Sometimes, PlayStation's userbase gets upset over nothing, and this past week was a great example of that. Rumors and uninformed conjecture rapidly circulated about Sony unleashing a stringent DRM regimen on PlayStation that would force players to check-in with the PSN every 30 days, or lose their digital licenses. That (of course) was complete nonsense, obviously so -- Sony is instead attempting to throttle dishonest people from taking advantage of a quirk in their refund system -- but it didn't stop many talking points from taking hold. And really, isn't it Sony's fault, ultimately? All they had to do was communicate, good or bad. But they didn't, and so the ne'er-do-wells filled the vacuum. Then again, maybe players should be a little more mad at the actual villains: The losers and degenerates who take advantage of loopholes, steal games, and pirate anything they can get their hands on. We discuss at length. Plus: MLB: The Show Mobile slowly expands around the world, Rebel Wolves' extremely promising vampire title The Dawn of Bloodwalker gets a release date, classic NickToon Rugrats gets a games compilation, Star Wars comes to PowerWash Simulator 2, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! With Xbox's incessant will they/won't they going on, should we expect Microsoft-published games to continue to come to PS5? Is ARC Raiders and The Finals developer Embark guilty of overtuning their titles? What are the origins of "friendslop"-style games? Is Colin's wife quietly attempting to protect him from complete embarrassment by refusing to allow him to participate in the 100 Chicken Nugget Challenge?

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0:00:00 - Intro
0:22:19 - Sacred missed connection
0:30:03 - Group podcast listening
0:39:24 - Last Stand gambling ring
0:47:17 - Micah saving Colin
0:49:56 - Repropoised
0:51:16 - Old IGN scores
0:59:40 - PlayStation DRM story
1:34:17 - MLB: The Show Mobile pre-register
1:42:13 - Blood of Dawnwalker gets a release date and new info
1:48:57 - Rugrats: Retro Rewind collection
1:58:46 - Star Wars DLC for Power Wash Simulator 2
2:05:19 - May PS+ games
2:09:05 - What We’re Playing
2:47:04 - Xbox's future on PlayStation
3:04:20 - Investing in video game companies
3:13:23 - Overfixing a game
3:26:55 - Halo 3 = Friendslop?
3:32:00 - Steam Controller and next gen controllers
3:41:58 - Proud dad story

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