Molehill Mountain Episode 167 – The Mandalorian Just Isn’t Doing It For Me

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadYeah, I’m that guy. Again. 0:44 – Microsoft’s Inside Xbox event was poop. 6:37 – Google Stadia ain’t going to do that well, methinks. 25:54 – Redesign makes Sonic look better but the movie still looks bad. 36:48 – I don’t much care for The Mandalorian thus far.

Molehill Mountain Episode 147 – Nintendo Fears Perfection

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadNintendo 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 …

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

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadJust 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 …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 136 – Bethesda Holds THQ Nordic’s Beer

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download In other news, Detective Pikachu still looks great! 9:26 – THQ Nordic pulls the greatest PR boner in years 26:10 – Detective Pikachu still looks great! 38:23 – Pokemon Gen 8 and the new starters 1:03:12 – Lightning Round: Upcoming movies, the Oscars, super expensive DLC and more!

Molehill Mountain Episode 134 – Better Than Chex

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download EZK has the night off so Andrew is all yours… No timestamps this week but I talk about Activision firing a bunch of its workers after bragging about its best financials in its history, Jump Force’s bad trailers, a Twitch streamer who has maybe decided to stop using …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 131 – Well, Crap…

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadMetroid 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 …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 109 – Sexier Than Senran Kagura

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadActivision, 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 …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 105 – Poor, Put-Upon Scrappy-Doo

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadHow could we be so cruel? 23:52 – Pirates pirate pirates so pirates can’t pirate pirates! 30:22 – PUBG drops lawsuit against Fortnite 33:54 – Sony drops ball on cross-platform play, Nintendo and Microsoft run with it 47:09 – PQube cancels western localization of Omega Labrynth Z, seemingly at …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 103 – When Nintendo Loses E3, No One Wins

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadEZK and Andrew spend a few hours talking E3 2018! (We talked about EA’s conference on last week’s show.) 4:53 – Microsoft 53:28 – Bethesda 1:20:30 – Square-Enix 1:42:11 – Ubisoft 2:17:06 – PC 2:47:32 – Devolver Digital 2:54:12 – Sony 3:30:19 – Nintendo

Molehill Mountain Episode 74 – Happy Birthday, Wii U!

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Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadIt’s the long-dead Wii U’s fifth birthday! 0:10 – For the Wii U’s fifth birthday, we remember the 300 games that released on the PS3 and 360 (and often, a bunch of other platforms as well) but not the Wii U 26:42 – Universal’s Illumination may be handling an …

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