Podquisition 350: Dolla Dolla Bills

Chase that paper.

Games we played this week include:

Totally legal games (9:00)

Encased (21:25)

House of Ashes Demo (24:10)

Apocalypse (31:15)

Wasteland Golf Club (36:45)

Life is Strange: True Colours (43:10)

The Medium (48:20)

No More Heroes 3 (49:45)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Tripwire CEO steps down after expressing support for Texas abortion ban (51:55)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-06-developers-distance-themselves-from-publisher-tripwire-after-boss-says-hes-proud-draconian-texas-anti-abortion-law-allowed-to-stand

https://www.tripwireinteractive.com/#/news/tripwire-appoints-new-interim-ceo-alan-wilson

Paradox Interactive employees allege mistreatment in survey (59:15)

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-09-06-employee-survey-at-paradox-interactive-alleges-gender-discrimination-and-mistreatment

Sony backpedals on PS5 upgrade fee for Horizon Forbidden West, but such fees are the future (1:01:15)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-05-sony-u-turns-on-controversial-horizon-forbidden-west-ps4-to-ps5-upgrade-policy-following-backlash

Cloud Imperium warned by UK regulators to clarify to customers that in-game ships don’t exist yet. (1:03:05)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-08-advertising-standards-tells-star-citizen-dev-to-make-it-clear-for-sale-concept-ships-dont-exist-in-game-yet

Ubisoft’s replacement CCO is another white french dude (1:08:55)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-08-ubisoft-finally-names-replacement-for-disgraced-chief-creative-officer

New Pokémon Oreo cookies come at a time when Nabisco workers are on strike (1:11:30)

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/business/nabisco-workers-strike.html

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