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Games we played this week include: Psychonauts 2 (6:00) Rustler (15:00) No More Heroes 3 (22:10) Aliens: Fireteam Elite (30:45) Lake (32:25)
News things talked about in this episode: Unity employees are concerned about the company’s defense department contract work (34.15) www.vice.com/en/article/y3d4jy/…video-games-to-war
EA exec claims toxic environments are ‘inevitable’ in large publishers (44:15) www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ea-exe…ake-action/
CD Projekt Red hires CyberPunk 2077 modders (47:55) kotaku.com/kickass-cyberpunk-2…t-red-de-1847590961
Apple will now let alternate payment systems be offered, but not through the App Store (49:40) www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-08…-payment-options
Steam refunds system abuse is hurting developers of short indie games (53:25) www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-08…game-development
Epic hosts Martin Luther King Jr. experience in Fortnite, predictably unprepared for users (56:45) www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2021-…ing-jr-tribute
Activision responds to shredding claims, says they kept the important stuff, honest (59:15) www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-08…redded-documents
Wata co-founder accused of selling graded games online from personal collection (1:00:35) www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-09…ing-graded-stock