Jimquisition

Our secret agenda is laid bare.
Games we played this week include:
Dreamlight Valley (16:00)
Return to Monkey Island (22:00)
BioShock 2 (30:30)
FRANKEN (35:05)
The Binding of Isaac (37:00)
Trombone Champ (38:00)
Middle Earth: Shadow of War (39:25)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Activision Blizzard found to have withheld raises from unionizing workers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/10/03/activision-raven-union-raises-nlrb/
Key writers and artists on Disco Elysium were quietly pushed out of ZA/UM last year (47:55)
https://www.eurogamer.net/disco-elysium-dev-reveals-some-team-members-left-involuntarily
PC ports of PlayStation titles will arrive at least a year after console release (57:05)
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-games-will-wait-at-least-a-year-before-their-pc-release-except-for-live-service-titles/
Stadia is dead (1:00:10)
https://blog.google/products/stadia/message-on-stadia-streaming-strategy/
Saudi Arabia wants to own a major game publisher (1:04:50)
https://www.eurogamer.net/saudi-arabia-is-eyeing-up-the-acquisition-of-a-major-game-publisher
Tencent now wants controlling interest in game companies outside of China (1:05:35)
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/tencent-shifts-focus-majority-deals-overseas-gaming-assets-growth-sources-2022-10-01/
Beyond Good & Evil 2 has now been in development longer than Duke Nukem Forever was (1:06:50)
https://www.eurogamer.net/beyond-good-evil-2-overtakes-guinness-record-holder-duke-nukem-forever-as-game-longest-in-development
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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.

Love it when a plan comes together.
Games we played this week include:
Trombone Champ (16:30)
High Speed II: The Getaway (26:30)
Scratching Memory (29:45)
My Time at Portia (32:15)
BioShock 2 (33:20)
Dreamlight Valley (38:00)
Mail Time (46:05)
CorpoNation: The Sorting Process (47:00)
Railbound (49:30)
BLINNK and the Vacuum of Space (50:15)
Sonic Frontiers (51:30)
Prodeus (57:30)
Shovel Knight Dig (1:01:30)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Alleged GTA VI hacker arrested in UK (1:04:00)
https://www.eurogamer.net/suspected-grand-theft-auto-6-hacker-set-for-court
https://www.eurogamer.net/suspected-gta-hacker-teen-held-in-youth-detention-centre
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot seems happy with his company culture (1:08:00)
https://kotaku.com/ubisoft-ceo-assassin-s-creed-far-cry-toxic-harassment-1849583341
ReedPop announces new format for E3, with separate days for press and public (1:12:00)
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/e3-is-back-in-a-new-form-in-june-2023-and-here-are-the-dates
Hellblade II will not be using AI voice actors in the final product (1:14:30)
https://www.eurogamer.net/ninja-theory-disputes-claims-it-is-using-ai-to-replace-voice-actors
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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.

Cross it.
Games we played this week include:
The Secret of Monkey Island / LeChuck’s Revenge (10:00)
Return to Monkey Island (16:35)
My Time at Sandrock (22:20)
Thymesia (29:00)
Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (35:40)
Ring of Pain (37:30)
Wayward Strand (42:35)
You Suck at Parking (47:00)
Aliens Fireteam Elite (53:40)
The Outbound Ghost (56:20)
Soulstice (58:00)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Twitter account leaking info exposed as YouTuber breaking embargoes (1:02:00)
https://www.eurogamer.net/youtuber-slips-up-reveals-he-was-behind-insider-twitter-account-which-leaked-ubisoft-details-and-more
Massive leak of GTA VI in-development content hits the interwebs, FBI is on the case (1:05:00)
https://www.eurogamer.net/fbi-investigating-hacker-who-claimed-to-have-breached-rockstar-and-uber
Microsoft, like a fox, suggest they’d be crazy to take Call of Duty off the PlayStation platform (1:13:25)
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/microsoft-activision-acquisition-expected-to-face-deeper-investigations-in-uk-eu
Andrew Wilson claims to believe Battlefield could replace Call of Duty as a cross-platform juggernaut (1:15:00)
https://www.eurogamer.net/ea-boss-says-questions-over-call-of-duty-exclusivity-tremendous-opportunity-for-battlefield
Twitch’s gambling issue flares up again over public incidents, site bans some gambling content (1:16:20)
https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/20/23363760/mizkif-trainwreckstv-sexual-harassment-twitch-adrianahlee
Call of Duty Warzone 2.0 map has loads of poorly translated Arabic and cultural ignorance (1:23:05)
https://www.thegamer.com/warzone-2-0-al-mazrah-city-incorrect-arabic/
Disturbing report shows how Twitch enables child predators to find targets (1:24:00)
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-twitch-problem-with-child-predators
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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.

We’re being very respectful.
Games we played this week include:
Wayward Strand (13:30)
My Time at Sandrock (20:20)
Fall Guys (21:35)
Ashigaru: The Last Shogun (24:30)
Steelrising (27:35)
Ayn Odin Pro (43:10)
Justice Sucks: Tactical Vacuum Action (50:30)
Splatoon 3 (53:15)
The Last of Us Part II (54:10)
HoloCure: Save the Fans! (1:03:50)
Let’s Tap (1:07:30)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Unreleased Meta Quest headset found in hotel trash a month before public reveal (1:13:00)
https://kotaku.com/meta-quest-pro-vr-oculus-quest-2-facebook-zuckerberg-1849524690
Babylon’s Fall shutting down after less than a year as a live service game (1:16:30)
https://hanging-garden.babylonsfall.com/news/pages/63034abc74473009630079
Yves Guillemot calls decade of workplace abuse and cover-ups at Ubisoft a “stumble”; also Tencent owns most of them now. (1:19:40)
https://www.eurogamer.net/two-years-on-from-its-workplace-crisis-ubisoft-boss-says-company-stumbled
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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.

Just let us photosynthesize a little longer.
Games we played this week include:
A Plague Tale: Innocence (10:20)
Vampire Survivors (19:30)
Arcade Paradise (22:20)
The Last of Us Remastered (28:00)
Immortality (32:10)
Red Steel (37:40)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Supposed Silent Hill remake screenshots leak (40:00)
https://www.vg247.com/silent-hill-2-remake-screenshots-reportedly-leaked
Microsoft is *so committed* to keeping Call of Duty multiplatform (43:10)
https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/2/23334619/microsoft-sony-call-of-duty-playstation-letter-commitment-activision-blizzard
Of course, Call of Duty will be a day one Game Pass release, but it’ll be on Playstation same day (45:30)
https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2022/09/01/gaming-everyone-everywhere/
UK regulators will perform an in-depth investigation into Microsoft acquisition of Activision Blizzard (47:00)
https://www.eurogamer.net/uks-competition-regulator-to-undertake-in-depth-investigation-of-microsoft-activision-deal
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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.

Did you feel that? It’s the sensation of a rug being pulled out from under.
Games we played this week include:
Vampire Survivors (12:30)
Steel Rising (21:30)
Arcade Paradise (30:10)
The Last of Us Remastered (41:15)
Jetpack Joyride 2 (51:00)
Control (56:20)
We Are OFK (1:03:10)
A Plague Tale: Innocence (1:07:40)
Alien Isolation (1:11:15)
Opoona (1:15:50)
Mad Dog McCree (1:17:30)
Wii Sports (1:19:30)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Bizarre lawsuit tries to claim all of Sony’s profit from PlayStation Store in UK as “overcharging” (1:22:30)
https://news.sky.com/story/sony-playstation-being-sued-for-5-billion-amid-claims-it-ripped-off-nine-million-consumers-12678949
Xbox boss Phil Spencer wants to see fewer platform exclusives, honest (1:27:20)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-24/microsoft-xbox-s-chief-see-progress-with-regulators-on-deal-for-activision
Denuvo is pitching their anti-piracy software to third-party publishers on Switch (1:29:30)
https://www.eurogamer.net/denuvo-may-start-appearing-in-switch-games
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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.

This has gone on far too long.
Games we played this week include:
Cult of the Lamb (31:15)
Saints Row (34:45)
Cursed to Golf (43:30)
Vampire Survivors (53:20)
Wario Ware: Smooth Moves (1:02:00)
House of the Dead Overkill (1:03:40)
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News things talked about in this episode:
No news is good news.
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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.

Jordan’s here with the new hot diet.
Games we played this week include:
Rollerdrome (7:05)
The Mortuary Assistant (16:15)
Cult of the Lamb (26:45)
Kirby’s Dream Buffet (53:30)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Nintendo brought up on another labor board complaint. (1:01:00)
https://kotaku.com/nintendo-switch-labor-complaint-nlrb-lawsuit-union-1849396722
Picture painted of Nintendo QA shows it to be the same as the rest of the industry (1:02:15)
https://kotaku.com/nintendo-of-america-sexual-harassment-sexism-aerotek-1849414921
Microsoft accuses Sony of buying exclusivity from Game Pass (1:05:30)
https://kotaku.com/microsoft-sony-xbox-game-pass-playstation-ps-plus-1849400688
Reggie Fils-Aime reveals Nintendo was working on a universal accessibility controller (1:08:00)
https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-was-working-on-platform-agnostic-accessibility-controller-reggie-fils-aime-says
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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.

Feels like home.
Games we played this week include:
Turbo Golf Racing (18:55)
Cult of the Lamb (26:35)
Metal Gear Solid V (32:00)
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered (34:50)
The Mummy Demastered (38:00)
Demon Throttle (43:10)
Escape Academy (46:20)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Bridget of Guilty Gear now canonically trans (49:20)
https://kotaku.com/guilty-gear-strive-evo-2022-bridget-dlc-trans-rights-1849386887
David Cage thinks people are being very mean to him (50:10)
https://www.eurogamer.net/david-cage-defends-response-to-allegations-of-unhealthy-studio-culture-at-quantic-dream-in-new-interview
Tencent seeking to be largest shareholder in Ubisoft (59:10)
https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/exclusive-tencent-plans-raise-stake-assassins-creed-maker-ubisoft-sources-2022-08-04/
GameStop NFT marketplace sells stolen indie games, now there forever (1:01:40)
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/08/indie-devs-outraged-by-unlicensed-game-sales-on-gamestops-nft-market/
Activision Blizzard’s revenue last quarter dominated by mobile gaming (1:04:10)
https://www.pcgamer.com/activision-blizzard-earned-more-on-mobile-games-last-quarter-than-pc-and-consoles-combined/
Cheat codes for a stage select and two-player mode found in Super Punch-Out (1:05:05)
https://twitter.com/new_cheats_news/status/1556727895778856960
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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.

It's not enough to just have power over someone's life.
Games we played this week include:
Stray (15:45)
Multiversus (22:35)
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (38:50)
Vampire Survivors (46:55)
Frogun (51:30)
LIVE A LIVE (54:00)
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News things talked about in this episode:
First hints of what Disco Elysium devs are doing found in job listings (54:50)
https://www.eurogamer.net/disco-elysium-dev-seeks-artists-with-a-love-of-sci-fi-and-video-games
Former Xbox exec Peter Moore says Microsoft encouraged console wars (55:50)
https://www.ign.com/articles/xbox-encouraged-console-wars-peter-moore
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is latest first-party Nintendo release to leak in advance of release (58:00)
https://www.eurogamer.net/xenoblade-chronicles-3-leaks-playable-on-steam-deck-before-switch-release
Resident Evil Village getting accessibility update, but third-person mode pushed to paid DLC (59:10)
https://www.eurogamer.net/resident-evil-village-will-receive-free-accessibility-update-alongside-dlc
Ubisoft’s failure to address their issues is making them worse (1:01:05)
https://www.eurogamer.net/a-year-later-a-better-ubisoft-says-none-of-its-demands-have-been-met
Rockstar has finally made some changes to work culture (1:07:45)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-27/gta-6-release-date-rockstar-cleans-up-image-after-employee-backlash
Last of Us Part 1 remake includes audio descriptions of cutscenes for visually impaired players (1:06:05)
https://kotaku.com/the-last-of-us-part-1-remake-naughty-dog-sony-playstati-1849320167
Sony expresses concern over Microsoft acquisition of Activision, specifically Call of Duty (1:08:45)
https://www.eurogamer.net/sony-doesnt-sound-thrilled-microsoft-is-buying-call-of-duty-maker-activision
Diablo Immortal player spends so much the game becomes unplayable for them (1:12:00)
https://www.eurogamer.net/diablo-immortal-player-spends-100k-on-game-now-cant-find-anyone-suitable-to-matchmake-with
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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.