Show notes
We chose some heavy (but important!) news items to talk about this week, but it's all balanced out by talking about two Big Jokers (of the Persona 5 and Batman varieties).THINGS MENTIONED: 00:26 Games media talk08:25 Louisiana sues Roblox for allegedly choosing "profits over child safety", claiming "it's basically open season for sex predators on this app" - EurogamerFurther reading: Everything's coming up Roblox ... - ForbesThis Chris Hansen tweet20:00 'Microsoft has no place being accomplice of a genocide:' Arkane union workers demand Xbox maker sever ties with Israel - GameDeveloper24:47 What we've been playing38:38 SPOILERS FOR JEDI: SURVIVOR50:13 SPOILERS OVER FOR JEDI: SURVIVOR55:52 SPOILERS FOR 1000xRESIST58:43 SPOILERS OVER FOR 1000xRESIST1:13:54 ClosingPeople Make Games' latest on Disco ElysiumThe Guardian's investigation into the Israeli government's usage of Microsoft's cloud platformAnd stay past the end of our closer music to hear a brief (and spoiler-free, but still a discussion) discussion about the movie Weapons.Tori's on bluesky: toridp98Nathaniel's on Twitter: nathanbasedNoah's on letterboxd: hertz_a_lotOur show is a proud member of The Worst Garbage network of podcasts. Find all the rest of the great shows on the network at TheWorstGarbage.online.Join The Worst Garbage Discord channel!Our intro/outro music are by GEIST and our show art is by@tristemegistus. We curate your gaming news together and Noah, Tori and Nathaniel take turns producing the show. You can follow the show on Twitter @Press_StartPod, on tumblr at press-startpod.tumblr.com and on bluesky @press-startpod. Email us questions, comic book recs, game recs and other stuff at [email protected]. We'd also appreciate if you left us reviews on your podcast app of choice! Good text reviews will be read out on the show.