Crunchyroll confirms limited credentials posted, but no breach was discovered, an anime producer becomes new Fuji Television president, and BAND-MAID to release music video for a song used in a new anime opening! Also, TOKYOPOP contributes to voice actors lost homes in LA wildfires, Cells at Work live-action grosses over 5 billion yen,Square Enix Tokyo cafe to shut down, and an anime studio merger leads to one being dissolved! Meanwhile in Japan, a 71-year-old robs 63 houses and treats strangers to sushi just to look cool, and a woman causes 8 separate traffic accidents in 35 minutes!

Xbox hosted a Developer Direct this week, which showed off a surprise new title in the Ninja Gaiden series, as well as stealth dropping a classic game from the series onto XBOX Game Pass. It's not often we see announcements in January, so this gives us some fun things to talk about. We also discuss the current gaming landscape and how things have shifted away from the console wars of the 90s. At the end of the day, it's all about money. On our show, it's all about the latest gaming news with this and much more on another episode of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

I was at the tabletop/board gaming convention Dice & Diversions this weekend, run by the same folks behind the Southern Fried Gaming Expo. The government ban on apps by Chinese-owned ByteDance included the popular mobile game Marvel Snap, which surprised its California based developers. The Nintendo Switch 2 was finally unveiled in a CG rendered trailer, with a full reveal occurring April 2nd. Gaming outlet Nintendo Life released a "Better eShop" after a week of development, and silenced many highly rated, award winning indie games in the process. Then we talk to Rob about the Better eShop and the name of the Nintendo Switch 2.

Finally after months of rumors, mockups, and much internet speculation, the Nintendo Switch 2 is finally officially unveiled. While it is a short two minute sneak peek, it's enough to confirm most of the rumors we have heard thusfar. What are our early impressions of what we've seen? And how about that quick peek at a new Mario Kart game? There is still much more to unveil in April, but that doesn't stop the Nintendo chatter from continuing. All this and MUCH more gaming news make up another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

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CES was this weekend, but the big news were the leaks of the Nintendo Switch 2, which had not been formally announced at the time of reporting. Nintendo did, however, say that the Genki mockups shown at CES were not official. Meta is discontinuing their higher end Quest Pro headset, instead concentrating on the Quest 3 and Quest 3S line. Valve has announced that SteamOS is coming to other handhelds sooner than you think, with the Lenovo Legion Go S being the first device to get official support. Then we talk to Rob about other CES announcements, like a mini virtual pinball machine from My Arcade.

Happy 2025! The staff is back from their well-deserved break and they're ready to go! On this week's show... It's the end of an era, AnimeNEXT is on indefinite hiatus, and the AJS staff is tea-ready! Also, crowdfunding was launched for Mike McFarland's brain surgery, and Crunchyroll dropped a new manga app! Plus, Japan sets its inaugural music awards event, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment to release a Gundam tabletop miniature game, and the Godzilla card game will be simultaneously released in Japanese and English! Meanwhile in Japan, a bear breaks into a home to spend winter as a human, a monkey grabs a jogger and gives chase for hundreds of meters, a man is fired for going to the gym, and a collaboration of the glasses-wearing boys!

It appears Microsoft may be set to make some big moves in Gaming in 2025, with Halo: The Master Chief Collection rumored to release on the PlayStation 5 and the Nintendo Switch successor. Rumors about a new handheld are intensifying as well. Is it possible that Microsoft could soon partner up with Nintendo on a Game Pass app? Rumors and speculation abounds while news comes out of CES, the Consumer Electronics Show this week. All this and more round out another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

We are back! It is now 2025, the holidays are over, and it's time to get back to talking about video games. I was in Las Vegas over the Christmas holiday, and went to AREA15 (along with Meow Wolf's Omega Mart as well as the Asylum Bar and Arcade) as well as the Pinball Hall of Fame. I also picked up Balatro. I won on my second game, and I will now retire from the game forever. (Or will I?) Apple has halted production on their Apple Vision Pro headset because they believe they have produced enough units to meet the demand over the headset's lifetime. Stern Pinball has announced a new Dungeons & Dragons pinball machine with celebrity voiceovers as well as a procedurally generated dungeon that changes every Sunday. Then we talk to Rob about my virtual pinball cabinet, and how Zen Studios unlocked the cabinet mode for free for Pinball FX3 users, rather than forcing you to jump through hoops to get a free activation code.

With the beginning of 2025, the 23rd year we have been broadcasting in, we start off with our traditional visiting of our predictions from last year. At least one came true! And maybe a half point here and there on some others. We also lock in our predictions for 2025. What could gaming have in store for us this year? Find out with us on another episode of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!