Santa Claus is coming. Are you ready for him?
Games we played this week include:
The Artful Escape (7:00)
Serious Sam 4 (14:01)
Firegirl: Hack ‘n Splash Rescue (18:15)
Nightmare Creatures (22:45)
A Year of Spring (26:00)
Hot Wheels Unleashed (29:00)
Dodgeball Academia (35:10)
Enter the Gungeon (36:10)
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News things talked about in this episode:
Workers are leaving Ubisoft in droves. (37:30)
www.axios.com/ubisoft-assassins-…-f2c58bd0b730.html
Ubisoft NFT program has not been a hit, but they’re committed. (41:00)
www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-12…total-of-15-nfts
decrypt.co/88880/after-backlas…that-will-take-time
Peter Molyneux, on the other hand, is raking it in. (46:00)
www.rockpapershotgun.com/peter-molyne…lion-in-nfts
Bungie having its own bad work conditions moment, HR head resigns position. (51:30)
www.ign.com/articles/bungie-rep…e-harassment-crunch
www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-12…of-hr-steps-down
Chip shortage expected to persist into 2023 (57:30)
www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-12…ntinue-into-2023
LauraKBuzz.com 
I don’t know where you got the idea that the GTA games were “up their own ass and self important” as IV was the only game in the series that really took itself deadly seriously(hell Saints Row 1 and 2 arguably take themselves more seriously then some of the GTA games).