Top 50: Technology

Have a meaty one.

Games we played this week include: 
The Procession to Cavalry (18:00)
Buck Up and Drive (26:35)
Super Bomberman R (32:28)
Galaga Plus (38:35)
The Anacrusis (39:10)
Anvil (40:25)
Forza Horizon 5 (41:20)
Halo Infinite (45:30)
Deep Rock Galactic (49:05)
Blaster Master Zero 2 (51:45)
The Gunk (58:35)
Shadowman Remastered (1:00:55)
Into the Pit (1:01:50)
Baldur’s Gate Dark Alliance (1:05:45)

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News things talked about in this episode:
Microsoft to buy out Activision Blizzard (1:07:00)
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-is-reportedly-nearing-a-deal-to-buy-activision-blizzard/

Microsoft announces well-timed internal review of sexual harassment and gender discrimination (1:19:10)
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-18-microsoft-to-review-its-sexual-harassment-and-gender-discrimination-policies

Bobby Kotick’s golden parachute is predictably obscene (1:22:05)
https://twitter.com/gamesbizuk/status/1483435864378290179

Kotick alleged to have attempted burying employment figures to make issues seem smaller (1:24:02)
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-17-activision-blizzard-has-pushed-out-almost-40-employees-since-july-2021

James Stephanie Sterling turned into an NFT, proving them right about NFTs (1:34:35)
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-17-gaming-youtubers-have-had-their-likenesses-stolen-and-sold-as-nfts

Continuing the trend of leaks from Nintendo, Pokémon Arceus is in the wild early (1:41:00)
https://www.polygon.com/22891556/pokemon-legends-arceus-full-pokedex-leak-new-hisuian-forms

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Photo Credit: Gordon Joley, used under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/

Podquisition 369: Proper Sausage

Wolverine has been one of Marvel's most popular heroes since his debut way back in 1974, and now he's the star of the latest Comics Event - X Lives & X Deaths of Wolverine. Current Wolverine writer Ben Percy () joins us to disuss the Best Wolverine stories of all time. Plus, he describe what his approach is to writing the X-Men's resident Canuck.  Check out X Lives of Wolverine: &nbsp; Check out X Deaths of Wolverine: &nbsp; Also, don't forget to check out Jason's new comic - SUPER BEST FRIEND #02 on Kickstarter -- Feb 1st! &nbsp; You can purchase signed copies of Jason & Ashley's books like JUPITER JET here:&nbsp; GHL RECOMMENDED READING from this episode:&nbsp; Follow the show on TWITTER -&nbsp; Visit our Facebook fan page:&nbsp; You can find Ashley at&nbsp;&nbsp;and Jason at&nbsp;. Thanks for showing up to class today. Class is dismissed!

399: Best Wolverine Stories with Ben Percy

Just find a damned ledge already.

Games we played this week include: 
Pokémon Legends: Arceus (5:40)
Gods Remastered (17:50)
Labyrinth Legends (20:30)
Pupperazzi (26:30)
Dante’s Inferno (29:00)
Super Star Path (35:45)

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News things talked about in this episode:
Raven Studios QA are forming their union Game Workers Alliance, ignored by Activision Blizzard (39:45)
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-26-raven-software-union-bid-pushes-on-despite-activision-blizzard-missing-deadline-to-respond

Kotick demonstrates typical disrespect to employees in all-hands meeting on Microsoft merger (43:55)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/01/20/bobby-kotick-activision-blizzard-chat-layoffs/

The next three Call of Duty games reportedly have to come to PlayStation (47:05)
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2022-01-26-next-three-call-of-duty-games-reportedly-heading-to-playstation-despite-microsoft-acquisition

LEGO game developer TT Games reported to have harmful crunch culture (48:00)
https://www.polygon.com/features/22891555/lego-star-wars-the-skywalker-saga-has-led-to-extensive-crunch-at-tt-games

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Buy official Jimquisition merchandise from the Jimporium at thejimporium.com

Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on LauraKBuzz.com, and you can catch Access-Ability on YouTube every Friday.

Follow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter and check out his Patreon (patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at pinfultruth.com.

Podquisition 370: A Classic Jinkies Scenario

For promotional use only. (c) & (P) 2015 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Buy Bloodborne

Bloodborne: Cleric Beast

Twinsy Tropics - Mario & Luigi  Paper Jam

Three themes from Detroit: Become Human, each focusing on one of the title's main characters, and each scored by a different composer.

Detroit: Become Human launches May 25, 2018 on PS4.

Detroit: Become Human — Markus Main Theme By John Paesano

Each week, Ashley and Jason will educate you about a different character from geek culture. Geek out, laugh, and learn! Get ready to enter your mind university.

399: Best Wolverine Stories with Ben Percy

Geek History Lesson