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!

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!

Season 2 of Iron Fist is only 10 episodes!

35:13 - Nintendo Direct postponed by major earthquake

46:52 - Gaming tournament tries new security procedures in wake of shooting

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

6:56 PMaddictedtochaos​hello

6:59 PMaddictedtochaos​Spider-Man is awesome btw

7:00 PMaddictedtochaos​agreed, though I bought the ps4 bundle and it came with all the dlc

7:00 PMMorello 456​What’s your favorite course in super Mario 64

7:00 PMaddictedtochaos​a little of both

7:01 PMaddictedtochaos​me neither

7:03 PMMorello 456​Is the podcast free on iTunes

7:04 PMAndrew Eisen​ https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/past-episodes-molehill-mountain/id1121476875

7:04 PMMorello 456​Ok thanks

7:05 PMaddictedtochaos​it is 59 degrees here

7:06 PMAndrew Eisen​Nice, whereabouts are you?

7:09 PMaddictedtochaos​Northern WV

7:10 PMScottyJayMan​Super Mario Bros Special for PC-8800 is objectively the best Mario game

7:11 PMmatthew wilson​so ?I assume you have been playing the new yakuza game?

7:12 PMaddictedtochaos​Also putting a fire sword on your back will protect you from cold.

7:13 PMaddictedtochaos​Hyrule bass

7:14 PMaddictedtochaos​Elevation effects cold as well

7:17 PMmatthew wilson​sounds like majora's mask lol

7:18 PMaddictedtochaos​The whole point is that is you create your own adventure. Everyone will have a different experience.

7:23 PMA Leaf​I love BotW to death but the rain is ridiculous. And yes the forecast is always changing, it's not worth paying attention to.

7:23 PMA Leaf​There's TOO MUCH rain

7:23 PMA Leaf​I once skipped time for FOUR DAYS IN A ROW

7:23 PMA Leaf​and it rained every time

7:23 PMmatthew wilson​the rain being so brutal is weird given everything else about botw

7:25 PMmatthew wilson​game thory looked at the climate layout, and said yup based on how climate works, it would be that crazy weather wise

7:25 PMmatthew wilson​I mean you have a desert and tundra down the road from each other

7:25 PMA Leaf​lol guess what dummy!

7:25 PMA Leaf​just another shrine!

7:26 PMaddictedtochaos​It will really improve your climbing speed if you upgrade it

7:26 PMA Leaf​yeah that location is one of the coldest in the game

7:26 PMaddictedtochaos​You need level 2 cold protection. Go to Rito village

7:27 PMA Leaf​^

7:27 PMmatthew wilson​you only have protection v rank 1 cold, not rank 2 cold

7:27 PMmatthew wilson​j/k

7:27 PMA Leaf​it's in the western part of Hyrule

7:27 PMA Leaf​dishes can combo with the sweater too

7:29 PMA Leaf​the fanning works, it's just finnicky

7:29 PMA Leaf​you can actually go super fast

7:30 PMaddictedtochaos​You are talking about Eventide island. Interesting place.

7:30 PMA Leaf​yeah it's one of the best if not the best unique place in the game

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!

As is marmalade.

12:31 - Cyberpunk 2077 has a filthy, potty mouth

27:40 - Super nifty game jam challenges participants to make a game that removes a standard mechanic of its genre

35:45 - Nazi imagery removed from new survival game

48:20 - Sony's reason for not enabling cross platform play is bunk

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:

6:51 PME. Zachary Knight​Hello Everyone

6:59 PMRyotaiku​How's Kiwami 2?

7:09 PMRyotaiku​Why did the chicken cross the road? To get the highest score!

7:22 PMCodeNameZ​hi

7:23 PMCodeNameZ​Sorry for beeing late I was playing Crash on my Switch

7:29 PMCodeNameZ​You wanna see and edit a mans junk?

7:31 PMCodeNameZ​You know how many channels would get copyright strikes because they show a mans junk on channel?

7:32 PMCodeNameZ​I think the developer once says VVVVV is read as "weeeeee"

7:39 PMCodeNameZ​"There is a new game" Really people are still making games

7:40 PMaddictedtochaos​Sorry I’m late, storms came through and knocked out power.

7:41 PMCodeNameZ​In Brawlhalla there is a LGBT flag that can be set even as a taunt in game

7:42 PMaddictedtochaos​I see where both sides are coming from.

7:42 PMA Leaf​It's really not a big deal. It's no different than including the flag of the USSR

7:44 PMA Leaf​so should we ban terrorists in videogames?

7:45 PMA Leaf​There are still marauding hordes of terrorist organizations in the world. Should be censor them from games like in CoD?

7:45 PMaddictedtochaos​In CoD you are fighting the terrorists though.

7:46 PMCodeNameZ​Yea but we are talking about a game that have worst of the worst in one place if anything having a neo nazi tattoo would fit perfectly

7:47 PMScottyJayMan​If they wanted realism, they should replace the Nazi symbol with “MAGA”

7:47 PMA Leaf​Oh I didn't know it was the player character. That's a little more on the strange side.

7:51 PMCodeNameZ​But are Nazis such a big deal in todays world? I mean when is the last big thing nazis did? There are so far a small group of people that cannot do much

7:51 PMAndrew Eisen​Are you kidding? What country do you live in?

7:51 PMA Leaf​Yeah I agree that certain people like to exaggerate how big of a threat modern day nazis are.

7:52 PMA Leaf​I believe that many people who have nothing to do with fascism get labelled it too loosely today.

7:52 PMA Leaf​I live in Canada if that matters for some reason

7:54 PMScottyJayMan​I live in Australia and we just had a senator use the term “ Final Solution” in their speech to the senate. It’s a big problem.

7:55 PMScottyJayMan​You’d have to wonder if Microsoft or Nintendo were in the same position sales wise if they would still allow cross play.

7:56 PMaddictedtochaos​The roles were reversed in previous gen. And Microsoft said no.

7:56 PMCodeNameZ​You can play PS4 on a train with no problem you just need a mini TV and a portable power generatior

7:56 PMScottyJayMan​I can confirm if your account is Sony locked you can still cross play with Xbox Switch if you ...

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!

This is why we can't have nice things.

28:22 - Amazon decreases the value of its subscription service's video game pre-order perk

42:09 - Valve makes Windows games playable on Linux

52:56 - Miyamoto opines on flat-fee vs free-to-play mobile 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:

6:44 PME. Zachary Knight​Hello Everyone

6:51 PMmatthew wilson​ezk I know your a linux person, did you see valve now has, in public testing, a directx to valcun translation layer for windows games to run on linux?

6:59 PMMorello 456​Hav u played guitar hero 3

7:00 PMWarren Lewis​heyo!

7:00 PMaddictedtochaos​hello

7:00 PMmatthew wilson​sure your happy about steam adding the linux support for windows games

7:00 PMmatthew wilson​for ezk

7:03 PMmatthew wilson​I can wait a few hw cycles, for it not to be a massive performance hit, but dam that real time ray tracing stuff is dam impressive

7:04 PMaddictedtochaos​did you use a wii remote or classic controller?

7:06 PMMorello 456​Who do u think would win Tom morello or slash

7:07 PMaddictedtochaos​Slash easy

7:08 PMaddictedtochaos​Have that coming on Switch from Limited Run.

7:12 PMmatthew wilson​best thing to come froom infinity war was the subredit that banned 1/2 the subs

7:12 PMmatthew wilson​lol

7:12 PMScottyJayMan​I can’t watch the movies anymore knowing Jonny drop is a domestic violence bastard and Geoffrey rush is a sexual predator

7:12 PMAndrew Eisen​I hear ya.

7:13 PMaddictedtochaos​He’s scared of Thanos

7:15 PMDizzy Phantom​?

7:15 PMaddictedtochaos​I have a feeling when he does Hulk out in the next one it will be epic.

7:16 PMmatthew wilson​well the next gardain's movie is on hold

7:16 PMaddictedtochaos​Rocket and war machine

7:18 PMScottyJayMan​Here’s the big question, does Iron Fist survive.

7:21 PMaddictedtochaos​Would be nice if they referenced the movies a little more.

7:22 PMmatthew wilson​long been done with the marval stuff, all action, no world. its hard to care

7:25 PMmatthew wilson​still stand by earth's mighty's heros was the best version of the avengers, but person taste

7:26 PMaddictedtochaos​Apparently the why is gammora (sp?) was ad-libbed.

7:27 PMmatthew wilson​apparently disney has a 50 ep rule, so regardless of how popular a show gets, they keep actors ect from demanding too much

7:31 PMmatthew wilson​dont blame amazon, thats most of their cut gone

7:32 PMaddictedtochaos​Was either cutting into their bottom line too much or they were being pressured by the publishers.

7:33 PMScottyJayMan​If they pass on the added cost to their employees, I’d be cool with that

7:33 PMmatthew wilson​just dont buy prime than. the 2 day shipping alone is worth it+ video service ant bad

7:34 PMmatthew wilson​also if you watch alot of twitch a free $2,5 to a twitch streamer you watch is good

7:34 PMmatthew wilson​even with the ads being re enstated

7:35 PMaddictedtochaos​I just preorder from GameStop.

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!

EZK has weighty topics to discuss but I just want to talk about cartoons.

0:12 - All of the Operation Rainfall games are good!

33:13 - Should publishers announce paid DLC before the game is out?

44:33 - Andrew is disappointed that the third sequel to slasher flick "Hatchet" is very bad

53:39 - Netflix for games. Good idea or bad idea?

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​dont know if its a topic in the show, but what do you 2 tink of china stopping aprovals of new games?

6:49 PMAndrew Eisen​Haven't heard anything about it.

6:51 PMmatthew wilson​sent you the link on twitter

6:51 PMmatthew wilson​its a weird intercetion of geopolitics and games

6:53 PMmatthew wilson​its the biggest story of the week, dispite its loittle covrage. for the near future 1/3rd of the globel games market it out of play

6:54 PMmatthew wilson​little

6:55 PMAndrew Eisen​Sounds completely unnecessary but I haven't read anything about it so I don't really know enough to form an opinion.

6:58 PME. Zachary Knight​Hello Everyone

6:58 PMmatthew wilson​short version over the last year, china's leader has toughened his grip on power, and with the re orginizing of the sensoership board, has stopped aproving games for the time being

6:59 PMAndrew Eisen​Yeah, sounds like something that would happen given current events.

6:59 PMmatthew wilson​kinda suprised ezk hasnt hearded about the story

7:00 PMmatthew wilson​I sent you a link on twitter, share it with ezk worth talking about

7:00 PMmatthew wilson​its from bloomberg

7:01 PMmatthew wilson​bloomberg com/news/articles/2018-08-15/china-is-said-to-freeze-game-approvals-amid-agency-shakeup

7:02 PMmatthew wilson​I am a proud adblock user f the way sites do adds

7:02 PMmatthew wilson​ads

7:03 PMmatthew wilson​honestly not using adblock is just stupid. the biggest attack surface is ads

7:04 PMmatthew wilson​as a basic computer security 101 thing, everyone should instal a adblock

7:07 PMmatthew wilson​I know ceertain big trusted channels are white listed from it, but only a few

7:10 PMmatthew wilson​ofcorse they dont have you not seen the brewha after youtube/facebook banned alex jones

7:11 PMmatthew wilson​it took them years to remove him

7:13 PMaddictedtochaos​Hey everyone

7:18 PMaddictedtochaos​It wasn’t Nintendo Japan, it was NOA. They were already announced for Europe.

7:22 PMaddictedtochaos​Nintendo actually only brought over Xenoblade. The Last Story and Pandora’s Tower were brought over by Xseed.

7:23 PMaddictedtochaos​Last Story ended up being Xseed’s best selling game.

7:23 PMAndrew Eisen​Of the two or of all their titles?

7:24 PMaddictedtochaos​Overall, at the time at least.

7:24 PMA Leaf​Any switch games you're thinking of picking up for the rest of 2018 Andrew? I'll be getting Dark Souls, Mario Party, and Smash.

7:25 PMA Leaf​oh, yeah I wonder if Rainfall was directly responsible for Majora's Mask 3D getting made?

7:25 PMA Leaf​wait...

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!