THE END OF MULTIPLAYER GAMES? - Dude Soup Podcast #145

Description

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Today, Lawrence and the gang discuss Activision's multiplayer patents as well as:
2:15 - Tons of gameplay footage from Jacob's Destiny 2 adventure.
31:00 - Bots in video games, social media, and beyond.
49:00 - YouTube continuing to favor "brand safe" content.
51:50 - Hard Nettin'.

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SOURCES:
[Glixel] Activision Researched Using Matchmaking Tricks to Sell In-Game Items: https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/news/how-activision-uses-matchmaking-tricks-to-sell-in-game-items-w509288
[USPTO] System and method for driving microtransactions in multiplayer video games: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN/9789406
[Twitter] DeeJ Disclaims Matchmaking: https://twitter.com/DeeJ_BNG/status/920401730684166146
[Wikipedia] Plato was on some shit, man: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_Cave
[Fortune] Sony Patent is Hilarious, Terrifying: http://fortune.com/2013/04/30/sony-patent-is-hilarious-terrifying/

HARD NETTIN':
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