This week, Paul fills in for Scott, who has more pressing issues than discussing videogames, though some very serious topics about them do pop up, such as how misogyny became pronounced in the hobby. The Gaming Flashback is one of the legendarily panned titles, Bomberman Act:Zero. The news for this week includes:

Video game spending reaches record high during pandemic

Epic Games Store keyless integration with other digital stores announced

Minecraft sales now exceed 200 million (from PC Gamer)

Star Citizen will hold a free fly event starting this week

There's also some Listener Feedback from longtime fan Ralf from Germany.