Podquisition 415: Strep Yourselves In (Patreon)

All doctors are bastards.

Games we played this week include:
Callisto Protocol (6:00)
Marvel’s Midnight Suns (27:55)
Mirror Forge (39:35)
The Devil In Me (49:45)
Gungrave (56:25)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (1:06:20)
Void Scrappers (1:12:45)
Beautiful Mystic Survivors (1:15:55)

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News things talked about in this episode:
Microsoft agrees to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo for 10 years after Activision-Blizzard acquisition (1:20:10)
www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-agrees…out-goes-through
www.eurogamer.net/ftc-reportedly-s…-blizzard-merger

QA unions formalized at Blizzard Albany and Zenimax studios (1:26:00)
www.polygon.com/23490063/activisi…qa-union-vote-win
kotaku.com/microsoft-zenimax-b…ut-union-1849855756

Polygon’s games industry unionization explainer (1:29:35)
www.polygon.com/23485977/video-ga…s-guide-explainer

Twitch implements long-needed tools to deal with hate raiders (1:31:35)
www.eurogamer.net/twitch-implement…-raid-protection

Newly published research shows loot boxes are harmful to children (1:32:20)
www.gaminggamblingresearch.org.uk/wp-conte…2022.pdf
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMmNy11Mn7g

Vampire Survivors first DLC announced (1:33:45)
www.theverge.com/2022/12/6/234966…dlc-release-date

Victoria 3 players are surprised to learn how communism and fascism work (1:34:25)
kotaku.com/victoria-3-communis…pitalism-1849832954
twitter.com/Ancommiey/status/1599211229339594752

Yuji Naka has been arrested for insider trading… again (1:42:20)
www.eurogamer.net/former-sonic-bos…legations-emerge