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Podquisition 361: Text of No Merit
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Games we played this week include:
Binding of Isaac: Repentance (10:35)
Dead Estate (16:50)
Death’s Door (19:00)
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (23:05)
NERF Legends (26:25)
Bloodrayne Revamped (27:05)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Exiting Activision Blizzard boss Jen Oneal offered equal pay after resigning (31:45) https://www.ign.com/articles/blizzard-jen-oneal-mike-ybarra-equal-pay-after-resignation
All three console manufacturers distance themselves from Activision Blizzard (35:20) https://www.fanbyte.com/news/nintendo-issues-internal-response-to-activision-blizzard-reports/
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-17/playstation-chief-criticizes-activision-response-to-allegations
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-18/xbox-chief-says-he-s-evaluating-relationship-with-activision
Activision Blizzard employees petition for Kotick’s removal and stage walkout (41:50) https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-11-19-more-than-1300-activision-blizzard-staff-call-for-bobby-kotick-to-resign
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/11/16/activision-blizzard-kotick-walkout/
Activision Blizzard board backing Kotick, announces “Workplace Responsibility Committee” (44:50) https://www.gamedeveloper.com/culture/activision-blizzard-doubles-down-on-kotick-defense-in-all-hands-meeting
https://investor.activision.com/news-releases/news-release-details/activision-blizzard-board-directors-continues-build-upon-its
Kotick reported to be willing to step down if unable to quickly address discrimination and harrassment (47:45)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/activision-blizzard-ceo-bobby-kotick-tells-colleagues-he-would-consider-leaving-if-he-cant-quickly-fix-problems-11637533064
Former PlayStation employee alleges Sony fired them for raising discrimination issues (49:45) https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-11-23-former-playstation-employee-files-lawsuit-alleging-gender-discrimination-and-wrongful-termination
Avengers Spider-Man DLC is just Spider-Man and that’s it (54:55) https://www.ign.com/articles/avengers-spider-man-dlc-no-story-missions
Chris Pratt’s got a special accent for Mario (58:05) https://toofab.com/2021/11/22/mario-producer-chris-meledandri-defends-casting-non-italian-chris-pratt/
Microsoft’s Phil Spencer encouraging legal emulation for game preservation (1:01:35) https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-11-18-emulation-should-be-used-to-preserve-older-games-xbox-chief-phil-spencer-suggests
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Comments
Luna
Soundcloud is *also* doing its thing where it refuses to let people download the podcast file without signing up for an account.
Trash girl so hot, so on point, so admirable.
Ben
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been hearing a slight jingle noise when one of you guys talk. I think someone might have a keychain or something jingling nearby? I just wanted to bring it up because it’s A little bit irritating, otherwise enjoying the podcast as usual
