Have a meaty one.

Games we played this week include:

The Procession to Cavalry (18:00)

Buck Up and Drive (26:35)

Super Bomberman R (32:28)

Galaga Plus (38:35)

The Anacrusis (39:10)

Anvil (40:25)

Forza Horizon 5 (41:20)

Halo Infinite (45:30)

Deep Rock Galactic (49:05)

Blaster Master Zero 2 (51:45)

The Gunk (58:35)

Shadowman Remastered (1:00:55)

Into the Pit (1:01:50)

Baldur’s Gate Dark Alliance (1:05:45)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Microsoft to buy out Activision Blizzard (1:07:00)

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-is-reportedly-nearing-a-deal-to-buy-activision-blizzard/

Microsoft announces well-timed internal review of sexual harassment and gender discrimination (1:19:10)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-18-microsoft-to-review-its-sexual-harassment-and-gender-discrimination-policies

Bobby Kotick’s golden parachute is predictably obscene (1:22:05)

https://twitter.com/gamesbizuk/status/1483435864378290179

Kotick alleged to have attempted burying employment figures to make issues seem smaller (1:24:02)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-17-activision-blizzard-has-pushed-out-almost-40-employees-since-july-2021

James Stephanie Sterling turned into an NFT, proving them right about NFTs (1:34:35)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-17-gaming-youtubers-have-had-their-likenesses-stolen-and-sold-as-nfts

Continuing the trend of leaks from Nintendo, Pokémon Arceus is in the wild early (1:41:00)

https://www.polygon.com/22891556/pokemon-legends-arceus-full-pokedex-leak-new-hisuian-forms

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