The girl in the camera feed would be immediately familiar to people across many nearby universes, though a few might be taken aback by her lack of a headgem. "Hey, Code Monkies! I'm Sunset Shimmer, and welcome to Shimmercode, my game channel! Today we're taking a break from GameStations and trying out something from somewhere far away and yet practically next door! Welcome the Technowizard Lotus, straight from Universe Seven-Zero-Upsilon, courtesy of our good friends at the ETSAB!"
At this, Sunset brought up, a very white device that looked like a flattened six-petaled, symmetrical flower, the only spot of color a bright yellow circular bulb in the center, inscribed with the power symbol familiar to most of Information Age probability space.
"Wow, really leaning into the name there, guys." Sunset gave the camera wry look and put the Lotus in her lap. "So, the Lotus is that world's first game console with magical integration! That means it's magic-powered, so there's no power cables. Just leave it around and you'll know when it's powered when the central bit turns yellow, like it is right now. This may require thaumic batteries depending on your world, but we're one of the lucky ones." After a moment, she added, "Okay, lucky here. Lower magic worlds don't have to deal with things like unionizing dolphins.
"But what's really special is the neurological acceleration magitechnology in their VR headset! You know how we've had stories with games that run faster than real life? Well, that's not fiction anymore! And speaking of stories, me and my girlfriend—who's a brilliant scientist, if you're new to the stream—we've gone through their testing and no one's going to be trapped in a game from this. I'm not here to get trapped in Blade Dance Online, folks. I'm here to stream! The Technowizards wanted to test their Spasm integration with a live audience! Lucky you!"
Sunset paused to let the chat respond to that. A lot of thoughts about her safety were present.
"Really, guys, it's safe! Do you really want to go through scientific papers? Or do you want to watch me game?"
Another look at the cast left her surprised. "Well, a lot of you really want to listen to me read science. Oookay... Maybe that'll be the next stream with Twilight then. But, onto the game! The company preloaded it with a test game, Magical Academy Online."
A copy of Sunset with spikier, shorter hair, walked into frame and sat down to the left of the first.
"And playing it with me is, Sunflame Shimmer, from Universe... I want to say Five-Six-Sigma?"
Sunflame shrugged. "I guess? I never really kept track of what they called my universe."
"Oh. Well, good thing the company sent two copies of the headset with my, well, our colors. So, let's get to gaming!"