Podquisition 457: Absentee Landlord

Jimquisition

Leisure:video Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Worship that? Never. Games we played this week include: Payday 3 (12:30) Amanda the Adventurer (18:25) Rewind or Die (24:30) Sniper Killer (26:40) Train Sim World 4 (34:00) Pinball Wicked (36:55) Xenotilt (38:55) Trombone Champ (41:10) Halls of Torment (46:50) --- News things talked about in this episode: CMA withdraws major objections to Microsoft acquisition of ABK (52:42) https://gamerant.com/microsoft-activision-acquisition-cma-preliminary-approval/ More layoffs at Embracer Group, including Crystal Dynamics (50:45) https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/09/embracer-group-more-tough-decisions-to-come-as-crystal-dynamics-suffers-layoffs Capcom issues statement on Microsoft desire to acquire them (57:55) https://www.eurogamer.net/capcom-would-gracefully-decline-an-acquisition-offer-from-microsoft SAG-AFTRA votes to approve voice actor strike (1:00:00) https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hollywoods-video-game-performers-authorize-strike-if-labor-talks-fail-2023-09-26/ --- Buy official Jimquisition merchandise 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/Instagram/BlueSky and check out his Patreon (patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at mercenarycreative.com.

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, hey, time to put your middle to the test now.
0:04.7	Bah, blah, by do.
0:06.5	Hey, hey, hey, don't you know you're messing with the best now?
0:11.1	I don't, I do. I do. You know what?
0:23.2	Screw like coming up with any wacky bits,
0:26.5	which is basically just me talking to myself for 10 minutes before we start.
0:29.8	I might as well just carry on the conversation we were having before we started recording.
0:34.0	My landlord's done a runner of a sort.
0:39.2	I've obviously sort of been giving some updates on the podcast occasionally every few weeks
0:45.8	about the issues with this house, the maintenance issues that the landlord is ignoring
0:50.8	to the detriment of the property, some of which are health risks.
0:56.0	We had an inspection a couple weeks ago. The letting agent came around to have a look at all of our
1:01.4	complaints and they haven't been able to contact the landlord since. And I'm in the middle of
1:09.4	sending an email back to them where I'm like,
1:12.8	for all of the reminders that they send me when I forget to pay the rent,
1:17.6	because, you know, ADHD, I always forget to pay it on the day.
1:21.8	The landlord's always quick to fucking get at me about that.
1:24.6	So where I've basically just been left with these maintenance issues for weeks,
1:33.4	um,
1:34.0	I do feel disinclined to be prompt or present at all on rent day.
1:47.1	I mean, first of all, I know people on the council.
1:52.0	I shall be, like, putting in health complaints.
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