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Molehill Mountain Episode 74 – Happy Birthday, Wii U!

Published November 23, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

It’s the long-dead Wii U’s fifth birthday!

0:10 – For the Wii U’s fifth birthday, we remember the 300 games that released on the PS3 and 360 (and often, a bunch of other platforms as well) but not the Wii U

26:42 – Universal’s Illumination may be handling an animated Super Mario Bros. movie

40:01 – Andrew is a Rampage fanboy and is annoyed by the trailer for the upcoming film adaptation

51:06 – EA removes microtransactions for Star Wars Battlefront 2 launch, will put them back in later

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Molehill Mountain Episode 73 – The Fault In Our Star Wars

Published November 15, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

Star Wars is going to make more Star Wars to go with our Star Wars!

22:07 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles added to Injustice 2 roster

31:13 – EA buys Respawn. Will probably kill it like all the others

41:34 – Star Wars announced even more Star Wars to go with all the Star Wars!

51:30 – Take-Two and Ubisoft have some very interesting pet names for microtranactions and DLC

57:45 – After a decade and a half, Humvee takes it to Activision for using its product in Call of Duty

1:16:42 – Gamestop opens games and sells them as new

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Molehill Mountain Episode 72 – Animal Crossing: Happy Campers

Published November 1, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

Because that’s a far better name than “Pocket Camp.”

9:41 – EA and demands for high Metacritic scores

28:54 – Xbox One’s backwards compatibility would have arrived sooner if Microsoft didn’t have to spend a bunch of time and resources removing its ill-advised always-on DRM

39:46- Nintendo details Animal Crossing for mobile devices

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Molehill Mountain Episode 71 – Dead Horse Beatings

Published October 25, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

EA has closed one of its studios… again.

32:38 – Capcom grossly overprices its costume DLC for Marvel vs Capcom Infinite

37:10 – Disney finally revealed the official name of its upcoming Han Solo movie. It’s boring.

39:12 – Bethesda goes overboard with Season Pass and Preorder shenanigans for Wolfenstein 2

41:25 – Switch OS update allows you to capture up to 30 SECONDS of game footage! WOW!!!

49:29 – Fire Emblem Warriors charges you extra for content Hyrule Warriors gave away for free

52:38 – EA closes another of its acquired studios. Who’s next?

1:06:30 – Icky Activision patent revealed

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Molehill Mountain Episode 70 – DLC You In Hell

Published October 21, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

Sorry I’m so late posting this but I spent all week editing a new YouTube video.  Anyway, in this episode (the title of which I’m immature enough to be super proud of!) we discuss the evils of DLC in all its most insidious forms from microtransactions to loot boxes.

42:15 – IGN buys Humble Bundle. Conflict of interest?

54:15 – The EVILS of DLC!!!

1:39:05 – The ESRB says loot boxes aren’t gambling

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Molehill Mountain Episode 68 – Andrew Is a Hating Hater Who Hates

Published October 6, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

Seriously, what’s with that guy?

33:17 – Andrew opines that game journalists who were confused by the Wii U were lying or terrible at their jobs

42:05 – Senran Kagura producer wants to make a game that appeals to women

46:25 – What is and is not clickbait?

51:50 – What is and is not hyperbole?

54:30 – Red Dead Redemption 2 protagonist appears to be full-blown bad guy with no redeeming qualities. How does that compare to previous protagonists of Rockstar Games?

1:05:55 – New Mummy video game movie tie-in seems to have nothing to do with the movie is’s tied-in to.

1:18:28 – Andrew talk a bit about the Project Octopath Traveler demo.

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Molehill Mountain Episode 67 – Podcast Bombing

Published September 27, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

Podcast bombing.  It’s a thing.

Also a thing? Review bombing, DMCA abuse and the Tokyo Game Show.

0:00 – Will technology advance to the point where we fear it will harm our children and turn them into bad apples?

29:55 – Let’s talk DMCA abuse. At length…

1:10:28 – Valve tries to address review bombing

1:20:51 – Monster Hunter Worlds wasn’t the only game at Tokyo Game Show, but it may as well have been!

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Molehill Mountain Episode 65 – Nintendo Has NOT Erased Mario & Luigi’s Past

Published September 13, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

Let’s get upset about the internet getting upset about things!

0:00 – We talk about IT even though neither of us have seen it.

12:17 – Google labels us a file sharing site for… hosting our own podcast?

18:19 – All of YouTube’s changes are terrible. All of them.

29:35 – My patience pays off! Both Resident Evil 7 and L.A. Noire get Gold/Deluxe editions that include all the DLC!

37:47 – Rockstar ensures Switch version of L.A. Noire sells like crap by charging $10 more for the visually inferior version

49:32 – Nintendo character profiles for Mario and Luigi mention the boys used to work as plumbers, internet loses its damn fool mind.

59:34 – South Park video game ties difficulty to skin color.

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