Podquisition 430: A Champion In Our Midst

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🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Podquisition 430: A Champion In Our Midst Have you heard the news? Games we played this week include: Boneraiser Minions (9:35) Vampire Survivors (23:15) Pokémon Scarlet/Violet (24:45) Aliens Infestation (34:45) Anemoiapolis (38:10) Void Scrappers (44:05) Bloom (51:05) You Cannot Go Back (55:50) --- News things talked about in this episode: Ubisoft implementing machine learning to write NPC dialogue (58:55) https://kotaku.com/ubisoft-ai-writing-scriptwriting-ghostwriter-machine-1850250316 Sony claims the loss of Call of Duty would be irreparable to their business (1:06:50) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6411a823d3bf7f79daa1123b/Sony_Interactive_Entertainment_s_response_to_the_provisional_findings.pdf But Microsoft believes that Sony can replicate Call of Duty if they try (1:09:45) https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6418811b8fa8f547c1112371/Microsoft_s_supplemental_response_to_the_notice_of_possible_remedies.pdf EU regulators push back date of their decision on the Microsoft merger (1:13:25) https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/microsoft-offers-eu-remedies-seeking-ok-activision-deal-2023-03-17/ Microsoft to launch their own mobile app store (1:14:05) https://www.ft.com/content/7707705e-b288-4531-b30d-7fa993325018 Canadian judge says EA loot boxes aren’t ‘illegal gambling’, lets deceptive practices claim move forward (1:16:51) https://www.gamesindustry.biz/canada-judge-rejects-unlawful-gambling-accusation-in-ea-loot-box-lawsuit Rare’s co-founder now has to lick a 25 year-old BAFTA made of chocolate (1:18:15) https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/03/random-tim-stamper-has-to-lick-25-year-old-chocolate-bafta-because-banjo-kazooie-won-a-twitter-tournament --- 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 you middle to the test now.
0:04.4	Oh, baa, baa, baa,
0:06.8	hey, don't you know you're messing with the best now.
0:11.0	Uh-huh, uh-huh. now. I a yeah right and yeah yeah and yeah yeah and yeah yeah Zoom went like oh wow
0:28.3	that's a that's probably not a human speech pattern look I think for a tone we can guess roughly what just happened.
0:35.0	Yeah, I think so.
0:36.0	Not a human speech pattern.
0:38.0	More than a human, my friends.
0:42.0	Ooh, ooh. More than a human my friends. Ow. I am more than a mere mortal. I am a champion. I don't know if I've mentioned this enough on any of my social media or content. I don't know if I've made a mention of the fact.
0:59.0	This is the first time hearing of any sort of champion status?
1:03.2	I mean, it's hard to get the word out, you know?
1:05.4	But I do happen to have returned from the weekend.
1:10.0	With gold!
1:11.7	I am the PCW women's champion. That's me. Hello, how do you do?
1:19.1	How do you do? How do you do? Hell yeah!
1:21.1	Ah, not as good as you it seems. Hell yeah.
1:25.0	I'm fucking excited.
1:27.0	As one person put it,
1:29.0	congratulations to me for being the person that the person who picks the winners of matches
1:33.9	picked to win the match. I mean... Look... He knows how wrestling works.
1:39.2	Wrestling... Wrestling is great if you don't want to acknowledge someone's accomplishments because there's two completely opposing reasons you can try and disqualify like you know disregard someone's championship win which is which you know in your, which is either, you know,
1:55.4	ah, congrats for winning only because it's scripted.
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