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Podquisition 487: Genuine Brian

1h 3m · Jimquisition · 02 May 16:00

Your robo-friend to the end. Games we played this week include: Stellar Blade (11:00) Hades II (18:25) Harold Halibut (25:45) Fallout (30:20) Vampire Survivors (37:10) Kaichu (40:25) --- News things talked about in this episode: Square Enix abandoning projects they’ve spent a lot of money on (43:30) https://www.eurogamer.net/square-enix-abandons-112m-of-in-development-projects-in-an-effort-to-improve-quality Escape from Tarkov devs surprised by response to locking PvE mode to exorbitant special edition (54:15) https://www.gamespot.com/articles/escape-from-tarkov-boss-didnt-expect-players-to-get-mad-about-paid-pve-content/1100-6523084/ Embracer’s CEO admits he made mistakes (53:15) https://www.eurogamer.net/embracer-boss-admits-long-list-of-things-hed-have-done-differently-as-embattled-company-splits-into-three --- Buy official Jimquisition merchandise at https://thejimporium.com Find Laura at LauraKBuzz on Twitter, Twitch, YouTube, and Patreon. All her content goes on https://LauraKBuzz.com, and you can catch Access-Ability on YouTube every Friday. Follow Conrad at ConradZimmerman on Twitter/Instagram/BlueSky and check out his Patreon (https://patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at https://mercenarycreative.com.

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Podquisition 487: Genuine Brian

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