Best Xb360 Podcasts (2025)

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Orange Lounge Radio 1055 - 7/20/2025 2:26:01

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Microsoft ended the sale of Movies and TV shows via the Xbox platform this week, which for a company that put a lot into multimedia at one time came as quite a surprise. We talk about why Microsoft pulled back from these sales, and if other gaming companies involved might follow suit. Also, what's up with the large entertainment companies that can'…

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Orange Lounge Radio 1054 - 7/13/2025 1:35:11

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Piracy websites are being cracked down on by the American Government, but what are some of the reasons that drive people to pirate? We discuss this part of the industry that has an impact, even if it's something that's not openly discussed often. There's other news to get into as well, as our gaming backlogs grow this summer with all of the gaming …

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Orange Lounge Radio 1053 - 7/6/2025 1:46:22

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A popular online petition called Stop Killing Games gained additional traction in the last few weeks, hitting an important milestone. This causes a European game publisher group to respond, along with some online commentators. We break down this petition and what it could mean for the future, and some thoughts on what should be done to regulate the…

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Orange Lounge Radio 1052 - 6/29/2025 1:50:32

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We catch up from a planned week off last week, as Rob was attending the Southern Fried Gaming Expo, where he got to participate on a few panels. We catch up on the latest with Donkey Kong Bananza as revealed by Nintendo in a direct, then talk about some early Switch 2 sales figures. Are third parties making similar mistakes to what they made with t…

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Orange Lounge Radio 1051 - 6/15/2025 1:54:53

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Finally after nearly a year of striking, it appears the gaming voice actors strike may be near it's end, with a suspension declared this week. Could Fortnite have accelerated this bargening process? We talk about this at the top of our show along with news out of Sony. The PlayStation 5 has been one of it's most successful consoles, so why do they …

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Orange Lounge Radio 1050 - 6/9/2025 2:20:03

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What a busy week in gaming! For the first time since 2020, we have a launch of a major new console in the Switch 2. We start the show by recapping our experiences with the launch, and discussing the flagship launch game Mario Kart World. However the news didn't stop with a new console launch, as all the big players made headlines this week in the t…

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Orange Lounge Radio 1049 - 6/2/2025 1:44:52

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The Nintendo Switch 2 finally arrives after years of rumors and rumblings. With such an anticipated system, it's no surprise that people are trying to get a sneak peek. Some early console arrivals have led to startup and menu sneak peeks, but not much more beyond that due to a necessary firmware patch on launch day. Summer Game Fest is also on the …

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Orange Lounge Radio 1048 - 5/25/2025 1:42:42

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Microsoft surprised Game Pass subscribers this week with the addition of Xbox Retro Classics, via a partnership with Antstream. What are the pros and cons of this cloud based streaming solution to playing a large catalog of Activison classic games? We discuss this and more, including the surprising news of the sudden announcement of the end of Sony…

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Orange Lounge Radio 1047 - 5/18/2025 1:58:33

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Fortnite Battle Royale this week introduced a Darth Vader character powered by Gemini AI, allowing lines to be generated in real time that would be said in the likeness of James Earl Jones. Naturally, the internet managed to put this to some horrible use within minutes, which has us questioning why a game like this needed something like this in the…

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Orange Lounge Radio 1046 - 5/11/2025 1:32:57

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Nintendo has a reputation as a bit of a litigious company, and it's probably no surprise that they will continue to go lengths to combat piracy. This could potentially include in the future the "bricking" of Nintendo Switch systems, if the recent user agreement is any indication. What would happen if there was a false positive though? Could this ev…