DJ Ranma S has some thoughts on the Bleach licensing... Comiket 100 with high numbers! Also, Flame Con hosts Rica Takashima, and Yoshihiro Togashi health update! Plus, French voice actor was released from a dubbing project over a fandub, the newest BanG Dream band releases 1st single, and Kyoto International Manga and Anime Fair launches crowdfunding for continued development! Meanwhile in Japan... New love hotel allows you to live out your yakuza fantasy, the tastiest guitar that ever shredded, and glasses that can halt or reverse nearsightedness?! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/support

Nintendo put out a 30 minute direct focused on Splatoon 3 this week. We talk about our reactions to this direct, including some of the new twists on the Splatfest format, such as three splatfest teams, and phases on a pincer style attack map. In addition to the weeks news, we also talk about the games we have been playing this week such as runaway twitch hit Cult of the Lamb. Is this game really rooted in Animal Crossing, or does it feel like other familiar ground? We discuss all this and much more in another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

VRChat has pushed a security update that adds the Easy Anti-Cheat tool and bans all mods, many of which were used by people to make VRChat more accessible to them. Meta has raised the price of the Quest 2 by $100. A N*T seller was suspended from the Gamestop marketplace because he stole open source games and sold them for thousands of dollars without licensing them. Arcade1up has announced a Marvel vs. Capcom 2 cabinet at EVO. Then we talk a little bit about Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Wave 2 courses and Arcade1up cabinets. At the end, there is a very personal message. Thank you for being part of this for me. Love you, Mom.

We discuss the Crunchyroll/Right Stuf Anime acquisition, one of The iDOLM@STER アイドルマスター games closing shop, and Studio GONZO announces their 30th anniversary plans! Also, a fan gets Type Moon creators to change Comiket Japan's distribution plans, Discotek Media puts their Tokusatsu releases on its own line, and Hot Topic teams up with Studio Ghibli for a new fashion store! And... Rose tells us her thoughts about Otakon, and what happened at Puchi Con (again). Meanwhile in Japan... A brewing company plans to simulate making beer in outer space, a break-in of a small amount of product stolen shuts down a business, and a man is arrested for driving without a license for 50 years?! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/support

A much anticipated arcade opened locally, which speaks to the music game roots our show is based in. Loki tells us about his adventures at the newest Round 1 arcade in Roseville, California. We then get into the weeks gaming news which includes a new cloud gaming handheld from Logitech and Tencent. However, is there room in the industry for a device like this? Hear why we think this device might be too early in some ways, and too late in others. All this and much more discussion round out another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

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TikTok looks to be taking further steps to embed games within the platform. This comes after recent acquisitions for the parent company. What might be the long term vision for TikTok? Could this potentially include cloud gaming in the future? Why does social media try so hard to inject gaming into it anyway? We dive into all this and much more, including some reflections from DarkSakura on the recent California Extreme expo that took place over the weekend. All this and much more on another week of the longest running video game podcast, Orange Lounge Radio!

It's literally the 17th Anniversary of this podcast - Episode 1 aired live on July 24, 2005 using Shoutcast Internet Radio and an IRC chat room, and has evolved into a Twitch video show 816 episodes later. Thank you for being a part of it! One of the two panels I hosted at the Southern-Fried Gaming Expo is now on YouTube - Explaining Speedrunning With Silent Hill 4: The Room Featuring AnEternalEnigma! There were three games that came out this week that I wanted to talk about: The Forza Horizon 5: Hot Wheels expansion came out, and it's as fun as you'd expect - even more fun than the actual Hot Wheels game! Indie darling Stray is out, and while it had the makings of a personal GOTY, it fell a little bit short for me. And then Live A Live, the 2D-HD remake of a 1994 SNES classic that never made it out of Japan, is actually a really good time. LEGO is releasing an Atari 2600 next month, and I might need it. Then we talk to OLR about yet another No Man's Sky update.

Square Enix launches the English version of Manga Up, The Simpsons to parody Death Note, and Junji Ito wins the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards! Also, Bang Dream holds auditions for new band members, the live-action Fullmetal Alchemist sequel film drops next month, and Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR to be done by Production I.G! Meanwhile in Japan, a joke delays a flight for 50 minutes, the Crotch Cup raises awareness for groin itch, and a mangaka retires because he can't draw breasts anymore?! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/animejamsession/support

Bobby Blackwolf of The Bobby Blackwolf Show and Rob Roberts of Orange Lounge Radio went on Twitch on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, to discuss the biggest gaming news of the day: Microsoft's intent to purchase Activision Blizzard King.