A podcast about video games, culture, politics, and the rights of consumers.
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Molehill Mountain. That’s the name we’re trying out for the podcast. So far the reaction has been positive but please feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below. It’s going to take us a bit of time to move it out from under the SuperPAC banner so we apologize in advance for any confusion. ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Epilogue 4’ »
Kind of an odd show this week with EZK and Andrew foregoing their list of topics and just discussing whatever came to mind. While the first half hour is pretty scattershot, two major topics do emerge: Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop dice games (28:26) and a hefty political discussion with a focus on Libertarians ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Epilogue 3’ »
Andrew is all by his lonesome on this week’s podcast. Topics discussed include the recent Nintendo NX and Zelda news (2:45), removing content from western localizations and how it affects games like Yakuza 3(22:49), what to do about prostitutes in Grand Theft Auto games (41:02), and Sony’s continued failure at marketing the new Ghostbusters movie ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Epilogue 2’ »
We’re still working on a name but the first post-Super Podcast Action Committee podcast is in the bag and you can watch it over to the left. This week, Andrew and EZK discussed the sad truth behind Andrew’s love for LEGO games (7:42), the possibility of Nintendo NX news hitting early this week (30:04), whether GameStop’s ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Epilogue 1’ »
In the very final episode of Super Podcast Action Committee (episode 186) hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight are joined by GamePolitics managing editor James Fudge for a free-form conversation about Lollipop Chainsaw’s platinum coins (3:53), Square Enix’s penchant for giving Kingdom Hearts games weird names (13:32), adventures covering E3 over the years (16:25), ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee Episode 186 – The Finale!’ »
On this week’s show (episode 185), hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“When will Nintendo start talking about the NX” – 25:35 mark), Tracer’s butt (37:14), Beamdog standing up to internet bullies railing about a trans NPC (45:07), and Electronic Arts using a DMCA take-down on a Trump parody ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee Episode 185 – Truly Outrageous!’ »
On this week’s show (episode 184), hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss Nintendo firing an employee after months of harassment on social media (24:54 mark), Nintendo’s first mobile app, Miitomo (38:50), and fans being upset over changes by developers to Overwatch (49:50) and Star Ocean (58:04). If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee Episode 184 – Miitomo, you Jane’ »
On this week’s show (episode 183), Andrew Eisen flies solo and talks about the Batman v. Superman movie, Daredevil season two, My Little Pony, and a bunch of other crazy stuff. It’s the best Easter since the very first Easter — and you know what happened on that day! Here are the topic timestamps: 17:42 ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 183: Super Solo Easter Edition!’ »
On this week’s show (episode 182), hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“Can the old model 3DS emulate Super NES games” – 27:58 mark), the change to Bravely Second’s localization based on user feedback (41:38), and Sony giving a solid “maybe” on cross platform play and the possibility of ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 182’ »
On this week’s show (episode 181), hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“The presidential hopefuls get together and play a round of Super Smash Bros. Who wins?” – 19:45 mark), Nintendo finally abandoning its claim on Andrew’s YouTube video (29:24), and the San Bernardino DA telling a federal court ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 181’ »
On this week’s show (episode 180), hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the Ghostbusters movie at length (13:25), Microsoft’s new Universal Windows Platform (34:31), developers buying Steam user reviews on Fiverr (53:57), and multiple companies abandoning the E3 Expo this year (1:03:26). If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Super Podcast Action Committee, ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 180’ »
On this week’s show (episode 179), hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“Should Apple provide an iOS backdoor” – 21:32 mark), Leland Yee being sentenced to five years in prion and fined $20,000 (31:39), Vivendi making plays for Gameloft and Ubisoft (56:25), and Disney asking its employees to lobby ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 179’ »
On this week’s show (episode 178), host Andrew Eisen goes solo to discuss The Avengers having the worst musical theme of all superhero movies (1:07), Batman v Superman’s marketing (6:53), the EFF’s opinion on Andrew’s Nintendo-claimed video (19:45), Nintendo’s response on the controversial Fire Emblem Fates scene (40:09), the Street Fighter 5 backlash (1:02:27), and ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 178’ »
On this week’s show (episode 177), host Andrew Eisen is joined by special guest Carol Pinchefsky (sitting in for E. Zachary Knight) to discuss new research that suggests that interest gaming competition wanes with age (10:58 mark), Hatred developer Creative Destruction’s newest game “IS Defense” (20:22), Zoe Quinn dropping her harassment lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 177’ »
On this week’s show (episode 176), hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“Should tattoo artists be paid for their tattoos showing up in movies/games?” – 20:15 mark), the story of the UK gamer who had to destroy his Fallout 4 LPs to get a full refund (33:48), the Fire ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee Episode 176 – Face Poking Fun!’ »
On this week’s show (episode 175), hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“Has E3 lost its luster?” – 28:05 mark), Sony’s “Let’s Play” trademark getting rejected a second time (46:12), and GOG.com introducing its own version of Steam Early Access called “Game In Development” (55:18). If you missed Saturday’s ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 175’ »
On this week’s show (episode 174), hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss Mortal Kombat XL preorder complications (26:10) , Nintendo NX rumors (32:48), Yandere Simulator getting banned from Twitch (47:16), and how Nintendo might localize a controversial sequence in Fire Emblem Fates (54:35). If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Super Podcast Action Committee, ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 174’ »
On this week’s show (episode 173), hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss Nintendo copyright claiming Andrew’s latest YouTube video (18:52), the latest GamePolitics poll (“Will the Oculus Rift be a success at $599?” – 29:32), the voice actor for Duke Nukem refusing to voice a Republican presidential candidate’s ad campaign (39:53), new video ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 173’ »
On this week’s show (episode 172), hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight are joined by KNGI’s very own Kyle Crouse to discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“How well do you think video game retailers are enforcing their voluntary policies to restrict the sales of M rated games to minors?” – 20:22 mark) and the ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 172’ »
On the first show of 2016 (episode 171), hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the FTC deciding not to conduct a secret shopper survey for 2015 (24:25 mark), the story about a child opening a new PS4 on Christmas to find a block of wood with a penis drawn on it (32:21), another child ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 171’ »
On the final show of 2015 (episode 170) hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss last week’s poll (“Poll: Will Hideo Kojima’s new collaboration with Playstation be Silent Hills?” – 26:20), a Pew Research report on gamers and gaming (32:46), Rand Paul and Carly Fiorina’s thoughts on net neutrality (42:42), and Sesame Credit, a Chinese game that gamifies being ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 170’ »
On this week’s show (episode 169) hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss recent Nintendo patents (10:30 mark), the possibility of “Rare Replay” coming to the Wii U (34:42), Xenoblade Chronicles having crappy DRM (37:41), the French government’s plan to ban Tor and public Wi-Fi in light of terror attacks (48:39), and a former ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 169’ »
On this week’s show (episode 168) hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“Will Dead or Alive 3 be released outside of Japan/Asia?” – 31:42 mark), the HoniePop dev offering Tecmo Koei $1 million to release DOAX3 in the States (38:00), and Konami barring Kojima from accepting awards for MGS ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 168’ »
On this week’s show (episode 167) hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“Which type of game review most influences your purchasing decisions?” – 13:49), Polygon and Kill Screen’s reactions to a nearly all male jury for this year’s Game Awards (25:50), Kotaku being blacklisted by Bethesda and Ubisoft (40:10), and YouTube’s new ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 167’ »
On this week’s show (episode 166) hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight are joined by Danny Ledonne – the creator of Super Columbine Massacre RPG!, about his ten year-old game, the documentary he made about it called “Playing Columbine” and why he currently finds himself banned from the Adams State University (ASU) campus (1:35 ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 166’ »
On this week’s show (episode 165) hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“SXSW cancelled two panels due to threats of violence. Should the panels be reinstated?” – 16:26), Batman: Arkham Knight returns to PC with an apology from Warner Bros. but still doesn’t work all that well (36:10), Nintendo continues censoring ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 165’ »
On this week’s show (episode 164) hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“How should Nintendo have handled the risqué bonus costumes in Fatal Frame?” – 19:00), YouTube Red, a new subscription service for watching ad-free YouTube videos (38:22), whether Kojima is gone from Konami or not (51:22), and whether ads on Steam ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 164’ »
On this week’s show (episode 163) hosts Andrew Eisen gives his first impressions of MidBoss Games’ Read Only Memories (1:45) and explains why he spent a significant amount of time staring at a woman’s chest (25:10). Then he and co-host E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“Is Konami done with AAA game development?” ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 163’ »
On this week’s show (episode 161) hosts Andrew Eisen gives his first impressions of MidBoss Games’ Read Only Memories (1:45) and explains why he spent a significant amount of time staring at a woman’s chest (25:10). Then he and co-host E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“Is Konami done with AAA game development?” ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 162’ »
On this week’s show (episode 161) hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“Should Twitch allow streaming adult games?” – 20:18 mark), the story of a Virginia Beach mom who got a Minecraft sword and 800 rounds of ammo from Toys R’ Us (30:05), Activision’s Call of Duty marketing campaign ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 161’ »
On this week’s show (episode 160) hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss what Andrew really thinks about Skylanders Superchargers (4:00 mark), Andrew’s adventures in bidding on the superhero costumes worn in several adult film parodies (16:00), the latest GamePolitics poll results (“Have you ever borrowed a video game from a library?” – 29:06), ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 160’ »
On this week’s show (episode 159) host Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“How important is it that localized titles are dubbed in your language?” – 18:56 mark), Comcept delaying the Mighty No. 9 demo (34:04), Shenmue III looking for more crowd funding (44:52), the new study critical of ESRB’s ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 159’ »
On this week’s show (episode 158) host Andrew Eisen discusses the latest GamePolitics poll (“If Super Mario Maker had been a launch title, how would the Wii U have fared?” – 8:05), Disney Infinity creating a Splatoon clone in the game’s Toy Box (16:16), Pokémon Go’s awesome commercial that tell us nearly nothing (26:15), GameStop ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 158’ »
On this week’s show (episode 157) hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the reaction Jimmy Kimmel received to his sketch that poked fun at people who watch Let’s Plays (16:14), sex game Kindred Spirits which will be hitting Steam completely uncensored (37:11), and educational game Playing History that was criticized for depicting slave trade ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 157’ »
On this week’s show (episode 156) hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“How do you feel about microtransactions in $60 video games?” – 6:16 mark), Rainbow Mika getting a new costume for Street Fighter V (35:30), the super expensive Gal Gun DLC that lets you see characters in their ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 156’ »
On this week’s show (episode 155) hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight are joined by Brad Glasgow, GamePolitics managing editor James Fudge, and Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) region 3 director Michael Koretzky. This week’s show is all about the SPJ AirPlay event that took place in Miami, Florida last week. After revealing the ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 155’ »
On this week’s show (episode 154) hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight are joined by Brad Glasgow and GamePolitics managing editor James Fudge. The gang discusses the latest GamePolitics poll (“Will mainstream media attitudes towards GamerGate be any different after SPJ AirPlay?” – 10:13 mark), Brad Glasgow’s article “Challenge accepted: interviewing an Internet ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 154’ »
Super Podcast Action Committee has a new home on KNGI Network! We’re very thankful to KNGI for lending us some of its resources to host our humble show. If you aren’t familiar with Super Podcast Action Committee, it is a live weekly show (Saturdays at 6 pm PT) that serves as the unofficial podcast of ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 153: Hello World!’ »
If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Super Podcast Action Committee (Episode 152), you can watch the video replay on YouTube. On this week’s show hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“Will Target Australia sell the next GTA game upon its release?” – 20:38 mark), Necromancer and other delayed ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 152’ »
If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Super Podcast Action Committee (Episode 151), you can watch the video replay on YouTube. On this week’s show hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight are joined by GamePolitics managing editor James Fudge and Society of Professional Journalists Region 3 director Michael Koretzky. Andrew discusses the latest GamePolitics ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 151: Q&A with SPJ AirPlay organizer Michael Koretzky’ »
If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Super Podcast Action Committee (Episode 150), you can watch the video replay on YouTube. On this week’s show hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“Should game journalists be a part of SPJ AirPlay?” – 21:49 mark), Nintendo president Satoru Iwata’s untimely death ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 150’ »
If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Super Podcast Action Committee (Episode 149), you can watch the video replay on YouTube. On this week’s show hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“Are game journalists or game publishers more ethically challenged?” – 42:46 mark), Tale of Tales exiting the games ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 149’ »
If you missed Friday’s live broadcast of Super Podcast Action Committee (Episode 148), you can watch the video replay on YouTube. On this week’s show hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight are once again joined by super cool dude Justin Leeper to talk about all the games they loved and hated from last week’s ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 148: the big post-E3 show!’ »
If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Super Podcast Action Committee (Episode 147), you can watch the video replay on YouTube. On this week’s show hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight are joined by super cool dude Justin Leeper to talk about all the things they expect to hear about or want to see ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 147: the big pre-E3 show!’ »
If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Super Podcast Action Committee (Episode 146), you can watch the video replay on YouTube. On this week’s show hosts Andrew Eisen and guest-host Jeremy Powers (E. Zachary Knight had a prior obligation) discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“Do you love Hatred?” – 29:47 mark), Bethesda releasing a Fallout ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 146’ »
If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Super Podcast Action Committee (Episode 145), you can watch the video replay on YouTube. On this week’s show hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“Is it censorship when a private retailer decides not to sell a particular video game?” – 28:00 mark), Konami ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 145’ »
If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Super Podcast Action Committee (Episode 144), you can watch the video replay on YouTube. On this week’s show hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss Take Two suing BBC over the GTA movie (23:34), Microsoft saying its digital store is not competing with Steam (37:45), Diablo III gamers ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 144’ »
If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Super Podcast Action Committee (Episode 143), you can watch the video replay on YouTube. On this week’s show hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss Konami’s various shenanigans against the gaming community (18:08), Microsoft killing Xbox Live for testers who leaked Gears of War information and footage ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 143’ »
If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Super Podcast Action Committee (Episode 142), you can watch the video replay on YouTube. On this week’s show hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss a spat between GOG and GMG over Witcher 3 keys (23:23 mark), ArenaNet shaming a Guild Wars 2 cheater (31:10), Reclaim Your ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 142’ »
If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Super Podcast Action Committee (Episode 141), you can watch the video replay on YouTube. On this week’s show hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“Will Clinton’s historical anti-game rhetoric hurt her presidential run?” – 28:12 mark), Valve giving devs control of the ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 141’ »
If you missed Saturday’s live broadcast of Super Podcast Action Committee (Episode 140), you can watch the video replay on YouTube. On this week’s show hosts Andrew Eisen and E. Zachary Knight discuss the latest GamePolitics poll (“Will limiting Steam services to accounts that have spent at least $5 eliminate spammers?” – 14:56 mark), if ...Continue reading ‘Super Podcast Action Committee – Episode 140: Honey Badger Brouhaha’ »