This week, Google announced that they will be ending the Stadia service in January 2023. One of our hosts, DarkSakura, has used Stadia frequently with streaming and gaming as a way to play certain games on her Mac. Certainly she has some things to say about this closure, as do all of our hosts as well as our live chatters. What does the future hold for cloud gaming? Who is really to blame for Stadia's closure? We discuss this and SO much more in gaming on another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

Streamers for one popular game are going "on strike" in response to a download content system that is gambling. Is it fair for a game that charges full price, in a series that is released every year, to continue to milk gambling DLC for profits? We discuss this and offer our suggestions for how the game makers can do better. Gambling is also front and center on Twitch this week, as Twitch quickly responds to issues large streamers raised around gambling on the platform. However, why did they respond so fast to this comparatively to other issues brought up months ago, such as hate raids. All this and more make up another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!  

Tokyo Game Show was this last week, and as expected, a lot of game news came out of the industry this week, especially when you consider there was no official E3 this year. However, one big piece of news broke Sunday that really turned heads, and that was the leaking of major details, videos, and even source code of the upcoming game Grand Theft Auto VI. How damaging will this be to Take Two? How might this have happened? We discuss this, and of course much more in gaming news on another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

After a lengthy opening discussion to talk about some personal topics, our hosts get into the gaming news of the week talking about a new Marvel Superhero game from the creators of Pokemon Go. Are we excited for this, or is this just another game to add in the pile of "announced, but never seen" projects from Niantic? All this and much more in gaming news this week, including a recap from Rob of Dragon Con from the past weekend in Atlanta!  

Gamescom was this week, and the Opening Night events brought us plenty of gaming announcements. From Dead Island 2 to Life of P, and many games in between, we talk about the announcements and trailers that caught our eye. This week was a big week in releases as well, and in our gaming week, Loki gives us his impressions of the new Saints Row game. They are some passionate impressions! Tune in for the latest in this and all the weeks gaming news as well as the tangent train on another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

A popular Playstation game was released on PC this week which led to of course, many mods being made available for the game. However one mod made it's way out that ended up getting the creator banned from Nexus Mods. Usually, I'd write something vague here to get you to listen to the episode but let's be real, he was a giant fraking coward who knew he was being an obnoxious little troll and props to Nexus Mods for doing what they needed to do and saying what they needed to say. Anyway, hear us rant about this and talk about many pleasant topics in gaming as well on a whole nother week of the longest running gaming program on the internet, Orange Lounge Radio!

Nintendo put out a 30 minute direct focused on Splatoon 3 this week. We talk about our reactions to this direct, including some of the new twists on the Splatfest format, such as three splatfest teams, and phases on a pincer style attack map. In addition to the weeks news, we also talk about the games we have been playing this week such as runaway twitch hit Cult of the Lamb. Is this game really rooted in Animal Crossing, or does it feel like other familiar ground? We discuss all this and much more in another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

A much anticipated arcade opened locally, which speaks to the music game roots our show is based in. Loki tells us about his adventures at the newest Round 1 arcade in Roseville, California. We then get into the weeks gaming news which includes a new cloud gaming handheld from Logitech and Tencent. However, is there room in the industry for a device like this? Hear why we think this device might be too early in some ways, and too late in others. All this and much more discussion round out another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

TikTok looks to be taking further steps to embed games within the platform. This comes after recent acquisitions for the parent company. What might be the long term vision for TikTok? Could this potentially include cloud gaming in the future? Why does social media try so hard to inject gaming into it anyway? We dive into all this and much more, including some reflections from DarkSakura on the recent California Extreme expo that took place over the weekend. All this and much more on another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

After missing a week unexpectedly last week, we jump into the why, as well as the news that we missed last week. Bayonetta 3 finally has a date! Nintendo has purchased a movie making company that has many people talking, but we talk about what this purchase might really be about, and why Hollywood will probably keep making the features. We have plenty of time for this weeks news too, it's two weeks worth of gaming on an all new episode of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!