Podquisition 335: Epilatastic

Jimquisition

Oh, you thought we were done with skin care? Games we played this week include: Psychonauts (6:15) BioMutant (8:00) Mass Effect 2 (28:10) Dark Pictures Anthology - House of Ashes (35:30) News things talked about in this episode: Ubisoft makes wild claims regarding improvements to company culture (41:40) https://news.ubisoft.com/en-gb/article/6eNE6mnqcXT2qWS2vFWpZV/a-year-of-change-at-ubisoft Hackers get transphobic error messages into Little Big Planet (50:15) https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-05-22-sony-disables-littlebigplanet-servers-due-to-the-severity-of-the-recent-attacks Twitch introducing additional identity tags (53:00) https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2021/05/26/celebrate-yourself-and-your-community-with-350-new-tags/ Derided Gucci branded content for Roblox nonetheless explodes in resale value (59:20) https://www.polygon.com/22446454/gucci-garden-experience-roblox-purses-ugc-price-marketplace Roblox rebrands as “not a game” in wake of Epic v. Apple lawsuit https://devforum.roblox.com/t/re-rename-the-new-discover-tab/1225357 https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/14/22436014/apple-roblox-epic-fortnite-trial-what-is-game-name-change Skyward Sword HD locks fast travel behind a sold out $25 amiibo. (1:04:10) https://twitter.com/HeyHeyItMaymay/status/1396142724718411778 Sony pushing to bring their franchises to phones (1:06:50) https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-05-26-sony-exploring-the-mobile-market-with-some-wonderful-playstation-franchises Valve rumored to be releasing a handheld gaming pc (1:07:10) https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/05/exclusive-valve-is-making-a-switch-like-portable-gaming-pc/ -- 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.