Podquisition 374: Vampire Wine

A not-so-subtle blend.

Games we played this week include:

Nintendo Switch Sports (10:55)

Infernax (17:10)

Dying Light 2 (19:55)

A Little to the Left (22:40)

RoboQuest (26:35)

Skul: The Hero Slayer (31:50)

Pokémon Legends Arceus (38:30)

Horizon: Forbidden West (39:10)

Pinball Heroes (40:20)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Activision Blizzard’s lawyers paint union members as “footloose and fancy free” (44:35)

https://twitter.com/_TechJess/status/1496136624358494208

Accusations made against Activision Blizzard for union-busting practices at Raven Software (47:45)

https://www.polygon.com/22939657/activision-blizzard-raven-software-union-nlrb-hearing

Bobby Kotick has been covertly funding Republicans through businesses (53:35)

https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/activision-blizzard-ceo-donated-to-republican-causes-3164956

Rainbow Six tournament in UAE, where homosexuality is illegal, is canceled (58:40)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-23-ubisoft-scraps-plans-for-rainbow-six-siege-tournament-in-abu-dhabi

Ubisoft hints in earnings call that it may be open to a buyout (1:00:00)

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-02-17-despite-consolidation-ubisoft-says-it-can-still-go-it-alone

The Street Fighter 6 logo bears striking similarity to a stock image (1:07:00)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-23-street-fighter-6s-logo-looks-like-an-adobe-stock-image-and-its-creator-wants-a-cut

Platinum Games takes hard stance against NFTs (1:09:50)

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/features/interviews/platinumgames-2022/

Nintendo is closing the 3DS and Wii U eShops (1:10:40)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-16-3ds-and-wii-u-eshop-purchases-end-in-march-2023

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