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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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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 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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Molehill Mountain Episode 132 – The Better Fanboy

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Turns out EZK is the better fanboy. Yes, it’s a competition. 12:28 – EZK, the better fanboy, talks about Iron Fist S2, Daredevil S3 and Punisher S2 47:46 – DC Super Pets movie! Who cares about anything else? DC SUPER PETS MOVIE!!! 1:01:37 – NetherRealm artist tells IGN Brazil that Mortal Kombat boss won’t be …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 131 – Well, Crap…

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Metroid Prime 4 is going to be a while. 0:29 – Nintendo announces it has junked Metroid Prime 4 and is starting over from scratch 28:47 – PSA: Wii shop closes on Jan. 30th so if you own games, you better download them now! 38:58 – She-Ra Season 2 coming in April. Glad to hear …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 124 – Exactly As Advertised

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Bad Bethesda. Bad, bad Bethesda! 33:09 – Bethesda advertised a nice canvas bag for its Collector’s Edition of Fallout 76 but sent gamers a cheap nylon bag instead 46:05 – The ESA makes an absurd, lie-filled statement about Loot Boxes

Molehill Mountain Episode 118 – Intimacy Mode

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We’ve played none of the Senran Kagura games. But that’s not going to stop us from talking about them! 22:22 – No Season 3 for the Immortal Iron Fist 38:05 – Publisher cites new Sony policy to explain censorship of new Senran Kagura game 50:46 – The Brazilian government is investigating Valve for hosting a …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 116 – Bowsette Bandwagon

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Nintendo and Sony both listened to their fans.  How about that? 22:36 – LEGO Worlds for Switch requires subscription to Nintendo’s online service to download free DLC 28:13 – Sony enables cross platform play for Fortnite; is disgustingly disingenuous about it 35:14 – Nintendo gives 6 month grace period before deleting your cloud saves if …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 111 – Now With Less Value!

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This is why we can’t have nice things. 28:22 – Amazon decreases the value of its subscription service’s video game pre-order perk 42:09 – Valve makes Windows games playable on Linux 52:56 – Miyamoto opines on flat-fee vs free-to-play mobile games

Molehill Mountain Episode 109 – Sexier Than Senran Kagura

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Activision, EA, Steam and a Senran Kagura pinball game. 9:58 – Peach Ball is gross 31:06 – The physical release of the Spyro trilogy only includes the first game 47:07 – EA DMCAs an opensource city building sim that uses SimCity 2000 assets 55:30 – Steam game caught installing crypto currency miners on users’ PCs