Blizzard vs Free Speech, Violence on Twitch, the First Cyborg, and New Release

This week is dominated by nerd culture colliding with social issues.  Blizzard suppresses free speech in order to secure Chinese money. The recent mass shooting in Germany misuses Twitch to stream violence.  A terminally ill doctor transforms himself into the first cyborg. There is some new information released on Playstation 5 and Disney+ reveals their initial programming for their November 12th launch.  We also discuss the unusual start to Fortnite season 11.  

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Links to topics discussed:

Blizzard bans players for China

• https://twitter.com/slasher/status/1181442535962632193?s=21
• https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/09/fans-pledge-to-aboycott-blizzarda-over-hearthstone-proas-ban?sf110374336=1
• https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/09/unlike-blizzard-epic-games-wont-ban-players-for-political-speech?sf110400709=1

 

Blizzard won't let people ban them and quit

• https://gamerant.com/blizzard-prevents-users-deleting-accounts/?utm_medium=Social-Distribution&utm_source=GR-FB-P&utm_campaign=GR-FB-P

China is nuts

• https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/chinese-citizens-will-be-required-scan-their-faces-use-internet

Germany attack on Twitch

• https://twitter.com/twitch/status/1182000479804391424?s=21

Terminally ill patient becomes first cyborg

• https://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/terminally-ill-scientist-transform-worlds-20559021

PS5 2020 holiday release

• https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/8/20904351/sony-ps5-playstation-5-confirmed-haptic-feedback-features-release-date-2020

Disney plus tweets announcing content

• https://deadline.com/2019/10/disney-plus-vault-social-media-streaming-promotion-1202759518/