Podquisition 388: Pride Watch 2022

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4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

We’re waiting with baited breath. Games we played this week include: Core Keeper (7:10) Satisfactory (11:00) Card Sharks (17:10) Pac-Man Museum+ (24:20) Hardspace Shipbreaker (30:30) Pocket Crystal League (33:45) Days Gone (37:20) --- News things talked about in this episode: Sony planning to ramp up number of PC releases in coming years (45:05) https://www.eurogamer.net/playstation-expects-nearly-50-of-game-launches-to-be-pc-and-mobile-by-2025 EA won’t make a statement on abortion or trans rights, but isn’t stopping individuals (47:20) https://kotaku.com/ea-roe-v-wade-abortion-trans-rights-fifa-apex-legends-1848977494 https://www.eurogamer.net/ea-execs-individually-speak-out-on-womens-and-trans-rights Microsoft’s corporate culture maybe hasn’t undergone the dramatic improvements they claim (55:10) https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-toxic-culture-ceo-satya-nadella-sexual-harassment-pay-disparity-2022-5 Phil Spencer says Microsoft will recognize Raven QA union following acquisition of ABK (1:00:20) https://www.vg247.com/xboxs-phil-spencer-reiterates-company-will-recognize-ravens-union-once-activision-blizzard-deal-is-complete Shareholder group publishes open letter asking for Activision-Blizzard board to be voted out (1:01:35) https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-05-27-soc-urges-shareholders-to-vote-against-reelection-of-activision-blizzard-directors --- 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	Hey, hey, hey, time to put your middle to the test file.
0:05.0	And another quick refresh.
0:24.6	Nope, EA has not changed its profile pick on Twitter to a rainbow just yet, but it is a little early in the United States at the time of talking.
0:34.3	It's not yet 9 a.m. internationally.
0:40.5	The West Coast still has two and a half hours for 9 a.m. and the official start of business. I am going to jump on their back, which will be
0:46.2	really easy because they've got no spine. I'm looking at all the various company Twitter accounts.
0:51.9	Ubisoft's not done it yet and keeping an eye.
0:55.9	I'm mostly keeping an eye on EA because as anyone who's watched the last Jimquisition
0:58.8	will know, Electronic Arts has gone on record
1:01.3	explicitly stating it doesn't plan to speak up for trans rights.
1:05.7	So when it inevitably uses Pride, Pride Month,
1:09.8	which at the time of talking, that has started today.
1:14.0	So the moment Electronic Arts uses Pride Month to big itself up, put itself over and pat itself
1:19.3	on the fucking back, I am going to be on them like a fly-on shit.
1:23.9	Yeah, we have a story about that later today.
1:28.7	Oh, that's a whole thing.
1:30.9	And they're going to do it because every company does it.
1:33.5	Like, none of them have done it yet, but I feel like we're about two hours before the mass flooding happens.
1:39.3	Yeah.
1:39.6	I'm taking no fucking prisoners this year.
1:41.8	Like, I'm just in general.
1:47.0	The last inquisition I did was the best one I've done in a long time, if I do say so myself, which I do because I just did.
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