Podquisition 330: Anterior Logic

Assess advantages afforded our arthropod associates

Games we played this week include:

Portal Reloaded (5:30)

Disco Elysium: The Final Cut (13:30)

Later Alligator (18:15)

PS3 Emulation (22:35)

Princess Farmer (30:10)

Narita Boy (36:00)

Resident Evil Village Demo (38:55)

The Longing (41:35)

News things talked about in this episode:

LEGO Luigi teased in emotionally manipulative manner (49:40)

https://www.ign.com/articles/lego-mario-firmware-update-makes-him-start-calling-for-luigi

Nintendo suing a modder coincidentally named Bowser. (54:45)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-04-17-nintendo-suing-switch-hacker-gary-bowser

Sony does a U-Turn on closing down the PS3 and Vita stores (56:15)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-04-19-playstation-u-turns-on-playstation-3-and-vita-store-shutdowns

Troll fabricates story about Path of Exile ban, claims it was an academic demonstration (1:00:40)

https://www.pcgamer.com/how-a-reckless-lie-caused-huge-internet-drama-for-path-of-exiles-developer/

Witcher 3 mod uses software to generate new dialogue for Geralt from existing recordings. (1:07:00)

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3aq8gn/this-witcher-3-mod-got-geralt-to-read-new-lines-without-the-voice-actor

Sony seems to be adding streaming video content to PlayStation Plus (1:10:15)

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-looks-set-to-announce-playstation-plus-video-pass/

Sony files patent for AI system which learns and recreates your play for you (1:11:55)

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-has-patented-an-ai-that-will-play-your-games-for-you/

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