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As the tech world catches its breath from AI whiplash and retro gaming returns to the PC, Microsoft quietly kills underused tools and tries to double down on what actually works. This episode blends the excitement of tech and entertainment (like Xbox classics landing on Windows 11) with a poignant look back at the life and legacy of legendary columnist John C. Dvorak. Windows Five new Insider builds released on Monday; the new Start menu comes to the Beta channel Experimental (26H1) a day later with no interesting new features The Whiteboard app is apparently being retired AI Microsoft expands partnership with Mistral to improve EU AI infrastructure Copilot for consumers is losing Podcasts and Deep research features soon U.S. judge approves Anthropic $1.5 billion settlement with authors it stole from 1Password partners with Anthropic to make AI access to password-protected websites secure Google renames NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook Google's next big AI models are delayed, but we got Gemini 3.6 Flash, Flash-Lite, and 3.5 Flash Cyber to tide us over XBOX and gaming Microsoft brings XBOX Backward Compatibility to PC!! Here comes Halo: Campaign Evolved, along with more Game Pass titles for the end of July Bethesda announces Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters, and Fallout 5 is entering pre-production Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 in Early Access on August 21, Open Beta on August 27 XBOX July update adds support for longer gamertags, new library customization options, and more XBOX teams with Meta to bring Game Pass Starter Edition to Meta Horizon+ subscribers Valve says the component crisis dogging Steam Machine pricing will only get worse Tips and picks Tip of the week: Windows Package Manager for bulk app installs App (game) of the week: Doom: The Dark Ages RunAs Radio this week: Security Begins at Procurement with Jessie Schofer Brown liquor pick of the week: Loup River Nebraska Straight Bourbon Whiskey Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: arcticwolf.com/trends zscaler.com/security cirasync.com/Windows
I've been messing around with FSR4 on the Steam Machine and it's a pretty big deal! Also: the only soccer game you'll ever need is out now, trains, Marathon gets new leadership, Wreckreation gets a sequel, Ubisoft gets nostalgic, more Fallout, more fallout, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Head over to http://patreon.com/kindafunny this month to grab a membership and receive exclusive content and ad-free episodes! Is the PS6 a handheld system, Xbox Studio leaders reportedly detest Game Pass, and Steam Machine isn't getting Half Life 3… exclusively. Thank you for the support! Run of Show - 00:00:00 - Start00:09:38 - The PS6 sure sounds like a handheld00:34:27 - Ad00:35:34 - Xbox Studio Leaders Reportedly Detest Game Pass, Arguing it Destroyed the Value of Their $40+ Games Now Available for Pennies00:47:30 - Valve Promises No Steam Machine Exclusives After Months Of Fan Speculation About Half-Life 300:51:10 - Clair Obscur star Jennifer English exits Tides of Annihilation over health concerns00:55:14 - Wee News!00:59:96 - SuperChats & You‘re Wrong Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Liebe Freunde, ihr müsst tapfer sein, denn harte Zeiten sind angebrochen. Gaming-Hardware – und auch alle andere - erlebt gerade eine krasse Preisexplosion. Eine etwas untermotorisierte Steam Machine für über 1000 Euro ist da erst der Anfang. Und der Ressourcen-Bedarf der KI-Revolution scheint auf absehbare Zeit für krass erhöhte Preise für RAM und SSDs zu sorgen. Wo soll das alles hinführen? Christian Lutz-Weicken vom „c't 4004“-Podcast hat hierfür eine wunderbar steile These: Die aktuelle Situation könnte der Weg ins Joch der Cloud-Anbieter sein. Vielleicht werden wir uns eigene Hardware einfach nie wieder leisten können! Boah, was für eine tolle Vorlage, sich mal gemeinsam über die Geschichte von Compute, die aktuelle Situation der Hardware-Produktion und des KI-Ausbaus anzuschauen und drüber zu fachsimpeln, wohin das alles führen wird. Timecodes: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:59 - These und unser Hardware Background 00:17:57 – Die Geschichte von Hardware 00:28:01 – TSMC, Preisexplosion und geopolitische Risiken 01:07:06 – Konsolen werden zur Luxusware 01:18:07 - Lokale KI, Open Weights & OpenAI-Druck 01:33:33 – Die Cloud Dystopie 01:56:55 – Digitaler Besitz und physische Medien 02:10:47 – Hoffnung EU und China 02:20:48 – Fazit Viel Spaß bei dieser Sendung! Jetzt Abonnent werden: https://www.gamespodcast.de
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Valve's Steam Machine might be exactly the living room console you've been waiting for. Or it might be too expensive, totally pointless, a waste of everyone's money and shelf space. The Verge's Sean Hollister joins the show to talk through all the feedback we've been getting about our coverage and our review. Is Valve's history a pro or a con? Is the price reasonable or ridiculous? Who is this device actually for? We have much to discuss. Further reading: Google and Epic give up fighting — third-party Android app stores are coming next week OpenAI may announce a ChatGPT smart speaker this year Another turn in the Apple v. OpenAI dispute The Steam Machine is the most ambitious game console I've ever played The Steam Machine fits my TV, my desk, and my life Valve will finally let you build your own Steam Machine with SteamOS for desktop How much would the Steam Machine cost to build? Subscribe to The Verge for unlimited access to theverge.com, subscriber-exclusive newsletters, and our ad-free podcast feed. We love hearing from you! Email your questions and thoughts to vergecast@theverge.com or call us at 866-VERGE11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Amanda and Rich take refuge to weather the workday storm by chatting about games! Games: Aether & Iron, The Isle (Early Access), the Steam Machine, House of the dying sun, and Magical Athlete. To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind. Links & Show Notes.
Vi har seglat i Karibien samt unnat oss massor av gamla spel som legat i backloggen. Vill du stötta oss och ta del av vårt exklusiva content så bli Patreon! Patreon.com/gotypoddenJoina oss på Discord!(00:00) FÖRSNACK (03:41) Nyheter: Xbox in trouble, Steam Machine priset(24:34) Spel: Star Fox, The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales, Solateria, Control I'm Not Coming Back, Lumentale: Memories of Trey, Luna Abyss, 1666: Amsterdam, Creature Kitchen, Zelda: twilight Princess (PC), Hellblade, Final Fantasy XII, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced(1:23:59) Future tech: Vi har testat Razer Hammerhead V3 Hyperspeed Gaming Earbud Feedback, tips eller eventuella frågor får gärna skickas till gotypodden@gmail.com, på Discord eller på Instagram / Twitter @gotypodden. GOTY-merch i vår merchbutik!Vill ni höra eller se mer av oss finns våra andra poddar och vår Youtube-kanal i vårt länkträd!
Head over to http://patreon.com/kindafunny this month to grab a membership and receive exclusive content and ad-free episodes! Thank you for the support! Run of Show - 00:00:00 - start00:06:50 - Gary Whitta's Steam Machine Review00:36:33 - Ads01:11:06 - SuperChats Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Head over to http://patreon.com/kindafunny this month to grab a membership and receive exclusive content and ad-free episodes! Thank you for the support! Run of Show - 00:00:00 - start00:06:50 - Gary Whitta's Steam Machine Review00:36:33 - Ads01:11:06 - SuperChats Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Head over to http://patreon.com/kindafunny this month to grab a membership and receive exclusive content and ad-free episodes! Thank you for the support! Run of Show - 00:00:00 - start00:06:50 - Gary Whitta's Steam Machine Review00:36:33 - Ads01:11:06 - SuperChats Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
There are a lot of great things going on with the Steam Machine, but it might not quite be ready for prime time. Let's talk about my time with it so far, the price, the comparisons to other devices, all that stuff. Also: Call of Duty goes retro with new releases of old-ass Black Ops and Black Ops II, some more fallout from the Xbox cuts, Ubisoft workers go on strike, the idea of an OLED Switch 2, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Head over to http://patreon.com/kindafunny this month to grab a membership and receive exclusive content and ad-free episodes! Thank you for the support! Run of Show - 00:00:00 - start00:06:50 - Gary Whitta's Steam Machine Review00:36:33 - Ads01:11:06 - SuperChats Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aw man, games are getting expensive and weird. But! There's some good news on the union front! We talk food crimes, we talk games, we talk hobbies, it's some stuff! Check it out! Explicit language on this one. "Love Everlasting" (DDRKirby(ISQ) - https://http://ocremix.org/) Find the show on iTunes, Google Play Podcasts, Spotify, and Simplecast.fm Find the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6QoHk8iEsVGTpd2qdTlH-g Follow us @CharacterReveal on Bluesky, Instagram, and on Facebook! Dom is @brothadom on Bluesky, tweets, tumbles and generally on the net Steph is @captainsteph on Bluesky and Twitter, @hella_steph on Instagram, and @thesnowqueer on Tumblr Eric is @TindiLosi on some places on the internet as a whole, like Bluesky Find everything at: https://linktr.ee/characterreveal
Valve offers Windows drivers now for the Steam Machine, Intel feels like they need to join to price rising brigades, Micron is fab, MiniPC's with last gen gear, and Nvidia will lend you money on easy terms! Adobe has another vulnerability and Microsoft has a couple fresh ones too!So much more in the actual show ... especially the live version, which you probably missed.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:22 Patreon02:53 Food with Josh 05:41 Steam Machine coverage continues (again)08:52 Intel Nova Lake and AVX-51210:04 Intel raises MSRPs on their best processors11:02 Intel restarts 13th and 14th Gen Core production - for China12:23 Lian Li B4 mATX makes another appearance15:01 Micron breaking ground on a new fab expansion16:01 Get ready for Mini PCs with previous-gen Intel CPUs and DDR417:33 Internal sound cards in 2026?20:25 Cover story - RTX 3060 12GB returns in 202623:54 An NVIDIA story about AI cloud26:24 Jeremy leads us into a story about Samsung's obscene profits28:22 Josh's Racing Corner32:38 (In)Security Corner50:07 Gaming Quick Hits57:12 Picks of the Week1:08:22 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticJoin The Normandy For Ad-Free NME, Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here: https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0KIs 2026 the year gamers finally push back? In this explosive episode, Analytic Dreamz breaks down the gaming industry's biggest shake-ups: PlayStation ending physical disc production, Xbox raising prices while laying off 3,200 workers, and the newly revealed Steam Machine pricing. Plus, fresh looks at Meccha Chameleon, Task Bar Heros, Konami's Power Pros Baseball 2026-2027, Gossip Harbor, and Marvel Rivals Season 9.On the music side, Analytic Dreamz covers Olivia Rodrigo, Yung Miami, Shakira & Burna Boy's “Dai Dai,” LE SSERAFIM, and Future, while breaking down Drake tying Adele for the ninth most weeks at #1 on the charts.Plus, the latest drama between Akademiks and Charlamagne.No filters. Straight talk on gaming, music, and culture. Tune in now.Episode 162 Topics:Music: Olivia Rodrigo, Yung Miami, Shakira & Burna Boy “Dai Dai”, LE SSERAFIM, Future, plus Drake tying Adele for the 9th most weeks at #1Industry News: PlayStation ending physical disc production, Xbox raising prices + 3,200 layoffs, Steam Machine price officially revealedGaming Discussion: Is 2026 the year gamers finally take a stand against higher prices, no discs, and mass firings?New & Upcoming Games: Meccha Chameleon, Task Bar Heros, Konami's Power Pros Baseball 2026-2027, Gossip Harbor, Marvel Rivals Season 9Drama: Akademiks vs Charlamagne Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AnalyticJoin The Normandy For Ad-Free NME, Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here: https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0KIs 2026 the year gamers finally push back? In this explosive episode, Analytic Dreamz breaks down the gaming industry's biggest shake-ups: PlayStation ending physical disc production, Xbox raising prices while laying off 3,200 workers, and the newly revealed Steam Machine pricing. Plus, fresh looks at Meccha Chameleon, Task Bar Heros, Konami's Power Pros Baseball 2026-2027, Gossip Harbor, and Marvel Rivals Season 9.On the music side, Analytic Dreamz covers Olivia Rodrigo, Yung Miami, Shakira & Burna Boy's “Dai Dai,” LE SSERAFIM, and Future, while breaking down Drake tying Adele for the ninth most weeks at #1 on the charts.Plus, the latest drama between Akademiks and Charlamagne.No filters. Straight talk on gaming, music, and culture. Tune in now.Episode 162 Topics:Music: Olivia Rodrigo, Yung Miami, Shakira & Burna Boy “Dai Dai”, LE SSERAFIM, Future, plus Drake tying Adele for the 9th most weeks at #1Industry News: PlayStation ending physical disc production, Xbox raising prices + 3,200 layoffs, Steam Machine price officially revealedGaming Discussion: Is 2026 the year gamers finally take a stand against higher prices, no discs, and mass firings?New & Upcoming Games: Meccha Chameleon, Task Bar Heros, Konami's Power Pros Baseball 2026-2027, Gossip Harbor, Marvel Rivals Season 9Drama: Akademiks vs Charlamagne Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Rhythm Heaven returns after an eleven-year hiatus with Rhythm Heaven Groove. It's a fun game, but something's changed. The series? The boys? Nintendo? We find the answer. Plus, Frushtick talks about life with the Steam Machine. It's neat! It's expensive! And it's a reflection of the moment! Get the full list of games (and other stuff) discussed at www.besties.fan. Want more episodes? Join us at patreon.com/thebesties for three bonus episodes each month! Get the full list of games (and other stuff) discussed at www.besties.fan. Want more episodes? Join us at patreon.com/thebesties for three bonus episodes each month!
The humid days of summer does not stop Remap Radio. Join Chia, Janet, Rob, and Patrick as they further talk through Xbox's generational reset, PlayStation's announcement that it's ditching discs, some initial thoughts on the Steam Machine, deck TV feelings, and more. We've got plenty of game talk, too, including beating Mina the Hollower, crashing out in Marathon, and trying to find a better way to organize the video games you should be playing—even if by shame.Links: Id Layoffs, Obsidian Layoffs, Sony Winding Down Physical Game Production, ESA bafflingly declares private Minecraft servers 'illegal'Discussed:00:00 - Intro12:48 - Steam Machine28:54 - The Xbox Layoffs hit Obsidian and ID 50:39 - Sony Stops Making Physical Games 1:25:38 - ESA Calls Private Minecraft Servers Illegal 1:31:02 - Mina the Hollower 1:46:30 - Janet's New Game System 2:03:16 - Marathon 2:10:19 - Idols of Ash 2:20:14 - Question Bucket See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Nesse episódio, Edu Aurrai, fala sobre a grande restruturação do XBOX, que culminou em mais uma onda de demissões; o Nintendo Switch 2 sendo remodelado em território europeu; a curiosa história da “linha vermelha da morte” em uma Steam Machine; e mais. Duração: 35 min Comentados: A “linha vermelha da morte” da Steam Machine Vídeos: Música da Semana: Rammstein – Amerika (Official 4K Video)
Dan Moren joins Mikah Sargent this week! XBOX resets itself. Wealthy families are leaning towards AI tutors to better prepare their kids. AI is starting to get into the "Wrapped" trend with users' data. And New York is the first US state to ban the use of smart glasses in courthouses. Microsoft laid off thousands more Xbox employees this week, and spun off gaming studios such as Compulsion Games and Double Fine, as the division struggles with thin margins & rising hardware costs. Wealthy families are pulling kids from public school for pricey new programs like Alpha School and Forge Prep that swap teachers for AI "guides" and lessons in business skills, despite no data proving they work. Anthropic debuted a new tool called Reflect, reminiscent of Spotify's "Wrapped" feature, that gives Claude users a usage dashboard with quiet hours, break reminders, and insights into their habits, though it requires memory to be turned on. And New York became the first US state to ban the use of smart glasses in courthouses, following a trend of Illinois drivers and major cruise lines prohibiting the use of camera-equipped smart glasses over recording and safety concerns. Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Dan Moren Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: blackhat.com/us-26 and use code TWIT bitwarden.com/twit rippling.ai/tnw framer.com/tnw joindeleteme.com/twit-biz
Dan Moren joins Mikah Sargent this week! XBOX resets itself. Wealthy families are leaning towards AI tutors to better prepare their kids. AI is starting to get into the "Wrapped" trend with users' data. And New York is the first US state to ban the use of smart glasses in courthouses. Microsoft laid off thousands more Xbox employees this week, and spun off gaming studios such as Compulsion Games and Double Fine, as the division struggles with thin margins & rising hardware costs. Wealthy families are pulling kids from public school for pricey new programs like Alpha School and Forge Prep that swap teachers for AI "guides" and lessons in business skills, despite no data proving they work. Anthropic debuted a new tool called Reflect, reminiscent of Spotify's "Wrapped" feature, that gives Claude users a usage dashboard with quiet hours, break reminders, and insights into their habits, though it requires memory to be turned on. And New York became the first US state to ban the use of smart glasses in courthouses, following a trend of Illinois drivers and major cruise lines prohibiting the use of camera-equipped smart glasses over recording and safety concerns. Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Dan Moren Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: blackhat.com/us-26 and use code TWIT bitwarden.com/twit rippling.ai/tnw framer.com/tnw joindeleteme.com/twit-biz
Dan Moren joins Mikah Sargent this week! XBOX resets itself. Wealthy families are leaning towards AI tutors to better prepare their kids. AI is starting to get into the "Wrapped" trend with users' data. And New York is the first US state to ban the use of smart glasses in courthouses. Microsoft laid off thousands more Xbox employees this week, and spun off gaming studios such as Compulsion Games and Double Fine, as the division struggles with thin margins & rising hardware costs. Wealthy families are pulling kids from public school for pricey new programs like Alpha School and Forge Prep that swap teachers for AI "guides" and lessons in business skills, despite no data proving they work. Anthropic debuted a new tool called Reflect, reminiscent of Spotify's "Wrapped" feature, that gives Claude users a usage dashboard with quiet hours, break reminders, and insights into their habits, though it requires memory to be turned on. And New York became the first US state to ban the use of smart glasses in courthouses, following a trend of Illinois drivers and major cruise lines prohibiting the use of camera-equipped smart glasses over recording and safety concerns. Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Dan Moren Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: blackhat.com/us-26 and use code TWIT bitwarden.com/twit rippling.ai/tnw framer.com/tnw joindeleteme.com/twit-biz
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Dan Moren joins Mikah Sargent this week! XBOX resets itself. Wealthy families are leaning towards AI tutors to better prepare their kids. AI is starting to get into the "Wrapped" trend with users' data. And New York is the first US state to ban the use of smart glasses in courthouses. Microsoft laid off thousands more Xbox employees this week, and spun off gaming studios such as Compulsion Games and Double Fine, as the division struggles with thin margins & rising hardware costs. Wealthy families are pulling kids from public school for pricey new programs like Alpha School and Forge Prep that swap teachers for AI "guides" and lessons in business skills, despite no data proving they work. Anthropic debuted a new tool called Reflect, reminiscent of Spotify's "Wrapped" feature, that gives Claude users a usage dashboard with quiet hours, break reminders, and insights into their habits, though it requires memory to be turned on. And New York became the first US state to ban the use of smart glasses in courthouses, following a trend of Illinois drivers and major cruise lines prohibiting the use of camera-equipped smart glasses over recording and safety concerns. Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Dan Moren Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: blackhat.com/us-26 and use code TWIT bitwarden.com/twit rippling.ai/tnw framer.com/tnw joindeleteme.com/twit-biz
StarFox, Sony ending physical games, the price of Steam Machine, Metroid Ravenous, and lots more on this fresh and new Big Deal. Thanks for listening! Fine Time on Bluesky: @fineti.me Andre: @pizzadinosaur.fineti.me Steve: @monotonegent.fineti.me Kevin: @kevinflevin89.fineti.me [00:00] Intro [02:08] StarFox [54:32] Break Time [56:44] Splatoon Raiders Direct [01:06:18] Steam Machine Is Crazy Expensive! [01:14:53] Sony Ending Game Discs In January 2028 [01:33:30] Metroid Ravenous [01:39:16] Pee [01:49:17] Bye!
Does your dog buy digital? No? That's why. 0:00 - Gameplay footage? No, what's important is you pay full price for GTA VI now! 24:45 - The Steam Machine is expensive but hey, what else is new? 36:45 - To buy or not to buy a Switch 2. That is the question. If you missed Saturday's live broadcast of Molehill Mountain, you can watch the video replay on YouTube. Alternatively, you can catch audio versions of the show on iTunes. Molehill Mountain streams live at 7p PST every Saturday night! Credits: Molehill Mountain is hosted by Andrew Eisen. Music in the show includes "To the Top" by Silent Partner. It is in the public domain and free to use. Molehill Mountain logo by Scott Hepting. Chat Transcript: 6:58 PM@addictedtochaos2PlayStation is dead to me. 6:58 PM@jaredknisely6213is it 90 pls in san diego too? 6:59 PM@addictedtochaos2It was 105 here yesterday, but a storm just came through and now it is 70. 6:59 PM@addictedtochaos2My bedroom is 95 7:00 PM@addictedtochaos2I spent all day at the movies yesterday just to beat the heat. 7:03 PM@addictedtochaos2Just got a commercial mid-sentence 7:04 PM@addictedtochaos2I wanted GTA VI, but no physical edition is an absolute dealbreaker. 7:05 PM@jaredknisely6213im not suprised by the steam machine price/my ssd that i bought in jan of last year 4x'ed in price 7:12 PM@addictedtochaos2It is almost certainly the case. 7:13 PM@addictedtochaos2From how they had it worded, it sounds like there are in game missions and activities locked to the ultimate edition. 7:16 PM@addictedtochaos2I'm buying the Godzilla remaster instead, it comes out on the same day as GTA. 7:17 PM@jaredknisely6213OT will probably be a holiday release 7:18 PM@jaredknisely6213you can blame sony for that choice 7:19 PM@jaredknisely6213rockstar knew 7:21 PM@jaredknisely6213on the other hand, the OS is open source 7:21 PM@addictedtochaos2The industry will price itself to extinction. 7:21 PM@jaredknisely6213which is awesome 7:22 PM@jaredknisely6213steam said, build your own here's the code 7:29 PM@addictedtochaos2Was interested in the Steam machine, as I don't have a gaming PC, then they announced the price and my interest died immediately. 7:34 PM@addictedtochaos2The proprietary component cables were for GameCube, the Wii supported 3rd party cables. 7:35 PM@jaredknisely6213i bought the switch in 2020 and got odyssey last week 7:36 PM@addictedtochaos2The gaming industry as a whole disgusts me lately. 7:38 PM@jaredknisely6213i still havent got the game yet 7:38 PM@addictedtochaos2I get that they are a business and need to be profitable, but the unending greed is just too much. 7:38 PM@jaredknisely6213could ask you to play dusk bloods 7:39 PM@jaredknisely6213 7:57 PM@addictedtochaos2According to sales data PlayStation's first party games tend to sell more physical rather digital. 7:57 PM@addictedtochaos2I'm not buying a PS6 either. 7:58 PM@addictedtochaos2Purely a spreadsheet move. 7:59 PM@addictedtochaos2My backlog of 5,000+ games will last me the rest of my life. 8:00 PM@addictedtochaos2Shelly long 8:02 PM@addictedtochaos2Upside the president of Nintendo did say that the goal isn't just to increase digital sales, but game sales overall, including physical games. 8:02 PM@jaredknisely6213but the switch as physical stuff 8:03 PM@addictedtochaos2Should buy one before another price increase. 8:03 PM@jaredknisely6213and a little less scummy than sony 8:04 PM@addictedtochaos2I think the Switch 2 version contains the Switch 1 version as well. 8:05 PM@addictedtochaos2There are also plenty of Switch games that play better on Switch 2 8:18 PM@addictedtochaos2Thankfully transferring data from Switch 1 to 2 is easy and straightforward.
Dan Moren joins Mikah Sargent this week! XBOX resets itself. Wealthy families are leaning towards AI tutors to better prepare their kids. AI is starting to get into the "Wrapped" trend with users' data. And New York is the first US state to ban the use of smart glasses in courthouses. Microsoft laid off thousands more Xbox employees this week, and spun off gaming studios such as Compulsion Games and Double Fine, as the division struggles with thin margins & rising hardware costs. Wealthy families are pulling kids from public school for pricey new programs like Alpha School and Forge Prep that swap teachers for AI "guides" and lessons in business skills, despite no data proving they work. Anthropic debuted a new tool called Reflect, reminiscent of Spotify's "Wrapped" feature, that gives Claude users a usage dashboard with quiet hours, break reminders, and insights into their habits, though it requires memory to be turned on. And New York became the first US state to ban the use of smart glasses in courthouses, following a trend of Illinois drivers and major cruise lines prohibiting the use of camera-equipped smart glasses over recording and safety concerns. Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Dan Moren Download or subscribe to Tech News Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/tech-news-weekly. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free audio and video feeds, a members-only Discord, and exclusive content. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: blackhat.com/us-26 and use code TWIT bitwarden.com/twit rippling.ai/tnw framer.com/tnw joindeleteme.com/twit-biz
Amanda, Rich, and Andrew chat about Rabbitcon board games, the Steam Machine, and more. Board Games: Nightshift, Hot Streak, Dogfight 1917, Sagrada, and Lord of the Rings: The King's Gambit. Video Games: Starfox Demo, Forensics: Crime Scene Detective Demo, Calame demo, and FF7 Rebirth. To contact us, email call@gamerswithjobs.com! Send us your thoughts on the show, pressing issues you want to talk about, or whatever else is on your mind. Links & Show Notes.
Prices are getting so high that we may all end up gaming on potatoes soon. Buy yours from Dell.Steam Machine pricing seems ... like pretty much on target actually. DDR price fixing?! No! The dBrand Companion Cube is no more. PC shipments are falling, and Sony agrees that you will own nothing and like it very much. There's so much to be angry about it this episode while we basically shake our heads and laugh it away. Mostly. There might have been crying...Timestamps!00:00 Intro00:39 Patreon02:03 What case would you put in a living room?05:56 Food with Josh07:56 Steam Machine coverage continues15:52 RAM makers accused of price fixing18:03 RTX 5050 9GB may be cancelled21:44 PC shipments fell 7 percent in Q123:43 Now Microsoft says 8GB is fine for Win 1128:30 Sony deleting 551 movies from customer accounts29:54 Windows 10 gets updates for another year30:34 Racing with Josh - NLR fiberglass chair32:31 (In)Security Corner40:20 Gaming Quick Hits57:13 Picks of the Week1:01:08 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
This week we're geeking out about the steam machine rises again (in price), the (real) grinch returns, and a sith in Fallout? Andrea Geeking Out: Persona 3: Reloaded and Alan Wake: Remastered Demon Slayer (just finished) Jonathan Geeking Out : Expedition 33 - ish WaterWorld - ish Knight of the 9? Kingdoms Gaming Steam Machine Price Confirmed https://www.ign.com/articles/steam-machine-price https://www.ign.com/articles/the-steam-machine-was-originally-meant-to-cost-about-750 Todd Howard gives update on Blade Game despite rumors of cancellation https://www.ign.com/articles/bethesda-boss-todd-howard-saw-marvels-blade-in-may-says-arkane-doing-a-really-really-great-job Kojima Teases New Game for upcoming OD video game https://www.ign.com/articles/hideo-kojima-says-upcoming-xbox-horror-game-od-has-a-special-system-for-people-who-are-too-scared-to-keep-playing Movies Sea Of Thieves Movie in the works https://www.ign.com/articles/sea-of-thieves-live-action-movie-in-development-microsoft-confirms Avengers Leaks online! https://www.ign.com/articles/avengers-doomsday-leak-pulled-offline-just-as-it-spreads-across-social-media Jymch Returns! https://www.ign.com/articles/how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-sequel-in-the-works-with-jim-carrey-and-ron-howard TV A Sith Lord in Fallout out? https://www.ign.com/articles/fallout-season-3-adds-star-wars-and-the-good-place-star-manny-jacinto MORE INFO For more Geeks Under Grace: http://www.geeksundergrace.com http://www.twitter.com/geeksundergrace http://www.twitch.tv/geeksundergrace https://geeksundergrace.com/give For more Cody Armour: http://twitter.com/CodyArmour https://www.instagram.com/codyarmour/
We talk more about the FIFA World Cup and the matches I attended in Atlanta. Jersey Jack Pinball has announced a new pinball machine based on Sonic The Hedgehog, and the headlines once again focus on the high price of owning pinball. Find a pinball arcade near you and request it so you can play it for just a dollar or two! The Steam Machine has launched with a price much higher than Valve initially intended due to the RAM and storage shortages. Valve has released a new version of SteamOS that can now run on any AMD desktop - for free. Grand Theft Auto VI will not release with a physical edition on consoles, and it came out later that it will NEVER launch with a physical edition. Then we talk to Jamie from OLR IIDX about Transformers Pinball and the 24th anniversary of Orange Lounge Radio.
David, Devindra, and Jeff call action on Minions & Monsters, enjoy a psychedelic shopping spree with I Love Boosters, and RSVP yes to The Invite. Then they seek explosive vengeance with The Furious.We're making video versions of our reviews! Be sure to follow us on the following platforms: YouTube Tiktok Instagram Threads Thanks to our SPONSOR: BETTERHELP: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit BetterHelp.com/filmcast today to get 10% off.Weekly PlugsDavid - DChen's Instagram channelDevindra - Engadget Podcast: Who needs Valve's Steam Machine? + Why 3D TVs failedJeff - DLC Episode 659 with Steve WattsShownotes (All timestamps are approximate only) What we've been watching (~00:03:38)David - Minions & Monsters, The Invite, Toy Story 5Devindra - I Love Boosters, I Will Find YouJeff - The Invite, Minions & Monsters, Jurassic ParkFeatured Review (~01:14:57) The FuriousSupport David's artistic endeavors at his Patreon and subscribe to his free newsletter Decoding Everything. Check out Jeff Cannata's podcasts DLC and We Have Concerns. Listen to Devindra's podcast with Engadget on all things tech. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com.Credits: Our theme song is by Tim McEwan from The Midnight. This episode was edited by Noah Ross who also created our weekly plugs and spoiler bumper music. Our Slashfilmcourt music comes from Simon Harris. If you'd like to advertise with us or sponsor us, please e-mail slashfilmcast@gmail.com. You can support the podcast by going to patreon.com/filmpodcast or by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts.
This week we talk about Sony, Nintendo, and the Playstation.We also discuss Grand Theft Auto, the 3DO, and digital dark ages.Recommended Book: 3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years by John ScalziTranscriptThe earliest video game consoles that were made to be used in the home, as opposed to being set up in an arcade, were hardwired like their arcade kin. That means rather than being able to play a bunch of different games, they were basically just single-game boxes: you would buy a machine that allowed you to play Pong, for instance, and if you wanted to play another game, even by the same maker, Atari, you would have to buy another whole console with its own screen, controls, etc, to do so.That was the state of the art in the early to mid 1970s. By the late-70s, the concept of swappable games became reality with the introduction of what are called ROM cartridges. ROM stands for read-only memory and is a type of storage common in computers and other devices, which allows whatever you store on it to persist, which is a contrast to RAM, which is the type of memory that determines how much you can do on a device at any given moment, and which disappears when the device is turned off.So these ROM cartridges were kind of like the portion of the hard drive that's used to boot up your computer, storing the bare-basics of the system so it can be initialized and understand how to run all the other software that builds upon that baseline. And that memory was stored in durable, plastic cases that made them usable by ordinary, non-techy people. You could buy a game and handle the cartridge, popping it into your game console hardware and removing it, to make way for another game, over and over and over again, and that use would be unlikely to damage the ROM chip.This same general format was flexible enough that it lasted through the mid-90s, the capacity of the ROM chip continuing to grow as the associated tech improved, and the capabilities of the central console hardware that used these cartridges became more sophisticated. Upgrades were slowly added to the innards of the plastic case, as well, including things like battery backups that enabled saved games, and the Super Nintendo's Super FX chip, which enabled 3D graphics that would have otherwise been impossible with the contemporary state of the art.The next generation of gaming consoles relied on another medium, though, and one that had several benefits over the long-lived game cartridge.CD-ROM discs, which were flat, circular, and contained information that was encoded and read with lasers, had been around in some form since the late-1980s, and were even used in a few early gaming consoles, like the PC Engine CD-ROM, which barely anyone bought, and the Sega-CD add-on for the Sega Genesis, and 3DO consoles, which a few more, but still relatively few people purchased.The release of the first Sony Playstation, now known as the PS1, in 1994 changed that, though, and this shift was partially the result of Sony's impressive game lineup, but was also due to the strength of the CD medium. Each CD-ROM could hold 650-700 MB of information, which was more than 100-times the capacity of the competing Nintendo 64's cartridges.There were downsides to this new standard; CD-ROMs were less durable than plastic-encased cartridges, and they were very slow to load, as well, because information stored in ROM chips could be more or less instantly booted, while the info stored on discs had to be spun up and read first, resulting in sluggish load screens throughout the gaming experience, and especially on the initial boot-up of the system.That said, the far superior storage, and the dramatically reduced cost of these laser-etched discs—cartridges could cost $15-20 apiece to manufacture, while CD-ROMs often cost pennies apiece—that triggered a rapid transition in the gaming world to this new medium. Handheld consoles stuck with cartridges for a lot longer, due to the nature of the use-case and difficulties associated with trying to use spinning discs in portable hardware, but everyone else moved to discs pretty rapidly, after Sony proved the utility of the model, and many aspects of video gaming were upgraded as a result of all that additional storage capacity.That capacity continued to grow as CD-ROM were replaced with DVDs, which could hold 4.7-8.5 GB per disc, again, up from 650-700 MB; the industry made that change in the years 2000 and 2001, with the PS2 and Xbox consoles. And then in 2006, the PS3 moved to Blu-ray discs, which could hold a whopping 25-50 GB per disc, once again resetting gaming expectations—though Xbox stuck with DVDs, and Nintendo's Wii, Wii U, and Gamecube consoles used proprietary disc formats that had a lot lower capacity compared to their competition.Leading into the 2010s, even those Blu-rays were straining under the weight of some big-name, AAA games, some of which required multiple discs and mandatory hard drive installs from those discs, because the scope of these gaming worlds and their high-end graphics required just a stunning amount of space.Video game companies had already started making the shift to digital products in the early 2000s, though, Xbox Live Arcade and the Playstation Store emerging in 2005 and 2006 respectively, and Steam, which popped up in 2003, was making digital downloads for games common on PCs several years earlier.Digital became even more popular in the 20-teens, and in 2020, digital sales of console games surpassed physical sales for the first time. The PS5 and Xbox Series S shipped console versions without disc drives for the first time, and many physical games became basically methods of checking a game's license, to ensure it's not pirated, because the discs installed the game on the console's hard drive, just like a download, anyway.What I'd like to talk about today is the perhaps natural next step in this transition: a recent announcement by Sony that they'll no longer be making disc-based Playstation games beginning in 2028, and why some critics are calling this a worrying and anti-consumer move.—On July 1, 2026, Sony announced that's it's going all-in on digitally delivered games. It will halt production of game discs beginning in January of 2028, and after that, customers will only be able to purchase new games digitally, via their Playstation Store and retailers.This follows another recent announcement by game company Rockstar Games that their massively anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI game, which is set to hit digital shelves on November 19 of this year, will not be available on disc at all; it will be downloadable, and the physical copies customers can buy in stores won't be physical copies at all: it will be a box with a download code inside, which amounts to the same thing—you use the code to download the game, exactly the same as if you had bought it online, but with packaging for that code.That's a big deal because the Grand Theft Auto series is one of the biggest and most popular series in gaming history; other game makers have been scrambling to adjust their own release dates so as not to overlap with this new, highly anticipated game's release; it's expected to be an absolutely massive moment in the gaming world when this new entry in the series finally lands.That said, the writing has been on the wall for the transition to digital games for a while, now. Game company Capcom recently announced that 93% of its game sales were digital in its last fiscal year, and other companies have reported similar numbers; it's currently around 85% for Sony. As a result, many consoles are now shipping models without disc drives, and some, like the recently announced Steam Machine, don't even have a disc-drive version.Digital games are also cheaper to make because the company behind them only has to provide download keys, rather than having to pay some amount for each and every physical item produced, packaged, and shipped, and these companies, and the retailers that sell their games, will never run out of a popular game, which might otherwise be an issue for big released like the aforementioned Grand Theft Auto.There are quite a few downsides to the digitization of games, though, including that in many cases, you don't actually own the games you buy, you just own a license to download and play them. That means if licensing changes, or the storefront through which you bought a game closes, you will likely lose access to that game you bought, without getting any kind of refund.If your account is banned or you lose access to your account for some reason, all your games will suddenly be inaccessible, too. If you don't have access to the internet, allowing your console to phone home and check to make sure you're not pirating things on a regular basis, that might also mean no gaming for you.Almost always, you can't sell or trade digital games, while physical games allow for a thriving secondary market, often allowing gamers to buy old discs and cartridges decades after a game was released, and often for far lower prices. Many of these games can even be played by later consoles that have back-compatibility.Doing away with discs and other physical media is great for companies like Sony, then, because they no longer have to pay to create the individual discs, no longer have to pay for the drives that play the discs, so the price of making consoles drops a bit, and it also means that secondary market for games goes away: if you want to play old games, you have to buy them from Sony, and all those used games already on the secondary market, or a game disc borrowed from a friend, are no longer competition for them, serving as alternatives to the digital version they'd prefer to sell you.Another bigger-picture concern here, though, is that this will make game preservation efforts a lot more difficult, and for many of the same reasons it will make maintaining a library and back-catalog of games difficult for consumers.Often, when a video game store shuts down, either for economic reasons or because it sells content for devices that are no longer maintained, those games and other content also go away. Sometimes they can remain on those older devices, and sometimes the digital rights management software, the DRM in that content and on those devices auto-deletes games from the hardware.Right now, for instance, Sony is saying that after it halts digital sales of PS3 and Vita games, that halting taking place over the next year, players will still be able to download their previously purchased content for the foreseeable future. That ‘foreseeable future' phrasing is doing a lot of work, there, though, and historically this kind of shut down has eventually become a full shut down, a lot of games, those that haven't been carried over to new stores to be played as vintage options on newer consoles, have simply disappeared; maybe still existing on some old hardware somewhere, if it wasn't deleted by DRM, but maybe not. In either case, preserving that software for historic research and archiving purposes becomes very difficult and expensive, at least compared to archiving the same game on a disc or cartridge.That closure of the PS3 and Vita stores, for example, is expected to result in the loss of about 2,200 digital-only games that will no longer be available for purchase, and of those, about 138 are not available on any other platform, and will thus essentially disappear.This game industry concern echoes larger concerns about what's called a digital dark age: a moment in time, maybe just a few years, maybe a few decades long during which a whole lot of the content that was created and available, disappears, possibly because of outdated file formats, maybe because the storage mediums that were used didn't hold up over time, or possibly because the data from the era was somehow corrupted, encrypted, or decayed.There's concern that a whole lot of information from the early personal computing era will disappear from historical records, for instance, because the floppy disks on which a lot of that information was stored are obsolete and thus increasingly difficult to access; few people have hardware that allows them to use floppy disks, these days.CD-ROMs, DVDs, and other optical discs are also a concern because of so-called disc rot, which refers to the chemical degradation of this storage medium. Many such discs are prone to failure because of light damage, the oxidation of their reflective layer, and the de-bonding of the adhesive that was used to hold the disc's multiple layers together.A lot of seemingly archival media might then degrade, even after being stored in a seemingly long-term fashion, which could also contribute to a dark age moment, a whole period's worth of data and entertainment and art lost because the CDs and DVDs on which they were stored simply fell apart before they could be converted to a longer-form medium. This could serve as an argument in favor of digitization, then, because many of the mediums on which these games are currently stored might degrade, anyway, and moving them to hard drives, rather than discs, could serve as a superior long-term home.That said, the concern with digitizing everything is similar, in that media made available for online purchase is simply stored in a hard drive somewhere else on the planet. If something happens to the data centers in which these games are stored, or those data centers are needed for another, more profitable purpose, or a bunch of them are destroyed in a conflict, that could result in the same outcome as disc rot and the storage of data in formats that are no longer accessible.It also makes these games susceptible to economics, though, because if the company behind them decides it's time to move on, there won't be physical copies archivists can scoop up and save; they could try to download these games, but often the nature of the software, of the DRM that keeps them from being pirated, hinders or prevents such efforts.The digitization of gaming and the shift away from physical copies of games seems to be inevitable at this point, and there are a lot of good economic, technological, and convenience reasons for it.There are quite a few downsides to this evolution as well, though, including those that negatively impact game consumers, alongside many of the same issues that threaten other types of media and data. And we don't, technologically or civilizationally, have solutions for those problems yet. And that gap could someday result in massive gulfs in our knowledge and documentation of this moment in video gaming history.Show Noteshttps://blog.archive.org/2026/04/23/gone-but-not-forgotten-recovering-the-dead-web/https://www.engadget.com/2207297/playstation-just-struck-a-hammer-blow-to-game-preservation/https://www.engadget.com/forza-horizon-4-will-be-pulled-from-digital-stores-and-game-pass-in-december-134510642.htmlhttps://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/03/why-game-archivists-are-dreading-this-months-3ds-wii-u-eshop-shutdown/https://www.engadget.com/2205792/sony-will-stop-making-disc-based-playstation-games-starting-2028/https://www.engadget.com/2207546/sony-repurposing-austrian-playstation-disc-factory/https://www.engadget.com/2206315/xbox-is-reportedly-testing-a-way-to-digitize-your-disc-based-games/https://www.engadget.com/2205792/sony-will-stop-making-disc-based-playstation-games-starting-2028/https://www.theverge.com/report/960173/microsoft-xbox-disc-to-digital-feature-physical-game-collectionhttps://www.theverge.com/games/956389/grand-theft-auto-6-gta-digital-code-in-box-physical-gameshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_dark_agehttps://longnow.org/ideas/shining-a-light-on-the-digital-dark-age/https://www.americanscientist.org/article/avoiding-a-digital-dark-agehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_game_consoleshttps://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/history-of-game-media/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_rot This is a public episode. 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Your favorite Blerds are back brining you all of their thoughts on everything happening in nerd culture. This week, Shannon, Jaja and James are talking the biggest news of last week, Sony decding to permanently move away from physical game discs. What does this mean for the future of gaming? We're also checking in on some other vide game news, and doing a light recap of announcements from Anime Expo 2026. Make sure to subscribe to us on Youtube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your podcast app of choice! Chapters 00:00-Nerdy Things 04:17-Gaming News: Indie Games Fund and Final Fantasy Remakes 09:10-Steam Machine and Its Competitors 17:39-PlayStation's Shift to Digital-Only Media 24:18-The Shift to Digital Gaming 28:13-The Implications of Digital Ownership 30:59-Next-Gen Console Costs and Industry Trends 35:06-Xbox's Digital Future and Game Licensing 39:03-The Uncertainty in Game Development 41:28-Anime Expo Highlights and Upcoming Releases 45:06-Upcoming Anime Trailers and Releases 46:16-Anticipation for Anime Movies 46:45-Anime Games: Trends and Innovations 48:42-Exploring New Genres in Anime Gaming 49:42-Anime Expo Highlights and Announcements 50:14-TV and Movie News: New Projects and Releases 55:05-X-Men '97: A Nostalgic Return Follow Us! https://linktr.ee/blerdsnerds National Resources List https://linktr.ee/NationalResourcesList Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK56I-TNUnhKhcWLZxoUTaw Email us: Blerdsnerds@gmail.com Follow Our Social: https://www.instagram.com/blerdsnerds/ https://twitter.com/BlerdsNerds https://www.facebook.com/blerdsnerds https://tiktok.com/blerdsnerds_pod Shannon: https://www.instagram.com/luv_shenanigans James: https://www.instagram.com/llsuavej Jaja: https://www.instagram.com/jajasmith3
The Gi crew discuss Sony ending support for Blu-Ray discs on their consoles, RAM companies colluding to F us over, Steam Machine's blowing up, GTA 6 being locked at 30fps and more.
Valve's Steam Machine reviews are in — and the verdict is brutal: by most measures it's slightly less powerful than a base PS5 while costing more than double. We break down the benchmarks, why Valve went semi-custom on the chips, and whether "access to the entire Steam library" is worth the price of admission. Before that, we go deep on Escape from Tarkov's first-ever season, Cord Breach — the new seasonal character system, the Path of Exile-style trait modifiers, the Kappa protocol, and whether this shakes up the Tarkov loop for good. Then it's War Dogs: the alpha impressions are rolling in, the hype is real, and the only "complaints" are people mad about camping in a large-scale warfare game. Plus: Sony is killing physical disc production for new PlayStation games in 2028 — do you even own your games anymore? And one last Call of Duty story from our CoD heritage: Warzone's cheater problem has never been worse, to the point streamers are teaming up mid-match just to survive. Jake sees the upside, Raz calls it like he sees it. 0:00 - Intro & Happy 4th of July 1:26 - This Week In Gaming (the rundown) 2:33 - Tarkov's First-Ever Season: Cord Breach 9:22 - Breaking Down The Seasonal Traits 21:28 - The Kappa Question & Big-Ticket Perks 26:46 - Neutral, Season-Wide Modifiers 29:44 - The Negative Traits 39:18 - Verdict: Is Cord Breach Worth It? 39:32 - Seasonal vs. Permanent Characters 47:03 - War Dogs Alpha: The Hype Builds 1:00:31 - Sony Kills The Disc (2028) 1:10:26 - Do You Even Own Your Games? 1:17:06 - Steam Machine: Impressive Hardware, Baffling Price 1:22:26 - Benchmarks: Weaker Than A PS5 For Double 1:33:24 - How Chips Are Made & The Silicon Lottery 1:34:16 - One Last CoD Story: Warzone's Cheater Hell 1:39:55 - Landing The Plane _Note: timestamps may be slightly misaligned on podcast apps (but not on YouTube) due to dynamic ads._ The podcast is available wherever you listen to podcasts, and ad-free & early access versions - as well as bonus episodes - are available to all of our Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thedropshot) supporters. We stream the podcast live on our YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/thedropshotpodcast) every Saturday morning at ~9 o'clock Pacific Time. We typically start the stream 30 minutes early to answer viewer questions, banter, and chat. Links for everything are below. Thanks for checking us out!
The Gi crew discuss Sony ending support for Blu-Ray discs on their consoles, RAM companies colluding to F us over, Steam Machine's blowing up, GTA 6 being locked at 30fps and more.
This week, Will is joined by Tested's Norman Chan to dig deep into their extensive hands on testing with the Steam Machine, including how it fits into Valve's burgeoning hardware ecosystem, performance testing, how console-y it actually is, whether you could use it as a more traditional desktop, pricing in the rampocalypse, and even answer some questions from the audience. Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, a monthly bonus episode, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod
Star Fox, Adventures of Elliot, and a now-quaint lil' discussion on physical games (recorded prior to PlayStation's bombshell announcement). 00:47 – Nicknames 06:47 – Star Fox 19:32 – The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales 28:57 – Microsoft, Steam Machines, GTA 6, and more!
Kirk, Jason, and Maddy talk about how the affordability crisis is impacting gaming, reading some listener emails to talk about how people pay for games these days. Plus: we've got Steam Machines and have some thoughts. Those two topics are very related! One More Thing: Kirk: Steam Machine Maddy: Balance: A Perimenopause Journey Jason: Steam Machine LINKS: Strong Songs Live! July 11, Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland. Livestream Tickets HERE Chris Person's review of the Steam Machine for Aftermath Kirk's Rhythm Heaven stream: Friday, July 3, 7PM Eastern on the Triple Click YouTube Help support this show and unlock bonus content! Become a member at https://maximumfun.org/jointripleclick
Gaming hosts Josh, Ryan, and Ace are back with another This Week in Gaming as they break down the latest headlines making waves across the industry. We're talking Steam Machine pricing, Bungie layoffs, and the biggest stories keeping the gaming community buzzing. We've got all the gaming news you need in one episode. If you love staying on top of video games, this is the place to be. Catch up on the latest in gaming and all the biggest discussions surrounding video games on the Video Gamers Podcast! Thanks to our MYTHIC Supporters: Redletter, Disratory, Ol' Jake, Gaius, Jigglepuf, Phelps and NorwegianGreaser, Dettmarp and NightWizard63 Thanks to our Legendary Supporters: HypnoticPyro, PeopleWonder, Bobby S. Connect with the show: Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/videogamerspod Join our Gaming Community: https://discord.gg/h2cHKAvSmu Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/videogamerspod/ Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/VideoGamersPod Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@VideoGamersPod?sub_confirmation=1 Visit us on the web:https://videogamerspod.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Public ire toward AI keeps growing as the data center boom continues to hit people's pockets. Chris Person joins Paris Marx to discuss the soaring cost of consumer electronics, including why prices are unlikely to fall anytime soon, and how people can experiment with homespun cyberpunk tech.Chris Person is a co-founder of Aftermath and makes Highlight Reel.The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson. Support the show on Patreon.Also mentioned in this episode:You can now pre-order Paris's new book Hyperscale.Chris mentioned the BC250, an e-waste machine he's written about recently.Chris also wrote a review of the Steam Machine.Xbox and Apple both announced price hikes this month.Stock prices for memory companies like SK Hynix are hitting record highs.Support the show
Nick Cage takes on yet another new and exciting role, everyone braces for layoffs, Dead or Alive 6 gets re-released for some weird reason, the Steam Machine lottery happened (?), Star Fox 64 gets remade yet again, and more! There's never been a better time to play (Nintendo 64) video games? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
With Grand Theft Auto VI finally launching this November, we've been left without a key piece of information: Its price. Conjecture and prognostication has run rampant, but now we have confirmation that GTA6's base cost is $80 in the United States, with a $100 version offering players some perks and unlocks. With our long-awaited trip down to Leonida drawing closer on the horizon, we've much to discuss, including our hype level, whether we'll buy the base or special edition, the lack of a real physical version, and -- perhaps most intriguingly -- no new trailer or gameplay videos to help sell a product that (let's be honest) probably doesn't need much help to begin with. Other news this week includes significant layoffs at Sony-owned Bungie, indications that God of War: Laufey may launch as early as Q1 2027, more delisted shovelware tripe removed from PlayStation Store, executive-level issues at FromSoft, and more. Then: Listener inquiries! What's with Steam Machine's absurd price? Should Sony look to invest in any of Xbox's distressed assets? Why did PlayStation even bother publishing Midnight Murder Club if they were only going to ignore it? Will Chris and Colin one day have their shared ex-psychiatrist on the show to discuss our many mental ailments? Timestamps: Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. 0:00 - Intro22:50 - Happy Birthday nerd35:46 - Trophy hunting37:10 - Chris has a new voice47:15 - Release the files55:38 - The Green Reaper57:31 - GTA VI "plays best" on PlayStation 51:46:15 - Bungie lays of hundreds2:11:09 - Bungie pitched a Destiny dating game2:15:35 - God of War: Laufey might launch in Q1 20272:17:02 - Deborah Ann Woll claims Laufey was pitched in 20182:25:06 - PlayStation Store shovelware developer bites the dust2:30:53 - Kadokawa says Fromsoft is being mismanaged2:39:21 - Tencent exits from several game studio investments2:43:47 - What We're Playing (Pragmata, LEGO Batman, Luna Abyss, GTA: San Andreas)3:05:33 - Steam Machine pricing3:26:19 - Could Sony invest in XBOX?3:31:15 - What's next for Sony?3:40:03 - Midnight Murder Club received its final update3:46:05 - Is gambling software okay?3:54:55 - Should Sony stick to its existing IP catalog? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Gi crew talk the Steam Machine's pricing, GTA 6 being $100, PS6 being over $1000, Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy, Xenoverse 3, Beast of Reincarnation and more!
Marques, Andrew, and David jump right into this week talking about the Slate truck and whether they think it's actually going to ship. Then they discuss the Steam Machine and whether or not gamers can actually afford it. After that, they wrap it all up with the new Meta Glasses and some trivia. Enjoy! Links: Auto Focus - Slate truck video Dave2D - Steam machine Linus Tech Tips - Building a Steam Machine Nothing 4b tweet 9to5Mac - iOS 27 RCS Beta Verge - Steam Machine released Verge - Steam Machine not subsidized Verge - Meta launches Meta Glasses This episode brought to you by: Framer: https://www.framer.com/wave Shopify: https://www.shopify.com/wave Follow us on socials: Marques: https://twitter.com/MKBHD Andrew: https://www.instagram.com/andrew_manganelli/ David: https://www.instagram.com/davidimel/ Adam: https://www.instagram.com/parmesanpapi17/ Ellis: https://twitter.com/EllisRovin Waveform: Twitter: https://twitter.com/WVFRM Threads: https://www.threads.net/@waveformpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/waveformpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@waveformpodcast Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/mkbhd Intro/Outro music by 20syl: https://bit.ly/2S53xlC Waveform is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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