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Isn't it weird when gaming executives try to tell us that we just don't "get" things they try to push in games? Yeah, another big gaming executive is at it again, this time on the implementation of blockchain technologies in games that a minority of people are asking for. We discuss why this idea just seems to not go away and comes up way too often in the gaming news as of late. Don't worry, there's plenty other gaming news to get into as well that DOESN'T involve acronyms beginning with N and ending with T.

 

Also in the News:

* Unused Game Pass Accounts to Stop Being Billed

* Netflix to Add More Games

* Hyperscape to Close After Less than a Year

* Nintendo YouTube Takedowns

 

All this and more on the show where EVERY gamer has a voice-- Orange Lounge Radio!

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Tonight, we celebrate and thank all of our community for 900 weekly episodes across 20 years of broadcasting. Thank you all for your support! We jump right into the gaming news of the week which of course includes the major bombshell that Microsoft is purchasing Activision-Blizzard. We discuss with our live chat what this might mean for the future of the company (and some of those retro titles in the vault). We also get into the frustration of how the "bad guys" might win, with a major payout for a CEO who destroyed the company with the toxic culture he created. We discuss this and much more on another week of the longest running podcast about video games online, Orange Lounge Radio!

 

Also in the News:

 

* PS3 Games on PS5 Store?

* Game Workers Union

* Kingdom Hearts Cloud Versions Dated for Switch

* Switch N64 Emulator Updated

 

All this and more on the show where EVERY gamer has a voice-- Orange Lounge Radio!

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We reflect back on 2021 and some of our games of the year, as well as some of the lower points of the year in gaming. We look ahead to 2022 with some predictions for the year, then get into our gaming weeks. We also discuss the news headlines, which include a major acquisition of a mostly mobile gaming company by Take Two. Were they really worth that much, or are there some crazy casual games we aren't considering enough? Our live chat joins in the discussion on another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

 

Also in the News:

* New York Times reports on NFTs and Angry Gamers

* FFXIV to go back on sale after a Month

* Some Gaming Companies try 4 day Workweek

* Lego Delays Overwatch 2 Set

 

All this and more on the show where EVERY gamer has a voice-- Orange Lounge Radio!

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This week at the Consumer Electronics Show, the Playstation VR 2 was revealed, along with a quick tease of a VR game in the Horizon universe. What do we think about the prospects of a new Playstation VR unit? We get into all this, our gaming weeks, and more, on a cable company failure abbreviated edition of Orange Lounge Radio.

All this and more on the show where EVERY gamer has a voice-- Orange Lounge Radio!

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For the holidays, the gaming news slows down a bit, and we get to read lots of fluff pieces left by gaming websites to auto-publish over the holidays. For this special episode of Orange Lounge Radio, we let these fluff pieces inspire our own gaming memories and discussion. The show doesn't end here though as we talk about our gaming weeks, and cover the few headlines that showed up just before the holidays. All this and more on the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

 

Also in the News:

 

* Controversial Ubisoft Purchase it appears no one is Buying

* Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster Delayed

* Gamestop to take Cryptocurrency

* Goodbye Seattle Gameworks

 

All this and more on the show where EVERY gamer has a voice-- Orange Lounge Radio!

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Twitter: @olr

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A Nintendo Indie Direct happened this week, and we take some time at the top of the show to talk about the various announcements and forthcoming game releases. It's always nice to have some treats of things to look forward to in a new year of gaming. We get into all that as well as our gaming weeks and much more gaming news discussion on another week of Orange Lounge Radio!

 

Also in the news:

* Ubisoft employees on launch of controversial new in game item

* Amiga A500 Mini

* Hades Wins a Hugo Award

* First Video Game Union

 

All this and more on the show where EVERY gamer has a voice-- Orange Lounge Radio!

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The Video Game Awards were this week, and our hosts gather to talk about some of the highlights of reveals from the show, as well as some things we think could be improved for next year. Our chatters also weigh in on the subject of what they thought of the awards, musical performances, and commercials. There was much more news than just all that this week, and we talk about all of it as well as our gaming weeks on another week of the internet's longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

 

Also in the news:

* Ubisoft debuts controversial new items

* Playstation Now on Phones?

* R.I.P. Masayuki Uemure

* Activision Strike Fund

 

All this and more on the show where EVERY gamer has a voice-- Orange Lounge Radio!

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The Endwalker expansion for Final Fantasy XIV had it's "early" launch this weekend, and there are a lot of queues, errors, and frustration as folks try to play the latest chapter in this MMO that's been bigger than ever. Rob shares some of his experiences, as well as who he thinks is really to blame for all of these issues, and it's not who you might think. The gaming world goes on outside of just this one MMO though, and we talk about lots more gaming news on another week of the world's longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

 

Also in the News:

* Government Threatning ABK Profits

* Sony to launch Game Pass of their own?

* Xbox Winter Game Fest

* Niantic Purchases Lowkey

 

All this and more on the show where EVERY gamer has a voice-- Orange Lounge Radio!

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On this post-Thanksgiving episode of our show, the hosts get together to talk about not just the games we've been playing over the break, and the game sales that have been filling up our Steam backlog, but the news too. Epic Games purchased Harmonix, a company we have followed as music game fans for a long time. What could Harmonix possibly bring to the Fortnite universe? Perhaps something to lure those folks not interested in shooters over to the "metaverse" Fortnite hopes to build? We discuss this and so much more on another week of the internet's longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

 

Also in the news:

 

* Roblox Sues YouTube Bully

* Mass Effect TV Series

* Atari invests in Anstream and buys MobyGames

* Playstation Mobile Controller?

 

All this and more on the show where EVERY gamer has a voice-- Orange Lounge Radio!

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There is a serious problem in the gaming industry that needs to be fixed, and his name is Bobby Kotick. We kick off tonight's show by taking on the latest show of horrors coming out of Activision-Blizzard-King and the decades of toxic culture now known to be set by the person at the very top. What is taking so long for his resignation to be given? We discuss this, and more. Thankfully we have plenty of positives such as the great games we have been playing this week, and a fun new announcement from our favorite indie dev, yyr. All this and much more on a special thanksgiving week episode of the worlds longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

 

Also in the news:

 

* GTA Trilogy Updates from Take Two

* Panda to Launch Official Smash Bros Tournaments

* Streamlabs vs. Social Media

* XBOX Classic Games Emulation

 

All this and more on the show where EVERY gamer has a voice-- Orange Lounge Radio!

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