Podquisition 371: Personal Best

Well, we almost made it.

Games we played this week include:

Pokémon Legends: Arceus (6:45)

Pupperazzi (27:15)

Bloodborne PSX (33:45)

Terraria (42:50)

Megaman Zero (44:20)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Team 17 announces and abandons Worms NFTs in under 24 hours (48:14)

https://www.pcgamer.com/overcooked-and-going-under-devs-revolt-against-publisher-team17s-nft-plans/

EA slowing its roll on NFTs (1:01:20)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-02-ea-seemingly-backtracks-from-earlier-nft-enthusiasm

Troy Baker pulls out of his terrible NFT deal (1:03:10)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-31-troy-baker-u-turns-on-voice-nft-project

Atari’s Loot Box NFTs are self-parody (1:05:15)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSQIdTE3Npo

Sony set to acquire Bungie, leverage its live service experience (1:11:50)

https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/50988

https://www.vg247.com/sony-plans-to-release-10-live-service-games-by-2026

Techland very nicely asks players not to play Dying Light before release (1:18:05)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-01-techland-asks-dying-light-2-fans-with-early-retail-copies-not-to-play-until-launch

Activision Blizzard QA internal slack message shows typical anti-union moves (1:21:40)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-02-01-union-busting-staff-message-from-activision-blizzard-released-online

Dark Pictures Anthologies games offer “Friend Pass” co-op for month of February (1:31:45)

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-31-dark-pictures-anthology-owners-can-invite-a-friend-to-co-op-for-free-throughout-february

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