Podquisition 396: Howdy, Partner! (Patreon)

The character of the summer has arrived.

Games we played this week include:
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (7:30)
Stray (17:15)
As Dusk Falls (29:50)
My Time at Sandrock (34:50)
LIVE A LIVE (39:10)
Hell Pie (48:00)

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News things talked about in this episode:
Blizzard Albany QA make moves to organize another union (51:25)
www.vice.com/en/article/wxndpx/…chinese-censorship

Nintendo didn’t ask for Bayonetta 3 ‘Naive Angel’ mode, wanted sexier Link costume (56:05)
nintendoeverything.com/bayonetta-cre…-less-risque/

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is latest first-party Nintendo release to leak in advance of release (58:00)
www.eurogamer.net/xenoblade-chroni…e-switch-release

Twitch implements features to address hate raids, needs to do more (1:02:50)
www.eurogamer.net/twitch-streamers…se-to-harassment

VRChat nopes out of moderating user-generated content, shuts down all mods (1:05:00)
venturebeat.com/2022/07/26/vrchat…hearing-impaired/

Meta Quest 2 headset is getting a $100 price increase in August (1:07:45)
www.theverge.com/2022/7/26/232792…0-price-increase