Best GamePolitics Podcasts (2025)

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Molehill Mountain Episode 422 – Gas Leak, Not Mine 1:22:23

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I survived! 0:00 – My Spanish is so bad a small child erupted in laughter 4:39 – What is the first movie I saw in the theater? 12:26 – This year’s stop motion segment from Just Dance was really great! 19:53 – How many of the 69 Game Awards nominees have I played? 31:57 – ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 422 – Gas Leak, Not Mine’ »…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 421 – Solo Bounty Hunting For Two 1:27:10

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Samus is going to shoot this guy. 0:00 – Rich shmucks say the dumbest things about gen AI! 15:10 – Valve didn’t make Half-Life 3 but it did remake the Gamecube! 20:09 – Nintendo releases a trailer for the Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Daisy is still nowhere to be seen 31:08 – Metroid Prime ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 421 – Solo B…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 420 – Random Internet Man Shares Very Important Opinions 1:15:31

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What obvious joke? 0:00 – I’m no longer posting on Twitter. Find me at Bluesky (link below) 0:50 – Anther year, another wildly successful Extra Life marathon! 7:57 – San Diego Gas & Electric sent me a survey. It was poorly written and I told them so. 15:18 – I work in the education system. ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 420 – Rando…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 419 – Quickie 19:24

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I got work stuff to do tonight but I can fit in an abbreviated podcast. 0:00 – The Extra Life charity marathon is next weekend! Unfortunately, my sister Keleigh won’t be here 5:27 – Masahiro Sakurai and the endless Kirby Nintendo Directs 11:46 – Pikmin 4 is getting a free content update! Over two years ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episod…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 418 – AI Hurt My Feelings 1:12:28

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My precious, fragile little feelings. 0:00 – Throw a magic baby at it! 7:47 – Monster Hunter Wilds is still fun. So I’m still playing it. 22:26 – I organized one of those silly games you play on corporate Zoom calls. You know, team building and stuff? Anyway, one of the teams used AI to ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 418 – AI Hurt …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 417 – Broken Peacock 1:14:18

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Molehill Mountain Episode 416 – Stellar Blade Is Metroid: Other M 1:28:42

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And Dark Souls. Who knew? 0:00 – The weird and dumb computer reason I canceled last week’s podcast 5:04 – Ninja’s are known for their silence so it’s an odd name for a blender 7:56 – My silicone has gone solid 11:15 – I’m not leaving YouTube but… 40:17 – Stellar Blade has the same ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 416 – Stellar Blade …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 415 – Hipster Gamer 1:36:01

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I like these games but you’ve probably never heard of them. 0:00 – Stellar Blade (adventures at Walmart and very early impressions) 26:17 – I-Ninja 29:26 – Shadow of the Empire 36:55 – Ace Attorney Investigations 38:56 – Body Harvest 43:26 – Hybrid Heaven 48:03 – Aggressive Inline 52:21 – P.N.03 55:45 – Starfox Adventures ... Continue reading ‘Mole…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 414 – Good Games Don’t Bite 1:25:42

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I may not know a good game if it bit me but if a game bit me, I’d say it’s a bit of a jerk. 0:00 – Ico/Shadow of the Colossus 18:25 – Katamari Damacy 29:17 – Muramasa: The Demon Blade 30:14 – Metal Arms: A Glitch in the System 31:36 – Metal Gear Solid ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 414 – Good Games Don’t Bite’ »…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 413 – The Worst Political Mailer 57:56

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No matter how bad you mess up in life, you will never mess up THIS badly. 0:00 – YouTube only recommends new videos from my favorite creators after I’ve already watched them. That’s dumb. YouTube is dumb and should feel bad. 2:58 – Behold! The dumbest political mailer I’ve ever seen! 7:17 – 352 hours ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 412 – Non-Marketer Has Opinions On Marketing 1:58:17

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Movies, games… little else! 0:00 – Wo Long, Wukong, Wuchang, and Woochi 3:38 – Gameplay footage of Jurassic Park Survival is apparently 65 million years in the making 7:22 – Capcom showed us all the positive things people said about their controlled demo of Pragmata. Were there any less-than-positive impressions? Surely not, you trust the ... Conti…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 411 – Butts and Dinosaurs 1:12:33

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Dino butts! 0:00 – I owe South Bay Drive-In an apology 10:08 – Butts or dinos? Why not both? 34:02 – Monster Hunter Wilds’ DLC is way overpriced If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Molehill Mountain, you can watch the video replay on YouTube. Alternatively, you can catch audio versions of the show on iTunes. Molehill ... Continue reading ‘Mo…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 410 – I Was Wrong! 1:32:09

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Unfortunately, it changes nothing. No timestamps this week as I spend the entire episode bemoaning generative AI. Don’t worry, it’s very therapeutic! For me. If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Molehill Mountain, you can watch the video replay on YouTube. Alternatively, you can catch audio versions of the show on iTunes. Molehill Mountain st…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 409 – VC GTA BS 1:05:48

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Overestimating GTA VI sales for fun and profit! 0:00 – Horse girls and ads in Spanish. It’s like the algorithm doesn’t even know me! 24:00 – Despite what venture capital would have you believe, GTA VI is NOT going to sell 85 million copies in two months 49:42 – Video game anthology Secret Level has ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 40…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 408 – A Tube Top to Kill For 53:29

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Monster Hunter. Because no living thing will stand in the way of fashion! 0:00 – Some musings about Superman 23:35 – Astro Bot adds Square Enix bots! And Susan Yōtei. 28:45 – Ghost of Yōtei looks pretty neat! 35:24 – I’m still having fun with Monster Hunter Wilds! If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Ep…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 407 – Couch Potato 57:22

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I watched some movies this week. 0:00 – I hit 12k subscribers! 8 years after hitting 11,332 subscribers! Which itself took six years! 13:16 – Madisynn should be in every Marvel project! 20:15 – I paused The Day the Earth Blew Up twice to clean my bathroom! 37:07 – K-Pop Demon Hunters is pretty darn ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 40…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 406 – Best Frendo 1:11:37

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So I read the Clown In a Cornfield books… 0:00 – Raging bigot is also bad at geography 5:52 – How many squirrels is a concerning number of squirrels? 10:32 – I drove a rental for the past few days 28:38 – YouTube is recommending exclusively Dead Meat’s Kill Count videos 38:46 – Donkey Kong ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 406 – Best …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 405 – Mostly Only Positive 57:51

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Game previews galore but sadly not terribly much that’s calling to me. 0:00 – The new Predator animated anthology is pretty cool! 7:28 – Catch Me at the Ballpark! is a charming anime so far! 13:05 – The Switch 2, like its predecessor, is a great platform to play worse versions of old games 27:25 ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 405 –…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 404 – Storm Trooper Armor Is Fashion Over Function 1:04:41

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Maybe they should try plot armor! 0:00 – YouTube continues making everything worse 4:32 – Games are more expensive these days; the total cost simply isn’t the entirety of the initial purchase price 33:18 – Storm Trooper armor offers no protection 43:04 – I can’t get into Kowloon Generic Romance because the protagonist is inexplicably ... Continue r…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 402 – Little Ado About Everything 57:26

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This podcast has nothing to do with the fact that I haven’t had a burger in years. 0:00 – Sometimes, movie trailers are good! 12:25 – Can we crack the code of the inexplicable popularity of Gemma from Monster Hunter Wilds? 26:38 – I watched Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines on a whim and it’s ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 402 – Li…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 401 – The Least of YouTube’s Problems 58:31

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Still super annoying though. 0:00 – I accidentally ripped off my dentist 2:54 – Incredibly, YouTube manages to make its platform worse 8:10 – For next year’s Oscars, the academy members will have to actually watch all the films in a category to vote 15:36 – TV shows. Do I prefer all episodes released at ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episo…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 400 – RafScraptacular! 1:08:58

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To celebrate the landmark achievement of reaching an arbitrary but no less round and impressively large episode number, and certainly not due to simple, serendipitous happenstance, we’re spending this week’s episode talking shop with YouTube musician extraordinaire, RafScrap and her producer/collaborator Gezeus! Check out their channels: RafScrap –…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 399 – Nintendo Direct Into My Veins 1:41:29

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Nintendo Switch 2. I have thoughts. 0:00 – Monster Hunter is like Jell-o. There’s always room for more. Unless you’re full. Or just don’t like it in the first place. 28:14 – Nintendo’s expensive new console has expensive new games! If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Molehill Mountain, you can watch the video replay on ... Continue reading ‘…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 398 – Rube Goldberg Solutions 54:50

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It’s not the solution, it’s the journey. 0:00 – Yahoo can’t design a website, YouTube can’t stop ad blocking software, and Facebook doesn’t care about it’s own Community Guidelines 9:42 – I thought Marvel’s five hour live stream revealing the cast of Avengers: Doomsday was kinda dumb… but it grew on me 13:40 – Nintendo ... Continue reading ‘Molehil…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 397 – Daredevil Ep3 Didn’t Do It For Me 1:08:34

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Daredevil, Monster Hunter Wilds, and not much else. 0:00 – There’s this movie where a samurai fights off 400 dudes in one 77-minute unbroken cut! I could only sit through 17 minutes 11:58 – Daredevil is off to a good start but the third episode didn’t really work for me 38:40 – Technical issues aside, ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 396 – Caught Not Ogling 1:12:47

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Watch where you’re not looking, jerk! 0:00 – There comes a time in every adult’s life where you must poop in an envelop and send it through the post 8:11 – Monster Hunter Wilds is a lot of fun but yikes are there some issues with the visual presentation 1:06:24 – Sometimes, ogling attractive people ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 39…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 395 – 10 Things to Know Before You Podcast! 1:25:59

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Free marketing! 0:00 – “10 Things You Need to Know” videos are mostly just reading publisher-provided fact sheets. Darn shame that YouTube has engineered its platform in a way that forces creators who make videos for a living to pad their output with this fluff, as clever and well-made as some of it can be. ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain E…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 394 – Valentine’s Candy Sale! 1:07:46

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The best part of Valentine’s Day is the subsequent sale on candy! 0:00 – I couldn’t find any Valentine’s Day candy so I bought a giant Valentine’s Day cookie 13:00 – Yahoo Mail’s redesign is objectively worse 26:30 – Capcom’s marketing blitz for Monster Hunter Wilds isn’t always presenting the game in the best light ... Continue reading ‘Molehill M…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 393 – I’m Sure It Was Nothing 1:01:15

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PSN is back up which means I can spend more time in the Monster Hunter Wilds character creator. 0:00 – The PSN was down for a day and Sony is being unnervingly quite about it 19:00 – The early hours of Mario & Luigi: Dream Team are a bit dull 37:21 – Sing is a ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 393 – I’m Sure It Was Nothing’ »…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 392 – The Saddest Carrot Cake 1:06:32

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Not a lie, just sad. 0:00 – Happy birthday to me. Sans cake. 8:15 – The dead are uninsurable. 30:28 – Forensic mystery game Tokyo Psychodemic has some pretty rough spots but it’s got a solid foundation that I hope the creatives behind it get the opportunity to refine and expand on. 58:20 – The ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 392 – T…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 391 – Secret PlayStation Fanboy? 1:25:59

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Let’s see how many Astro Bot cameos I recognize. NOTE: This is probably not a great audio-only episode as the majority of it relies on video game footage. 0:00 – Making people cry with Barbershop. In a good way! 3:55 – For a Nintendo fanboy, I recognize a surprising number of PlayStation characters. Hmm… If ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain E…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 390 – I’m Sure the Games Will Be Good 1:08:13

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I’m sure the Switch 2 will be about as powerful as a console that came out over 10 years ago. 0:00 – Maybe we shouldn’t listen to venture capitalists, let alone adopt their falsehood-based, self-serving opinions 36:28 – Switch 2 is exactly what we expected it to be, even without the leaks 1:00:10 – My ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 389 – Fun With 4K 1:04:06

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NOTE: This podcast is not streamed in 4K. 0:00 – 4K gaming isn’t as easy as getting a PS5. You need a 4K TV. And if you want to stream them you need a 4K capture card. And a 4K switcher. And 4K HDMI cables. 9:13 – Ghost of Tsushima is Horizon: Zero Dawn with ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 389 – Fun With 4K’ »…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 388 – All the News That Doesn’t Matter 1:17:37

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But I’m going to make a big deal about it anyway. 0:00 – I put my weights outside for the Extra Life marathon. It rained once for 10 minutes and the darn things rusted 2:39 – Jurassic World: Chaos Theory’s antagonist is from the most recent movie. I didn’t recognize her. Even though I saw ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 388 – All th…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 387 – Light Blocked By the Big Thing 1:49:41

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During the recent Extra Life charity marathon, we raised enough money for me to fell 13 colossi in Shadow of the Colossus. Unfortunately, we only got to 8 of them during the event. So, I’m using a podcast to tackle the rest. Probably not the best episode to listen to audio-only but you do you! ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 387 – L…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 386 – An Insufficient Amount of Coke 1:07:09

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You know you have a problem if your video game trailer has to link a blog post to explain what you just watched. 0:00 – Adventures in shopping 31:59 – Adventures in editing 41:43 – Adventures in marketing If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Molehill Mountain, you can watch the video replay on YouTube. Alternatively, ... Continue reading ‘Mol…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 385 – Oh No, Alarmo! 54:56

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It’s very… Nintendo. 0:00 – You had one job, USPS! 10:31 – The first keyboard was my fault. The second… 15:12 – Alarmo is a neat concept but way overpriced for what’s one offer If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Molehill Mountain, you can watch the video replay on YouTube. Alternatively, you can catch audio ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mo…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 384 – Metaphor Play 1:15:32

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I was satisfied. 0:00 – I’ll admit, blocking Amazon’s new AI chatbot gave me a little thrill 3:27 – Vons anti-shoplifting efforts are so anti-customer, it feels like its deliberately trying to drive shoppers away 17:46 – The recent Tokyo Games Show showed games in Tokyo 46:15 – Metaphor is an RPG in which the ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 383 – It’s Okay to Walk Away 1:12:26

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From video games you haven’t beaten. And other things too but I’m specifically referring to video games in this case. 0:00 – Agatha All Along leaves a positive first impression 8:44 – Did you have Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii on your bingo card? 22:25 – Sony isn’t revealing the price of their 30th Anniversary Edition ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mount…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 382 – I Never Called 1:08:39

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I mean, that was REALLY hard to get. 0:00 – Some woman I don’t know left her phone number on a sticky note and affixed it to the back of a book on my bookshelf. I don’t know who she is or how she got in my apartment. 5:55 – The IRS won’t tell me ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 382 – I Never Called’ »…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 381 – No Explanation or Context 47:36

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Bad game advertisement strike again! 0:00 – Conjuring a bed is the best superpower making Zelda the best superhero. That’s just science! 2:47 – Expedition 33’s first look gameplay video left me wanting. And not in a good way… 18:28 – Terminator Zero is kinda dull 31:28 – Sneak peak at some ideas I have ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episod…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 380 – The Only Game at Gamescom 1:05:56

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Odd to have an entire convention for one game but it was one I’m anticipating so it’s fine. 0:00 – Furiosa is like the Alien prequels 9:32 – Deadpool & Wolverine exercises more restraint than Alien: Romulus 34:30 – Gamescom’s opening night bored me to tears. Manly tears. 53:44 – Monster Hunter Wilds looks nifty! ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mount…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 379 – Mash vs Saitama 1:03:38

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I’ll try to talk about website design without getting angry. 0:00 – There has never been a good website redesign. Or I’m just unreasonably picky. 15:00 – They made two movies explaining the origins of the Alien. I don’t know, I was always satisfied with “from space” as an answer. 49:21 – I mean, Saitama ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episo…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 378 – It’s a Seikret to Everybody 1:09:52

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Leslie and Bob will return. 0:00 – Disney announced some stuff. I had opinions 19:58 – Amazon Prime’s ad breaks are crap (the new Batman show is okay though!) 24:47 – I got a promotion and my health insurance provider benefited! 33:30 – The Legend of Nayuta has a great, fully-featured New Game Plus mode! ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Epis…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 377 – Let’s See What We Can SDCC 56:31

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Less comics, more con? 0:00 – The Legend of Nayuta is a perfectly okay game, though it does overstay its welcome 13:32 – Behold! The long and tortured rational I used to predict Fie and Sara’s origins in Trails of Cold Steel! 33:41 – San Diego Comic Con is happening RIGHT NOW!!! If you missed ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 377 – Le…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 376 – Predictions of Cold Steel 46:58

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New game. New predictions. Same batting average. 0:00 – A small issue with the otherwise spiffy Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess demo 12:47 – Here are my Trails of Cold Steel predictions before I start streaming the game tomorrow If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Molehill Mountain, you can watch the video replay on YouTube. ... Continue r…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 375 – A Good Guess 1:13:23

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Technically a failing grade in being right. 0:00 – How accurate were my Trails to Azure predictions? 14:30 – I finally beat Persona 5 Royal. What did I think? 51:46 – Some anime has red flags. So let’s talk about the first two episodes of My Wife Has No Emotion If you missed Saturday’s live ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 375 – A Go…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 374 – There Is No Zuul, Only Nintendo! 1:20:27

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Not-E3 saved the best for last. 0:00 – I wanted to hook up an external mic to my camera but I bought the wrong cable. Oops! 4:30 – I bought a box of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Mac ‘N Cheese. It’s… colorful! 11:10 – I bought a set of 50 lb dumbbells. They’re very expensive! 25:46 ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 374 – There Is No Zuul, Only …

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Molehill Mountain Episode 373 – Armchair Marketing Consultant 1:11:50

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All lanes are my lane! 0:00 – There were more video game trailers this week. Some of them caught my attention 47:10 – The Lollipop Chainsaw RePop trailer and why it is the worst trailer in the history of video game marketing If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Molehill Mountain, you can watch the ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episo…

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Molehill Mountain Episode 372 – Games, Games Everywhere 1:04:03

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Thank goodness for gameplay-less game trailers or I’d never get through them all! No timestamps this week as I spend the entire episode talking about the various video game trailers that caught my eye. If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Molehill Mountain, you can watch the video replay on YouTube. Alternatively, you can catch audio ... Cont…