Swatting Incident Leads to Death of An Innocent Man | The Video Game Pals Episode 36

Happy New Year Pals! In our first show for 2018 we're talking about the issue of Swatting after an incident stemming from a game of Call of Duty led to the death of an innocent father of two. Plus: Some not existentially horrifying news! The show: -Peggy's shoutcasting experiences -Random Question of the Week Da News: 1. Nintendo Switch news and rumors: http://comicbook.com/gaming/2017/12/26/pokemon-switch-rumors/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/12/big-titles-must-wait-as-nintendo-pushes-back-64gb-switch-game-card-rollout/ 2. PUBG hits 3 Million concurrent players, and are literally just competing with themselves at this point: https://www.polygon.com/2017/12/29/16829768/pubg-3-million-concurrent-players-record 3. The World Health Organization is considering recognizing ‘gaming disorder’: https://www.polygon.com/2017/12/28/16825828/who-gaming-disorder-addiction-draft-icd-11 4. In truly horrifying news, a dispute over a Call of Duty wager has seemingly led to the death of an innocent 28 year old man: https://charlieintel.com/2017/12/29/dispute-call-duty-wager-leads-death-28-year-old-man-kansas/ http://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article192111974.html http://www.kansas.com/latest-news/article192242919.html Meat and Potatoes: What, if anything, can be done about this problem? Swatting has been a serious issue in some gaming communities for a while now, but to my knowledge this is the first time that it’s resulted in someone’s death. How do we think this will affect the industry or even twitch? Who holds the responsibility to do something here? The Cops? Twitch? Outro Music: "Swanky Ballroom Party For Sophisticated People" by Adhesive Wombat - @adhesivewombat The Video Game Pals is The Pals Network's weekly video game podcast where we talk about video games, the news and how it all makes us feel. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Thompson: twitter.com/RelicVampire Andy: twitter.com/tiger_millions Peggy: twitter.com/MoiraiOW