Podquisition 383: Corsets For Everyone

No more slouching for us!

Games we played this week include:

Elden Ring (6:10)

The Force Unleashed (13:20)

Nobody Saves the World (18:40)

Lost in Random (25:40)

Chernobylite (28:00)

Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion (32:30)

The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe (40:10)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg alleged to have helped bury story about Bobby Kotick restraining order (45:20)

https://www.wsj.com/articles/sandberg-facebook-kotick-activision-blizzard-daily-mail-11650549074

Activision names two women to board despite their best effort not to (50:50)

https://www.axios.com/activision-blizzard-board-women-lulu-cheng-meservey-bc7824aa-cfa8-4ab9-ab9b-392e8af8a543.html

Raven QA testers gear up for vote to formalize union (53:15)

https://www.eurogamer.net/call-of-duty-qa-testers-getting-closer-to-unionisation-regardless-of-activision-blizzard-wishes

Nintendo responds to claim of union busting (56:40)

https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-hit-by-worker-complaint-over-right-to-unionise

https://twitter.com/katiecasper/status/1518763066661425152

Thousands of Joy-Cons a week were being sent to Nintendo for repair weekly at height (1:00:50)

https://kotaku.com/nintendo-switch-joy-con-drift-fix-repair-center-replace-1848828886

SEGA delisting original Sonic trilogy ahead of re-release in Sonic Origins (1:03:20)

https://www.eurogamer.net/sega-delisting-standalone-versions-of-sonic-1-2-3-and-cd-ahead-of-sonic-origins-arrival

Gender discrimination lawsuit against Sony to proceed after some counts dismissed (1:06:05)

https://www.eurogamer.net/playstation-gender-discrimination-lawsuit-falters

PlayStation hiring someone to get more games on PC (1:08:10)

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/sony-is-hiring-a-senior-director-for-pc-planning-and-strategy/

Elden Ring demake in development (1:08:55)

https://www.eurogamer.net/playable-elden-ring-game-boy-demake-on-the-way

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