Podquisition 396: Howdy, Partner!

The character of the summer has arrived. Games we played this week include: Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (7:30) Stray (17:15) As Dusk Falls (29:50) My Time at Sandrock (34:50) LIVE A LIVE (39:10) Hell Pie (48:00) --- News things talked about in this episode: Blizzard Albany QA make moves to organize another union (51:25) https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxndpx/revealed-documents-show-how-roblox-planned-to-bend-to-chinese-censorship Nintendo didn’t ask for Bayonetta 3 ‘Naive Angel’ mode, wanted sexier Link costume (56:05) https://nintendoeverything.com/bayonetta-creator-says-nintendo-never-asked-to-make-the-series-less-risque/ Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is latest first-party Nintendo release to leak in advance of release (58:00) https://www.eurogamer.net/xenoblade-chronicles-3-leaks-playable-on-steam-deck-before-switch-release Twitch implements features to address hate raids, needs to do more (1:02:50) https://www.eurogamer.net/twitch-streamers-positive-about-new-raid-feature-in-response-to-harassment VRChat nopes out of moderating user-generated content, shuts down all mods (1:05:00) https://venturebeat.com/2022/07/26/vrchat-is-banning-all-mods-including-one-for-the-hearing-impaired/ Meta Quest 2 headset is getting a $100 price increase in August (1:07:45) https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/26/23279272/meta-quest-2-occulus-100-price-increase --- Buy official Jimquisition merchandise from the Jimporium at thejimporium.com 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.