EPISODE · Apr 8, 2021 · 1H 13M
Podquisition 328: Scratch ‘n Self-Improvement
from Jimquisition · host Jimquisition
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-date Yet 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-verified Brazil 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.
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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-date Yet 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-verified Brazil 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.
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