Podquisition 428: Positive Feedback

He’s trying.

Games we played this week include:

b360 (15:50)

Ratcheteer (18:35)

Dome Keeper (20:55)

Final Fantasy IX (27:20)

Recommendation Dog (33:50)

Reel Steal (35:50)

A Joke That’s Worth 99 Cents (39:05)

Wo Long (41:15)

Super Princess Peach (43:20)

GameKid (48:05)

Super Corporate Tax Evader (50:15)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Square Enix reportedly planning to replace CEO Yosuke Matsuda (56:00)

https://kotaku.com/final-fantasy-square-enix-ceo-nft-crypto-blockchain-1850184312

Yuji Naka admits to insider trading (57:50)

https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/03/yuji-naka-admits-guilt-during-insider-trading-case

ABK acquisition expected to be cleared by EU regulators (59:20)

https://www.polygon.com/23604013/blizzard-entertainment-mike-ybarra-qa-meeting

Microsoft releases survey results suggesting few CoD players will jump ship from PlayStation (1:04:00)

https://www.axios.com/2023/03/06/microsoft-key-call-of-duty-sony-uk-cma

FTC judge gives Microsoft access to Sony communications regarding exclusivity agreements (1:03:25)

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/microsoft-granted-access-to-sony-documents-the-ftcs-response-in-detail

Activision accused of firing QA employees over protest (1:05:30)

https://kotaku.com/activision-accused-of-illegally-fired-qa-testers-over-r-1850171073

Jack Black’s huge swinging balls censored on daytime television (1:09:35)

https://kotaku.com/jack-black-bowser-super-mario-bros-movie-balls-nbc-1850181162

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