Podquisition 371: Personal Best

Published: Feb. 3, 2022, 5 p.m.

Well, we almost made it.\n\nGames we played this week include: \nPok\xe9mon Legends: Arceus (6:45)\nPupperazzi (27:15)\nBloodborne PSX (33:45)\nTerraria (42:50)\nMegaman Zero (44:20)\n\n---\nNews things talked about in this episode:\nTeam 17 announces and abandons Worms NFTs in under 24 hours (48:14)\nhttps://www.pcgamer.com/overcooked-and-going-under-devs-revolt-against-publisher-team17s-nft-plans/\n\nEA slowing its roll on NFTs (1:01:20)\nhttps://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-02-ea-seemingly-backtracks-from-earlier-nft-enthusiasm\n\nTroy Baker pulls out of his terrible NFT deal (1:03:10)\nhttps://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-31-troy-baker-u-turns-on-voice-nft-project\n\nAtari\u2019s Loot Box NFTs are self-parody (1:05:15)\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSQIdTE3Npo\n\nSony set to acquire Bungie, leverage its live service experience (1:11:50)\nhttps://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/50988\nhttps://www.vg247.com/sony-plans-to-release-10-live-service-games-by-2026\n\nTechland very nicely asks players not to play Dying Light before release (1:18:05)\nhttps://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-01-techland-asks-dying-light-2-fans-with-early-retail-copies-not-to-play-until-launch\n\nActivision Blizzard QA internal slack message shows typical anti-union moves (1:21:40)\nhttps://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-01-union-busting-staff-message-from-activision-blizzard-released-online\n\nDark Pictures Anthologies games offer \u201cFriend Pass\u201d co-op for month of February (1:31:45)\nhttps://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-31-dark-pictures-anthology-owners-can-invite-a-friend-to-co-op-for-free-throughout-february\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.