Jimquisition

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)
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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.

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.

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).

Tanya DePass joins the crew to discuss Marvel's Avengers, No Straight Roads, and Ubisoft's latest nonsense.
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A musical gets a wax-based controversy. A senator refuses the charitable call. Also, Spiritfarer, Fall Guys, and No Straight Roads.

Astronauts are scary. Also we have Fall Guys, Mortal Shell, Rad, Spiritfarer, and all that nonsense between Apple and Epic.

A gigantic robot bollock. Also, Fall Guys, Marvel's Avengers, loads and loads of indie stuff. And Control being stupid about next-gen.

We ponder the hard questions asked of Westworld. Also, we talk about Fall Guys, Frog Fractions 3, and things Conrad Zimmerman played.

Just because someone's feeling queasy that doesn't mean we can't talk about games.