The servers for Littlebigplanet 3 unexpectedly went permanently offline this week, thanks to a group of punks who were trying to exploit the server. While jerk gamers are always going to exist, we take a moment to reflect on how sad it is that the many customized levels of this game will no longer be accessible. Of course, there was maintenance that started in January, and many people are just now finding out about this, so is it really as big of a deal as we all make it out to be this week? We still beg to have a Littlebigplanet 4 someday. All this and much more news round out another week of ..read more

This Week, Orange Lounge Radio makes video game podcast history by broadcasting our one thousandth weekly episode live. We take some time at the top of the show to reflect on one thousand episodes and 22 years, and answer some "panel style" questions about what we've learned, and what we look forward to in the future. Thank you so much to all of our listeners, wether it's chatting live with us on sunday, or lurking on the podcast feed, for being the fuel to our fire for ONE THOUSAND episodes. This historical episode in podcasting is for you. We don't ignore the gaming news and keep it moving o ..read more

A controversial patent filed by a streaming device and TV maker has the gaming community talking, as it might inject even more ads into our games whenever we put it on pause. We aren't really sure how this might work without fail anyway, as some consoles already do their own thing in pause mode. Is this a patent that a company might actually act on? Or will the pushback be too great? We discuss this and much more in the week of gaming news. All this on our last triple digit epsiode as we hit a milestone thousand episodes next week. Thank you all for keeping our show going and being the longest ..read more

A radical shift in editorial content at one major gaming news website has caused the Editor in Chief to resign. We discuss this shift, and the potential reasons behind it, as well as the rise of guides in what people look for online. This also brings us to a talk on how we consume headlines altogether, including a bit of a tangent on some of the biggest headlines of our time. All this and more make up another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!   Also in the news:   * Steam Family Sharing Update * Patient able to play video games with brain technology ..read more

The gaming news seems to have slowed down a bit, but that doesn't stop us from tackling the headlines of the week, including a confirmed date for a show where will likely be lots of gaming news, Summer Game Fest. The creator of Summer Game Fest has finally broken a silence on the layoffs occuring in the industry, but are folks on social media holding him to an unrealistic standard? We discuss this and so much more on another week of the longest running podcast about video games, Orange Lounge Radio!   Also in the news:   * Pokemon Lawyer (former) Comments on Fan Projects * Atari Brin ..read more

This week's show was recorded on March 10th, or MAR10 day. A day to celebrate Mario because... it's not his birthday... nor an anniversay... just another silly nerd holiday like some others out there. Nintendo does embrace MAR10 day though with some announcements of their own, including the obvious (a new movie, of course), and the "well that makes sense" (a new lego set). We celebrate Mario and ALL things great in the gaming industry... and drag those things bringing the gaming industry down (certain CEOs). It all makes up another week of the longest running podcast about video games, Orange ..read more

The rumors about Xbox last week were really going into overdrive, and this week we finally got some clarity from some of the big leaders at Team Xbox about the future direction of the gaming platform. The information we recieved seemed... not as hyped as everyone seemed to think it would be. On the Internet? Surely you jest. Still, we talk about the news that did come out including four Xbox titles soon to be multiplatform. In the news later on, we talk about a similar story from Sony regarding PC multi-platform releases. We talk about all this news and much more on another episode of the long ..read more

We were unexpectedly out last week due to storms, and BOY did we come back to a ton of rumors about what's going on at Microsoft. Could there be truth to the rumor that Microsoft is about to exit the hardware business? Or is this just about Starfield and a couple other games going to PS5? As usual, clickbait driven YouTubers blow everything out of proportion. We take a minute to review what we know and what we speculate could be forthcoming. As Phil Spencer has mentioned more information this week, we could have a lot more to dissect on our next show. All this and more round out another episod ..read more

In what has become a disturbing trend in 2024's gaming industry, a large amount of layoffs happened at Microsoft this week, largely impacting Activision/Blizzard as the result of their merger. While some redundancy is expected, the cancelation of a project that Blizzard had been working on for six years compounded the situation. How do we remain enthusiastic about the games industry when this news never seems to end? Why does it keep happening? We discuss all this and much more on another episode the longest running weekly podcast about video games, Orange Lounge Radio!   Also in the News ..read more

The game Palworld launched this weekend on Steam and Xbox Game Pass, really taking the gaming world by storm. The concept of playing a game with Pokemon elements in 4K has proven very attractive to people who have been waiting a long time for their games to look this sharp. However, is there a darker side to this magic? Rumors about A.I. influence, as well as plagarism of Pokemon have started many conversations online. We look at the situation from different perspectives, and talk about how this is sure is sure to tee up an interesting year where the government might start having to get involv ..read more