As my girlfriend and I prepare to move in together, we've been packing up our video games into boxes and plastic totes, so I've been thinking a lot of about packaging lately.  Over the years we've seen boxes with instruction manuals and occasional bonus freebies such as posters and stickers give way to plastic cases which eventually dumped the manuals as a cost-cutting measure, and then we lost packaging altogether as digital distribution has become a modern reality.  On this week's episode of the Power Button podcast, we're talking about video game packaging past, present, and future.  Pull up a box and let's talk.   Download this week's episode directly from PTB, listen with the player below, find us on Stitcher, subscribe via iTunes and Google Play, toss this RSS feed into your podcast aggregation software of choice, and be sure to catch up on past episodes if you're joining us late. Remember that you can reach us via , you can leave a message on the Power Button hotline by calling (720) 722-2781, and you can even follow us on Twitter at @PressTheButtons and @GrundyTheMan, or for just podcast updates, @ThePowerButton. We also have a tip jar if you'd like to kick a dollar or two of support our way. Apologies for my mic's audio quality this week. I had a hardware issue that wasn't discovered until after we finished recording, although I guess it's thematically appropriate that it sounds like I'm recording from inside a box.