About this episode
Why’d you have to go and make things so complicated? Games we played this week include: Steam Deck (11:15) Pokémon Legends Arceus (22:10) Elden Ring (23:50) Roboquest (49:20) Gran Turismo 7 (53:05) Undead Knights (54:45) Infernax (57:25) --- News things talked about in this episode: Intellivision Amico looks about to cut bait (1:00:30) https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-03-01-intellivision-cuts-fundraising-campaign-for-amico-short-setting-alarm-bells-ringing Nvidia hit by crippling cyber attack (1:05:35) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-25/nvidia-is-investigating-cyber-attack-but-business-uninterrupted Valve open to having Microsoft Game Pass available on Steam (1:07:05) https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/valve-has-no-plans-for-a-steam-pass-but-would-help-microsoft-put-game-pass-on-steam/ Pokémon Scarlet/Violet announced (1:11:10) https://scarletviolet.pokemon.com/en-us/ Ubisoft does, at least, protect its employees affected by Russian invasion of Ukraine (1:15:45) https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-26-ubisoft-provides-additional-funds-advance-salaries-and-alternate-housing-to-staff-in-ukraine Ukranian developers discussing the invasion (1:16:45) https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-25-ukraine-game-developers-speak-out-in-face-of-russian-invasion Lawsuits arise from Activision Blizzard King investors unhappy about Microsoft deal (1:17:20) https://www.polygon.com/22949594/activision-blizzard-shareholder-lawsuit-sec-violation Sony attempts to have gender discrimination suit dismissed (1:19:15) https://www.axios.com/sony-playstation-sexual-harassment-dismissal-dde3ab46-25c2-4b82-b028-582530617ece.html Epic Games is acquiring Bandcamp (1:21:15) https://blog.bandcamp.com/2022/03/02/bandcamp-is-joining-epic/ --- 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. Photo Credit: Katrin Morenz, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en