Podquisition 498: Ballistic Criticism

Jimquisition

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🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 84 minutes

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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, time to put your middle to the test now.
0:05.0	So I'm not saying that there was a problem taking the shot.
0:23.5	What I'm saying is, if you're going to shoot, hit him.
0:27.8	Hello listeners, if you've just joined us, we're talking about the age-old debate over Hahn and Grido in Star Wars.
0:35.9	Who did shoot first?
0:40.5	And does it really matter? That's the question.
0:46.7	I mean, I don't think it actually matters. The outcome is the one that's significant. I mean, sure,
0:52.6	yes, okay. Maybe it speaks to the character of Han Solo on some level. But we don't actually need to know about that. It's the historical outcome,
0:56.1	ultimately, that matters. What lay in his heart is irrelevant. I see, I see, very interesting,
1:02.3	very much whether, it doesn't really matter whether or not he was a replicant either. Right.
1:09.3	That's a thing with all Harrison Ford roles.
1:12.9	Look,
1:13.5	it's one of those things
1:15.0	that this is a moment
1:16.1	that will stand in history.
1:18.4	You know,
1:18.6	you'll remember where you were
1:20.1	when you saw the shot fired
1:22.4	and whether or not
1:25.2	it was Han or Grito
1:26.2	that shot it,
1:27.0	you know, you never forget.
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