Subtlety, Traps and SImulators

This week we are accompanied by BombRedeemer, Nito the Kitty and Will the Alright in discussing the controversy surrounding Atomic Heart, its developers ties to Putin lead russian orginizations, similiarities of Ukranian figureheads in government, and their inadequite renoucement of Putins regime. Sources - Call for removal https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ukraine-seeks-to-remove-atomic-heart-from-game-stores https://kotaku.com/atomic-heart-russia-ukraine-controversy-bioshock-fallou-1850151838 https://www.pcgamer.com/ukraine-wants-valve-microsoft-and-sony-to-stop-selling-atomic-heart-in-the-country/ https://www.eurogamer.net/ukraines-government-wants-to-ban-atomic-heart-from-countrys-digital-stores https://twitter.com/vicesam/status/1628292481342222336?s=20 https://gamerant.com/atomic-heart-ban-why-ukraine/ - Racist cartoon https://www.pcgamer.com/atomic-heart-criticised-for-racist-caricature-in-one-of-its-soviet-era-cartoons/ https://gamerant.com/atomic-heart-racist-cartoon/ https://www.dualshockers.com/atomic-heart-devs-apologise-racist-caricature/ https://gamerant.com/atomic-heart-mundfish-apologizes-offensive-cartoon/ We move on to Valve banning 40,000 user accounts by creating a "Honeypot" in the client code that your average user would not access but third party cheat clients would. Sources https://www.polygon.com/23610095/valve-dota-2-huge-ban-trap https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-lured-40000-dota-cheaters-into-a-trap-before-banning-them-in-one-day/ https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/valve-uses-honeypot-to-catch-and-permanently-ban-40-000-cheaters-in-dota Then we finish off with talks of Hogwarts Legacy Purchase Simulator and the implications and risks of downloading pirated and cracked copies of the game. Sources https://gamerant.com/hogwarts-legacy-download-play-free-malware-scams/ https://gamerant.com/hogwarts-legacy-purchase-simulator-satrie-game/ Chapters: 0:00 Intro and Topics 2:23 Atomic Heart et all 25:45 Valve Bans 40K accounts DotA2 44:37 Hogwarts Legacy Purchase Simulator and Piracy 51:45 Round Table 1:04:47 Nito Reviews Cocaine Bear 1:08:10 Round Table - The Continuinening