Podquisition 415: Strep Yourselves In

Jimquisition

Leisure:video Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

All doctors are bastards. Games we played this week include: Callisto Protocol (6:00) Marvel’s Midnight Suns (27:55) Mirror Forge (39:35) The Devil In Me (49:45) Gungrave (56:25) The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (1:06:20) Void Scrappers (1:12:45) Beautiful Mystic Survivors (1:15:55) --- News things talked about in this episode: Microsoft agrees to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo for 10 years after Activision-Blizzard acquisition (1:20:10) https://www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-agrees-10-year-deal-to-bring-call-of-duty-to-nintendo-if-activision-blizzard-buyout-goes-through https://www.eurogamer.net/ftc-reportedly-softens-stance-on-blocking-microsoft-activision-blizzard-merger QA unions formalized at Blizzard Albany and Zenimax studios (1:26:00) https://www.polygon.com/23490063/activision-blizzard-albany-qa-union-vote-win https://kotaku.com/microsoft-zenimax-bethesda-elder-scrolls-fallout-union-1849855756 Polygon’s games industry unionization explainer (1:29:35) https://www.polygon.com/23485977/video-game-unions-guide-explainer Twitch implements long-needed tools to deal with hate raiders (1:31:35) https://www.eurogamer.net/twitch-implements-shield-mode-to-improve-hate-raid-protection Newly published research shows loot boxes are harmful to children (1:32:20) http://www.gaminggamblingresearch.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/ESRC-BGG-Final-Report-2022.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMmNy11Mn7g Vampire Survivors first DLC announced (1:33:45) https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/6/23496626/vampire-survivors-legacy-of-the-moonspell-expansion-dlc-release-date Victoria 3 players are surprised to learn how communism and fascism work (1:34:25) https://kotaku.com/victoria-3-communism-op-paradox-simulation-capitalism-1849832954 https://twitter.com/Ancommiey/status/1599211229339594752 Yuji Naka has been arrested for insider trading… again (1:42:20) https://www.eurogamer.net/former-sonic-boss-yuji-naka-re-arrested-as-fresh-insider-trading-allegations-emerge --- 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 now.
0:05.0	Bap, b'am, bada.
0:06.0	Hey, hey, don't you know you're messing with the best now?
0:11.0	Ah, huh, I do. Definitely dying.
0:22.7	Yeah.
0:23.5	Definitely dying.
0:25.0	T.M.
0:25.8	You've been targeted by some kind of biological attack,
0:29.6	and they're coming for you.
0:31.5	Absolutely.
0:32.7	Your days are numbered.
0:34.1	I finally pushed the Sonic fan base too far. Oh. And they got with the 5% of all people
0:44.0	who have ever played games who are dying on the hill of the Colisto Protocol. And they've
0:49.6	taken me down at last. The doctor says, it's just a common cold. This isn't how I commonly feel,
0:56.4	folks. No. Do you commonly have a cold? I don't feel good. I mean, you are probably currently
1:04.0	cold. It's very cold in the UK right now, but that's not the same as having a cold. Right? I've got my
1:10.3	heating on full blast. I got my heating on full blast.
1:12.1	I got my heating on full blast and I still feel chilly.
1:15.0	This is not right.
1:16.3	My throat.
1:17.7	Like, here's how I always have a cold, right?
1:22.6	I feel thirsty.
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