Podquisition 373: Order of Operations

One, then two? Two, then one?

Games we played this week include:

Horizon: Forbidden West (2:55)

Infernax (16:25)

Dreamscaper (27:15)

Pokémon Legends: Arceus (34:05)

God of War (39:05)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Microsoft suggests they’re only going to keep the good employees at Activision Blizzard (41:30)

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/microsoft-is-watching-activisions-execs-so-the-right-people-are-in-power-after-its-acquisition/

Roblox has a sexual content problem, along with being a predatory child labor engine (43:25)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-60314572

Ubisoft isn’t doing a damn thing in terms of the demands of its workers (44:45)

https://twitter.com/ABetterUbisoft/status/1493231476980293636

Team17’s NFT push has pushed employees to push back on company direction (50:15)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-14-team17-exec-promises-change-following-last-weeks-report

Ubisoft internal discussion of NFT project got considerable negative feedback from staff (54:00)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-11/ubisoft-employees-push-back-hard-on-blockchain-initiative

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