263: 4E Deserves Better

The 8-bit Adventures Podcast

The 8BA Podcast is a casual talk show where we discuss geeky pop culture and relay some of our favorite news of the past week.

QUICKFIRE NEWS

BioWare. QA testers and localization staff contracted through Keywords Studios negotiated to be able to continue working from home by trying to unionize.

Nvidia. GPU manufacturer pays a $5.5M settlement over charges that it unlawfully obscured the number of graphics cards sold to cryptocurrency miners.

EVE Online. Sci-Fi MMO will now have integration with Microsoft Excel.

Blizzard. Jessica Martinez has been hired as the developer’s first Head of Culture VP. They have also revealed their newest mobile game, Warcraft Arclight Rumble, a F2P tower defense-like game.

Avatar 2. Trailer released for The Way of Water.

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. Expansion to MH Rise releases 6/30 and will include master rank, more monsters, follower NPCs, Switch Skill Swap, Swap Evade, and QoL improvements.

Indie World Showcase. Upcoming titles for Switch include Ooblets, Batora: Lost Haven, Elechead, Soundfall, Wildfrost, TABS, Gunbrella, We Are OFK, Silt, Mini Motorways, Wayward Strand, Cult of the Lamb, and Another Crab’s Treasure.

DEEP DIVE

D&D 4th Edition and its undeserved bad rap

QUEST LOG

Last Week: Color a Chapter 1 Comic, complete Click Clock Wood

This Week: Color Chapter 1 comics, Catalog 2 Decks worth of cards

LINKS

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