Podquisition 469: Suddenly Seasonal

Published: Dec. 21, 2023, 7:09 p.m.

b'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'