UDP Broadcast

This week, we talk about a meltdown on twitter over Tacos and Sushi in D&D, Nicado Avacado returns, Dr Disprespect returns to streaming, Grifting millions in royalties using AI bots, A new multicountry AI treaty, NaNoRiMo AI approvals, Clearview AI being held accountable, the shutdown of Concord, A quick blurb on how to save the gaming industry, Uwe Boll wanting to make Postal 2, Starliner drama from start to current, SAG-AFTRA signs 80 games into their tiered pay schedule for voice actors and mocap specialists, and Sheepy being free and people hating that they cant give money to the developer for the experience.

00:00 Introduction

02:44 Tacos and Dragons

13:35 Nicado Avacado

17:16 The Two Time Returns

20:38 1000 Bots for AI Music Royalties

24:07 US, UK, EU AI Treaty

24:42 NaNoRiMo AI

26:07 Dutch Regulator vs Clearview AI

26:48 Concord Shutdown

30:29 Saving the Game Industry

33:59 Uwe Boll Postal 2

37:52 Boeing Starliner Drama

47:16 SAG-AFTRA signs 80 titles

48:59 Sheepy - Take my money!

51:58 Roundtable

This week we talk about D&D Beyond changing all character sheets to current version. Peter Molyneux says Masters of Albion would be his last game due to his lifestyle. Amazon Games CEO being tonedeaf to SAG-AFTRA because he does not believe actional actors are in gaming and it is just a bunch of programmers writing code. Twitch launches "Drop Ins" as a collaboration tool and our thoughts on it. FTC's non compete defeat was overturned by a US Court Judge in Texas. WHY DOES SOUS VIDE NEED A SUBSCRIPTION APP?! Black Myth Wukong has some interesting creator Dos and Donts. And an actual rocket scientist gave up her work to become a game developer to make Gourdlets!

00:00 Introduction

02:54 D&D Beyond

12:41 Peter Molyneux and Masters of Albion

19:17 SAG-AFTRA and Amazon Game Studios Boss

24:11 FTC Non-Compete Defeat

31:11 Twitch Drop-ins thoughts

32:41 Black Myth: Wukong Thoughts

37:15 Anova Sous Vide Subscription

40:41 From Rocket Science to Game Developer - Gourdlets

49:54 Round Table

Poisoned Truth - Episode 75 The UDP Broadcast Podcast

This week we talk about the FTC striking back at fake reviews. SAG-AFTRA has a second picket on August 15. Valve is now prioritizing very helpful reviews. High end racing bikes with wireless gear shifters having a vulnerability that could target racers. Dr Disrespect returns to streaming soon. The Unity CEO stated that a focus on generative AI is not a high priority for the game engine maker. A Russian chess player attempts to poison their competitor with mercury. Ethical games is being formed to unite developers on monetization strategies to prevent dark patterns along with other standards of inclusiveness and accessibility. Crowdstrike earns a Pwnie award for their epic fail. And Uwe Boll hits back at the flop that is The Borderlands Movie.

00:00 Introduction

02:24 FTC Crackdown on Fake Reviews

06:21 Valve Prioritizing Helpful Reviews

12:51 SAG-AFTRA Second Picket

15:04 Dr. Disrespect Returns

19:12 Unity and Generative AI

24:05 Borderlands by Uwe Boll

27:54 Ethical Games

33:14 Wireless Gear Shifter Hacking for High End Bikes

39:24 Crowdstrike earns the Pwnie Award for Epic Fail

45:41 Chess with Mercury Poisioning

48:54 Round Table

This week we talk about the Valve making user reviews better. More details about SAG-AFTRA strike details. Youtube is adding twitter like community notes. And the creator of Balatro making sure Balatro cannot be used for gambling.

00:00 Introduction

03:46 Valve User Reviews upvoting

20:30 Unexpected Ad Break Banter

26:34 SAG-AFTRA Details

33:09 Youtube Community Notes Feature

36:50 Balatro is not for Gambling

39:18 Roundtable

This week we talk about the industry loss of Game Informer. A few catch ups on youtube controve rsies. Prison Architect 2 is indefinitely delayed. Subscription service for Mice by Logitech. Gary's Mod creator is DMCA'd by the Michael Bay studio for Skibidi Toilet. And the Diana Jones Award going to the United Paizo Workers union.

00:00 Introduction

02:56 Youtube Drama

08:27 Death of Game Informer

16:23 Logitech Mouse Subscription Service

28:14 Prison Architect 2

38:43 United Paizo Workers Union

47:57 Gary's Mod DMCA Directed By Michael Bay

49:41 Round Table

This week we talk about how Steam is changing up how Demos are listed. SAG-AFTRA approves a voice actor strike against video game companies using AI voices, Twitch's sexual harassment policies. Skibbidi Toilet is getting a a movie directed by Michael Bay. Nintendo revoking a Splatoon 3 Tourney win. Activision doing studies on skill based matchmaking.

00:00:00 Introduction

00:02:00 Steam Demo Changes

00:07:06 SAG-AFTRA Voice Actor Strike

00:19:25 Twitch Sexual Harrasment Policies

00:21:58 Activision Skill Based Match Making

00:34:08 Nintendo Splatoon 3 Tourney

00:35:29 Skibidi Toilet Directed by Michael Bay

00:41:53 Round table

This week we talk about Boogie2988 and the current swirl of crap surrounding his latest actions. NetEase gets crap for common legal language in most terms of service and End user license agreements. Developer life in japan as reported by Kotaku and The Verge.

00:00 Introduction

02:23 Boogie2988 shenanigans

25:40 NetEase - Government ID

46:28 Developer Life in Japan

51:57 Roundtable

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This week Nintendo was in the news quite a bit between battling console scalping, piracy and rule 34 content that might make potential and existing players uncomfortable with their IP characters. Cloud Imperium Games had some legal loss against a disabled ex employee for discrimination. A boss who recognized everyone on their team after layoffs to help land a job with other game developers. The Master Sword put someone in jail. A first gamer saint recognized. and Deep Rock Galactic being deep rock galactic. And the RTX modders kit not going over too well with the community.

Its the funny number episode! This week we talk about the emerging information about DrDisrespect and his mysterious ban in 2020 reported in the last week. A new game called One Million Checkboxes hits the internet. Venture Overwatch 2 memes in New York's Times Square. A Banana is driving people crazy. Venture on a Timesquare billboard as a Skibidi Toilet meme.

00:00 Introduction

02:30 Dr Disrespect catch up

24:40 One Million Checkboxes and a Banana

39:54 Hammers, Skibidi Toilet

48:59 Roundtable

Howdy folks! It has been a few weeks but we are back talking about a variety of things. We talk about TikTok's AI tool being way to open and many terrible things were produced with stock footage. Baten Kaitos had a surprise release which made Critchicken REALLY happy! There was an 8bit Demake of Baulder's Gate 3 running on REALLY old Tandy hardware. And, for whatever reason, Musk is back in the news because he has a new child with a exec from Neuralink - making 12 children at this point.

00:00:00 Short Preshow

00:03:01 Show Start

00:06:00 Baten Kaitos on STEAM!

00:17:21 Brief Shadow of the Erd Tree Talk

00:18:26 Sony-Nanigans and Console Talk

00:37:10 Baulder's Gate 3 Demake

00:41:15 AI, Art, and Voice Assistants

00:44:10 Adobe Litigation

00:48:37 TikTok AI tool

00:50:35 Musk the 12th

00:51:59 Round Table and Wrap Up