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Episode 171: Big Joker


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We chose some heavy (but important!) news items to talk about this week, but it's all balanced out by talking about two Big Jokers (of the Persona 5 and Batman varieties).


THINGS MENTIONED:

00:26 Games media talk

08:25 Louisiana sues Roblox for allegedly choosing "profits over child safety", claiming "it's basically open season for sex predators on this app" - Eurogamer

Further reading: Everything's coming up Roblox ... - Forbes

This Chris Hansen tweet

20:00 'Microsoft has no place being accomplice of a genocide:' Arkane union workers demand Xbox maker sever ties with Israel - GameDeveloper

24:47 What we've been playing

38:38 SPOILERS FOR JEDI: SURVIVOR

50:13 SPOILERS OVER FOR JEDI: SURVIVOR

55:52 SPOILERS FOR 1000xRESIST

58:43 SPOILERS OVER FOR 1000xRESIST

1:13:54 Closing

People Make Games' latest on Disco Elysium

The Guardian's investigation into the Israeli government's usage of Microsoft's cloud platform

And stay past the end of our closer music to hear a brief (and spoiler-free, but still a discussion) discussion about the movie Weapons.


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Noah's on letterboxd: hertz_a_lot


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