Courtesy of Dwight J. Ingle

Games we played this week include:
Binding of Isaac: Repentance (10:35)
Dead Estate (16:50)
Death’s Door (19:00)
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks (23:05)
NERF Legends (26:25)
Bloodrayne Revamped (27:05)

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News things talked about in this episode:
Exiting Activision Blizzard boss Jen Oneal offered equal pay after resigning (31:45)
www.ign.com/articles/blizzard-j…y-after-resignation

All three console manufacturers distance themselves from Activision Blizzard (35:20)
www.fanbyte.com/news/nintendo-iss…blizzard-reports/
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…e-to-allegations
www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…-with-activision

Activision Blizzard employees petition for Kotick’s removal and stage walkout (41:50)
www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-11…kotick-to-resign
www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2…tick-walkout/

Activision Blizzard board backing Kotick, announces “Workplace Responsibility Committee” (44:50)
www.gamedeveloper.com/culture/activi…-hands-meeting
investor.activision.com/news-releases…uild-upon-its

Kotick reported to be willing to step down if unable to quickly address discrimination and harrassment (47:45)
www.wsj.com/articles/activision…roblems-11637533064

Former PlayStation employee alleges Sony fired them for raising discrimination issues (49:45)
www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-11…gful-termination

Avengers Spider-Man DLC is just Spider-Man and that’s it (54:55)
www.ign.com/articles/avengers-s…c-no-story-missions

Chris Pratt’s got a special accent for Mario (58:05)
toofab.com/2021/11/22/mario-pr…talian-chris-pratt/

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer encouraging legal emulation for game preservation (1:01:35)
www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-11…spencer-suggests