Podquisition 496: Conscious Anatomy

Break out the calipers. Games we played this week include: Bokura (6:40) Animal Well (13:10) Sherwood Builders (17:15) Hot Wheels 2 (25:30) Vampire Survivors (26:40) Elden Ring (41:40) Metal Slug Attack Reloaded (49:15) --- News things talked about in this episode: Cloud Imperium made to pay for firing disabled worker after demanding they return to office (56:35) https://www.eurogamer.net/star-citizen-developer-ordered-to-pay-27k-to-disabled-worker-in-return-to-office-discrimination-claim Crazy Taxi reboot looking more and more like a free-to-play MMO (1:02:35) https://www.eurogamer.net/segas-new-crazy-taxi-game-will-be-open-world-and-massively-multiplayer Elden Ring’s creator cheeses his own game when playing (1:04:20) https://www.eurogamer.net/dont-worry-even-miyazaki-struggled-with-elden-rings-high-difficulty Nintendo not getting involved in generative AI, saying it’s theft (1:08:15) https://gameworldobserver.com/2024/07/03/nintendo-no-plans-to-use-genai-in-game-development Bethesda Montreal workers join with CWA union (1:09:40) https://www.gamesindustry.biz/bethesda-montreal-files-for-unionisation --- 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.