Podquisition 471: Weather or Naught

Just because you’re miserable doesn’t mean we all should be.

Games we played this week include:

God of War: Ragnarok (7:45)

Luck be a Landlord (15:50)

Grand Theft Auto V (22:25)

Lies of P (23:15)

Buckshot Roulette (26:40)

Pokémon (30:10)

Orc Massage (33:25)

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News things talked about in this episode:

Another round of layoffs hits Unity, Twitch, and Bossa Studios (43:30)

https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/8/24030695/unity-layoff-staff-25-percent

https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2024/01/10/a-difficult-update-about-our-workforce/

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/bossa-studios-lays-off-one-third-of-its-staff

Netflix considering plan to insert ads into its published games (49:30)

https://www.wsj.com/business/media/netflix-eyes-ways-to-make-money-from-videogames-in-potential-pivot-705bd3b3

SAG-AFTRA makes AI deal for game voice workers seemingly without consulting them (52:15)

https://www.pcgamesn.com/sag-aftra-ai-voice-actor-reaction

Lawsuit claims discrimination at Activision-Blizzard against old, white men (59:40)

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ex-activision-exec-accuses-publisher-of-discriminating-against-old-white-guys

Xbox bans Baldur’s Gate 3 players who have default share settings on while saving sexy content (1:05:45)

https://www.pcgamer.com/xbox-insists-its-willy-nilly-bans-of-baldurs-gate-3-players-from-its-online-services-are-not-automatic-suggests-turning-off-its-opt-out-feature-to-avoid-horny-upload-crimes/

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