Podquisition 552: Creeping Crud

And we’d have gotten away with it too.

Games we played this week include: (0:06:05) BioShock (0:19:10) Night Freak (0:22:45) Drag x Drive (0:31:20) Mafia: The Old Country (0:39:00) Calm the Storm (0:40:40) This Game Will End In 205 Clicks (0:42:10) Hop Havoc

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News things talked about in this episode:

(0:46:10) Pokémon promo at Japanese McDonald’s canceled after one day due to customer behavior https://www.eurogamer.net/chaotic-pokemon-and-mcdonalds-collaboration-in-japan-ends-early-due-to-shocking-food-waste

(0:48:40) Tencent pulls Light of Motiram key art and assets after comparisons to Horizon franchise https://www.eurogamer.net/tencent-quietly-updates-slavish-horizon-clone-light-of-motirams-steam-page

(0:51:55) Sony is re-evaluating its live service games strategy https://www.eurogamer.net/after-concord-and-a-string-of-delays-and-cancellations-sony-admits-playstations-live-service-strategy-is-not-entirely-going-smoothly

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