Podquisition 384: We’d Rather Be Playing Vampire Survivors

Just being honest.

Games we played this week include:

The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe (7:55)

Vampire Survivors (13:45)

Peglin (26:25)

Nintendo Switch Sports (29:40)

Revita (36:45)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Dragon Age QA team seeking to form a union (43:30)

https://kotaku.com/bioware-keywords-studios-qa-union-mass-effect-dragon-ag-1848847955

Square Enix selling off studios and IP to fund its crypto future (47:50)

https://www.eurogamer.net/square-enix-sells-off-western-studios-and-ip-including-tomb-raider-and-deus-ex

Reggie Fils-Aimé calls himself a “big believer” in blockchain (54:55)

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/04/reggie-fils-aime-is-a-big-believer-in-blockchain-and-play-to-own

The global chip shortage is expected to continue on (56:30)

https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-hit-by-worker-complaint-over-right-to-unionise

https://twitter.com/katiecasper/status/1518763066661425152

Yuji Naka claims Square Enix knowingly released Balan Wonderland in unfinished state (1:00:50)

https://www.eurogamer.net/sonic-creator-yuji-naka-was-removed-as-director-of-balan-wonderworld-before-disastrous-launch

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