Ep. 41: All Too Yass (90-Minute Version) (G4P's Culture Catch-Up Version)

Greetings Swifties and Swifties-in-the-making...

This week, ahead of our 1-year(!) anniversary next week, we're back with another edition of "Rest Mode" where we catch up on the video game and pop culture news that we've been digging into!

There is truly SO much to discuss this week: The Game Award nominations are OUT! GTA remasters are buggy as hell! Corporations like Meta and Activision-Blizzard are continuing to exhibit ghoulish evil flop behavior! New POKEMON games are here. Jen Shah is under ARREST on national TV. Britney's conservatorship is OVER! And of course... RED (Taylor's Version) is HERE and has shown us the light!!

All these things and more are happening while the yassification of society progresses at lightning speed. Stay safe and stay yasspilled, and join us on this absolute journey of an episode, dear listener...


LINKS

Reporting from the Washington Post and Polygon about the ongoing fallout from sexual-misconduct allegations at Activision Blizzard.

Full-list of The 2021 Game Awards nominations
Gayming Mag's 2022 Gayming Awards
Jacob Geller's "Time Loop Nihilism" (youtube link)
https://vm.tiktok.com/TTPd2rbFDc/


****If you'd like to share some thoughts about Animal Crossing New Horizons for next week's anniversary episode, write to us or send us a voice recording of your favorite ACNH memories, what the game means to you, etc., and we'll include you in the episode!****

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CREDITS
Intro and outro music by Connor Marsh (@connorjmarshmallow)

Show art by Nick Adams (@nickadams.art)

Special thanks to our patrons: Blueberri Mary, Elijah Punzal, & Martha Turner <3

MUSIC THIS WEEK:
"Déjà Vu" by Sencit
"The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Theme Instrumental" by NBC Universal