Disclaimer: Connor does like Elden Ring, they just think it gets too much credit for what it did.

We got a loaded Episode for you today!

The FTC is suing to stop the Microsoft acquisition of Activision-Blizzard (16:28), Shannon Liao of the Washington Post writes about Diablo IV crunch (23:56), Nintendo censors a DidYouKnowGaming citing copyright violations (35:37), and Days Gone Game Director John Garvin tweeted about why the game didn't review well (50:12).

And we cover the results of the Game Awards, Connor and Tyler discuss nonsense for too long, and Richard reigns it back in (1:04:16)

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"Gaming Discourse Intro" French 57

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::God of War Spoilers::

(2:24 - 13:02)

Nintendo pulls Dragalia Lost from mobile app stores (20:52), Blizzard Albany QA Team has unionized (31:18), and we got some Tidbits for yall (38:30)

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//SPOILER WARNING//

God Of War Ragnarok spoilers from (14:39 - 20:53)

The FTC is interjecting and inspecting the Microsoft acquisition of Activision-Blizzard (22:17), and Embracer Group is removing games from App Stores (40:03), and we got some Tidbits for you (49:21)

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" 'Ecksbawcks' - Phil Spencer" - Gaming Discourse

Verge talks with Phil Spencer over a wide range of topics (23:01), and Epic claims Google paid Activision and Riot to not compete (38:08). Finally we wrap up the show with Tidbits (45:09)

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"God of War: Ragnarok...it's good" - Gaming Discourse

Meta has fired 11,000 employees with Mark Zuckerberg "taking responsibility" (30:13), People Make Games talks about Valve looking the other way with Counter Strike: Global Offensive's gambling issues (41:42), and we wrap the show up with Tidbits and NPD's (1:00:38)

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"You can turn off the curvature of the Earth" - Connor 2022

IKEA issues cease and desist to Indie Dev (38:09), PSVR 2 will be $550 (45:53), Update on the Helena Taylor story (56:21), and we end with Tidbits (1:02:16)

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"Netflix Games > Stadia" - Connor 2022

We have an update on the Helena Taylor pay dispute (29:19), Konami announces the Silent Hill revival (45:27), Netflix Games is being expanded (1:01:43), and we got Tidbits and NPD's with Richard (1:09:15)

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Jason Schreier's Story:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-18/bayonetta-3-voice-actor-s-pay-dispute-overshadows-nintendo-game

VGC:

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sources-dispute-bayonetta-voice-actors-claims-over-pay-offer/

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29:05 - Bayonetta Boycott

40:22 - UK Regulators Concerned Over Xbox-Activision Blizzard Merger

54:30 - Update On Fired Nintendo QA Tester

57:25 - Tidbits

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The Gaming Discourse, 3 words the perfect number - Tyler

We talk about the Axios interview with Herman Hulst on the future of Playstation and a discussion about Remakes v Remasters (26:05), and Meta Employees aren't using Horizon Wolrds (50:08) and we wrap up the show with Tidbits (1:01:44)

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Connor gets a little lost in the sauce about streaming and misses a month of news thinking an announcement is new - Connor

Google announces the coming end of Stadia (30:22), Nintendo of America Whistleblower Speaks out (50:34), and US Labor Relations Board finds Activision-Blizzard retaliated against Raven Software (1:01:02), and we wrap the show up with some fun little Tidbits (1:05:20)

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