Boy, it's been another killing week for games media. On the bright side, Nathaniel is back for a special report at the top of the episode to share his compelling tale of buying a new 2DS XL on Facebook Marketplace. We've also got some Disco Elysium talk (Noah beat it), discussion about the Forspoken Discourse and Tori's update on Mario & Rabbids.

THINGS MENTIONED: 

Into the Aether.

The Verge on Proletariat's decision to not vote for a union.

The New York Times: Unions and Video Games.

Meet the Washington Post's new columnists. (eyeroll emoji) 

GamesIndustry.biz: Fandom is also laying people off, too.

Former Waypoint Radio host Austin Walker's essay on Forspoken, cringe culture and maintaining artifice in fantasy worlds.

Framerater on YouTube on how different Rayman Raving Rabbids almost was.

Willa Rowe for Inverse on a surprisingly queer social link in Persona 3: Portable.

Kay and Skittles from the AGAB podcast on how awesome Disco Elysium is.

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