Podquisition 358: Moral High Ground

Jimquisition

The time has come. Games we played this week include: Happy Game (14:05) Unpacking (18:25) What the Golf (22:20) Lady in a Leotard with a Gun (26:00) Netflix Games on Android (33:50) Inscryption (38:10) MARS (41:10) Head Over Heels (47:50) Moon (49:10) --- News things talked about in this episode: Actiblizz commits to some changes that ABK were pushing for (54:00) https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/28/technology/activision-blizzard-diversity-workplace.html Bobby Kotick takes a PR pay cut (56:25) https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-10-28-activision-blizzard-boss-bobby-kotick-asks-for-huge-pay-cut-until-company-woes-sorted Valve isn’t allowing NFTs on Steam (59:15) https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/steam-is-removing-nft-games-from-the-platform-3071694 Ubisoft commits to contribute to global ruin with blockchain games (1:00:20) https://www.gameinformer.com/2021/11/01/ubisoft-reveals-plans-to-develop-blockchain-games-and-nfts Facebook rolling back account login requirement for their headsets (1:01:20) https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-10-28-facebook-ditching-oculus-branding-as-part-of-company-name-change-to-meta Paid Twitch Boosts are now in the wild (1:04:00) https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-10-29-twitch-tests-paid-boost-feature-despite-negative-feedback-from-streamers Seth Rogan allegedly to star in Donkey Kong spin-off film (1:07:50) https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-11-03-seth-rogen-donkey-kong-solo-movie-reportedly-in-development Jen Oneal stepping down from co-lead position at Blizzard after only three months (1:10:30) https://kotaku.com/blizzard-is-already-losing-its-first-female-studio-co-h-1847985147 Blizzard games are bleeding players (1:11:45) https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-11-03-as-blizzards-internal-troubles-continue-the-companys-games-continue-to-shed-players --- Buy official Jimquisition merchandise from the Jimporium at thejimporium.com Find 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. Follow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter and check out his Patreon (patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at pinfultruth.com.