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

Claim a free Beach Body On Demand trial membership by texting "Dude" to 303030 And try out Blue Apron’s “All-Time Customer Favorites” by going to http://www.blueapron.com/soup 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'. Want more Dude Soup? Check out the Post Show: http://funhaus.roosterteeth.com/show/fan-show Merch yourself! bit.ly/fhmerch 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': [YouTube] Dyson Show: https://www.youtube.com/user/DysonShow500/featured [YouTube] Fart Master: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHoG_XCz4RxtE6Z6dYRtFxQ Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/brucegreene http://twitter.com/jameswillems http://twitter.com/elysewillems http://twitter.com/sirlarr