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Episode 139 discusses the chaos in the gaming world including Xbox outages and Discord's age verification issues.

Send us Fan Mail Episode 139 of PandTha Talks is packed with chaos across the gaming world: - Xbox’s age verification rollout in the UK has gone off the rails — players are being kicked mid-game, locked out of Discord, and facing broken verification systems. Even long-time users are being flagged as underage. - Discord’s own age checks are triggering backlash, with players using Death Stranding’s photo mode to bypass facial scans. Yes, Sam Bridges is now a fake ID. - Xbox outages are spread...

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Hosts: rorytha, RaNDoMPandA

Topics covered

• Xbox outages
• Discord chaos
• Death Stranding 2
• gaming news
• age verification
• photo mode

Keywords

• Xbox
• Discord
• Death Stranding
• gaming
• age verification
• photo mode
• outages

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Xbox, Discord

Products: Death Stranding

Places: UK

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