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Podquisition 498: Ballistic Criticism

Jimquisition

Jimquisition

Leisure

4.6980 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

An historic trigger pull. Games we played this week include: Clickolding (11:15) Magical Delicacy (19:40) Concord (31:25) DMC: Devil May Cry (36:20) Reveil (43:15) Bokura (23:41) --- News things talked about in this episode: Microsoft introduces new Game Pass tiers, increasing prices and stripping day-one releases (1:00:15) https://www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-confirms-big-changes-for-xbox-game-pass-ditching-day-one-releases-for-basic-tier Internal Microsoft email reveals disposal of DEI team based on “business needs” (1:09:25) https://www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-staffer-blasts-decision-to-lay-off-internal-team-focused-on-diversity-due-to-changing-business-needs Nintendo criticized for not crediting external translators (1:15:05) https://www.eurogamer.net/external-translators-hired-for-nintendo-projects-bemoan-lack-of-credit-in-almost-every-big-title --- Buy official Jimquisition merchandise at https://thejimporium.com Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on https://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 (https://patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at https://mercenarycreative.com.

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0:00.0

Hey Hey Hey Hey, time to put you middle to the test now.

0:04.4

Oh, baa, baa, do you know you're messing with the best now.

0:11.0

Uh-huh, uh-huh. So I'm not saying that there was a problem taking the shot.

0:20.0

So I'm not saying that there was a problem taking the shot. What I'm saying is if you're gonna shoot hit him

0:27.5

Hello listeners if you've just joined us we're talking about the age-old debate over Han and greedo in Star Wars.

0:35.0

Who did shoot first?

0:38.0

And does it really matter?

0:39.0

That's the question.

0:41.0

I mean, I don't think it actually matters. The outcome is the one that's significant. I mean, sure, yes, okay. Maybe it speaks to the character of Han Solo on some level, but we don't actually need to know about that.

0:54.4

It's the historical outcome ultimately that matters.

0:57.4

What lay in his heart is irrelevant.

1:00.4

I say, I say, very interesting, very much whether it doesn't really matter whether or not he was a

1:07.0

replicant either right that's a thing with all Harrison Ford roles it's look it's one of those things that this is a moment that will stand in history

1:18.0

you know you'll remember where you were when you saw the shot fired

1:22.0

and and whether or not it was Haral Grido that shot it you know you

1:28.8

never forget. I I will forget I was on MDMA at the time.

1:34.1

Oh wait no no we're still on the Starbles thing.

1:36.8

Yeah I actually do I would have preferred if they'd have kept it that Hahn shot first because I do think it's a nice character detail.

1:46.4

I'm not, you know, I'm not up in arms about it.

1:50.3

I'm not going to climb on a roof and get up in arms about it. I'm just saying it was a nice bit of

1:56.7

characterization and then I think it's a shame that they kind of changed it. But you know that's our boy Lucas could never leave well enough alone.

2:09.7

There you go.

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