Molehill Mountain Episode 87 – Publishers and Politicians

It’s like they’re trying to piss us off.

0:00 – Monster Hunter World’s DLC is grossly overpriced.

10:18 – YouTube’s recommendations algorithm sucks.

28:38 – Game developer uses malware as DRM. It goes about as well as you’d expect.

41:34 – ESA doesn’t want you to enjoy anything it can’t make money off of, bemoans it sees no revenue from admission fees of museums displaying video games that have long since been end-of-life’d.

56:28 – Konami is monetizing extra save slots. Seriously.

1:02:38 – Assassin’s Creed: Origins’ educational spin off saddled with unnecessary censorship.

1:09:26 – Politicians are being dumb about video games. Again.

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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:

6:48 PME. Zachary Knight​Hello Everyone.

7:00 PMaddictedtochaos​Hello

7:02 PMaddictedtochaos​At least it isn’t as bad as DOA 5 with its nearly $700 of cosmetic DLC.

7:02 PMScottyJayMan​At least it’s not $10 for extra save slots like Metal gear survive

7:07 PMfroilen13​I’m I’m stonend and watching . lots of fun on ice wick you saying

7:16 PMlittlegittel​shoot, i need a full time job, I’ll watch videos

7:16 PMfroilen13​can’t have a single guy per country . when is gonna take a break?

7:19 PMfroilen13​you tube is not making any money . why spend more money into it? Google might not want to do that

7:26 PMScottyJayMan​Britbart has been hit hard by this type of activism, so there’s hope

7:26 PMDejaVoodeux​whoa now… dear friends please tell me. is this the molehill mountain show, epipsode 87 with andrew eisen and friends???

7:27 PMDejaVoodeux​breetbart

7:40 PMlittlegittel​oh no!!!

7:40 PMlittlegittel​oh, better.

7:40 PMScottyJayMan​Andrews now affected by DRM!

7:41 PMWyatt Ventura​good video

7:56 PMlittlegittel​that was a hell of a dramatic reading EZK. NICE

7:58 PMaddictedtochaos​That is weird even by Metal Gear standards.

7:58 PMlittlegittel​so like when red dead redemption had the UNdead redemption remakey thing?

8:01 PMlittlegittel​pokemon go did that shit. RUDE

8:02 PMfroilen13​imagine if the other game the one you need to find coins to go backwards charge micro transactions?

8:02 PMScottyJayMan​I think you’re thinking of Resident evil mercenaries for 3DS. Only 1 save which can’t be erased, so would devalue reselling.

8:07 PMScottyJayMan​When young, I thought The David in Michelangelo’s Davis was his dong

8:08 PMfroilen13​there are teaching sex stuff to children in schools why bother about it

8:08 PMScottyJayMan​This is America we’re talking about here, ya all are prudes

8:09 PMScottyJayMan​Or a leaf floating around

8:11 PMaddictedtochaos​This started in 1993 with Mortal Kombat, and this won’t be the last time it comes up.

8:20 PMaddictedtochaos​On top of the state sales tax.

8:23 PMScottyJayMan​Perhaps guns should be taxed, I’m sure they cause quite a number of mental health issues

8:27 PMaddictedtochaos​It the politician mindset of “something must be done, this is something, therefore I must do it.”

8:28 PMScottyJayMan​Does everyone in Rhode Island sound like peter griffin?

8:34 PMScottyJayMan​Mario Maker would be perfect for this

8:34 PMaddictedtochaos​Mario maker as well