Podquisition 447: RoboCop’s Hoopty

Jimquisition

Leisure:video Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Obviously, the police just need more funding. Games we played this week include: Viewfinder (10:20) Frostpunk (18:55) Exoprimal (23:30) My Friendly Neighborhood (43.10) Gravity Circuit (53:30) --- News things talked about in this episode: UK games industry trade group agrees to guidelines regarding kids and loot boxes (58:20) https://www.eurogamer.net/uk-games-industry-to-restrict-access-to-loot-boxes-for-children Deadlines pushed back on closing date of Microsoft acquisition of ABK, UK authority decisions (1:12:10) https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/19/23797238/microsoft-activision-blizzard-merger-agreement-extension https://www.gamesindustry.biz/uk-regulator-extends-deadline-on-final-decision-over-microsofts-acquisition-of-activision-blizzard Sony deal ensures Call of Duty remains on PlayStation for a decade (1:02:25) https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/1680578783718383616 GTA 6 leaker deemed unfit to stand trial (1:03:15) https://www.reuters.com/technology/teen-hacked-uber-revolut-grand-theft-auto-maker-london-court-hears-2023-07-11/ TinyBuild CEO lays out how his company definitely isn’t using AI in their human resources department (1:05:35) https://whynowgaming.com/hello-neighbor-publishers-boss-says-his-company-uses-ai-to-monitor-employees/ New handheld consoles will be required to have removable batteries by 2027 (1:12:45) https://overkill.wtf/eu-replaceable-battery-legislation-steam-deck-switch-handhelds/ --- 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. You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at mercenarycreative.com.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	I don't have any
0:00.7	time to put your middle to the test now
0:04.3	I don't have any bits to start off this week I don't have any bits to start off this week.
0:24.1	I have just done a quick scour back through my week of anything interesting that might have happened.
0:32.3	And the best I've got is I watched Robocop last night.
0:35.9	Which, let's be fair, is an awesome way to spend
0:40.4	one's time.
0:41.7	It sure is.
0:42.7	At any point.
0:44.6	For any...
0:45.1	Well, I mean, if you work at like an emergency room and someone's had a cardiac arrest,
0:50.5	it's probably not the best time to sit down and watch Robocop.
0:55.4	I say probably. There may be situations where it is not only fine, but encouraged, prescribed, even.
1:03.0	Yeah. You know, maybe someone's, you know, in the DNA and E, they're having a really bad time with their pain and they need, like, they can't have any more pain killers yet.
1:10.1	They need a distraction. Pop Robo cop on for them.
1:12.5	Oh, absolutely.
1:14.0	It's going to make them forget all about the fact that they're arms in two pieces.
1:18.3	Exactly.
1:19.0	Will it, will it, though?
1:20.7	Yeah, is Romocop.
1:21.6	The strong satirical style of Paul Verhoeven's directing will absolutely tear their minds away from any physical agony they might be in or any loss of limb.
1:33.2	Indeed, loss of life.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jimquisition, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Jimquisition and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.