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MONG Podcast 158 | It Never Really Got a Chance to Live

Join the podcast crew of Myles Farrington, Adam Leonard and Chris Cobb as they mull and converse over the most topical of news. They touch on the stories of the Steven Universe RPG coming to consoles, the Nintendo Switch sales numbers, Firestorm exploding into Injustice 2 and so much more. They cover it all! Don’t forget the always hilarious, or relatively deep, Thought from Nowhere! Welcome to the MONG podcast, enjoy! Continue reading MONG Podcast 158 | It Never Really Got a Chance to Live

MONG Podcast 157 | How the Times Have Changed

Join the podcast crew of Myles Farrington, Adam Leonard and Chris Cobb as they mull and converse over the most topical of news. They touch on the stories of Ultra Street Fighter II being released (AGAIN!) on the Switch, the Switch putting up impressive sales, Dino Crisis in crisis and so much more. They cover it all! Don’t forget the always hilarious, or relatively deep, Thought from Nowhere! Welcome to the MONG podcast, enjoy! Continue reading MONG Podcast 157 | How the Times Have Changed

Kinda Spoopy

Join the podcast crew of Myles Farrington, Adam Leonard and Chris Cobb as they mull and converse over the most topical of news. They touch on the stories of the PlayStation Switch (no, that’s not a typo), the reveal of Middle Earth: Shadow of War, the Dragon Quest for more Nintendo Switch memory and so much more. They cover it all! Don’t forget the always hilarious, or relatively deep, Thought from Nowhere! Welcome to the MONG podcast, enjoy! Continue reading Kinda Spoopy

MONG Podcast 155 | Chatting with Cheesus

Join the podcast crew of Myles Farrington, Adam Leonard and Chris Cobb as they mull and converse over the most topical of news. They touch on the stories of Destiny FREAKIN’ 2, the Castlevania Netflix series, Steam Greenlight’s dusk and so much more. They cover it all! This is also the premiere episode of Chatting with Cheesus! Welcome to the MONG podcast, enjoy! Continue reading MONG Podcast 155 | Chatting with Cheesus

MONG Podcast 154 | The Underappreciated

Join the podcast crew of Myles Farrington, Adam Leonard and Chris Cobb as they mull and converse over the most topical of news. They touch on the stories of Gamestop’s Circle of Life program, the Switch’s online services, Black Canary joining the Injustice 2 roster and so much more. They cover it all! Don’t forget the always hilarious, or relatively deep, Thought from Nowhere! Welcome to the MONG podcast, enjoy! Continue reading MONG Podcast 154 | The Underappreciated

MONG Podcast 153 | Game of the Year

Join the podcast crew of Myles Farrington, Adam Leonard and Chris Cobb as they mull and converse over the most topical of news. They touch on the stories of Phantom Dust breathing again, Square Enix tackling the Avengers, Final Fantasy XV sentai rangers and so much more. They cover it all! Don’t forget the always hilarious, or relatively deep, Thought from Nowhere! Welcome to the MONG podcast, enjoy! Continue reading MONG Podcast 153 | Game of the Year

Unpacking our iterative future

The gaming industry is simultaneously enabled and limited by what is under the hood of our favorite game machines. Consoles are essentially mass-produced computers designed with gaming in mind and they set a benchmark by which developers can exert their programming panache. However, just as new hardware allows the proverbial stretching of legs, aging hardware transforms that freedom into confines by which ever-growing ambition is stymied. This ongoing dilemma in gaming has perplexed console-makers since home consoles became a standard in 1985, but the recent strategy employed to combat rapidly advancing technology has been iterative hardware.

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MONG Podcast 152 | A Match Made in Heaven

Join the podcast crew of Myles Farrington, Adam Leonard, Chris Cobb and for a limited time only, Lou Contaldi as they mull and converse over the most topical of news. They touch on the stories of Injustice 2’s special editions and DLC, the official Call of Cthulhu game, Resident Evil 7’s upcoming DLC listings, the Final Fantasy XV DLC festival and so much more. They cover it all! Don’t forget the always hilarious, or relatively deep, Thought from Nowhere! Welcome to the MONG podcast, enjoy! Continue reading MONG Podcast 152 | A Match Made in Heaven

Lack of competitive fire is slowly killing Nintendo

Nintendo’s Switch presentation on Thursday was truly baffling. The missteps of the event have dominated the conversation that followed, but there was a lot to be excited about if you are interested in the Switch. Nintendo gave a glimpse into its first-party lineup, detailed the interesting features of the console and blew us away with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. However, despite my status as an enduring Nintendo fan who is sold on the Switch, I was left with an odd feeling in the pit of my stomach.

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