Podquisition 354: Leprechaun Lore

Gold provides many powers.

Games we played this week include:

Flynn: Son of Crimson (6:45)

Nightmare on Elm St (9:05)

Nier Reincarnation (13:30)

Unsighted (18:10)

ZombieRollerz (27:45)

Missing Orpheus (30:00)

Monster Train (32:10)

Mighty Goose (37:20)

Alan Wake Remastered (39:45)

Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz (42:25)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Twitch testing paid boost feature (44:45) https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-10-04-twitch-testing-new-paid-boost-feature

Twitch source code leaked online (48:40)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-10-06-twitch-source-code-leaked-by-anonymous-hacker

Sony adds game trials to PS5, starting when download begins (1:00:30)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-10-02-sony-adds-game-trials-feature-to-ps5

Sony buys Bluepoint, will shift studio focus to new products (1:01:50) https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-30-sony-buys-demons-souls-remake-developer-bluepoint-games

Bloomberg reports on 4K Switch dev kits, Nintendo denies, then a patent appears (1:02:30)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-29/nintendo-switch-4k-developers-make-games-for-nonexistent-console

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-30-nintendo-issues-denial-on-new-4k-nintendo-switch-report

https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/nintendo-patent-details-an-ai-that-could-upscale-console-resolution-3060571

Xbox adding system-level accessibility options and clearer labeling for products (1:05:20) https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-10-01-microsoft-unveils-host-of-new-accessibility-features-for-xbox

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