Luminari Weekly

UDP Broadcast

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Welcome to the UDP Broadcast, a podcast where a group of friends talk about gaming related stuff and offer somewhat informed and uninformed opinions. Live shows Saturday at 22:30pm UTC -5 on Twitch.tv --)> https://twitch.tv/luminariweekly

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Developer Honesty, Loot Boxes and Regulation 08.08.2022 1:02:44

This week, we talk about some of the practices we see with developers misrepresenting, misleading, or outright lying about their games before launch. This comes at the heels of 2 PCGamer articles regarding a mobile game that is a Witcher knockoff and a Kotaku Article for God of War clone for Xbox.   Loot boxes come into the picture with some of this and we focus on how the EU is backing off m...

Modification and Microtransactions 01.08.2022 1:06:17

This week, we talk about Mods and the effects of enabling Easy Anti Cheat into VRChat - How it removes some essential accessibility options not baked into the software only supported by mods.   We also touch on Microtransactions and their role in gaming using Diablo Immortal as an example since they have hit a 100 million in revenue across all mobile platforms in 8 weeks. Second only to Pokem...

Unionization, Cheater Litigation and Stray Cats 25.07.2022 1:09:52

This week, we talk about unionization of game developers within the scope of Activision Blizzard King. IMEI gives a great breakdown of what a union can bring to not only the software developers, but how it can benefit many across all disciplines. We touch on the Bungie v. Inkcell case and discuss the toxicity and hate issued at developers.  We finish off with talking about Stray and some of t...

Partner Rights, Alien Romance and Porn Hats 18.07.2022 58:02

This week we tackle Nintendo of Japan's declaration of equal benefits for domestic partnerships both same and opposite sexed. We also comment on an article found on Kotaku of a Bioware Developer being surprised about users wanting romance options with Garus.  Finally, we tackle a hat that can detect if you are viewing porn from China as reported by PCGamer.  Topic Guide: 0:00 Intro 1:35...

Escapism and the Ditto Hunt 11.07.2022 1:05:02

Welcome to the UDP Broadcast - Where we discuss gaming related stuff and offer somewhat uninformed opinions. Escapism and mental health are an important consideration with gamers. Between enablement by other gamers and complete neglect from those that suffer from severe cases due to addiction. Cajun also gives us insight into the Pokémon TCG crossover with Pokémon Go to look for a Ditto. Release:...

Thanos's Butt and Reproductive Rights - Pilot 02.07.2022 51:33

Welcome to the UDP Broadcast -  Where we discuss gaming related stuff and offer somewhat uninformed opinions.   In this session:  0:00 Introductions  01:00 Reproductive Rights  32:08 Antman in Thanos's butt    The UDP Broadcast is made up of 4 gamers with a focus in gaming, game industy, game theorycrafting, game news, and games politics.  We hope you have a...