Podquisition 550: The Support Act

Jimquisition

Leisure, Video Games, Leisure:video Games

4.6 • 986 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

It can be hard to be enthusiastic sometimes Games we played this week include:(0:09:23) Let Them Trade(0:13:40) Empty Epsilon(0:20:35) Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2(0:25:20) Super Mario Party Jamboree TV(0:32:05) Shooty Shooty Robot Invasion--- News things talked about in this episode: (0:37:45) Itch hides anything possibly offensive after threat from card processorshttps://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/itch-io-deindexing-adult-content-to-appease-payments-providershttps://itch.io/updates/update-on-nsfw-content (0:45:35) Counter-campaign against card processorshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/29/mastercard-visa-backlash-adult-games-removed-online-stores-steam-itchio-ntwnfb (0:50:00) Xbox introducing restrictions to align with UK’s Online Safety Acthttps://www.eurogamer.net/xbox-users-will-now-need-to-verify-their-age-in-compliance-with-uks-online-safety-act (0:54:10) Microsoft CEO says the company is thrivinghttps://www.videogamer.com/news/after-laying-off-9000-employees-killing-projects-and-closing-studios-microsoft-ceo-says-the-company-is-thriving-as-success-is-not-about-longevity-but-re/ (0:57:05) Microsoft’s games will stay $70 for nowhttps://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/the-outer-worlds-2-will-no-longer-cost-usd80-as-microsoft-backs-away-from-plans-to-follow-nintendos-lead/ --- 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. Photo Credit: Nathaniel Watson / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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0:00.0	Hey, hey, hey, time to put your middle to the test, pal.
0:04.7	Bah, blah, by do.
0:06.5	Hey, hey, don't you know you're messing with the best now?
0:11.1	I don't, I don't.
0:12.4	I don't. It's just us. It's just us.
0:24.8	It's just us.
0:25.9	It's just us.
0:28.6	Steph was feeling poorly today and could not arrive.
0:33.7	And I'm sad.
0:35.4	I am sad too.
0:36.7	This is devastating news.
0:38.8	I don't know if I'll ever recover.
0:41.7	I mean, it could be worse.
0:43.4	At least we're not on anybody's lists.
0:47.3	That is fair.
0:50.1	That is fair.
0:53.1	How are you, Laura? We don't get to talk. I'm good. I'm having a good. That is fair.
0:55.7	How are you, Laura?
0:57.1	We don't get to talk.
0:57.8	I'm good.
0:58.9	I'm having a good week.
1:05.4	It's been a week of unexpected work, which is busy but good.
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