A new piracy bill has been backed by Netflix, Disney, and Sony, the Japan Fair Trade Commission to investigate anime studio abuse, and rock band the pillows disbands! Also, Kyoto Animation - 京都アニメーション arsonist withdraws appeal, Anime Tourism Association releases 2025 list of sites that fans should visit, and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment opens first US interactive store! Meanwhile in Japan, Osaka to ban smoking on its streets and the newest maid cafe has an age limit for its maids, 65?!

Tonight's show starts with a live listener question on how our current political climate might effect video games. We make predictions best we can on how big releases this year might shift depending on what this political climate holds. Sadly, the gaming industry climate is far too full of layoffs, as major layoffs hit Bioware studios, seemingly leaving the next Mass Effect title as a make or break game for the studio. We discuss all this, more in gaming news, and yes food too on another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

The first part of the podcast is actually about me getting two new kittens! It takes up the first 15 or so minutes. EA is retiring the Origin PC client, which means that they are no longer supporting DRM for titles on 32-bit PC's, so older computers won't be able to launch The Sims anymore. US spending on physical video games has halved since 2021, spelling doom for people who don't want to lose access to their purchases. The Video Game History Foundation has brought most of their library online for research purposes - magazines, dev notebooks, and other things that aren't the games themselves. Then we talk to Rob about the Video Game History Foundation and what he'd search for first when it goes online.

The Aphrodite Inheritance was a 1979 BBC serial set on the Greek island of Cypress. David Collier travels to Cypress after his brother is in a car accident there. Soon, David is caught up in a web of events that connects him to some strange and mysterious characters…. Please send us your comments, questions, requests […]

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!

Intergalactic was a 2021 series from Sky One about a group of female convicts who steal the prison spaceship transporting them. Will they find their way to the free world of Arcadia? 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 […]

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.