Podquisition 365: The War on Christmas Special

Jimquisition

Leisure:video Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2021

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Santa Claus is coming. Are you ready for him? Games we played this week include: The Artful Escape (7:00) Serious Sam 4 (14:01) Firegirl: Hack ‘n Splash Rescue (18:15) Nightmare Creatures (22:45) A Year of Spring (26:00) Hot Wheels Unleashed (29:00) Dodgeball Academia (35:10) Enter the Gungeon (36:10) --- News things talked about in this episode: Workers are leaving Ubisoft in droves. (37:30) https://www.axios.com/ubisoft-assassins-creed-great-resignation-aef86e61-75a8-4446-8ad6-f2c58bd0b730.html Ubisoft NFT program has not been a hit, but they’re committed. (41:00) https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-12-20-ubisoft-appears-to-have-sold-a-grand-total-of-15-nfts https://decrypt.co/88880/after-backlash-ubisoft-calls-gaming-nfts-a-major-change-that-will-take-time Peter Molyneux, on the other hand, is raking it in. (46:00) https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/peter-molyneuxs-next-game-has-sold-40-million-in-nfts Bungie having its own bad work conditions moment, HR head resigns position. (51:30) https://www.ign.com/articles/bungie-report-battle-soul-work-culture-harassment-crunch https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-12-16-bungies-head-of-hr-steps-down Chip shortage expected to persist into 2023 (57:30) https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-12-21-intel-chief-reiterates-global-chip-shortage-will-continue-into-2023 --- 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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0:00.0	You know, hey, hey, time to put your middle to the test now.
0:05.0	You know what would have been good?
0:09.0	What would have been good?
0:22.4	What would have been good?
0:23.4	If I'd have thought of literally anything Christmas see to start today's Christmas special,
0:27.6	it's the Christmas special, everyone.
0:29.4	Well, I mean, see, I was really hoping for the Christmas special you'd have left the
0:33.7	the collar with the bell on because then that's like jingle bells.
0:36.5	That's a Christmas.
0:37.6	Thank you for reminding me to take the collar with the bell off. then that's like jingle bells. That's a Christmas. Thank you for reminding me to take the collar with the bell off.
0:40.2	Aha, but that's good because I remembered it's there. Jingle bells on a collar. There you go.
0:46.7	Steph, you have fired the first shot in the war on Christmas by not thinking about Christmas.
0:53.5	Oh, shit. Okay, all right. It's not thinking about Christmas. Oh shit.
0:54.6	Okay.
0:55.2	All right.
0:55.6	It's not the Christmas special.
0:56.9	Are you removing the jingle bells?
0:59.0	Oh no.
1:00.1	You must hate Christmas.
1:01.8	It's not the Christmas special anymore.
1:03.5	No.
1:04.1	It's the War on Christmas special.
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