Molehill Mountain Podcast

Maybe they should try plot armor! 0:00 – YouTube continues making everything worse 4:32 – Games are more expensive these days; the total cost simply isn’t the entirety of the initial purchase price 33:18 – Storm Trooper armor offers no protection 43:04 – I can’t get into Kowloon Generic Romance because the protagonist is inexplicably ... Continue reading ‘...

This podcast has nothing to do with the fact that I haven’t had a burger in years. 0:00 – Sometimes, movie trailers are good! 12:25 – Can we crack the code of the inexplicable popularity of Gemma from Monster Hunter Wilds? 26:38 – I watched Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines on a whim and it’s ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 402 – Little Ado...

Still super annoying though. 0:00 – I accidentally ripped off my dentist 2:54 – Incredibly, YouTube manages to make its platform worse 8:10 – For next year’s Oscars, the academy members will have to actually watch all the films in a category to vote 15:36 – TV shows. Do I prefer all episodes released at ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 401 –...

To celebrate the landmark achievement of reaching an arbitrary but no less round and impressively large episode number, and certainly not due to simple, serendipitous happenstance, we’re spending this week’s episode talking shop with YouTube musician extraordinaire, RafScrap and her producer/collaborator Gezeus! Check out their channels: RafScrap – https://www.youtube.com/@RafScr...

Nintendo Switch 2. I have thoughts. 0:00 – Monster Hunter is like Jell-o. There’s always room for more. Unless you’re full. Or just don’t like it in the first place. 28:14 – Nintendo’s expensive new console has expensive new games! If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Molehill Mountain, you can watch the video replay on ... Continue reading ‘Molehill...

It’s not the solution, it’s the journey. 0:00 – Yahoo can’t design a website, YouTube can’t stop ad blocking software, and Facebook doesn’t care about it’s own Community Guidelines 9:42 – I thought Marvel’s five hour live stream revealing the cast of Avengers: Doomsday was kinda dumb… but it grew on me 13:40 – Nintendo ... Continue...

Daredevil, Monster Hunter Wilds, and not much else. 0:00 – There’s this movie where a samurai fights off 400 dudes in one 77-minute unbroken cut! I could only sit through 17 minutes 11:58 – Daredevil is off to a good start but the third episode didn’t really work for me 38:40 – Technical issues aside, ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 397 – D...

Watch where you’re not looking, jerk! 0:00 – There comes a time in every adult’s life where you must poop in an envelop and send it through the post 8:11 – Monster Hunter Wilds is a lot of fun but yikes are there some issues with the visual presentation 1:06:24 – Sometimes, ogling attractive people ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 396 – Caug...

Free marketing! 0:00 – “10 Things You Need to Know” videos are mostly just reading publisher-provided fact sheets. Darn shame that YouTube has engineered its platform in a way that forces creators who make videos for a living to pad their output with this fluff, as clever and well-made as some of it can be. ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 395 – 10 Thin...

The best part of Valentine’s Day is the subsequent sale on candy! 0:00 – I couldn’t find any Valentine’s Day candy so I bought a giant Valentine’s Day cookie 13:00 – Yahoo Mail’s redesign is objectively worse 26:30 – Capcom’s marketing blitz for Monster Hunter Wilds isn’t always presenting the game in the best light ... Continue reading &...

PSN is back up which means I can spend more time in the Monster Hunter Wilds character creator. 0:00 – The PSN was down for a day and Sony is being unnervingly quite about it 19:00 – The early hours of Mario & Luigi: Dream Team are a bit dull 37:21 – Sing is a ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 393 – I’m Sure It Was Nothing’ »

Not a lie, just sad. 0:00 – Happy birthday to me. Sans cake. 8:15 – The dead are uninsurable. 30:28 – Forensic mystery game Tokyo Psychodemic has some pretty rough spots but it’s got a solid foundation that I hope the creatives behind it get the opportunity to refine and expand on. 58:20 – The ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 392 – The Sadde...

Let’s see how many Astro Bot cameos I recognize. NOTE: This is probably not a great audio-only episode as the majority of it relies on video game footage. 0:00 – Making people cry with Barbershop. In a good way! 3:55 – For a Nintendo fanboy, I recognize a surprising number of PlayStation characters. Hmm… If ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 391 – S...

I’m sure the Switch 2 will be about as powerful as a console that came out over 10 years ago. 0:00 – Maybe we shouldn’t listen to venture capitalists, let alone adopt their falsehood-based, self-serving opinions 36:28 – Switch 2 is exactly what we expected it to be, even without the leaks 1:00:10 – My ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 390 – I...

NOTE: This podcast is not streamed in 4K. 0:00 – 4K gaming isn’t as easy as getting a PS5. You need a 4K TV. And if you want to stream them you need a 4K capture card. And a 4K switcher. And 4K HDMI cables. 9:13 – Ghost of Tsushima is Horizon: Zero Dawn with ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 389 – Fun With 4K’ »

But I’m going to make a big deal about it anyway. 0:00 – I put my weights outside for the Extra Life marathon. It rained once for 10 minutes and the darn things rusted 2:39 – Jurassic World: Chaos Theory’s antagonist is from the most recent movie. I didn’t recognize her. Even though I saw ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 388 – All the News T...

During the recent Extra Life charity marathon, we raised enough money for me to fell 13 colossi in Shadow of the Colossus.  Unfortunately, we only got to 8 of them during the event.  So, I’m using a podcast to tackle the rest.  Probably not the best episode to listen to audio-only but you do you! ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 387 – Light Blocked By the Big Thing...

You know you have a problem if your video game trailer has to link a blog post to explain what you just watched. 0:00 – Adventures in shopping 31:59 – Adventures in editing 41:43 – Adventures in marketing If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Molehill Mountain, you can watch the video replay on YouTube.  Alternatively, ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 38...

It’s very… Nintendo. 0:00 – You had one job, USPS! 10:31 – The first keyboard was my fault. The second… 15:12 – Alarmo is a neat concept but way overpriced for what’s one offer If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Molehill Mountain, you can watch the video replay on YouTube.  Alternatively, you can catch audio ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mou...

I was satisfied. 0:00 – I’ll admit, blocking Amazon’s new AI chatbot gave me a little thrill 3:27 – Vons anti-shoplifting efforts are so anti-customer, it feels like its deliberately trying to drive shoppers away 17:46 – The recent Tokyo Games Show showed games in Tokyo 46:15 – Metaphor is an RPG in which the ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode...

From video games you haven’t beaten. And other things too but I’m specifically referring to video games in this case. 0:00 – Agatha All Along leaves a positive first impression 8:44 – Did you have Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii on your bingo card? 22:25 – Sony isn’t revealing the price of their 30th Anniversary Edition ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Epis...

I mean, that was REALLY hard to get. 0:00 – Some woman I don’t know left her phone number on a sticky note and affixed it to the back of a book on my bookshelf. I don’t know who she is or how she got in my apartment. 5:55 – The IRS won’t tell me ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode 382 – I Never Called’ »

Bad game advertisement strike again! 0:00 – Conjuring a bed is the best superpower making Zelda the best superhero. That’s just science! 2:47 – Expedition 33’s first look gameplay video left me wanting. And not in a good way… 18:28 – Terminator Zero is kinda dull 31:28 – Sneak peak at some ideas I have ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain Episode...

Odd to have an entire convention for one game but it was one I’m anticipating so it’s fine. 0:00 – Furiosa is like the Alien prequels 9:32 – Deadpool & Wolverine exercises more restraint than Alien: Romulus 34:30 – Gamescom’s opening night bored me to tears. Manly tears. 53:44 – Monster Hunter Wilds looks nifty! ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mou...

I’ll try to talk about website design without getting angry. 0:00 – There has never been a good website redesign. Or I’m just unreasonably picky. 15:00 – They made two movies explaining the origins of the Alien. I don’t know, I was always satisfied with “from space” as an answer. 49:21 – I mean, Saitama ... Continue reading ‘Molehill Mountain E...