What the birthday girl wants, the birthday girl gets.
Games we played this week include:
Punirunes (14:00)
Among Ashes (20:50)
Devil Kings (25:15)
Stars in the Trash (37:24)
Sengoku Basura: Samurai Heroes (43:55)
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Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on https://LauraKBuzz.com, and you can catch Access-Ability on YouTube every Friday.
Follow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Instagram/BlueSky and check out his Patreon (https://patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at https://mercenarycreative.com.
Photo Credit: Esra Kelepircioğlu
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1:17:23
Podquisition 520: Sympathetic Shortcoming
They tried to warn us about stairs.
Games we played this week include:
Ballionaire (11:35)
Punirunes (21:40)
Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: Rita’s Revenge (34:40)
Marvel Rivals (47:50)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Game Awards gives award to guy who helps laid off devs find work, nerdzis send him threats and bigotry (1:02:15)
https://www.eurogamer.net/the-game-awards-first-game-changers-recipient-responds-to-hateful-and-disturbing-comments-accusing-him-of-fraud
Black Myth Wukong producer posts through not winning Game of the Year (1:09:00)
https://www.eurogamer.net/black-myth-wukong-producer-on-the-game-awards-top-prize-snub-i-came-all-the-way-here-for-nothing
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Buy official Jimquisition merchandise at https://thejimporium.com
Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on https://LauraKBuzz.com, and you can catch Access-Ability on YouTube every Friday.
Follow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter/Instagram/BlueSky and check out his Patreon (https://patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at https://mercenarycreative.com.
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1:24:00
Podquisition 519: Unjust Desserts
Whatever did they do to deserve this?
Games we played this week include:
Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers: Rita’s Revenge (19:35)
Satisfactory (25:40)
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (31:35)
Metaphor Refantazio (42:00)
Home Safety Hotline: Seasonal Worker Edition (45:30)
The Thing: Remastered (50:25)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Tencent in talks to acquire controlling share of Ubisoft (1:00:10)
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/ubisoft-shareholders-talks-over-possible-buyout-terms-sources-say-2024-12-06/
Beyond Good & Evil 2 isn’t done because the leadership can’t decide what it is (44:20)
https://www.eurogamer.net/beyond-good-evil-2s-troubled-development-due-to-passionate-managers-not-getting-along-says-creator-michel-ancel
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Buy official Jimquisition merchandise at https://thejimporium.com
Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on https://LauraKBuzz.com, and you can catch Access-Ability on YouTube every Friday.
Follow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter/Instagram/BlueSky and check out his Patreon (https://patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at https://mercenarycreative.com.
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1:10:33
Podquisition 518: Slapdash Synchronization
But will we learn from this?
Games we played this week include:
UFO 50 (4:55)
Mouthwashing (10:35)
Void’s Vigil (18:20)
PS5 Pro (22:10)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII Remake (29:45)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Niantic has built a “Large Geospatial Model” on data collected from its AR games (39:20)
https://www.404media.co/pokemon-go-players-have-unwittingly-trained-ai-to-navigate-the-world/
Listings for Switch 2 accessories pop up on Alibaba (44:20)
https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/1h5izz4/tempered_glass_and_switch_2_case_appears_in/
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Buy official Jimquisition merchandise at https://thejimporium.com
Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on https://LauraKBuzz.com, and you can catch Access-Ability on YouTube every Friday.
Follow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter/Instagram/BlueSky and check out his Patreon (https://patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at https://mercenarycreative.com.
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50:22
Podquisition 517: Immune Inaccuracy
Really should have paid closer attention in school.
Games we played this week include:
Quantum Witch (11:50)
Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends (22:25)
Witchfire (24:20)
UFO 50 (29:40)
Dustborn (40:31)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Balatro racks up huge sales numbers on mobile (47:05)
https://www.eurogamer.net/balatro-has-made-almost-44m-from-its-mobile-release-alone
Sony making a bid to buy Kadokawa (50:00)
https://www.eurogamer.net/fromsoftware-owner-kadokawa-acknowledges-takeover-interest-from-sony
Phil Spencer says nothing is off the table for Xbox properties on other platforms (51:45)
https://www.eurogamer.net/phil-spencer-says-no-red-lines-over-any-xbox-game-coming-to-nintendo-or-playstation
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Buy official Jimquisition merchandise at https://thejimporium.com
Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on https://LauraKBuzz.com, and you can catch Access-Ability on YouTube every Friday.
Follow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter/Instagram/BlueSky and check out his Patreon (https://patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at https://mercenarycreative.com.