Podquisition 461: The Bad Pop

Jimquisition

Leisure:video Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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That part isn’t supposed to do that. Games we played this week include: Super Mario Bros. Wonder (8:15) Sonic Superstars (38:45) Sorry, We’re Closed (40:10) Ebenezer and the Invisible World (44:25) Vampire Survivors (49:25) Meta Quest 3 (49:50) Smash Drums (51:05) Metal Gear Solid Master Collection (52:55) --- News things talked about in this episode: Game about drunk driving pulled from eShop for 3+ age rating (1:01:05) https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nintendo-switch/drink-and-drive-simulator-pulled-from-switch-eshop-after-releasing-with-a-pegi-3-age-rating Skull Island devs were given a year to develop, most of it crunch (1:03:20) https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/20/23925326/skull-island-rise-of-kong-development-gamemill-entertainment Doug Bowser says Nintendo of America employees too happy to want a union (1:09:05) https://www.inverse.com/gaming/doug-bowser-super-mario-bros-wonder-switch-2-nintendo-union Embracer Group cuts staff at Zen Studios (1:13:20) https://www.gamesindustry.biz/zen-studios-reportedly-has-more-than-30-redundancies --- 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. Photo Credit: Hellerhoff / CC BY-SA 3.0

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, hey, time to put your middle to the test now.
0:04.7	So, you know, a while I talked about my shoulder.
0:20.0	So, you know, a while back I talked about my shoulder and how I thought that I wrestled with a dislocated shoulder for about a year.
0:32.6	Mm-hmm. Yeah, it's never quite set right.
0:49.1	And occasionally, it reminds me that one day it's going to give me a receipt, and on it, it's going to say, pay one piper to the tune of your fucked mate.
0:57.9	And I got another reminder on Saturday.
1:02.0	A bit of a warning for our listeners.
1:05.9	This might, it's not gory.
1:09.7	It's mildly low-key, squicky. It's not gory. It's mildly low-key, squeaky.
1:14.1	It's nothing too brutal, but when I did tell some people, they went a bit bleh.
1:20.5	So I had a match on Saturday, a big eight-person elimination match.
1:25.4	I chokeslam blue cane, first and foremost.
1:29.3	There's a wrestler that's made quite a name for himself
1:31.8	by being a blue version of Kane.
1:36.6	Legally, he is called Blue Payne now
1:39.5	because he got a cease and desist of the day after he debuted.
1:44.8	Yeah.
1:46.1	Looks like Kane, but Blue, and instead of like summoning fire, he's got snow powers.
1:52.9	Which is just hilarious.
1:54.9	Like, he comes out to a somber Gothic version of Blue by Eiffel 65.
2:01.7	Oh my God.
2:03.9	It was fucking amazing.
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