Oh, yeah, that thing is about to happen isn\u2019t it?\n\nGames we played this week include: \nVampire Survivors (18:35)\nMidnight Suns (19:40)\nGrand Theft Auto V (25:24)\nPok\xe9mon Scarlet/Violet (33:25)\nGranblue Fantasy Versus Rising (41:15)\nDiceheart (53:20)\nSlay the Princess (1:00:00)\n---\nNews things talked about in this episode:\nRansomware group releases trove of material stolen from Insomniac Games (1:07:15)\nhttps://www.cyberdaily.au/culture/9959-snikt-rhysida-dumps-more-than-a-terabyte-of-insomniac-games-internal-data\nInternal Sony documents give candid view of concerns over ABK acquisition (1:19:15)\nhttps://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/microsoft-could-disrupt-and-threaten-playstation-business-sonys-alleged-xbox-fears-laid-bare-in-massive-hack\nABK studios are ending hybrid work (1:21:50)\nhttps://www.eurogamer.net/abk-workers-alliance-responds-to-activision-blizzard-ending-hybrid-working\nABK settles California worker discrimination suit (1:24:20)\nhttps://www.wsj.com/tech/activision-blizzard-to-pay-around-50-million-to-settle-lawsuit-that-spurred-microsofts-takeover-4dc1178b\nValve delivers festive DOTA 2 bans (1:26:00)\nhttps://www.polygon.com/24002666/dota-2-frostivus-2023-bans-valve-toxic-lump-coal\n---\nBuy official Jimquisition merchandise 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/Instagram/BlueSky and check out his Patreon (patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at mercenarycreative.com.\n\nPhoto Credit: Daderot