Jimquisition

Podquisition 306: The Void of Uncertainty

If you're looking for comfort, we're out of stock, but we can offer a great deal on distraction.
Games we played this week include:
Xbox Series X impressions (9:35)
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (17:05)
Death Stranding (21:05)
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity demo (25:30)
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (33:35)
Cloudpunk (36:20)
News things talked about in this episode:
Ubisoft is still awful (03:25)
PS5 controller features can be disabled (41:00)
Marvel's Avengers gets a foreboding price drop (43:25)
Hitman 3 VR support absent from PS5 version (45:50)
Clive, the hero we need right now (49:05)
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 305: Chimps going hog wild

This is what fandom does to people.
Games we played this week include:
Jackbox Party Pack 7 (10:22)
Vigil (22:46)
ScourgeBringer (26:24)
Little Hope (35:55)
Fall Guys (43:11)
Pokemon Sword & Shield Crown Tundra DLC (44:08)
News things talked about in this episode:
Cyberpunk 2077 gets delayed despite studio crunch (46:17)
Streamers paying publishers to stream games (52:50)
Control and Hitman 3 on Switch via streaming (1:04:41)
Watch Dogs Legion bricks reviewer's Xbox One consoles (1:05:48)
Minecraft Steve's dick meat is gone (1:07:29)
Phil Spencer wants a little dongle (1:08:03)
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 304: Expert Testimony

We've got the scoop on where you can go to get more insightful commentary than you'll find in this podcast.
Games we played this week include:
Blaseball (00:00)
Among Us (15:59)
Oneechanbara Origins (25:00)
Hades (26:52)
Ikenfell (31:55)
Amnesia (39:40)
Day of the Tentacle (47:14)
News things talked about in this episode:
2K Games continues to insert ads into released games (48:14)
Marvel's Avengers pushes back its content (53:35)
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 303: Kirby vs. Gandhi

The debate rages on.
Games we played this week include:
Hades (7:43)
Fall Guys Season 2 (11:32)
Ikenfell (19:55)
Silent Hill 4 (32:33)
Among Us (37:30)
Phasmophobia (43:40)
I Am Dead (46:55)
News things talked about in this episode:
CDPR's crunch and its defenders (49:37)
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 302: Milkworms

This week's episode is brought to you by Milkworms, the fabric you can drink.
Games we played this week include:
Hades (11:27)
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (21:13)
Blaster Master Zero (25:58)
Super Mario 35 (31:05)
Rogue Company (37:01)
BPM (38:04)
The Solitaire Conspiracy (40:34)
News things talked about in this episode:
Mobile game Genshin Impact bans the words 'Kong' and 'Taiwan' because China (43:30)
Ubisoft did a workplace survey and it's not good (46:12)
Minecraft Steve steps out (56:25)
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 301: Hades Is Good

Everybody on this episode thinks Hades is very, very good. Please believe us.
Games we played this week include:
Hades (3:51)
News things talked about in this episode:
Microsoft's big buyout of Bethesda (30:35)
Michel Ancel leaves Ubisoft ahead of allegations (35:37)
CDPR crunches again on Cyberpunk 2077 (53:11)
EA advertises loot boxes to kids (59:05)
Pokémon Go is getting less friendly (1:00:50)
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 ConradZimmerman on Twitter and check out his Patreon. You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at Pinfultruth.com.

Podquisition 300: The 300th Episode

Mystery abounds in this, the 300th episode of Podquisition, as the gang looks back on the best of the last six years of gaming.
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.
Conrad is actually worse at self-promotion than Jim is, but find them at ConradZimmerman on Twitter for now and maybe he'll write something more practical later.

Podquisition 299: Monopoly Cowboy

It's a wild west, rootin-tootin', individual ownership of property adventure on this week's show.
Games we played this week include:
Spelunky 2 (6:10)
Super Mario 3D Collection (15:10)
Astroneer (22:25)
Fall Guys (24:45)
Kingdoms of Amalur Re-Reckoning (30:00)
Paradise Killer (31:35)
News things talked about in this episode:
Apple lawyers call out Epic lawsuit as a marketing stunt (34:00)
Ubisoft (a company with a barely acknowledged history of systemic worker abuse) continues to find novel ways to be terrible (38:30)
505 Games accidentally does the impossible with Control Ultimate Edition (48:37)
Microsoft muddies their messaging on Xbox Series S/X (51:10)
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.
Conrad is actually worse at self-promotion than Jim is, but find them at ConradZimmerman on Twitter for now and maybe he'll write something more practical later.

Podquisition 298: A Relatively Nice Time

We had a relatively nice time with video games this week.
Games we played this week include: Fall Guys (10:30), Tony Hawk Pro Skater 1+2 (16:00), Paradise Killer (21:20), Kingdoms of Amalur Re-Reckoning (32:45), The Last Campfire (39:55), and Spinch (42:45).

Podquisition 297: Tiny Lego Train (with Special Guest Tanya DePass)

Tanya DePass joins the crew to discuss Marvel's Avengers, No Straight Roads, and Ubisoft's latest nonsense.
Check out Tanya at cypheroftyr.com!