Podquisition 406: Lucozade Lifestyle

Published: Oct. 6, 2022, 4 p.m.

b'Our secret agenda is laid bare.\\n\\nGames we played this week include: \\nDreamlight Valley (16:00)\\nReturn to Monkey Island (22:00)\\nBioShock 2 (30:30)\\nFRANKEN (35:05)\\nThe Binding of Isaac (37:00)\\nTrombone Champ (38:00)\\nMiddle Earth: Shadow of War (39:25)\\n\\n---\\nNews things talked about in this episode:\\n\\nActivision Blizzard found to have withheld raises from unionizing workers\\nhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/10/03/activision-raven-union-raises-nlrb/\\n\\nKey writers and artists on Disco Elysium were quietly pushed out of ZA/UM last year (47:55)\\nhttps://www.eurogamer.net/disco-elysium-dev-reveals-some-team-members-left-involuntarily\\n\\nPC ports of PlayStation titles will arrive at least a year after console release (57:05)\\nhttps://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-games-will-wait-at-least-a-year-before-their-pc-release-except-for-live-service-titles/\\n\\nStadia is dead (1:00:10)\\nhttps://blog.google/products/stadia/message-on-stadia-streaming-strategy/\\n\\nSaudi Arabia wants to own a major game publisher (1:04:50)\\nhttps://www.eurogamer.net/saudi-arabia-is-eyeing-up-the-acquisition-of-a-major-game-publisher\\n\\nTencent now wants controlling interest in game companies outside of China (1:05:35)\\nhttps://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/tencent-shifts-focus-majority-deals-overseas-gaming-assets-growth-sources-2022-10-01/\\n\\nBeyond Good & Evil 2 has now been in development longer than Duke Nukem Forever was (1:06:50)\\nhttps://www.eurogamer.net/beyond-good-evil-2-overtakes-guinness-record-holder-duke-nukem-forever-as-game-longest-in-development\\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.'