It's been a big week for intellectual properties and the mega-corporations that own them! It's been a pretty OK week for gamers, too, I guess. Come for the gaming news, stay for Tori's Neon Genesis Evangelion opinions.

 Speaking of, SPOILERS FOR NEON GENESIS EVANGELION FROM 43:50 to 55:35. (The worst of the spoilers are in the first five minutes, but hardcore spoiler avoiders should skip the entire Evangelion chunk.)

THINGS MENTIONED: 

These articles from Kotaku about ongoing harassment allegations at Nintendo and the company's internal response.

This Polygon article about Diablo 4.

Another Polygon article about Diablo Immortal's scummy microtransactions.

This article from The Verge about Embracer Group's buying spree.

Polygon's explainer on the nutty Lord of the Rings licensing deals.

Gamespot on Multiversus' leaked content disappearing.

PCGamer on NexusMods.

That Twitter thread about nazi bars.

Renata Price's review of Soul Hackers 2 for Waypoint.

George Yang's Soul Hackers 2 review for the Washington Post.

ThorHighHeels excellent PS3 video.

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