Podquisition 396: Howdy, Partner!

The character of the summer has arrived.

Games we played this week include:

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (7:30)

Stray (17:15)

As Dusk Falls (29:50)

My Time at Sandrock (34:50)

LIVE A LIVE (39:10)

Hell Pie (48:00)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Blizzard Albany QA make moves to organize another union (51:25)

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxndpx/revealed-documents-show-how-roblox-planned-to-bend-to-chinese-censorship

Nintendo didn’t ask for Bayonetta 3 ‘Naive Angel’ mode, wanted sexier Link costume (56:05)

https://nintendoeverything.com/bayonetta-creator-says-nintendo-never-asked-to-make-the-series-less-risque/

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is latest first-party Nintendo release to leak in advance of release (58:00)

https://www.eurogamer.net/xenoblade-chronicles-3-leaks-playable-on-steam-deck-before-switch-release

Twitch implements features to address hate raids, needs to do more (1:02:50)

https://www.eurogamer.net/twitch-streamers-positive-about-new-raid-feature-in-response-to-harassment

VRChat nopes out of moderating user-generated content, shuts down all mods (1:05:00)

https://venturebeat.com/2022/07/26/vrchat-is-banning-all-mods-including-one-for-the-hearing-impaired/

Meta Quest 2 headset is getting a $100 price increase in August (1:07:45)

https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/26/23279272/meta-quest-2-occulus-100-price-increase

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