Where's the pomp? The circumstance? Did anyone think to tell Amazon?

0:00 - I sang on RafScrap's cover of "Be Prepared"! Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlhtEkcbuMw

2:22 - Wait... the Nintendo Switch 2 comes out in less than two weeks?!!!

11:47 - Games aren't expensive enough, says totally real gamers who don't have a stake in game sales

30:34 - The history of Benny Bear

35:04 - After logging hundreds of hours over the past few months, some gamers have stopped playing Monster Hunter Wilds

47:11 - My thoughts on two recent Star Wars shows: Andor and Tales of the Underworld

56:42 - Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii may give you a bit too much freedom

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Credits: Molehill Mountain is hosted by Andrew Eisen.  Music in the show includes "To the Top" by Silent Partner.  It is in the public domain and free to use.  Molehill Mountain logo by Scott Hepting.

Chat Transcript:

6:59 PMaddictedtochaos​​Hello

7:01 PMAndrew Eisen​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlhtE...

7:02 PMeathdemon​​enjoy switch 2 for those buying it

7:02 PMeathdemon​​will not be me

7:04 PMaddictedtochaos​​I’m trying to take a night off from work to go to the midnight release.

7:04 PMeathdemon​​bad nintendo fan you are, forgeting about the switch 2, for shame andrew

7:05 PMeathdemon​​ /s

7:05 PMeathdemon​​I mean there is nothing really to say tbh

7:07 PMcaleb723​​I might try to sneak a purchase for one but I'm not sure, I hadn't really committed to buying one day 1

7:07 PMLynndy Lee​​hello

7:08 PMeathdemon​​I dont play my switch one much, im a pc gamer for the most part, and kinda been that way since 2010

7:09 PMeathdemon​​ribit ribit, someone has bunny's on the brain lol

7:09 PMorii 💖​​Hiiiiii ^^, one question. When are you reacting to the winner of Eurovision 2025? By the way, there was a new winner last Saturday. 👀

7:09 PMaddictedtochaos​​Amazon can’t do preorders for Nintendo anything.

7:10 PMeathdemon​​nintendo and amazon has had a rocky relationship for sevral years

7:10 PMeathdemon​​I remember this all the way back in the 3ds lol

7:10 PMcaleb723​​I think Amazon used to sell and ship games ahead of street date maybe?

7:10 PMaddictedtochaos​​I think it is due to street date violations

7:11 PMaddictedtochaos​​You can’t even buy eShop currency on Amazon.

7:12 PMSheekago​​Yo Andrew

7:13 PMaddictedtochaos​​The Switch 1 pro controller is compatible. It just won’t wake the Switch 2 up from sleep mode.

7:13 PMSheekago​​I feel like anyone who claims games should cost more are trolls.

7:13 PMSheekago​​Or are somehow employed by gaming companies.

7:13 PMeathdemon​​basicly trying to self razationlize why nintendo charginge $80 not being a rip off lol

7:14 PMeathdemon​​just go gety expedition 33 for $50 lol

7:16 PMLynndy Lee​​yeah! looking forward to the "Be Prepared" BTS video ♥

7:18 PMcaleb723​​Oh wait, I think Amazon had that program a while back where you could preorder games for 10% off and I wonder if that was it

7:20 PMLynndy Lee​​for the price on video games these days and you don't even get to own a physical copy of it.

7:22 PMaddictedtochaos​​Yeah, I’m going to much more selective going forward on which games I’ll be buying.

7:24 PMaddictedtochaos​​My backlog will last me the rest of my life.

7:24 PMTartTooth​​Andrew, do you still follow your $50 rule from back in the day? Are you skipping Switch 2 for now?

7:25 PMSheekago​​Show and Tell time

7:25 PMeathdemon​​8just play thia year'as goty for only $50 lol. intreasting fact 3 of the four big games this year (split fiction, expedition 33, and oblivion remastered) all being $50 lol

7:26 PMeathdemon​​with only mh wilds being $70

7:26 PMSheekago​​Does that mean you're going to have to get stoned to voice the hyena?

7:27 PMSheekago​​You should show off all the artwork wit you in it

7:29 PMaddictedtochaos​​I’ll consider the follow up to the Switch 2, but the next PS and Xbox will be a hard sell for me.

7:30 PMSheekago​​You bought Monter Hunter Wilds. Wasn't that like $70? I'm sure that was worth the exception.

7:31 PMaddictedtochaos​​It appears to be more powerful than the Xbox Series S.

7:32 PMcaleb723​​All plushes were hand caught in the wild and personally stuffed

7:32 PMSheekago​​You mean you don't want to play Welcome Tour on Switch 2? It's only $10!

7:33 PMSheekago​​So Benny Bear is aging like a live human? He's shrinking and got a new nose?

7:33 PMcaleb723​​Melanoma gets us all in the end, even Benny Bear ellipsis

7:34 PMSheekago​​Okay, that's a precious story.

7:34 PMaddictedtochaos​​I still have my childhood teddy bear as well.

7:37 PMAndrew Eisen​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlhtE...

7:42 PMSheekago​​Next, Nintendo will do a video game about the bright lights warning on certain games.

7:44 PMLynndy Lee​​did you punch the face?

7:44 PMcaleb723​​So you and Rean have a similar backstory, huh

7:44 PMLynndy Lee​​I would if anyone threw my stuff out the window

7:46 PMIrrelevant Gaming Channel​​eeyyy its Andrew xD

7:47 PMSheekago​​Stray dog thought it was a chew toy and ran off with it.

7:50 PMIrrelevant Gaming Channel​​Bro its been forever... i remember the video that made me sub to you... That Tera video... "Buy them a bus ticket to travel across the country and play COOP" xD

7:53 PMIrrelevant Gaming Channel​​Jedi Care Bear xD

7:58 PMIrrelevant Gaming Channel​​Andor depressed me even further after the Mandalorian failure...

8:01 PMIrrelevant Gaming Channel​​Got high expectations for Fallout S2

8:03 PMIrrelevant Gaming Channel​​aw no watch it all, it gets much better

8:04 PMIrrelevant Gaming Channel​​later dude