Jimquisition

Podquisition 442: Bring on the Bafflement

When faced with absurdity, return it in kind.
Games we played this week include:
Choo Choo Survivor (15:10)
Street Fighter 6 (31:02)
Ollie Frog: Toad Skater (48:50)
Station to Station (50:05)
Venba (51:30)
Lies of P (53:50)
Final Fantasy XVI (59:45)
Cassette Beasts (1:11:45)
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News things talked about in this episode:
FTC files case to block Microsoft acquisition of ABK until scheduled hearing in August (1:14:30)
https://apnews.com/article/microsoft-activision-blizzard-xbox-ftc-ab5dd455ed5a2785983d8373915e3531
Embracer Group closing studios and canceling games after $2bn deal falls through (1:17:10)
https://www.eurogamer.net/saints-row-owner-embracer-announces-comprehensive-restructuring-program-to-close-studios-cut-jobs
Bioware announces and immediately canceled a collectible statue of floating dead FemShep (1:22:45)
https://kotaku.com/mass-effect-shepard-dead-statue-bioware-pull-femshep-1850532001
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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. You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at mercenarycreative.com.

Podquisition 441: Rik Merlin

A film out of time.
Games we played this week include:
Amnesia: The Bunker (19:00)
Infernax (28:50)
Street Fighter 6 (33:10)
Outriders (40:50)
Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (44:05)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Bobby Kotick allowed to make wild claims about abuse allegations and unions in Variety interview (49:34)
https://www.pcgamer.com/activision-blizzard-ceo-audaciously-claims-that-sexism-and-harassment-problems-were-made-up-by-an-aggressive-labor-movement-trying-to-destabilize-the-company/
Microsoft seems willing to pull out of UK over CMA refusal to allow merger with Activision (1:00:15)
https://www.vg247.com/microsoft-withdraw-activision-uk
Yuji Naka likely to do time for financial crime (1:01:35)
https://kotaku.com/yuji-naka-prison-square-enix-sonic-final-fantasy-1850501221
Nintendo set to launch game reported to have performed very poorly in focus testing (1:03:15)
https://www.polygon.com/23746686/1-2-switch-sequel-release-date-nintendo-party-game
Report from Bloomberg sheds light on issues at Arkane which resulted in Redfall (1:07:30)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-01/arcane-s-redfall-misfire-for-xbox-panned-after-7-5-billion-microsoft-deal
Niantic swears low shiny rate for remote raids in Pokémon Go event was totally an accident (1:11:35)
https://www.eurogamer.net/pokemon-go-developer-sorry-for-technical-issue-which-saw-recently-nerfed-remote-raids-offer-worse-shiny-odds
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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. You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at mercenarycreative.com.

The Trashgirl Diaries: A Twink Between Girls

Zelda and sauce in the Trashverse!

Podquisition 440: Buried by Boobs

These milkers won’t stop.
Games we played this week include:
Lord of the Rings: Gollum (12:30)
Demon Throttle (34:00)
Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (40:25)
Outriders (49:05)
Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker (54:40)
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News things talked about in this episode:
People Makes Games publishes deep investigation of Disco Elysium dispute (57:45)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGIGA8taN-M
Microsoft appeals CMA decision rejecting ABK merger (1:00:15)
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/how-microsoft-hopes-to-defeat-the-cmas-block-against-its-abk-acquisition
Last of Us multiplayer game put on the backburner (1:06:15)
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/how-microsoft-hopes-to-defeat-the-cmas-block-against-its-abk-acquisition
Valve removes Dolphin emulator page from Steam after DMCA request from Nintendo (1:08:55)
https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2023/05/27/dolphin-steam-indefinitely-postponed/
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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. You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at mercenarycreative.com.

Podquisition 439: Sudden Discord

We didn’t see it coming.
Games we played this week include:
Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (12:10)
Boomerang Fu (49:05)
Warhammer 40k: Boltgun (52:20)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Activision-Blizzard pays a pittance for not disclosing loot boxes to PEGI (56:30)
https://www.thegamer.com/activision-blizzard-fined-diablo-immortal-loot-boxes-pegi/
Nintendo sued for loot boxes in Mario Kart Tour (1:03:15)
https://kotaku.com/nintendo-class-action-lawsuit-loot-box-mario-kart-tour-1850462828
Niantic gets backlash for rolling back Pokémon Go remote raids which aided disabled players (1:08:02)
https://www.ign.com/articles/pokemon-go-developers-respond-to-remote-raid-criticism-announce-shadow-raids
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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. You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at mercenarycreative.com.

Podquisition 438: Fluids of the Realm

It’s not tears, exactly…
Games we played this week include:
Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (4:05)
Humanity (57:00)
Alundra (1:02:20)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Saudi Arabia makes another big investment in Electronic Arts (1:03:45)
https://tech4gamers.com/call-of-duty-warzone-introduces-pay-to-win-dlc/
EU approves Microsoft acquisition of ABK; UK regulators hold firm against it (1:04:15)
https://www.eurogamer.net/eu-approves-microsofts-687bn-activision-blizzard-bid
Years after launch, only sequel-exclusive mode for Overwatch 2 got canned without release (1:08:02)
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/overwatch-2s-pve-mode-is-being-scrapped-blizzard-explains-what-happened-and-why/1100-6514242/
Xbox’s Phil Spencer expected reviews of Redfall to be significantly better (1:10:50)
https://www.thegamer.com/redfall-mock-reviews-ten-points-higher-says-phil-spencer/
Sony did not appeal Australian court requiring it to reimburse FIFA customers over gambling laws (1:15:50)
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/report-sony-fails-to-appeal-austrian-loot-box-verdict
Horror film lifts its Inquisition logo from Dragon Age (1:19:35)
https://www.thegamer.com/the-popes-exorcist-dragon-age-inquisition-logo-mistake/
ESRB reveals very erotic pillow talk found in Starfield (1:21:05)
https://www.esrb.org/ratings/39293/starfield/
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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.

Podquisition 437: Expanded Lore

Our Gods are many-armed.
Games we played this week include:
Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (6:50)
Redfall (32:30)
Breathedge (44:25)
Final Fantasy II (50:15)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Call of Duty Warzone DLC goes hard on pay-to-win feature (56:50)
https://tech4gamers.com/call-of-duty-warzone-introduces-pay-to-win-dlc/
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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.

Podquisition 436: Attention Misdirection

Very focused, just not on the right things.
Games we played this week include:
Redfall (13:00)
Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (25:05)
Jedi Survivor (29:10)
Lollipop Chainsaw (38:25)
Final Fantasy (53:25)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Vampire Survivors to be adapted into animated series (56:50)
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/28/23702522/vampire-survivors-animated-tv-show
Next Forza game will feature accessibility features for visually impaired players (58:55)
https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/04/27/forza-motorsport-accessibility-features-blind-driving/
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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.

Podquisition 435: Cat Nightmare

Sleep paralysis has a brand new bag.
Games we played this week include:
The Machine (10:45)
Dead Island 2 (15:00)
Shadows of the Damned (24:25)
2021 Moon Escape (46:20)
Dango Dash (49:40)
Final Fantasy IV (53:15)
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News things talked about in this episode:
UK regulators decide not to allow Microsoft to merge with Activision-Blizzard (56:50)
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/26/britain-blocks-microsoft-acquisition-of-activision-blizzard.html
Horizon Forbidden West patched with features for those with thalassophobia (1:06:55)
https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/18/23688151/horizon-forbidden-west-patch-thalassophobia-mode
Hasbro sent Pinkertons after a YouTuber who received expansion cards before release (1:09:00)
https://www.polygon.com/23695923/mtg-aftermath-pinkerton-raid-leaked-cards
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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.

The Trashgirl Diaries: Tomussy

Your resident Trashgirls get tongue deep in tomatoes while discussing such Grasshopper classics as Killer7, No More Heroes, and Shadows of the Damned. Also, more obligatory Final Fantasy talk!