Podquisition 348: Educated in the Arts

We are cultured, worldly sophisticates.

Games we played this week include:

Road 96 (9:30)

The Ascent (14:30)

Aliens: Fireteam Elite (17:20)

Twelve Minutes (23:55)

Psychonauts 2 (29:25)

Train Simulator (37:50)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Roblox exploits child labor for profit (39:15)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXlauRB1EQ

State of California expands suit, claims Activision may have destroyed evidence of abuse (44:30)

https://www.axios.com/activision-blizzard-lawsuit-temporary-workers-4a8fa284-a003-4c56-819c-43c7c2d3f3ca.html

Electronic Arts is releasing patents on accessibility features (49:20)

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-08-23-ea-shares-five-innovations-via-accessibility-patent-pledge-wants-other-devs-to-do-the-same

The market for retro games might be as full of fraud as every speculative market that came before. (53:25)

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/report-alleges-auction-and-grading-fraud-is-behind-recent-surge-in-retro-game-prices/

Twitch’s tags are being used to engage in coordinated hate raids on minority streamers. (59:20)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/08/25/twitch-hate-raids-streamers-discord-cybersecurity/

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