Podquisition 520: Sympathetic Shortcoming

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12/19/24 • 84 min

They tried to warn us about stairs. Games we played this week include: Ballionaire (11:35) Punirunes (21:40) Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: Rita’s Revenge (34:40) Marvel Rivals (47:50) --- News things talked about in this episode: Game Awards gives award to guy who helps laid off devs find work, nerdzis send him threats and bigotry (1:02:15) https://www.eurogamer.net/the-game-awards-first-game-changers-recipient-responds-to-hateful-and-disturbing-comments-accusing-him-of-fraud Black Myth Wukong producer posts through not winning Game of the Year (1:09:00) https://www.eurogamer.net/black-myth-wukong-producer-on-the-game-awards-top-prize-snub-i-came-all-the-way-here-for-nothing --- 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.

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Podquisition 519: Unjust Desserts

Whatever did they do to deserve this? Games we played this week include: Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: Rita’s Revenge (19:35) Satisfactory (25:40) Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (31:35) Metaphor Refantazio (42:00) Home Safety Hotline: Seasonal Worker Edition (45:30) The Thing: Remastered (50:25) --- News things talked about in this episode: Tencent in talks to acquire controlling share of Ubisoft (1:00:10) https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/ubisoft-shareholders-talks-over-possible-buyout-terms-sources-say-2024-12-06/ Beyond Good & Evil 2 isn’t done because the leadership can’t decide what it is (44:20) https://www.eurogamer.net/beyond-good-evil-2s-troubled-development-due-to-passionate-managers-not-getting-along-says-creator-michel-ancel --- 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.

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Podquisition 521: Topic Thunder

What the birthday girl wants, the birthday girl gets. Games we played this week include: Punirunes (14:00) Among Ashes (20:50) Devil Kings (25:15) Stars in the Trash (37:24) Sengoku Basura: Samurai Heroes (43:55) --- 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 Instagram/BlueSky and check out his Patreon (https://patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at https://mercenarycreative.com. Photo Credit: Esra Kelepircioğlu