Podquisition 371: Personal Best

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

b'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.'