EZK is out sick so Andrew rambles about Monster Hunter World, the end of Miitomo, video game pricing and more Monster Hunter World.
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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:
5:44 PMsure you have seen the kataku bioware story, what do you two think? do you think EA will kill bioware if anthem doesnt sell insane numbers? do you think EA will learn its lesson with frostbite
6:27 PMHaven’t heard but yeah, I think EA shuttering Bioware is a definitely a possibility and no, I don’t think EA will learn any lesson ever.
6:36 PMcant link it sadly, but the story is very detailed and worth a read
7:00 PMhello!!
7:00 PMha ha disturbed reference
7:02 PMive never heard of monster hunter until yesturday when people are playing it. how is it?
7:02 PMwait I thought you didnt buy $60 games??
7:03 PMmh is a sudo mmo
7:04 PMso van helsing
7:04 PMjoke
7:04 PMthe loop of mh is that of a mmo, including the end game requiring a group to do, or did they change that in mh worlds?
7:04 PMwasn’t being serious haha
7:07 PMstill annoyed at the fact that the pc version isnt coming out til the end of the year. starting to suspect sony/ms payed capcom to hold off on the pc version, but w/e
7:09 PMno it hasnt sadly
7:09 PMits fine I have a;ot to play anyways
7:09 PMseems almost every game has that where console games comes out before pc has the game come out
7:13 PMhaha well said
7:13 PMYou don’t have much to say about your topics??? Hence the podcast title
7:14 PMhey gittel
7:14 PMI am broken up. i wont sleep at all tonight. *sarcasm. seriously, i dont remember the last time i logged into miitomo
7:15 PMsup cube
7:15 PMHi Nathan
7:15 PMhey nathan
7:16 PMstill think the bioware/ anthem stuff is worth talking about
7:16 PMi like tetris.
7:17 PMive never had a good moble tetris experience
7:17 PMviaural games
7:18 PMnope ea won’t. power money hungry people who don’t care as long as they make money
7:18 PMthey should give up on forcing frostbitre down devs throughts
7:18 PMbut that wont happen
7:20 PMI agrue the price equilibrium for games is $40, the data I have seen seems to imply thats the revenue maxamizing point
7:21 PM60 bucks is plenty and they don’t release Complete games… and they want mooore???
7:22 PMwhats up with Nintendo coming up with cardboard box stuff for the switch?
7:22 PMSo you didn’t buy monster hunter world?
7:23 PMhe bought it for 47
7:24 PMloved all the money video. very funny
7:25 PMdo u pay more for internet or gasoline in a month?
7:25 PMgasoline probably
7:25 PMOh right, I need to respond to that
7:25 PM#support manga witch buster/bleach thx:)
7:27 PMOne piece
7:27 PMWhere is zachary
7:27 PMtopic: would u move if…
7:27 PMwhen is the mext time you are gonna do reviews again
7:27 PMThe Oscar nods came out Tuesday!!!
7:27 PMnext*
7:27 PMdid he get the flu thats been going around?
7:27 PMD.gray man
7:28 PMEverybody I know is obsessed with that show
7:30 PMfor a newbie what yakuza game should i start with
7:30 PMYes
7:30 PMhas the meltdown/specter fixes effect you company at or, or does it not effect what your company makes
7:32 PMI still like the dancing diaper man
7:32 PMthanks, my game Stop has 4 and Zero for less than $15
7:32 PMWhat advice do you have for someone who has never played monster hunter game,wanting to get into monster hunter world? Is there a steep learning curve?
7:33 PMwas the software your company makes effected by them at all
7:33 PMhey all
7:35 PMSkies of Arcadia or Baiten kaitos (the not origins double disc one) I have to sell one, haven’t played either. which to sell which to keep
7:35 PMhey trilink
7:37 PMno Zachary?
7:37 PMyes both are gc
7:38 PMthank u
7:38 PMwhich mon hun were you just talking about?
7:38 PMHello dear friends, Dejavoodeux here! Is this The Molehill Mountain show episode 83 with Andrew Eisen?
7:38 PMthe non switch one? 😞 😛
7:39 PMBaten Kaitos is a fantastic game, incredible OST. The franchise deserves a hd rerelease before starting development on a 3rd game!
7:42 PMwait a second… did you pay more than $50 for this game Andrew?
7:44 PMCan you wander around the world exploring without there being a time limit? Or is there a time limit no matter what you are doing in the game?
7:44 PMHi all
7:49 PMHello everyone
7:50 PMHave you recorded your second crowd funded madlib yet? I’m just working through my words now
7:51 PMso, ign guide?
7:55 PMMajor time sink
7:58 PMI’m sure I’ll buy it eventually once the price drops.
7:59 PMHadouken
8:00 PMHarambe says hi y’all. I’m chillin with him
8:00 PMI bought the game,I just haven’t played it yet.
8:00 PMbye all
8:00 PMDude. I always enjoyed watching your videos. Keep it up. Love your voice.
8:00 PMyou got it for ps4?
8:01 PMyou should definitely pick up horizon zero dawn then. goty edition has the dlc
8:02 PMsurprised you didn’t like the 2nd screen on the 3ds for Monster Hunter
8:02 PMI’m sure you’ve discussed this at some point. But what are your thoughts on Nintendo Labo?
8:02 PMWhen’s your next stream?
8:03 PMPlay monster hunter
Andrew: In case you haven’t figured it out since last week, Specter and Meltdown were a couple of exploits found in Intel chips (and believed to be in AMD chips too). The patches released for them came with a huge performance hit (up to 30% in some cases), so the question is presumably asking if this has affected your work in any way.
And a question for you as well: Has the new demotization on Youtube (of those who don’t have enough recent watchtime) affected your channel, or are you still able to make some money from it?
As for the first question, not that I’ve noticed. As for the second, my average ad revenue earnings per month have dropped by about half on average.
Andrew Eisen
Ah, I was actually talking about the changes discussed here: https://gizmodo.com/youtube-unveils-new-monetization-rules-killing-ad-reven-1822154823 (“Under the new guidelines, channels will need to have 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 hours of watch time within the last year to be eligible for receiving ad revenue.”) I know you’ve got more than enough subscribers, but I have no idea if you meet the watch time cut-off, so I’m hoping you won’t end up getting fully demonetized by this change.