Note: This episode briefly touches on the topics of sexual harassment and suicide.

This week, Beck's back from vacation, we unravel Artesian Builds' recent demise, talk about some recent developments in the Activision Blizzard saga, and take a look at what's available in Itch.io's Bundle for Ukraine (which is still available here until March 17).

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There's some new Pokémon in town, we're just not sure which town. Mihoyo's got some... "diverse" investments. Despite some unexpected delays, Elden Ring has sufficiently dealt us both death and victory in equal measure. Plus, we talk about some games we tried during the Steam Next Fest.

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The Elden Ring is almost upon us! Gather 'round the Erdtree as we discuss what we know about the game and what our plans are for the release. Also, follow-ups on a couple games we talked about, a quick update on the ActivisionBlizzard lawsuit, and Ryu's new... "lighting." Plus, Steam Next Fest is here, so we take a look at a couple games and some demos to try out. 

Nintendo Direct happened last week, so we take a look at some announcements and Beck gets hype on the Chrono Cross remaster. And, of course, we have a mouthful to say about Kirby's Mouthful Mode. Plus, we take a look at the hype over Lost Ark and our impressions from playing it.

Steam's changing their sales slightly, Stadia's winding down, Sony's busting out the golden handcuffs and Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games seems a tad bit annoyed with their player-base. Chris tells Beck how he's totally good at Dark Souls. Also, what's coming next week? (Hint: quite a bit).

Sony buys Bungie, Nintendo continues their addiction to copyright strikes, and Activision still sucks. Plus, our impressions of Pokémon Legends: Arceus, as well as a look at what's coming up.

As promised, we talk about the Microsoft buyout of Activision-Blizzard, some reasons it might be happening now, what that means for games going forward, and about some less-than-ideal responses from Microsoft on unions. Then, we go over Riot's expansion of their "Queue Dodge" program for their employees, as well as their attempt at reformation post-lawsuit. Finally, we dive into our escapades in the newly-released Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel, and talk about what we know about Pokémon Legends: Arceus before it's release this Friday.

AGDQ 2022 has concluded, and we've rounded up a couple highlights along with some of our favorite runs to talk about. When we're done there, we've got a few lighter stories for this week so as not to ruin all the good vibes that the charity event gave us. Silly anime crossovers, silly digital tokens that people pay too much money for, and other news await.

Today we find out Chris might be bad at Pokemon, then we talk about Castlevania's "Memorial NFTs" and Activision's anti-cheat lawsuit. Then we dive into China's heavy restrictions on gaming, both against children and against the industry itself.

As a special easter egg, if you listen closely you'll find our special guest appearance from Resident Canine Gaming expert Humphrey!

Today we look into the curious case of the vanishing game Myth of Empires before diving into the heavier topic of Ubisoft and their recent attrition rates (and some of the reasons those people are leaving). Also in this episode, the Riot Games harassment lawsuit is wrapping up, so we take a look at what that means for the parties involved and where the company might be going forward.

Editor's Note: This episode appears to have some audio issues that we suspect were caused in recording. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to have this resolved for the next episode.