Podquisition 328: Scratch ‘n Self-Improvement Jimquisition

Smell your way to a better life.

Games we played this week include:
UnderMine (9:30)
Outriders (15:15)
Cooking Mama: Cookstar PS4 (21:20)
Gato Roboto (28:00)
Disco Elysium: Final Cut (34:30)
Monster Hunter Rise (36:50)
Narita Boy (43:10)
Oddworld: Soulstorm (47:00)

News things talked about in this episode:
Pokémon Go's Flower Happinny event more evidence the game is 100% lootboxes (50:00)

Pac-Man 99 continues trend of Battle Royaling legacy properties (54:00)
https://www.polygon.com/22371536/pac-man-99-battle-royale-nintendo-switch-online-exclusive-release-date

Yet another study links loot boxes and gambling (57:00)
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-04-03-link-between-loot-boxes-and-problem-gambling-robustly-verified

Brazil is looking to ban lootboxes in video games as harmful gambling (1:04:50)
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-04-07-brazilian-authorities-to-investigate-loot-boxes
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