Xadara GameChat – September 7th, 2014

Here is the Xadara GameChat for September 7th, 2014. This episode had quite a bit to cover, and I was rather tired while recording, but it seems Watercress enjoyed it.

I had originally posted this under the title “September 24th” which is immpossible considering it’s only the 9th at the time of me editing this. I blame working on something like this at 3AM.

This episode went serious towards the end, but it was a topic we wanted to cover. Otherwise, this is much more ranting than I expected, so I am not all that fond of this episode – Still, I think we covered some interesting topics.

Show notes below:

Introduction

Amazon is buying Twitch, not Google:
http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/25/6066295/amazon-reportedly-buying-twitch-for-over-1-billion

China makes it own OS after the end of support for Windows XP:
http://hothardware.com/News/China-Developing-Its-Own-OS-To-Take-On-Apple-Microsoft-and-Google/#!bK7hAS
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rebecca-abrahams/is-chinas-new-computer-op_b_5738068.html

A Surprising New Study on How Video Games Impact Children:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jordanshapiro/2014/08/27/a-surprising-new-study-on-how-video-games-impact-children/

BREAK 1

Capcom sues Koei Tecmo for patent infringement concerning Dynasty Warriors / DLC:
http://www.siliconera.com/2014/08/26/capcom-suing-koei-tecmo-patent-infringement/

iCloud forcing users to wait three days to activate two-step verification:

Apple’s two-step verification for iCloud is broken

PewDiePie disables YouTube comments, following suit along with TotalBiscuit and NerdCubed
http://kotaku.com/https-www-youtube-com-watch-v-4_hhklez9go-aid-p8oqc4c-1629556923

BREAK 2

Disney sues Deadmau5 over the latter’s logo being too similar to theirs:
http://www.tmz.com/2014/09/02/deadmau5-battling-disney-mickey-mouse-ear-logo-trademark/

XBox One launch in Japan falls flat:
http://kotaku.com/japans-xbox-one-launch-as-sad-as-youd-expect-1630411606

Woman uses Facebook mobile while driving, kills 89-year-old great-grandmother and is charged with negligent homicide:
http://www.startribune.com/local/273973211.html

BREAK 3

Pirating Sims 4 leads to permanent mosaic effects in-game:
http://www.theverge.com/2014/9/4/6107705/the-sims-4-anti-piracy-censorship-art

Genesis and TG-16: 25th Anniversary

CLOSING

Updated: September 9, 2014 — 9:59 PM

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