Podquisition 375: It's Just Soup

Why’d you have to go and make things so complicated?

Games we played this week include:

Steam Deck (11:15)

Pokémon Legends Arceus (22:10)

Elden Ring (23:50)

Roboquest (49:20)

Gran Turismo 7 (53:05)

Undead Knights (54:45)

Infernax (57:25)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Intellivision Amico looks about to cut bait (1:00:30)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-03-01-intellivision-cuts-fundraising-campaign-for-amico-short-setting-alarm-bells-ringing

Nvidia hit by crippling cyber attack (1:05:35)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-25/nvidia-is-investigating-cyber-attack-but-business-uninterrupted

Valve open to having Microsoft Game Pass available on Steam (1:07:05)

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/valve-has-no-plans-for-a-steam-pass-but-would-help-microsoft-put-game-pass-on-steam/

Pokémon Scarlet/Violet announced (1:11:10)

https://scarletviolet.pokemon.com/en-us/

Ubisoft does, at least, protect its employees affected by Russian invasion of Ukraine (1:15:45)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-26-ubisoft-provides-additional-funds-advance-salaries-and-alternate-housing-to-staff-in-ukraine

Ukranian developers discussing the invasion (1:16:45)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-25-ukraine-game-developers-speak-out-in-face-of-russian-invasion

Lawsuits arise from Activision Blizzard King investors unhappy about Microsoft deal (1:17:20)

https://www.polygon.com/22949594/activision-blizzard-shareholder-lawsuit-sec-violation

Sony attempts to have gender discrimination suit dismissed (1:19:15)

https://www.axios.com/sony-playstation-sexual-harassment-dismissal-dde3ab46-25c2-4b82-b028-582530617ece.html

Epic Games is acquiring Bandcamp (1:21:15)

https://blog.bandcamp.com/2022/03/02/bandcamp-is-joining-epic/

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