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Molehill Mountain Episode 106 – Parents Gonna Parent

Video games are having a negative affect on my children!

What? No, I don’t pay attention to what they’re playing, why do you ask?

32:13 – Wacky survey shows parents don’t pay attention to kids’ gaming, notice bad behavior, don’t think it has anything to do with games, took games away anyway, gave them back because kids threw a fit, and fear their kids may be gaming addicts!

57:09 – Nintendo wants 20 – 30 new indie games on Switch every week!

1:03:11 – We laugh at the poorly written character descriptions from the purported new Mortal Kombat movie

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Molehill Mountain Episode 4 – Is Life Just One Big Video Game?

On this week’s episode of Molehill Mountain, Andrew and EZK give a few E3 predictions (8:20), continue Kicking the Bucket List (34:23), weigh in on Elon Musk’s idea that video game tech suggests life could be a simulation (43:20), admonish Nintendo for forgetting the rest of the world when announcing an eShop promotion (48:42), and discuss the ramifications of a Texas court ruling that video game mechanics are not copyrightable.

 

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Nintendo celebrates eShop anniversary, forgets about the rest of the world

eShop sale JapanYesterday, Nintendo announced a promotion to celebrate the 5-year anniversary of the eShop, its online marketplace where you can buy digital games, new and classic alike.  100 titles on the eShop have been discounted by up to 50%.  The promotion starts today and runs through Monday.

Pretty sweet, right?

Yeah, but this promotion only applies to the Japanese eShop so what about THE REST OF THE WORLD?!

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