Podquisition 375: It's Just Soup

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

Why\u2019d you have to go and make things so complicated?\n\nGames we played this week include: \nSteam Deck (11:15)\nPok\xe9mon Legends Arceus (22:10)\nElden Ring (23:50)\nRoboquest (49:20)\nGran Turismo 7 (53:05)\nUndead Knights (54:45)\nInfernax (57:25)\n\n---\nNews things talked about in this episode:\nIntellivision Amico looks about to cut bait (1:00:30)\nhttps://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-03-01-intellivision-cuts-fundraising-campaign-for-amico-short-setting-alarm-bells-ringing\n\nNvidia hit by crippling cyber attack (1:05:35)\nhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-25/nvidia-is-investigating-cyber-attack-but-business-uninterrupted\n\nValve open to having Microsoft Game Pass available on Steam (1:07:05)\nhttps://www.pcgamer.com/uk/valve-has-no-plans-for-a-steam-pass-but-would-help-microsoft-put-game-pass-on-steam/\n\nPok\xe9mon Scarlet/Violet announced (1:11:10)\nhttps://scarletviolet.pokemon.com/en-us/\n\nUbisoft does, at least, protect its employees affected by Russian invasion of Ukraine (1:15:45)\nhttps://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-26-ubisoft-provides-additional-funds-advance-salaries-and-alternate-housing-to-staff-in-ukraine\n\nUkranian developers discussing the invasion (1:16:45)\nhttps://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-25-ukraine-game-developers-speak-out-in-face-of-russian-invasion\n\nLawsuits arise from Activision Blizzard King investors unhappy about Microsoft deal (1:17:20)\nhttps://www.polygon.com/22949594/activision-blizzard-shareholder-lawsuit-sec-violation\n\nSony attempts to have gender discrimination suit dismissed (1:19:15)\nhttps://www.axios.com/sony-playstation-sexual-harassment-dismissal-dde3ab46-25c2-4b82-b028-582530617ece.html\n\nEpic Games is acquiring Bandcamp (1:21:15)\nhttps://blog.bandcamp.com/2022/03/02/bandcamp-is-joining-epic/\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: Katrin Morenz, used under CC BY-SA 2.0\nhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en