Jimquisition

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Podquisition 409: All Business Oct 27, 2022

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We’re professionals, after all. Games we played this week include: Hot Tentacle Shooter (3:40) BOSSGAME: The Final Boss is My Heart (11:15) FAITH: The Unholy Trinity (17:10) Batman: Gotham Knights (24:10) Potionomics (35:05) Donut Dodo (42:50) Cultic (46:30) A Plague Tale: Requiem (49:55) Vampire Survivors (53:10) --- News things talked about in this episode: Another charge of unfair labor actions by Activision Blizzard is filed (56:30) https://www.eurogamer.net/activision-blizzard-facing-new-charges-from-abk-workers-alliance-over-unfair-labour-practices Activision Blizzard marketing deal with Sony prevents Call of Duty from appearing on Game Pass (59:45) https://www.eurogamer.net/sony-imposes-restrictions-on-call-of-dutys-ability-to-be-in-game-pass-xbox-claims Microsoft is working on their own mobile app store (1:03:10) https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/19/23411972/microsoft-xbox-mobile-store-games Overwatch 2 custom game modes need better/any moderation (1:04:55) https://www.eurogamer.net/blizzard-insists-its-working-to-improve-overwatch-2-moderation Voice actors still deserve better pay, even if Hellena Taylor sucks (1:08:00) https://www.eurogamer.net/bayonetta-voice-actress-issues-new-statement-defending-her-reputation-in-the-industry Robert Kurvitz, lead designer of Disco Elysium, has filed suit against ZA/UM (1:11:20) https://kotaku.com/disco-elysium-robert-kurvitz-suing-za-um-rpg-amazon-1849693328 --- Buy official Jimquisition merchandise from the Jimporium at thejimporium.com Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on LauraKBuzz.com, and you can catch Access-Ability on YouTube every Friday. Follow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter and check out his Patreon (patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at pinfultruth.com.

Podquisition 408: Silicone Babies Oct 20, 2022

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So lifelike. Games we played this week include: Stories of Blossom (9:10) Scorn (12:30) Cryohazard (28:50) Alice is Missing (32:45) A Plague Tale: Requiem (38:35) Vampire Survivors (46:45) Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard (52:35) --- News things talked about in this episode: Bayonetta performer Helena Taylor raises controversy over voice actor pay (1:01:40) https://www.theguardian.com/games/2022/oct/18/an-insult-video-game-voice-actors-speak-out-to-demand-fair-pay https://www.eurogamer.net/bayonetta-3-voice-actress-jennifer-hale-asks-fans-to-be-kinder-following-abuse Streamer Adriana Chechik breaks back jumping into foam pit at TwitchCon (1:07:45) https://www.eurogamer.net/streamer-who-broke-back-at-twitchcon-out-of-hospital-following-second-surgery Netflix considering expansion into game streaming (1:13:30) https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/18/netflix-to-expand-into-cloud-gaming-opens-new-studio-in-southern-california/ Activision only requiring phone verification for PC players of Call of Duty (1:15:25) https://www.callofduty.com/blog/2022/10/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-II-warzone-ricochet-anti-cheat-open-beta-recap Diablo quality assurance testers will have unionization vote (1:16:30) https://kotaku.com/blizzard-albany-qa-testers-diablo-iv-union-activision-1849674924 Nintendo settles with former QA worker, must post notification of worker rights in office (1:17:40) https://www.tweaktown.com/news/88846/microsoft-reveals-how-much-money-game-pass-actually-makes/index.html Apex Legends introduces trans woman, Catalyst, as latest character addition (1:19:35) https://www.gamesradar.com/new-apex-legends-character-catalyst-is-an-out-and-proud-transgender-woman/ Pilot for Kingdom Hearts animated series leaked by director following heart attack (1:20:45) https://www.vg247.com/kingdom-hearts-tv-pilot-shared-online Nintendo putting the squeeze on boobs in the eShop (1:21:05) https://www.vg247.com/nintendo-is-cracking-down-on-risque-content-on-the-eshop --- Buy official Jimquisition merchandise from the Jimporium at thejimporium.com Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on LauraKBuzz.com, and you can catch Access-Ability on YouTube every Friday. Follow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter and check out his Patreon (patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at pinfultruth.com.

Podquisition 407: Seize the Means of Malarky Oct 13, 2022

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The only thing you have to lose is your dignity. Games we played this week include: Hazelnut Hex (10:30) Condemned: Criminal Origins (14:20) A Way Out (27:40) NieR:Automata The End of YoRHa Edition (34:10) NeuroDeck (35:50) Fallout: New Vegas (40:20) Fallout 4 (46:35) Too Human (55:30) Red Faction: Armageddon (1:00:00) --- News things talked about in this episode: Chris Pratt’s incredible voice in The Super Mario Bros. Movie finally revealed (1:04:25) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KydqdKKyGEk Scant additional details about ZA/UM Studio departures emerge (1:07:45) https://www.gamepressure.com/newsroom/fans-have-the-right-to-know-disco-elysium-co-creator-talks-zaum-l/z04ad7 Activision/Blizzard implementing verification process requiring players to have contract phones (1:11:10) https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-joins-overwatch-2-in-requiring-phone-number-verification/ Bug in Overwatch 2 causes accidental purchases, Activision/Blizzard refuses to refund (1:18:15) https://www.eurogamer.net/overwatch-2s-auto-purchase-bug-has-been-fixed-but-blizzard-still-wont-issue-refunds Yet another sexual abuse claim filed against Activision/Blizzard (1:19:35) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11300499/Call-Duty-video-game-maker-Activision-Blizzard-sued-female-worker-sexual-assault.html Cyberpunk 2077 QA contractor allegedly misrepresented themselves to CD Projekt Red (1:20:45) https://www.pcgamer.com/quantic-QA-tester-report/ Antitrust investigation reveals information on Microsoft’s Game Pass revenues (1:25:30) https://www.tweaktown.com/news/88846/microsoft-reveals-how-much-money-game-pass-actually-makes/index.html Final Fantasy VII: The First Soldier shutting down after a year in service (1:29:45) https://kotaku.com/ff7-first-soldier-battle-royale-mobile-shut-down-pc-ps4-1849647758 --- Buy official Jimquisition merchandise from the Jimporium at thejimporium.com Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on LauraKBuzz.com, and you can catch Access-Ability on YouTube every Friday. Follow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter and check out his Patreon (patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at pinfultruth.com.

Podquisition 406: Lucozade Lifestyle Oct 06, 2022

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Our secret agenda is laid bare. Games we played this week include: Dreamlight Valley (16:00) Return to Monkey Island (22:00) BioShock 2 (30:30) FRANKEN (35:05) The Binding of Isaac (37:00) Trombone Champ (38:00) Middle Earth: Shadow of War (39:25) --- News things talked about in this episode: Activision Blizzard found to have withheld raises from unionizing workers https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/10/03/activision-raven-union-raises-nlrb/ Key writers and artists on Disco Elysium were quietly pushed out of ZA/UM last year (47:55) https://www.eurogamer.net/disco-elysium-dev-reveals-some-team-members-left-involuntarily PC ports of PlayStation titles will arrive at least a year after console release (57:05) https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-games-will-wait-at-least-a-year-before-their-pc-release-except-for-live-service-titles/ Stadia is dead (1:00:10) https://blog.google/products/stadia/message-on-stadia-streaming-strategy/ Saudi Arabia wants to own a major game publisher (1:04:50) https://www.eurogamer.net/saudi-arabia-is-eyeing-up-the-acquisition-of-a-major-game-publisher Tencent now wants controlling interest in game companies outside of China (1:05:35) https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/tencent-shifts-focus-majority-deals-overseas-gaming-assets-growth-sources-2022-10-01/ Beyond Good & Evil 2 has now been in development longer than Duke Nukem Forever was (1:06:50) https://www.eurogamer.net/beyond-good-evil-2-overtakes-guinness-record-holder-duke-nukem-forever-as-game-longest-in-development --- Buy official Jimquisition merchandise from the Jimporium at thejimporium.com Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on LauraKBuzz.com, and you can catch Access-Ability on YouTube every Friday. Follow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter and check out his Patreon (patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at pinfultruth.com.

Podquisition 405: REJOICE! Sep 29, 2022

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Love it when a plan comes together. Games we played this week include: Trombone Champ (16:30) High Speed II: The Getaway (26:30) Scratching Memory (29:45) My Time at Portia (32:15) BioShock 2 (33:20) Dreamlight Valley (38:00) Mail Time (46:05) CorpoNation: The Sorting Process (47:00) Railbound (49:30) BLINNK and the Vacuum of Space (50:15) Sonic Frontiers (51:30) Prodeus (57:30) Shovel Knight Dig (1:01:30) --- News things talked about in this episode: Alleged GTA VI hacker arrested in UK (1:04:00) https://www.eurogamer.net/suspected-grand-theft-auto-6-hacker-set-for-court https://www.eurogamer.net/suspected-gta-hacker-teen-held-in-youth-detention-centre Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot seems happy with his company culture (1:08:00) https://kotaku.com/ubisoft-ceo-assassin-s-creed-far-cry-toxic-harassment-1849583341 ReedPop announces new format for E3, with separate days for press and public (1:12:00) https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/e3-is-back-in-a-new-form-in-june-2023-and-here-are-the-dates Hellblade II will not be using AI voice actors in the final product (1:14:30) https://www.eurogamer.net/ninja-theory-disputes-claims-it-is-using-ai-to-replace-voice-actors --- Buy official Jimquisition merchandise from the Jimporium at thejimporium.com Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on LauraKBuzz.com, and you can catch Access-Ability on YouTube every Friday. Follow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter and check out his Patreon (patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at pinfultruth.com.

Podquisition 404: The Genital Line Sep 22, 2022

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Cross it. Games we played this week include: The Secret of Monkey Island / LeChuck’s Revenge (10:00) Return to Monkey Island (16:35) My Time at Sandrock (22:20) Thymesia (29:00) Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (35:40) Ring of Pain (37:30) Wayward Strand (42:35) You Suck at Parking (47:00) Aliens Fireteam Elite (53:40) The Outbound Ghost (56:20) Soulstice (58:00) --- News things talked about in this episode: Twitter account leaking info exposed as YouTuber breaking embargoes (1:02:00) https://www.eurogamer.net/youtuber-slips-up-reveals-he-was-behind-insider-twitter-account-which-leaked-ubisoft-details-and-more Massive leak of GTA VI in-development content hits the interwebs, FBI is on the case (1:05:00) https://www.eurogamer.net/fbi-investigating-hacker-who-claimed-to-have-breached-rockstar-and-uber Microsoft, like a fox, suggest they’d be crazy to take Call of Duty off the PlayStation platform (1:13:25) https://www.gamesindustry.biz/microsoft-activision-acquisition-expected-to-face-deeper-investigations-in-uk-eu Andrew Wilson claims to believe Battlefield could replace Call of Duty as a cross-platform juggernaut (1:15:00) https://www.eurogamer.net/ea-boss-says-questions-over-call-of-duty-exclusivity-tremendous-opportunity-for-battlefield Twitch’s gambling issue flares up again over public incidents, site bans some gambling content (1:16:20) https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/20/23363760/mizkif-trainwreckstv-sexual-harassment-twitch-adrianahlee Call of Duty Warzone 2.0 map has loads of poorly translated Arabic and cultural ignorance (1:23:05) https://www.thegamer.com/warzone-2-0-al-mazrah-city-incorrect-arabic/ Disturbing report shows how Twitch enables child predators to find targets (1:24:00) https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-twitch-problem-with-child-predators --- Buy official Jimquisition merchandise from the Jimporium at thejimporium.com Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on LauraKBuzz.com, and you can catch Access-Ability on YouTube every Friday. Follow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter and check out his Patreon (patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at pinfultruth.com.

Podquisition 403: The Queen’s Dead Special Sep 15, 2022

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We’re being very respectful. Games we played this week include: Wayward Strand (13:30) My Time at Sandrock (20:20) Fall Guys (21:35) Ashigaru: The Last Shogun (24:30) Steelrising (27:35) Ayn Odin Pro (43:10) Justice Sucks: Tactical Vacuum Action (50:30) Splatoon 3 (53:15) The Last of Us Part II (54:10) HoloCure: Save the Fans! (1:03:50) Let’s Tap (1:07:30) --- News things talked about in this episode: Unreleased Meta Quest headset found in hotel trash a month before public reveal (1:13:00) https://kotaku.com/meta-quest-pro-vr-oculus-quest-2-facebook-zuckerberg-1849524690 Babylon’s Fall shutting down after less than a year as a live service game (1:16:30) https://hanging-garden.babylonsfall.com/news/pages/63034abc74473009630079 Yves Guillemot calls decade of workplace abuse and cover-ups at Ubisoft a “stumble”; also Tencent owns most of them now. (1:19:40) https://www.eurogamer.net/two-years-on-from-its-workplace-crisis-ubisoft-boss-says-company-stumbled --- Buy official Jimquisition merchandise from the Jimporium at thejimporium.com Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on LauraKBuzz.com, and you can catch Access-Ability on YouTube every Friday. Follow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter and check out his Patreon (patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at pinfultruth.com.

Podquisition 402: We Are The End Sep 08, 2022

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Just let us photosynthesize a little longer. Games we played this week include: A Plague Tale: Innocence (10:20) Vampire Survivors (19:30) Arcade Paradise (22:20) The Last of Us Remastered (28:00) Immortality (32:10) Red Steel (37:40) --- News things talked about in this episode: Supposed Silent Hill remake screenshots leak (40:00) https://www.vg247.com/silent-hill-2-remake-screenshots-reportedly-leaked Microsoft is *so committed* to keeping Call of Duty multiplatform (43:10) https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/2/23334619/microsoft-sony-call-of-duty-playstation-letter-commitment-activision-blizzard Of course, Call of Duty will be a day one Game Pass release, but it’ll be on Playstation same day (45:30) https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2022/09/01/gaming-everyone-everywhere/ UK regulators will perform an in-depth investigation into Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard (47:00) https://www.eurogamer.net/uks-competition-regulator-to-undertake-in-depth-investigation-of-microsoft-activision-deal --- Buy official Jimquisition merchandise from the Jimporium at thejimporium.com Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on LauraKBuzz.com, and you can catch Access-Ability on YouTube every Friday. Follow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter and check out his Patreon (patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at pinfultruth.com.

Podquisition 401: This Virgin Knows How To F You Sep 01, 2022

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Did you feel that? It’s the sensation of a rug being pulled out from under. Games we played this week include: Vampire Survivors (12:30) Steel Rising (21:30) Arcade Paradise (30:10) The Last of Us Remastered (41:15) Jetpack Joyride 2 (51:00) Control (56:20) We Are OFK (1:03:10) A Plague Tale: Innocence (1:07:40) Alien Isolation (1:11:15) Opoona (1:15:50) Mad Dog McCree (1:17:30) Wii Sports (1:19:30) --- News things talked about in this episode: Bizarre lawsuit tries to claim all of Sony’s profit from PlayStation Store in UK as “overcharging” (1:22:30) https://news.sky.com/story/sony-playstation-being-sued-for-5-billion-amid-claims-it-ripped-off-nine-million-consumers-12678949 Xbox boss Phil Spencer wants to see fewer platform exclusives, honest (1:27:20) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-24/microsoft-xbox-s-chief-see-progress-with-regulators-on-deal-for-activision Denuvo is pitching their anti-piracy software to third-party publishers on Switch (1:29:30) https://www.eurogamer.net/denuvo-may-start-appearing-in-switch-games --- Buy official Jimquisition merchandise from the Jimporium at thejimporium.com Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on LauraKBuzz.com, and you can catch Access-Ability on YouTube every Friday. Follow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter and check out his Patreon (patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at pinfultruth.com.

Podquisition 400: Eight Years Aug 25, 2022

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This has gone on far too long. Games we played this week include: Cult of the Lamb (31:15) Saints Row (34:45) Cursed to Golf (43:30) Vampire Survivors (53:20) Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (1:02:00) House of the Dead Overkill (1:03:40) --- News things talked about in this episode: No news is good news. --- Buy official Jimquisition merchandise from the Jimporium at thejimporium.com Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on LauraKBuzz.com, and you can catch Access-Ability on YouTube every Friday. Follow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter and check out his Patreon (patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at pinfultruth.com.

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