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Molehill Mountain Episode 37 – Nothing To Say But Everything

Published March 1, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

Zachary makes his triumphant return and many important topics are discussed. Does Zachary have a tattoo? Has Andrew ever fainted? All this and more!

5:10 – We get back to Kicking the Bucket List

25:44 – The Castlevania Netflix show debuts a poster

29:35 – Bethesda “can’t say” if next fall’s Switch release of Skyrim will be the special edition

33:27 – Nintendo Switch Joy Cons reportedly have a de-syncing problem

43:39 – A small thing that rekindled my excitement for Breath of the Wild

1:09:08 – What do we think about PewDiePie?

1:23:17 – What do we think about Milo Yiannopoulos?

1:30:36 – What do we think about Donald Trump?

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Molehill Mountain Episode 36 – ft. Super Metal Dave 64!

Published February 21, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

Zachary and the Mrs. are busy moving their brood to the side of the fence where the grass is greener but that doesn’t mean Andrew is all by his lonesome. Nope! Youtuber and Nintendo commentator Super Metal Dave 64 joins the show to talk all things Switch!

6:55 – Mega Man MUSCLE figures shown off at Toy Fair 2017

8:13 – Suda51 apologizes to translator for going off script during January’s Switch event

18:32 – Nintendo announces DLC for Zelda

29:51 – Pros and cons of marketing the Switch as a portable console vs a powerful portable that hooks up to the TV

46:08 – Sony filing a Japanese patent for a new handheld that looks a lot like the Switch

48:36 – Switch’s first-year line-up

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Molehill Mountain Episode 34 – Let’s Get Political!

Published January 31, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

This week’s episode of Molehill Mountain is chock full of political goodness. Or badness.

Uh… We talk politics!

25:33 – What does a tariff on imported goods mean to gamers?

43:36 – What does getting rid of net neutrality mean to gamers?

55:55 – Brad Bushman study gets trashed

1:03:40 – Capcom, Sherlock Holmes and the Public Domain

1:18:05 – More Nintendo Switch stuff

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Molehill Mountain Episode 33 – So Much Fire Emblem!

Published January 23, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

Another week, another podcast. Here’s what EZK and Andrew discussed this time:

14:44 – We try and fail to keep straight all the new Fire Emblem games

36:25 – Nintendo has released a few more interesting Switch details

53:58 – New survey examines the percentage of female gamers by genre

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My Switch Thoughts: The Redux

Published January 17, 2017 by E. Zachary Knight

Coming out of the Switch Event from last Thursday night, I have some additional thoughts about the Switch. I shared my first impressions back in October after the switch teaser trailer. My initial impression was that while I liked the system idea in general, I found it hard to think of ways its unique feature set fit into my lifestyle. Now that we have more details on the system and the games, I am still slightly cool on it. Andrew and I talked about the Switch at considerable length on our Molehill Mountain podcast this past Saturday. However, I want to share my own thoughts in a nice bite sized article for you. Let’s break it down to the good, bad, and ugly of the system.

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Molehill Mountain Episode 32 – Will Nintendo Switch Dominate or Submit?

Published January 16, 2017 by Andrew Eisen

Last week, Nintendo spent an hour telling us all about its upcoming portable console, the Nintendo Switch. So naturally, EZK and Andrew spend two and a half hours talking about Nintendo talking about the Nintendo Switch!

I don’t know if we were speaking the truth or speaking bollocks but somehow we attracted a lot more live viewers than usual. Hope to see all our new friends next week!

No topic time stamps this time but we do talk about the new Switch info in the same order it was presented during Nintendo’s event.

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Molehill Mountain Episode 30 – Just Stop Playing

Published December 19, 2016 by E. Zachary Knight

This is the last Molehill Mountain for 2016 and Andrew was away again. We will not have a podcast on Christmas Eve nor New Years Eve, so you will be on your own for entertainment those nights.

I open the show talking about Arc the Lad, a very short precursor to Arc the Lad 2. I follow it up with some discussion about a Ludum Dare game called Monolith by Rocketdad, as well as a game jam game of my own called Glug Cave. At 18:35, I talk about Facepunch telling unhappy Rust players to just stop playing. At 24:51, I look back at some of the big stories of the year such as Nintendo making multiple headlines, Blizzard launching Overwatch and the closing of GamePolitics. At 47:45, I talk about what I want to see in 2017, specifically the launch of the Switch, the release of Cosmic Star Heroine, and some personal and business goals.

That’s it for the last podcast of 2016. Andrew and I will both be back on January 7, 2017 with episode 31.

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Molehill Mountain Episode 24 – SPOILERS!!!

Published November 2, 2016 by Andrew Eisen

There will be no Molehill Mountain podcast this weekend (Saturday the 5th) due to Andrew’s Extra-Life video game charity marathon. The entire event will be streaming right here on RandomTower so if you’d like to drop by and say hey, please do!

As for last week’s show, we weren’t going to talk about Nintendo this week but we just can’t seem to help ourselves (18:50)! After that, we discuss the fact that OnePlay has taken on Desura, but not its parent company’s debt (38:34) then we try to figure out when exactly the statute of limitations on spoilers expires (48:42).

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Molehill Mountain Episode 23 – Let’s Switch It Up

Published October 24, 2016 by Andrew Eisen

On this week’s show, Andrew feels really bad about not liking Muramasa: The Demon Blade (1:01) then both he and EZK weigh in on the video game voice actor strike (12:00).

If you were left unsatisfied by Andrew’s reaction to Nintendo’s preview video of its new Switch gaming platform, EZK and he spend a good 90 minutes talking about the console formerly known as NX (27:46).

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Nintendo Announces The Switch, Confirming The Most Recent NX Rumors

Published October 20, 2016 by E. Zachary Knight

Nintendo Switch Do you remember all those rumors a while back about the NX being a hybrid mobile/console system with detachable controllers and cartridges instead of optical media? The ones that I was really worried about when I talked about them during one of my solo Molehill Mountain podcasts? Yeah those rumors. They were completely right. Today, Nintendo revealed that its next console is a hybrid mobile/home console called the Switch. If you haven’t watched the reveal trailer, where have you been? Anyway, here is the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5uik5fgIaI

Back when I talked about the NX rumors during the podcast, I expressed skepticism of the target market such a console would have. I was skeptical of exactly how such a system would market itself and compete with other consoles and mobile devices. I expressed plenty of skepticism of the whole idea in general. Well, not everything. I thought the change to game cartridges is a great idea.

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