Podquisition 365: The War on Christmas Special

Santa Claus is coming. Are you ready for him?

Games we played this week include:

The Artful Escape (7:00)

Serious Sam 4 (14:01)

Firegirl: Hack ‘n Splash Rescue (18:15)

Nightmare Creatures (22:45)

A Year of Spring (26:00)

Hot Wheels Unleashed (29:00)

Dodgeball Academia (35:10)

Enter the Gungeon (36:10)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Workers are leaving Ubisoft in droves. (37:30)

https://www.axios.com/ubisoft-assassins-creed-great-resignation-aef86e61-75a8-4446-8ad6-f2c58bd0b730.html

Ubisoft NFT program has not been a hit, but they’re committed. (41:00)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-12-20-ubisoft-appears-to-have-sold-a-grand-total-of-15-nfts

https://decrypt.co/88880/after-backlash-ubisoft-calls-gaming-nfts-a-major-change-that-will-take-time

Peter Molyneux, on the other hand, is raking it in. (46:00)

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/peter-molyneuxs-next-game-has-sold-40-million-in-nfts

Bungie having its own bad work conditions moment, HR head resigns position. (51:30)

https://www.ign.com/articles/bungie-report-battle-soul-work-culture-harassment-crunch

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-12-16-bungies-head-of-hr-steps-down

Chip shortage expected to persist into 2023 (57:30)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-12-21-intel-chief-reiterates-global-chip-shortage-will-continue-into-2023

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