Best OLR Studios Podcasts (2025)

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Orange Lounge Radio 1062 - 9/21/2025 1:47:32

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The Xbox is forced to raise it's prices again, which leaves the question will anyone be buying them this holiday season? Has Microsoft already begun to implement a strategy to keep the Game Pass sales flowing even without the Xbox sales full speed ahead this holiday season? We discuss this news, our gaming weeks, highlight a classic game, and so mu…

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Orange Lounge Radio 1061 - 9/14/2025 1:43:06

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Nintendo surprised us all with a new Direct this last week, focusing heavily on the 40th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. Of course, that isn't the only thing in gaming celebrating an anniversary. Grow older with all of us at Orange Lounge Radio as we reflect on this news and so much more on another week of the longest running video game podcast, O…

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Orange Lounge Radio 1060 - 9/7/2025 1:35:20

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Hollow Knight: Silksong actually released after much anticipation this week, and gamers everywhere celebrated by bringing down many storefronts due to the demand for this much anticipated game. We take feedback from chat on this game and the continued popularity of "Metroidvania" titles. Rob catches up from our week off with what happened for him a…

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Orange Lounge Radio 1059 - 8/24/2025 2:16:32

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Gamescom happened this week, and the Opening Night Live event brought us many new trailers and game announcements. We take time at the top of our show to dissect all of the news and announcements from this large show in Europe. The news doesn't stop there though, as we have a show in between down weeks as Rob heads off to Dragon Con this Labor Day …

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Orange Lounge Radio 1058 - 8/10/2025 1:28:18

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What's old is new again, as we get word that some of the minds behind RedOctane, who once brought us music game peripherals and the original Rock Band, is coming back to form RedOctane Games. Though details on any game release are sparse, as long time music game fans, what do we hope to see in a new game? We discuss this, and much more in the week …

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Orange Lounge Radio 1057 - 8/3/2025 1:37:28

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Nintendo brought us a new direct this week, with announcements from third parties about more titles coming to the Switch 2 and original Switch this year. Of course, if you still haven't picked up an original Switch, you'll soon be paying more for it in the US due to "market conditions", a nice way to not draw a tweetstorm full of ire on the underly…

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Orange Lounge Radio 1056 - 7/27/2025 1:41:50

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Large Payment Processors have threatened to stop with big storefronts like itch.io and Steam unless certain NSFW games are delisted. With resources strained at some online stores, a big wave pulled down a broad stroke of games that may not have actually been NSFW, leaving many confused. We discuss this controversy in the industry and what gamers ar…

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Orange Lounge Radio 1055 - 7/20/2025 2:26:01

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Microsoft ended the sale of Movies and TV shows via the Xbox platform this week, which for a company that put a lot into multimedia at one time came as quite a surprise. We talk about why Microsoft pulled back from these sales, and if other gaming companies involved might follow suit. Also, what's up with the large entertainment companies that can'…

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Orange Lounge Radio 1054 - 7/13/2025 1:35:11

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Piracy websites are being cracked down on by the American Government, but what are some of the reasons that drive people to pirate? We discuss this part of the industry that has an impact, even if it's something that's not openly discussed often. There's other news to get into as well, as our gaming backlogs grow this summer with all of the gaming …

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Orange Lounge Radio 1053 - 7/6/2025 1:46:22

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A popular online petition called Stop Killing Games gained additional traction in the last few weeks, hitting an important milestone. This causes a European game publisher group to respond, along with some online commentators. We break down this petition and what it could mean for the future, and some thoughts on what should be done to regulate the…