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Podquisition 345: Give Us A Boost, Would Ya?
🕑 Added 2021-08-05 16:02:43 +0000 UTCBut for God’s sake, wash your filthy hands.
Games we played this week include:
The Great Ragtime Show (8:35)
Cooking Mama Cookstar (16:45)
The Evil Within 2 (23:30)
Train Simulator (30:10)
Castle Crashers (32:50)
Samurai Warriors 5 (34:55)
Neo: The World Ends With You (41:30)
News things talked about in this episode:
More Activision/Blizzard, More Problems (37:30) https://www.vice.com/amp/en/article/7kvm8g/activision-it-worker-secretly-filmed-colleagues-in-office-bathroom
https://kotaku.com/activistion-blizzard-faces-second-lawsuit-over-first-la-1847415904
https://kotaku.com/blizzard-president-j-allen-brack-is-stepping-down-1847412696
https://kotaku.com/what-really-happened-at-that-blizzcon-panel-according-1847408469
But we haven’t forgotten about Ubisoft (53:40)
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-07-28-ubisoft-employees-sign-open-letter-slamming-managements-empty-promises-following-last-years-toxic-work-culture-allegations
Maybe unions are a good idea? (56:25)
https://www.wowhead.com/news/employees-form-abk-workers-alliance-send-new-letter-to-kotick-and-activision-323658
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Comments
Nathan Shepperd
I really appreciate the conversation about the murkier side of the games industry so keep doing that - I find it useful as I don’t have the capacity to keep up with the news myself. If it was strictly just games it would be like a load of other podcasts on games - the uniqueness is what causes me to return.
Jackson
Hey Steph, haven't listened to the latest episode yet but I wanted to say I and my non-binary spouse love everything you do and we love seeing how well you've been doing since coming out. You help my spouse feel validated in exploration in their gender identity and I might have to buy a, "The gays can do what they want" shirt some point soon.
Mr. Martini
Hi Steph, I think you and the gang might really enjoy Odd Taxi, especially episode 4, which is a really well written tragic story that involves the predatory marketplace of online games and how it preys on vulnerable people. It's also an anime with talking animals.
