Podquisition 595: On Strike!

Maybe should have planned this better. Games we played this week include: (0:04:45) Am I Nima (0:09:00) Truck-Kun is Supporting Me From Another World (0:13:20) Xenoblade Chronicles (0:24:00) Scritchy Scratchy (0:28:05) Choo-Choo Defenders (0:33:45) Slay the Spire 2 (0:44:35) Cozy Game Restoration (0:47:50) Bulbo's Belief System --- News things talked about in this episode: (0:52:15) Xbox shedding studios https://www.eurogamer.net/xbox-layoffs-business-reset https://www.eurogamer.net/compulsion-double-fine-ninja-theory-xbox-studio-closures-report https://www.theverge.com/games/950204/xbox-ninja-theory-shutdown-hellblade-senua https://www.eurogamer.net/microsoft-restructuring-xbox (1:03:35) Tencent cut off funding to Don’t Nod https://www.eurogamer.net/dont-nod-funding-danger-next-project (1:05:20) EA announces in-game advertising platform https://www.eurogamer.net/ea-advertising-ads-in-game-content-integrations (1:07:55) Switch eShop updated to not run like crap https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-switch-eshop-update   --- 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 Instagram/BlueSky and check out his Patreon (https://patreon.com/fistshark). You can also peruse his anti-capitalist propaganda at https://mercenarycreative.com.   Photo Credit: UCLA / CC BY 4.0