Podquisition 369: Proper Sausage

Published: Jan. 20, 2022, 5 p.m.

Have a meaty one.\n\nGames we played this week include: \nThe Procession to Cavalry (18:00)\nBuck Up and Drive (26:35)\nSuper Bomberman R (32:28)\nGalaga Plus (38:35)\nThe Anacrusis (39:10)\nAnvil (40:25)\nForza Horizon 5 (41:20)\nHalo Infinite (45:30)\nDeep Rock Galactic (49:05)\nBlaster Master Zero 2 (51:45)\nThe Gunk (58:35)\nShadowman Remastered (1:00:55)\nInto the Pit (1:01:50)\nBaldur\u2019s Gate Dark Alliance (1:05:45)\n\n---\nNews things talked about in this episode:\nMicrosoft to buy out Activision Blizzard (1:07:00)\nhttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-is-reportedly-nearing-a-deal-to-buy-activision-blizzard/\n\nMicrosoft announces well-timed internal review of sexual harassment and gender discrimination (1:19:10)\nhttps://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-18-microsoft-to-review-its-sexual-harassment-and-gender-discrimination-policies\n\nBobby Kotick\u2019s golden parachute is predictably obscene (1:22:05)\nhttps://twitter.com/gamesbizuk/status/1483435864378290179\n\nKotick alleged to have attempted burying employment figures to make issues seem smaller (1:24:02)\nhttps://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-17-activision-blizzard-has-pushed-out-almost-40-employees-since-july-2021\n\nJames Stephanie Sterling turned into an NFT, proving them right about NFTs (1:34:35)\nhttps://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-17-gaming-youtubers-have-had-their-likenesses-stolen-and-sold-as-nfts\n\nContinuing the trend of leaks from Nintendo, Pok\xe9mon Arceus is in the wild early (1:41:00)\nhttps://www.polygon.com/22891556/pokemon-legends-arceus-full-pokedex-leak-new-hisuian-forms\n\n---\nBuy official Jimquisition merchandise from the Jimporium at thejimporium.com\n\nFind 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.\n\nFollow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter and check out his Patreon (patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at pinfultruth.com.\n\nPhoto Credit: Gordon Joley, used under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/