E3 2019 is over!  Let’s excitedly prattle on about all the games we want to buy! 1:04 – Microsoft 55:19 – Bethesda 1:11:09 – Devolver Digital 1:19:54 – PC Gaming 1:48:34 – Ubisoft 2:02:40 – Square Enix 2:23:26 – Nintendo 3:19:00 – E3 winners, final thoughts, and miscellaneous games If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 149 – The Great E3 Recap Show!’ »

E3 2019 is over!  Let's excitedly prattle on about all the games we want to buy!

1:04 - Microsoft

55:19 - Bethesda

1:11:09 - Devolver Digital

1:19:54 - PC Gaming

1:48:34 - Ubisoft

2:02:40 - Square Enix

2:23:26 - Nintendo

3:19:00 - E3 winners, final thoughts, and miscellaneous games

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 streams live at 7p PST every Saturday night on RandomTower!

Credits: Molehill Mountain is hosted by E. Zachary Knight and Andrew Eisen. The show is edited by Andrew Eisen. Music in the show includes “Albino” by Brian Boyko. It is in the public domain and free to use. Molehill Mountain logo by Scott Hepting.

Chat Transcript:

5:52 PME. Zachary Knight​Hello Everyone!

5:58 PMotritzu​Evenin' Guys.

5:58 PMmatthew wilson​my game of show is cyberpunk, same as last year

5:59 PMotritzu​I only watched Nintendo's conference.

6:00 PMaddictedtochaos​Hello everyone.

6:00 PMotritzu​And some of the Treehouse stuff.

6:00 PMmatthew wilson​yup

6:00 PMaddictedtochaos​I only saw Nintendo, was at work for everything else.

6:04 PMmatthew wilson​noment of ms press confrence was the cyberpunk stuff

6:04 PMmatthew wilson​outer world is fallout new vagas

6:04 PMmatthew wilson​but in space

6:05 PMjordan thompson​hey long time no see, I like how I cant tell andrews thumbnail is slightly shocked or slightly concerned

6:07 PMjordan thompson​just imagine kids today trying to get through the original doom

6:07 PMmatthew wilson​its comming out feb 2020

6:08 PMjordan thompson​call of duty : modern warfare, wait didnt that already come out???

6:08 PMaddictedtochaos​Ori looks great.

6:08 PMotritzu​DQBuilders 2 comes out early July this year. Yeah, March is going to be expensive.

6:08 PMNightmare Ninja​Animal Crossing being one

6:09 PMmatthew wilson​yup kid freindly deablo

6:09 PMjordan thompson​minecraft : dungeons, not the Diablo we deserve but the diablo we got

6:10 PMNightmare Ninja​Mario Maker 2 creator said you can play with friends online

6:10 PMNightmare Ninja​on the treehouse

6:10 PMAndrew Eisen​Yep. Don't worry, we'll get to that.

6:10 PMaddictedtochaos​Speaking of playing with friends, Nintendo did state that playing with friends in Mario Maker 2 will come in an update.

6:10 PMmatthew wilson​in a patch after launch

6:10 PMNightmare Ninja​yea

6:11 PMNightmare Ninja​Alright

6:12 PMmatthew wilson​I thought it was another alan wake game

6:12 PMjordan thompson​I'm kinda done with the human species let me know when I can play video games with my dog

6:13 PMjordan thompson​I thought it was finally gonna be a new fatal frame

6:13 PMmatthew wilson​cyberpunk (my game of show) he gets moment a show

6:14 PMmatthew wilson​he is a big deal, he is all thought the game

6:14 PMaddictedtochaos​I don’t doubt Cyberpunk will be good, but I haven’t seen anything from it that says I have to have it.

6:14 PMmatthew wilson​aparently the only one with more voice lines is the player

6:14 PMaddictedtochaos​They stated he has the 2nd most lines in the game.

6:14 PMaddictedtochaos​Breathtaking

6:14 PMNightmare Ninja​Your breathtaking

6:15 PMjordan thompson​but imagine if hes the villian ..... what a twist

6:15 PMmatthew wilson​April

Here’s last week’s podcast.  (What can I say?  I’ve been busy.)  This week’s podcast will be posted in the next couple of days. 3:50 – EA’s new Star Wars game didn’t present very well 24:14 – Bandai Namco game director/producer releases statement on all three of the company’s E3 games leaking 26:16 – Google Stadia ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 148 – Pooping In the Punch Bowl’ »

Here's last week's podcast.  (What can I say?  I've been busy.)  This week's podcast will be posted in the next couple of days.

3:50 - EA's new Star Wars game didn't present very well

24:14 - Bandai Namco game director/producer releases statement on all three of the company's E3 games leaking

26:16 - Google Stadia pricing revealed. We don't have a lot of faith in this project

36:48 - Pokemon Direct leaves non fans underwhelmed. Fans dig it though!

54:34 - We saw the new Godzilla movie

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 streams live at 7p PST every Saturday night on RandomTower!

Credits: Molehill Mountain is hosted by E. Zachary Knight and Andrew Eisen. The show is edited by Andrew Eisen. Music in the show includes “Albino” by Brian Boyko. It is in the public domain and free to use. Molehill Mountain logo by Scott Hepting.

Chat Transcript:

6:48 PMmatthew wilson​the trailer looks "fine" though game informer claims its a large matriodvania style world

6:53 PMAndrew Eisen​Star Wars?

6:56 PMmatthew wilson​yup

6:59 PMaddictedtochaos​I was thoroughly unimpressed by what I saw of Star Wars.

7:00 PMronin504​It's barely a step up from Force Unleashed.

7:01 PMmatthew wilson​the combat reminds of sekiro/From games

7:01 PMaddictedtochaos​Force unleashed looked better

7:02 PME. Zachary Knight​There was a time when multiple Star Wars games were released each year. Then EA grabbed the exclusive license and they dropped to 1 game every few years.

7:06 PMtravelers light​What is the reason for this title 

7:07 PMmatthew wilson​he was a padawan at the time

7:08 PMmatthew wilson​but yes generic white dude is booring

7:09 PMmatthew wilson​arent driod always the most intreasting ones in star wars lol

7:10 PMronin504​I'm waiting for the first time I can play as a Wookie jedi.

7:11 PMmatthew wilson​wait and see mode, they claim a metriodvania style world, but we will see

7:24 PMmatthew wilson​manny moons ago

7:24 PMmatthew wilson​give it to obisian for kotor 3

7:25 PMmatthew wilson​aparently the current ea leadership doesnt even want it

7:25 PMmatthew wilson​its a deal from a prior leadership

7:27 PMmatthew wilson​incompatent web team over at bandi

7:27 PMmatthew wilson​namco

7:28 PMaddictedtochaos​Hate the leaks would rather be surprised.

7:28 PMAndrew Eisen​Yeah, that's why I didn't mention what they were.

7:32 PMmatthew wilson​I know pokemon isnt your thing, but what did you think of the direct

7:33 PMAndrew Eisen​We'll get to that.

7:33 PMAndrew Eisen​It's the next topic.

7:34 PMmatthew wilson​ah ok

7:34 PMaddictedtochaos​Reports indicate that streaming 4K games will burn through 1TB in about 65 hours.

7:40 PMmatthew wilson​this game brought back the old catching system, thank god, I detest motion control

7:41 PMmatthew wilson​I would assume you can play with your freinds, gamefreak, unlike nintendo has had compatent online since the ds

7:43 PMmatthew wilson​its not difrent games, its the same game minus like 6 to 8 pokemon

7:43 PMmatthew wilson​thats it

7:45 PMmatthew wilson​yes they did

7:46 PMmatthew wilson​wooholo seems to be peoples new favrite

7:47 PMmatthew wilson​I saw it on twitter, but the sword one should be a mermsid with a sword

7:48 PMmatthew wilson​qbone skull is its dead mother

Nintendo 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 – Anti-loot box and microtransaction bill ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 147 – Nintendo Fears Perfection’ »

Nintendo 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 - Anti-loot box and microtransaction bill proposed

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 streams live at 7p PST every Saturday night on RandomTower!

Credits: Molehill Mountain is hosted by E. Zachary Knight and Andrew Eisen. The show is edited by Andrew Eisen. Music in the show includes “Albino” by Brian Boyko. It is in the public domain and free to use. Molehill Mountain logo by Scott Hepting.

Chat Transcript:

6:53 PME. Zachary Knight​Hello Everyone

6:58 PMaddictedtochaos​Hi all

6:58 PMaddictedtochaos​Just for the record downloading stuff on Xbox One takes forever.

6:58 PMmatthew wilson​so you want to play everything backwords than lol

7:00 PMaddictedtochaos​Unopened that is probably worth quite a bit.

7:00 PMmatthew wilson​majara's mask, the black sheep of zelda games

7:01 PMaddictedtochaos​With it being pennied out buying it would be a fireable offense.

7:01 PMaddictedtochaos​One of them was a Kmart promotional item.

7:01 PMotritzu​'Cause it's the one not led by Miyamoto.

7:02 PMmatthew wilson​agreed it is, but very very difrent than oot

7:02 PMmatthew wilson​yup

7:02 PMotritzu​Termina

7:02 PMmatthew wilson​its also very imersive sim-y

7:03 PMotritzu​Skittles I can see, but M&M's don't really have multiple flavors.

7:05 PMotritzu​I own something like eight hundred sixty games across my platforms. I've played roughly three hundred forty of them.

7:05 PMaddictedtochaos​I’ve pushed past 2,000 games.

7:06 PMotritzu​I've got 501 games on Steam and well over a hundred Switch games and a dresser drawer full of 3DS games plus another two or three dozen downloaded games.

7:07 PMotritzu​And that's just current gen.

7:07 PMmatthew wilson​wtf is with all those wii games lol

7:08 PMaddictedtochaos​You can buy replacement cases for PSP games to make them playable

7:09 PMaddictedtochaos​I have over 100 for Wii. Lots of great games on that system, just have to sort through the shovelware.

7:12 PMmatthew wilson​just came across something fumy, yet genius, idea on twitter a Godzilla mockumentary I would legit go see that

7:12 PMmatthew wilson​in the style of planet earth

7:14 PM100% Jimmy​Hey do you play fortnite

7:15 PM100% Jimmy​Oh ok

7:15 PMlugiae​Hoy. Long time, no see.

7:18 PMotritzu​Of course there are. You need the online subscription thing and there's no way to play with friends directly that way.

7:18 PMotritzu​They ran out of 'space' for the online lobby thing.

7:19 PMaddictedtochaos​Theoretically you could get paired with a friend randomly.

7:20 PMmatthew wilson​it bugs me so much b/c they have the best devs bar none, but managment............

7:20 PMotritzu​Honestly the friends stuff should be done in local networking mode in Nintendo's minds.

7:23 PMotritzu​It is one I've already gotten. Does look like a lot of fun.

7:24 PMaddictedtochaos​Well you could still play levels by people watching just need the level code.

7:25 PMotritzu​Nintendo's having trouble getting stuff through customs into the US and Canada,

In the long, sad history of bad ideas, these are some of them. 19:36 – Ouya’s days are numbered. Who knew it was still alive? 28:59 – Fire Watch publisher announces a Nintendo-esque quirky portable console 40:38 – Terminator franchise picks itself up, brushes itself off, and tries it all over again. Again. 52:12 – ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 146 – Nothing But Bad Ideas’ »

In the long, sad history of bad ideas, these are some of them.

19:36 - Ouya's days are numbered. Who knew it was still alive?

28:59 - Fire Watch publisher announces a Nintendo-esque quirky portable console

40:38 - Terminator franchise picks itself up, brushes itself off, and tries it all over again. Again.

52:12 - Filmmakers have until Valentine's Day to make Sonic pretty

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 streams live at 7p PST every Saturday night on RandomTower!

Credits: Molehill Mountain is hosted by E. Zachary Knight and Andrew Eisen. The show is edited by Andrew Eisen. Music in the show includes “Albino” by Brian Boyko. It is in the public domain and free to use. Molehill Mountain logo by Scott Hepting.

Chat Transcript:

6:47 PME. Zachary Knight​Hello everyone.

6:54 PMaddictedtochaos​Hello

6:58 PMotritzu​Yo

7:00 PMLegend 935​Just in time

7:03 PMotritzu​You get Zod

7:11 PMaddictedtochaos​Yes

7:14 PMotritzu​So she was supposed to replace Jasmine's tiger?

7:19 PMweird flex but ok​kittens

7:21 PMmatthew wilson​have you seen the og toy story, its the same way?

7:21 PMmatthew wilson​the sex jokes ect

7:22 PMaddictedtochaos​Ouya was D.O.A

7:22 PMAndrew Eisen​I was 15 when Toy Story came out so I got the adult jokes.

7:29 PMScottyJayMan​I owned an Ouya. Only console I ever sold back

7:30 PMaddictedtochaos​Ouya still would have been D.O.A

7:44 PMaddictedtochaos​New Terminator looks bad.

7:45 PMmatthew wilson​he will also be in Kung Fury 2

7:45 PMAndrew Eisen​Who will?

7:45 PMmatthew wilson​weird given Kung Fury was a parody of his stuff

7:51 PMScottyJayMan​Robocop is better

8:03 PMaddictedtochaos​I have to work next Friday to make up getting tomorrow off

8:04 PMaddictedtochaos​No sun thru Thursday

Every week, former GamePolitics writer Andrew Eisen discusses all the super important happenings in video games, movies, comics, politics and everything else under the sun. Molehill Mountain—where every topic is of the utmost importance!

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 buying your way to success

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 streams live at 7p PST every Saturday night on RandomTower!

Credits: Molehill Mountain is hosted by E. Zachary Knight and Andrew Eisen. The show is edited by Andrew Eisen. Music in the show includes “Albino” by Brian Boyko. It is in the public domain and free to use. Molehill Mountain logo by Scott Hepting.

Chat Transcript:

6:48 PME. Zachary Knight​Hello Everyone!

6:56 PMaddictedtochaos​Hello

7:00 PMotritzu​Evenin' guys.

7:01 PMaddictedtochaos​Saw John Wick 3 this weekend. Really enjoyed it.

7:01 PMLegend 935​Good evening...

7:03 PMLegend 935​The Aladdin film is gonna flop... my god... will Smith’s CGI mug creeps me out

7:09 PMmatthew wilson​most likely sadly

7:09 PMmatthew wilson​who the fuck asked for a live action aladin?! btw? not me

7:11 PMaddictedtochaos​Speaking of Arnold did you see that someone drop kicked him. He barely flinched all things considered.

7:12 PMAndrew Eisen​I'd not heard, no.

7:16 PMmatthew wilson​avrage budy cop movie, but pokemon fan service all over, and that is why I went to see it

7:16 PMNightmare Ninja​The good thing it's in the Pokemon World

7:17 PMmatthew wilson​I will admit I liked the pokaball scene at the start, brought back game flash backs

7:18 PMNightmare Ninja​yeah

7:18 PMNightmare Ninja​They even used the Pokemon's backstory

7:18 PMNightmare Ninja​Mr Mine was great

7:19 PMNightmare Ninja​The director wanted to cut it

7:19 PMmatthew wilson​w/e you think of the story, its clear the show runners understand pokemon the ip of pokemon

7:19 PMNightmare Ninja​yeah it does have pros and cons

7:20 PMmatthew wilson​if they do more movies, story will inprove, but I cant understate how good it is they understand the ip

7:21 PMNightmare Ninja​He's in a baby chair lol

7:22 PMNightmare Ninja​It feels like they did that for non fans

7:23 PMNightmare Ninja​I love that was cute

7:25 PMNightmare Ninja​well the VA of the Pokemon was used when people that is not Tim

7:26 PMNightmare Ninja​Ikue Ōtani

7:27 PMNightmare Ninja​The director wanted him to be Ryan

7:27 PMNightmare Ninja​well himself

7:28 PMNightmare Ninja​it's not the Pokemon coming to our world because of a portal or some shit

7:29 PMNightmare Ninja​I love that Cubone

7:30 PMNightmare Ninja​It made Bill a Pokemon fan

7:30 PMNightmare Ninja​scene

7:30 PMmatthew wilson​also 20 years after red/blue officially, they outright say it in the movie

7:30 PMNightmare Ninja​Oh yea

7:31 PMNightmare Ninja​I didn't mind Gangar

7:31 PMotritzu​Gengar is a ghost type, they're all sorts of F'd up.

7:32 PMNightmare Ninja​I rather have Hunter in that scene

7:32 PMotritzu​It is made up of the same stuff as Gastly...just concentrated enough to appear solid.

7:33 PMotritzu​Dex says they're at least 28' in length.

7:33 PMmatthew wilson​like the magicarp joke

7:33 PMNightmare Ninja​same