Podquisition 378: Suing the Council

We demand restitution. Games we played this week include: Tunic (12:30) Final Fantasy Origin Stranger of Paradise (30:30) Inscryption: Kaycee’s Mod (35:15) Skul: The Hero Slayer (38:10) Chocobo GP (39:30) Retroid Pocket 2 Plus (43:45) Game Pass on Steam Deck (45:25) Rune Factory 5 (47:45) New Little King’s Story (52:00) Soul Sacrifice Delta (55:30) --- News things talked about in this episode: People Make Games report on abuse at indie studios (58:50) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDPzZkx0cPs Ori and the Blind Forest dev Moon Studios also accused of employee mistreatment (1:04:20) https://venturebeat.com/2022/03/18/despite-its-beautiful-ori-games-moon-studio-is-called-an-oppressive-place-to-work/ More litigants sign on to sexual discrimination lawsuit agains Sony (1:06:45) https://www.axios.com/sexism-playstation-lawsuit-sony-e0f42c61-8467-4940-884a-1885eb8189ff.html Bandai Namco Mobile switching to four day work week (1:07:40) https://medium.com/@BANDAINAMCOMobile/bandai-namco-mobile-transitions-to-the-four-day-workweek-df053bda8d0e --- Buy official Jimquisition merchandise from the Jimporium 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 and check out his Patreon (patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at pinfultruth.com.