Show notes
Chase that paper.Games we played this week include: Totally legal games (9:00)Encased (21:25)House of Ashes Demo (24:10)Apocalypse (31:15)Wasteland Golf Club (36:45)Life is Strange: True Colours (43:10)The Medium (48:20)No More Heroes 3 (49:45)---News things talked about in this episode:Tripwire CEO steps down after expressing support for Texas abortion ban (51:55)https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-06-developers-distance-themselves-from-publisher-tripwire-after-boss-says-hes-proud-draconian-texas-anti-abortion-law-allowed-to-standhttps://www.tripwireinteractive.com/#/news/tripwire-appoints-new-interim-ceo-alan-wilsonParadox Interactive employees allege mistreatment in survey (59:15)https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-09-06-employee-survey-at-paradox-interactive-alleges-gender-discrimination-and-mistreatmentSony backpedals on PS5 upgrade fee for Horizon Forbidden West, but such fees are the future (1:01:15)https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-05-sony-u-turns-on-controversial-horizon-forbidden-west-ps4-to-ps5-upgrade-policy-following-backlashCloud Imperium warned by UK regulators to clarify to customers that in-game ships don’t exist yet. (1:03:05)https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-08-advertising-standards-tells-star-citizen-dev-to-make-it-clear-for-sale-concept-ships-dont-exist-in-game-yetUbisoft’s replacement CCO is another white french dude (1:08:55)https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09-08-ubisoft-finally-names-replacement-for-disgraced-chief-creative-officerNew Pokémon Oreo cookies come at a time when Nabisco workers are on strike (1:11:30)https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/business/nabisco-workers-strike.html---Buy official Jimquisition merchandise from the Jimporium at thejimporium.comFind 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.
