Episode description
Jesse Singal provides an update to the update to his San Francisco party for Blocked and Reported Primos, as well as his struggle to plan it.
Katie Herzog gets introduced to gaming through the new Harry Potter game, Hogwarts Legacy. The controversy over JK Rowling’s views on gender issues have now spilled over from Twitter to the gaming press, Discord, and Twitch. Streamers are afraid to play it, servers are being raided, and writers are refusing to review it.
Plus, not-so-famous actor Armond Hammer discusses tying up women, eating their ribs, and stealing their toes, which then gets turned into an NFT.
And here’s the link to the Blocked & Reported store, for those who asked:
https://shop.gutentogltd.com/collections/barpod
SF Party
San Francisco party update
Update to the update
Hogwarts Legacy
Hogwarts Legacy on Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/990080/Hogwarts_Legacy/
Rowling’s “middle-aged moment”
https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/jk-rowling-liked-transphobic-tweet-in-middle-aged-moment-137860
Rowling’s essay on why she speaks out on sex and gender issues
American polling on transgender issues
British polling on transgender issues
Aja Romano on Rowling’s “people who menstruate” tweet
https://www.vox.com/culture/21285396/jk-rowling-transphobic-backlash-harry-potter
Axios: “Hogwarts Legacy game launch becomes referendum on J.K. Rowling”
https://www.axios.com/2023/02/06/hogwarts-legacy-jk-rowling-launch
Patrick Klepek, writer for Vice’s Waypoint, on the coverage of Hogwarts Legacy
The Gamer refuses to review Hogwarts Legacy
https://www.thegamer.com/thegamer-stance-hogwarts-legacy-harry-potter/
Morgan Park of PC Gamer is “haunted by JK Rowling”
https://www.pcgamer.com/hogwarts-legacy-review/
Hasan Piker (HasanAbi) on being afraid to play the game
https://livestreamfails.com/clip/150055
Twitch chat harasses a woman (Shelby of Girlfriend Reviews) to tears for playing Hogwarts Legacy
Dexerto reports on a site featuring a tracker to see if streamers have played the game
The official Hogwarts Legacy Discord server was put on a 5-minute chat timer after large-scale raiding
Armie Hammer
Armie Hammer Breaks His Silence
https://airmail.news/issues/2023-2-4/armie-hammer-breaks-his-silence
“The Fall of Armie Hammer: A Family Saga of Sex, Money, Drugs, and Betrayal”
Page Six: “Armie Hammer’s DMs call into question the timeline of his suicide story”
https://pagesix.com/2023/02/08/armie-hammers-dms-call-into-question-timeline-of-suicide-story/
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