Podquisition 534: Fringe Aesthetics

Jimquisition

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4.6 • 980 Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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It’s a choice. Games we played this week include: Atomfall (9:10) Abiotic Factor (21:00) Batman Forever (26:30) --- News things talked about in this episode: Nintendo’s big Direct (28:30) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrTVeYm4iIM More Embracer layoffs (41:15) https://www.eurogamer.net/tomb-raider-developer-crystal-dynamics-announces-layoffs https://www.eurogamer.net/embracer-groups-eidos-montreal-studio-lays-off-up-to-75-employees Zenimax union threatens strike (49:30) https://www.eurogamer.net/zenimax-union-overwhelmingly-votes-to-authorise-strike-if-microsoft-contract-negotiations-drag-on Zelda movie gets 2027 release date (47:05) https://www.eurogamer.net/legend-of-zelda-movie-release-date-revealed-by-nintendo-and-its-not-as-far-away-as-you-might-have-feared --- 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 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, pal.
0:04.7	Bye, blah, bad, don't you know you're messing with the best now?
0:11.1	I don't, I don't.
0:12.4	Now the news media has done some tasteless and tacky things following the death of a celebrity,
0:28.0	whether it's some joke headline or just prying too much into it,
0:33.9	giving too much detail, taking fucking photos, all that shit.
0:37.0	I mean, in one case, with Princess Diana, of course.
0:40.0	The paparazos, more or less, were responsible for our death
0:43.9	if we choose not to believe the fact that the...
0:46.4	Not the fact, sorry, that's just a verbal tick of mine.
0:50.2	The allegation that the royal family was behind it, I never said it was a fact. However, Conrad, just before we hit record, and honestly, Conrad, you should have given me a bit of a, well, I mean, you only just saw it yourself, so we are reeling. I'm first of all, reading from the news that Val Kilmer, the man who was the Batman, has died.
1:12.8	And second of all, I'm reeling from the fact that what did that fucking headline say?
1:19.6	People Magazine's headline was Val Kilmer, top gun actor, dies at 65.
1:26.1	Top gun actor.
1:28.6	The dude's career is amazing, right?
1:30.5	Yeah.
1:30.6	He's really fucking amazing.
1:32.5	And the things.
1:33.7	But they put him in this like the supporting role that he was in in a big movie as opposed to I don't know any number of leads he had.
1:42.7	Yeah.
1:43.3	Like.
1:43.7	He was Batman.
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