Show notes
Smell your way to a better life.Games we played this week include: UnderMine (9:30)Outriders (15:15)Cooking Mama: Cookstar PS4 (21:20)Gato Roboto (28:00)Disco Elysium: Final Cut (34:30)Monster Hunter Rise (36:50)Narita Boy (43:10)Oddworld: Soulstorm (47:00)News things talked about in this episode:Pokémon Go's Flower Happinny event more evidence the game is 100% lootboxes (50:00)Pac-Man 99 continues trend of Battle Royaling legacy properties (54:00)https://www.polygon.com/22371536/pac-man-99-battle-royale-nintendo-switch-online-exclusive-release-dateYet another study links loot boxes and gambling (57:00)https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-04-03-link-between-loot-boxes-and-problem-gambling-robustly-verifiedBrazil is looking to ban lootboxes in video games as harmful gambling (1:04:50)https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-04-07-brazilian-authorities-to-investigate-loot-boxes--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.
