast!

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Now you can enjoy this podcast with a bunch of crap you don’t want or need! 19:14 – eSports are probably not coming to the Olympics any time soon 38:09 – GameStop says console bundles are convenient for customers 53:28 – Mario + Rabbids update adds enough content and fixes that makes us question whether …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 55 – Adventures Is Best Star Fox

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What happens when one of the podcast hosts has a life? You get another Andrew solo show! 7:42 – I explain why I stopped playing Life Is Strange after five minutes 20:18 – I share my mixed thoughts on the first couple hours of Resident Evil 6 36:54 – Nintendo announced the SNES Classic Edition

Molehill Mountain Episode 54 – Atari’s Back!!!

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By request, we’ve kept our pre-show banter in the video version of the podcast (linked below).  You can skip ahead to the start of the show proper (or another topic) with the timestamps below.  In the show’s final half hour, Andrew and Zachary discuss the future of AR games the cost of living in San …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 51 – All the News That’s Fit To Podcast

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Nintendo’s online service might not be as fully featured as its competition but hey, at least it will be cheaper! 15:52 – Nintendo details pricing and features of its paid online service 25:55 – Voice chat headset for Switch is overly complicated 34:24 – Valve announces the price of Steam Direct 46:20 – The ethical …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 49 – Mario Kart Needs More Road Rage

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This week, Nintendo made a reasonable localization decision. I know, we were surprised too! 28:17 – Nintendo replaces obscene gesture in Mario Kart 8 34:26 – No Destiny 2 on Switch because the game is online-only 39:52 – World of Tank devs are using copyright in order to censor harsh criticism