Next week we will finally be able to put Switch 2 launch rumors to rest as Nintendo is set to unveil the Switch 2 in detail with a special direct on April 2nd. Until then, we get an idea what the original Nintendo Switch has in store, with a surprise Nintendo Direct that took place this week. From Rhythm Heaven to a Tomodachi Life Revival, the original switch had a lot in store to show us this week. All this and much more outside of Nintendo make up the news on another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

Yakuza is leaving Game Pass and it's all one of our listener's fault. The United Videogame Workers union has started to help the game industry unionize. Standard accessibility labels are coming across several online storefronts. SNES's are faster now, and it's because of Nintendo skimping on a resonator, so it speeds up over time. Portal is getting a new pinball machine courtesy of the Multimorphic P3 platform. Then we talk to Rob about Arcade1up and how it sounds like they are about to go under - and how our TRON cabinets are now worth a lot of money.

The Living and the Dead was a BBC ghost-story series from 2016. When Nathan and Charlotte Appleby take over a farming estate in 1894, there are strange events waiting for them…. Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can reach us at britishinvaders@gmail.com, and you can find us on the British Invaders […]

Zenkaikon⁠ 2025! Join ⁠DJ Ranma S⁠ and ⁠Ari Rockefeller⁠ as they discuss all four days of the con! Tune in to discover the ups and downs of the con, changes, thoughts from other congoers, and much more!

Game Developers Conference was this last week, allowing the makers of games to get together and network and share ideas for the future of the industry. It is no surprise that timed with this week was the announcement of an industry wide union for game developers. It has been a difficult year for those in the industry, and we talk about the potential implications of this move on the industry and what it could mean. There's this and much more news on another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

Discord is in talks to go public, which means that we're nearing the time when the platform might become less usable as profits will become more necessary. Forza Horizon 5 on the PlayStation 5 will require an Xbox account linked to your PSN account to play. Classic game publisher Acclaim is returning! While everyone is talking about which games they could resurrect, the reality is only the trademark was purchased, and the new company doesn't own any of the former Acclaim catalog. There's a lot of live investigation about who owns what rights to what games, with a lot of attention to Wizards & Warriors. We still aren't positive who owns it. Then we took a call about Jeff Jarrett's involvement with Acclaim and why that is a red flag. Then we talk to Rob about Acclaim and my old Flappy Bird clone that maybe Acclaim can publish.

Off-record anti-piracy meetings take place between streaming companies and the U.S. government, Aniplex+ teams with Crunchyroll for an anime production venture, and an authorized Serial Experiments Lain game launches April 30! Also, Niantic is to sell Pokémon GO to Saudi Arabian mobile publisher, Tokyo Ghoul comes to Dead by Daylight, Pokemon Horizons to implement a time skip in the next season, and Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid film adds 4D screens in Japan! Meanwhile in Japan, the world's first 3D-printed train station building planned for a train line, and a foreign man was arrested for trespassing while drunk?!

Niantic Games were sold off to Scopely, a mobile phone gaming company that some would say takes microtransactions a bit too far in mobile games. Is Pokémon GO doomed? And what about the properties that WEREN'T sold, is there a reason for all of this? We jump in to talk about what not everyone on the gaming blogs is talking about with this huge gaming sale. All this and much more make up another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

Simon and the Witch was a 1987 BBC children’s series. Simon is a schoolboy and the Witch is his friend. She can’t read very well, so she becomes a student in Simon’s class. Magic and comedy ensues! Please send us your comments, questions, requests and complaints. You can reach us at britishinvaders@gmail.com, and you can […]

We are back after a pre-planned vacation to tackle the week in gaming news. Of course, we have some news to catch up on as well, including the sunsetting of some loyalty programs with the Nintendo Switch. Could this all be for a new loyalty program with Switch 2? Well, maybe we shouldn't set the bar too high. All this and much more gaming news from this week make up the return of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!