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PC makers are shaking up CES with wild designs and next-gen chips, but the real story is Microsoft's bold software moves, AI's hardware hunger, and a candid debate over whether any tech company still puts users first. Come for the Windows updates, stay for the whisky warnings and robot bathroom assistants. CES 2026 is here with the 4K hummingbird feeder of your dreams New PCs and more from HP consumers/commercial, HP gamers, Lenovo, others The first official Copilot+ PC desktops Snapdragon X2 Plus joins X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme Intel Panther Lake has meaningful CPU and graphics performance gains, but predictable reliability issues AMD Ryzen AI 400 series is a minor bump Windows Paul was the first to report that Microsoft is refactoring it all with Rust A Microsoft distinguished engineer wrote about his desire to refactor all C/C++ code in the company with Rust by 2030 Some mistook this to mean "rewriting Windows with Rust,ˮ so he had to issue a clarification. But I never wrote that. Heads-up: That will happen, but this is really about Azure first and the core underlying code in Microsoftʼs most important platforms Microsoft released hardware-accelerated BitLocker in late 2025 and never told anyone. It requires the latest PC CPUs Copilot app update that adds text editing actions to Copilot Vision across channels Dev and Beta got first previews of AI agents on the Taskbar, starting with the Researcher agent, plus underlying Agent Launchers experience IDC says the global memory shortage (thanks, AI!) could screw up PC and smartphone growth this year AI ChatGPT now has an app store, but it has a ways to go Mozilla Firefox will have a "killswitchˮ for AI Our national nightmare will soon be over, LG will let users remove Copilot app from their smart TVs Xbox and gaming First Xbox Game Pass releases of 2026 include Resident Evil Village and Star Wars Outlaws Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to Hisense smart TVs and to the latest Fire TV smart TVs GOG goes independent, will continue DRM-free push "Have a blastˮ and other FPS throwbacks from the 1990s Valve quietly killed the LCD Steam Deck model Tips and picks Tip of the week: Itʼs time to give Little AI a look App pick of the week: Bonjourr RunAs Radio this week: What AI can do for SysAdmins in 2026 with Cecilia Wiren Brown liquor pick of the week: The Singleton of Dufftown 12 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: threatlocker.com/twit cachefly.com/twit

PC makers are shaking up CES with wild designs and next-gen chips, but the real story is Microsoft's bold software moves, AI's hardware hunger, and a candid debate over whether any tech company still puts users first. Come for the Windows updates, stay for the whisky warnings and robot bathroom assistants. CES 2026 is here with the 4K hummingbird feeder of your dreams New PCs and more from HP consumers/commercial, HP gamers, Lenovo, others The first official Copilot+ PC desktops Snapdragon X2 Plus joins X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme Intel Panther Lake has meaningful CPU and graphics performance gains, but predictable reliability issues AMD Ryzen AI 400 series is a minor bump Windows Paul was the first to report that Microsoft is refactoring it all with Rust A Microsoft distinguished engineer wrote about his desire to refactor all C/C++ code in the company with Rust by 2030 Some mistook this to mean "rewriting Windows with Rust,ˮ so he had to issue a clarification. But I never wrote that. Heads-up: That will happen, but this is really about Azure first and the core underlying code in Microsoftʼs most important platforms Microsoft released hardware-accelerated BitLocker in late 2025 and never told anyone. It requires the latest PC CPUs Copilot app update that adds text editing actions to Copilot Vision across channels Dev and Beta got first previews of AI agents on the Taskbar, starting with the Researcher agent, plus underlying Agent Launchers experience IDC says the global memory shortage (thanks, AI!) could screw up PC and smartphone growth this year AI ChatGPT now has an app store, but it has a ways to go Mozilla Firefox will have a "killswitchˮ for AI Our national nightmare will soon be over, LG will let users remove Copilot app from their smart TVs Xbox and gaming First Xbox Game Pass releases of 2026 include Resident Evil Village and Star Wars Outlaws Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to Hisense smart TVs and to the latest Fire TV smart TVs GOG goes independent, will continue DRM-free push "Have a blastˮ and other FPS throwbacks from the 1990s Valve quietly killed the LCD Steam Deck model Tips and picks Tip of the week: Itʼs time to give Little AI a look App pick of the week: Bonjourr RunAs Radio this week: What AI can do for SysAdmins in 2026 with Cecilia Wiren Brown liquor pick of the week: The Singleton of Dufftown 12 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: threatlocker.com/twit cachefly.com/twit

PC makers are shaking up CES with wild designs and next-gen chips, but the real story is Microsoft's bold software moves, AI's hardware hunger, and a candid debate over whether any tech company still puts users first. Come for the Windows updates, stay for the whisky warnings and robot bathroom assistants. CES 2026 is here with the 4K hummingbird feeder of your dreams New PCs and more from HP consumers/commercial, HP gamers, Lenovo, others The first official Copilot+ PC desktops Snapdragon X2 Plus joins X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme Intel Panther Lake has meaningful CPU and graphics performance gains, but predictable reliability issues AMD Ryzen AI 400 series is a minor bump Windows Paul was the first to report that Microsoft is refactoring it all with Rust A Microsoft distinguished engineer wrote about his desire to refactor all C/C++ code in the company with Rust by 2030 Some mistook this to mean "rewriting Windows with Rust,ˮ so he had to issue a clarification. But I never wrote that. Heads-up: That will happen, but this is really about Azure first and the core underlying code in Microsoftʼs most important platforms Microsoft released hardware-accelerated BitLocker in late 2025 and never told anyone. It requires the latest PC CPUs Copilot app update that adds text editing actions to Copilot Vision across channels Dev and Beta got first previews of AI agents on the Taskbar, starting with the Researcher agent, plus underlying Agent Launchers experience IDC says the global memory shortage (thanks, AI!) could screw up PC and smartphone growth this year AI ChatGPT now has an app store, but it has a ways to go Mozilla Firefox will have a "killswitchˮ for AI Our national nightmare will soon be over, LG will let users remove Copilot app from their smart TVs Xbox and gaming First Xbox Game Pass releases of 2026 include Resident Evil Village and Star Wars Outlaws Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to Hisense smart TVs and to the latest Fire TV smart TVs GOG goes independent, will continue DRM-free push "Have a blastˮ and other FPS throwbacks from the 1990s Valve quietly killed the LCD Steam Deck model Tips and picks Tip of the week: Itʼs time to give Little AI a look App pick of the week: Bonjourr RunAs Radio this week: What AI can do for SysAdmins in 2026 with Cecilia Wiren Brown liquor pick of the week: The Singleton of Dufftown 12 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: threatlocker.com/twit cachefly.com/twit

PC makers are shaking up CES with wild designs and next-gen chips, but the real story is Microsoft's bold software moves, AI's hardware hunger, and a candid debate over whether any tech company still puts users first. Come for the Windows updates, stay for the whisky warnings and robot bathroom assistants. CES 2026 is here with the 4K hummingbird feeder of your dreams New PCs and more from HP consumers/commercial, HP gamers, Lenovo, others The first official Copilot+ PC desktops Snapdragon X2 Plus joins X2 Elite and X2 Elite Extreme Intel Panther Lake has meaningful CPU and graphics performance gains, but predictable reliability issues AMD Ryzen AI 400 series is a minor bump Windows Paul was the first to report that Microsoft is refactoring it all with Rust A Microsoft distinguished engineer wrote about his desire to refactor all C/C++ code in the company with Rust by 2030 Some mistook this to mean "rewriting Windows with Rust,ˮ so he had to issue a clarification. But I never wrote that. Heads-up: That will happen, but this is really about Azure first and the core underlying code in Microsoftʼs most important platforms Microsoft released hardware-accelerated BitLocker in late 2025 and never told anyone. It requires the latest PC CPUs Copilot app update that adds text editing actions to Copilot Vision across channels Dev and Beta got first previews of AI agents on the Taskbar, starting with the Researcher agent, plus underlying Agent Launchers experience IDC says the global memory shortage (thanks, AI!) could screw up PC and smartphone growth this year AI ChatGPT now has an app store, but it has a ways to go Mozilla Firefox will have a "killswitchˮ for AI Our national nightmare will soon be over, LG will let users remove Copilot app from their smart TVs Xbox and gaming First Xbox Game Pass releases of 2026 include Resident Evil Village and Star Wars Outlaws Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to Hisense smart TVs and to the latest Fire TV smart TVs GOG goes independent, will continue DRM-free push "Have a blastˮ and other FPS throwbacks from the 1990s Valve quietly killed the LCD Steam Deck model Tips and picks Tip of the week: Itʼs time to give Little AI a look App pick of the week: Bonjourr RunAs Radio this week: What AI can do for SysAdmins in 2026 with Cecilia Wiren Brown liquor pick of the week: The Singleton of Dufftown 12 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: threatlocker.com/twit cachefly.com/twit

We've officially begun the new year of 2026, and with that comes the outlook for the year, and of course, when it comes to gaming, the most important part of that is the actual games. Sean and Randy will give their thoughts on what the Big 3 will do this year with Nintendo, Xbox, and PlayStation. Plus, also look at PC Gaming and what's going to happen with the PC component increases and the Steam Machine, too. Then, of course, it's all about the Video Games as the duo give their Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2026 as well!You can also watch this episode in video form on the W2M Network Youtube Channel, please give us a like, comment on the episode, and give the channel a subscribe and follow as well: https://youtube.com/live/kZghWsaX1ZwListen as a podcast and give us a review on these platforms... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ag/podcast/video-games-2-the-max/id886092740Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2wjd0u3xO7TdAm4gKRM44LAmazon: https://www.audible.com/pd/Video-Games-2-the-MAX-Podcast/B08JJPTZTWPodchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/video-games-2-the-max-181386Podcast Addict: https://podcastaddict.com/?podId=2465904IHeart Radio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-video-games-2-the-m-28438312/ Check out other W2M Network Shows Latest Otalku Cafe Episode (Anime): https://youtube.com/live/Qb4oMfjJn90Radulich in Broadcasting's Wake Up Dead Man: Knives Out Review: https://youtube.com/live/ZoMHLQEn8UERadulich in Broadcasting's Five Nights At Freddy's 2 Review: https://youtube.com/live/bsN0GmgYWBoFollow on X (Twitter), Blue Sky, Instagram & TikTokSean on Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/W2MSeanSean on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/w2msean.bsky.socialSean on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sgarmer05Sean on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sgarmer05/Marc on Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/HumanityPlagueFollow Us on all W2M Network Social Media Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/w2mnetworkFollow us on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/w2mnetworkFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/w2mnetwork/Follow Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/W2MNetwork

Is Nintendo DOOMED? Um, guys? Has anyone else noticed that Nintendo has been KIND OF OFF lately???MORE PLACES TO FIND USCrubscribe ► https://bit.ly/CrubcastGet the show early and get exclusive content at our Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/crubOur Crubcasts are recorded LIVE at https://www.twitch.tv/crub_official every Tuesday at 7pm Eastern, with EXCLUSIVE Pre- and Post-ShowsJoin our Discord ► https://crub.org/joinBlueSky ► https://bsky.app/profile/crub.orgCome join our Steam group ► https://steamcommunity.com/groups/crubclubPodcasts are available on Apple, Google, Spotify, and other platforms are available at ► https://crub.orgSHOW NOTESChris made a review/talky boi about the Legends ZA Mega Dimension DLC, click in if you want to know more about it:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns3-lsnr8TQTODAY'S CRUBCAST HOSTSChris: https://www.youtube.com/@MykonosFanKevin: https://www.youtube.com/@TheGoldenBoltNicco: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl56kbl3tb-KiGEHT7MUGUgTrav: https://www.youtube.com/@ThatTravGuyCHAPTERS00:00 Nintendoomers08:52 All time low FOMO16:06 Are we out of touch? No...it must be the others...19:01 What could get us excited in 2026?29:57 "This is gonna be ragebait for sure"37:41 PlayStation is also missing that "hearts and minds" sentimentality, in fairness53:57 No one is prepared for the Valve downfall...1:02:35 Achievements, do people still like em? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Interview with Ankur Kalra, MD

Au programme :C'est l'épisode traditionnel GotY ! Cette année on est encore plus nombreux que d'habitude, pour encore plus de jeux et de discussions que d'habitudes. Enjoy!---Infos :Animé par Patrick Beja (Bluesky, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok)Produit par Patrick Beja (LinkedIn) et Fanny Cohen MoreauMusique par Daniel Beja.Le Rendez-vous Jeux épisode 429 – Les jeux les plus attendus de 2026Liens :

Hey Strangers,#valve #ai #gaming What is maladaptive daydreaming?Discourse is swirling around Steam's AI labelling after Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney doubled down on calling out the platform's handling of such assets. In response to someone claiming the category is unnecessary, an artist at Valve says it's crucial for allowing people to make informed purchases.Matt Workman, a cinematographer and motion capture specialist, posts on Twitter that "Steam and all digital marketplaces need to drop the 'Made with AI' label,” because he believes it's becoming meaningless. Ayi Sánchez, an artist who's contributed to Counter-Strike at Valve, disagrees."This is like saying food products shouldn't have their ingredients list. Consumers should have the information to decide if they want to buy something or not depending on its content," he says. "The only people afraid of this are the ones that know their product is low effort."**************************************************My other podcast https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKpvBEElSl1dD72Y5gtepkw**************************************************article links:https://www.gamesradar.com/games/valve-artist-says-thats-like-saying-food-products-shouldnt-have-their-ingredients-list-as-epics-tim-sweeney-and-more-call-on-steam-to-drop-the-made-with-ai-label/======================================Today is for push-ups and Programming, and I am all done doing push-ups Discordhttps://discord.gg/MYvNgYYFxqTikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@strangestcoderYoutubehttps://www.youtube.com/@codingwithstrangersTwitchhttps://www.twitch.tv/CodingWithStrangersTwitterhttps://twitter.com/strangestcoderBlueSkyhttps://bsky.app/profile/strangestcoder.bsky.socialmerchSupport CodingWithStrangers IRL by purchasing some merch. All merch purchases include an alert: https://streamlabs.com/codingwithstrangers/merchGithubFollow my works of chaos https://github.com/codingwithstrangersTipshttps://streamlabs.com/codingwithstrangers/tipPatreonpatreon.com/TheStrangersTimeline00:00 Cold Open02:06 Greeting04:00 What are we talking about 10:20 My Thoughts12:10 outro anything else?Take CareSend in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coding-with-strangers/message

W tym ostatnim odcinku mijającego roku wspominamy z gościem tradycję grania w Tomb Raidera, podsumowujemy dobre i złe chwile branży w 2025 roku oraz zastanawiamy się, jak rosnące ceny kości pamięci RAM wpłyną na przyszłe generacje sprzętu. Co z zabawkami od Valve, jak maluje się przyszłość przenośnych komputerowo‑konsol i czy deweloperzy będą skłaniać się ku [...]

(00:00:00) 10 Profezie per il 2026 (e le mutande tassate) (00:00:29) Inizio del 2026 (00:00:40) Previsioni tecnologiche del 2026 (00:02:10) Il lancio di GTA 6 (00:09:58) Il mondo del gaming nel 2025 (00:13:42) Nuove tecnologie di Valve (00:19:54) Innovazioni nel settore smartphone (00:24:57) Futuro degli smartphone pieghevoli (00:27:51) Connettività satellitare nel 2026 (00:30:34) Potenziali cambiamenti nelle reti cellulari (00:35:17) Identità digitale e privacy (00:41:09) Intelligenza artificiale nella vita quotidiana (00:48:32) Regolamentazione dell'IA in Europa (01:03:31) Smart glasses del futuro (01:09:28) Conclusione e saluti L'ultimo episodio del 2025 è un intenso faccia a faccia con Francesco Graziani. Insieme commentiamo le 10 predizioni tech generate dall'AI per il 2026: dal dominio culturale di GTA 6 alla nuova offensiva hardware di Valve, passando per la morte delle "zone morte" grazie al satellite nativo. Non mancano le polemiche: tra AI Act, tasse doganali europee (spiegate con un curioso esempio di intimo usato) e il sogno di un'identità digitale sicura.Visita Digiteee e scopri tutte le notizie sulla tecnologiaSegui Digiteee su TikTokDimmi la tua su Twitter, su Threads, su Telegram, su Mastodon, su BlueSky o su Instagram.Mail jacoporeale@yahoo.it Scopri dove ascoltare il podcast e lascia una recensione su Apple Podcast o Spotify.Ascolta An iPad guy su YouTube Podcast.Supporta il podcast

We make our big Linux predictions for 2026, but first, we score how we did for 2025.Sponsored By:Managed Nebula: Meet Managed Nebula from Defined Networking. A decentralized VPN built on the open-source Nebula platform that we love. 1Password Extended Access Management: 1Password Extended Access Management is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn't trusted and secure, it can't log into your cloud apps. CrowdHealth: Discover a Better Way to Pay for Healthcare with Crowdfunded Memberships. Join CrowdHealth to get started today for $99 for your first three months using UNPLUGGED.Unraid: A powerful, easy operating system for servers and storage. Maximize your hardware with unmatched flexibility. Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:

Why are forks, desktop wars, and Linux hardware launches making so much noise? And did last year's bold Linux predictions actually come true? We settle old bets, spotlight big surprises like Valve's hardware moves, and debate what's next for desktop, gaming, and beyond. Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Jeff Massie, Rob Campbell, and Ken McDonald Download or subscribe to Untitled Linux Show at https://twit.tv/shows/untitled-linux-show 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 Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Why are forks, desktop wars, and Linux hardware launches making so much noise? And did last year's bold Linux predictions actually come true? We settle old bets, spotlight big surprises like Valve's hardware moves, and debate what's next for desktop, gaming, and beyond. Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Jeff Massie, Rob Campbell, and Ken McDonald Download or subscribe to Untitled Linux Show at https://twit.tv/shows/untitled-linux-show 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 Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

A little holiday cheer goes a bit... too far as we pod for almost two and a half hours. Inside, there are celebrations, there's a little despair, there's Hot, Haz, and Claus, and maybe, just maybe... a little hope. Nah I'm kidding, no hope here. Not our brand. Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check out our live posted show notes as well as chat with us and other listeners! There's also the new Scanline Media Discord for Scanline stuff more generally. We're on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Rhythms of Riftshadow Ruins in the Steam Workshop!

OpenAI launches an app store inside ChatGPT, AI demand explodes RAM prices by 200%, Valve kills the cheapest Steam Deck, and Netflix keeps pushing deeper into gaming. This week's news shows how AI is now directly reshaping gaming platforms, hardware economics, and distribution.What we cover:• OpenAI's new GPT App Directory• Monetization and games inside ChatGPT• Why AI demand broke the RAM market• Why consoles and Steam Deck prices are rising• Micron exiting consumer memory• Netflix acquires Ready Player Me• Warner Bros deal still unresolved• Tencent vs Sony settlement• Game Awards viewership growth• Cozy PC hits inspiring mobile• League of Legends roadmap• EA acquisition moves forwardGet our MERCH NOW: 25gamers.com/shop--------------------------------------This is no BS gaming podcast 2.5 gamers session. Sharing actionable insights, dropping knowledge from our day-to-day User Acquisition, Game Design, and Ad monetization jobs. We are definitely not discussing the latest industry news, but having so much fun! Let's not forget this is a 4 a.m. conference discussion vibe, so let's not take it too seriously.Panelists: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jakub Remia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠r,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Felix Braberg, Matej Lancaric⁠Podcast: Join our slack channel here: https://join.slack.com/t/two-and-half-gamers/shared_invite/zt-2um8eguhf-c~H9idcxM271mnPzdWbipgChapters0:00 — OpenAI turns ChatGPT into a platform01:15 — Apps, monetization & why this matters for games02:40 — AI demand breaks the RAM market03:55 — Why gaming hardware pays the price05:05 — Steam Deck price jump explained06:10 — Netflix doubles down on gaming & avatars07:15 — Industry quick hits (Tencent, Game Awards, cozy games)08:30 — What this means for gaming in 202609:10 — Final takeaway---------------------------------------Matej LancaricUser Acquisition & Creatives Consultant⁠https://lancaric.meFelix BrabergAd monetization consultant⁠https://www.felixbraberg.comJakub RemiarGame design consultant⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakubremiar---------------------------------------Please share the podcast with your industry friends, dogs & cats. Especially cats! They love it!Hit the Subscribe button on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple!Please share feedback and comments - matej@lancaric.me---------------------------------------If you are interested in getting UA tips every week on Monday, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lancaric.substack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & sign up for the Brutally Honest newsletter by Matej LancaricDo you have UA questions nobody can answer? Ask ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Matej AI⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - the First UA AI in the gaming industry! https://lancaric.me/matej-ai

Au programme :C'est l'épisode traditionnel GotY ! Cette année on est encore plus nombreux que d'habitude, pour encore plus de jeux et de discussions que d'habitudes. Enjoy!Thomas :1) Backlog: Cyberpunk 20772) GaaS:3) Trooop de jeux: Hell is Us4) Spotlight: Eternal Strands, The Alters5) Grrr: Clair Obscur Expedition 336) Plateforme: PC (Shadow)7) GotY: Blue PrinceNoddus :1) Backlog: Astroneer2) GaaS: The Finals3) Trooop de jeux: Arc Raiders, Monster Train 2, Hades II4) Spotlight: Q-Up5) Grrr: Black Ops 7, Split Fiction6) Plateforme: PC / PC console7) GotY: Blue Prince, Abiotic Factor InterludeDany (il est dans nos coeurs) :1) Backlog: Sea of Stars2) GaaS: Diablo 43) Trooop de jeux: Absolum, Deltarune, Silent Hill f, Marvel Cosmic Invasion4) Spotlight: Dispatch5) Grrr: Death Stranding 26) Plateforme: PC (master race)7) GotY: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Blue prince, Dispatch, Hades 2Eska :1) Backlog: Citizen Sleeper, Dragon Age The Veilguard, Minishoot Adventures2) GaaS: 3) Trooop de jeux: Hades II, Absolum, Mario Kart World, Dispatch, Moonlighter 24) Spotlight: Is This Seat Taken, South of Midnight5) Grrr: Avowed, The Outer worlds 26) Plateforme: Switch 27) GotY: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Ball x Pit, Ghost of YoteiJK :1) Backlog:2) GaaS:3) Trooop de jeux: Ball x Pit, Arc Raiders4) Spotlight: The Supper: New Blood5) Grrr: Hollow Knight: Silk Song6) Plateforme: PC7) GotY: Rue Valley, Split Fiction, Routine, Dispatch, Avowed, Hell is Us, Citizen Sleeper 2, Wanderstop, Absolum, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33Cassim :1) Backlog: Dredge2) GaaS: Overwatch 23) Trooop de jeux: Abiotic Factor, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles4) Spotlight: Suikoden I & II HD Remaster5) Grrr: Blue Prince6) Plateforme: PC (Linux)7) GotY: Peak, News Tower, Doom The Dark Ages, Two Point MuseumPatrick :1) Backlog: Persona 5 Royal, Tears of the Kingdom2) GaaS: Street Fighter VI3) Trooop de jeux: Forestrike, Ghost of Yotei, AC Shadows, Dispatch, Arc Raiders, Hyrule Warriors Les Chroniques du Sceau, Trails in the Sky4) Spotlight:5) Grrr: Blue Prince6) Plateforme: Switch 27) GotY: Ball x Pit, Absolum, Shinobi, Expedition 33, Fantasy Life i---Infos :Animé par Patrick Beja (Bluesky, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok)Co-animé par JK Lauret (Twitter).Co-animé par Maïté “Eskarina” (Bluesky).Co-animé par Cassim Montilla (Bluesky).Co-animé par Valentin Cebo (Noddus) (Bluesky).Co-animé par Thomas Méreur « Amaebi » (Bluesky).Co-animé par Daniel Charbit (Twitter).Produit par Patrick Beja (LinkedIn) et Fanny Cohen MoreauMusique par Daniel Beja.Le Rendez-vous Jeux épisode 428 – GotY 2025, nos jeux de l'annéeLiens :

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on December 23, 2025. This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai (00:30): Inside CECOT – 60 Minutes [video]Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46361024&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(01:51): Fabrice Bellard Releases MicroQuickJSOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46367224&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:13): Meta is using the Linux scheduler designed for Valve's Steam Deck on its serversOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46366998&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(04:35): Instant database clones with PostgreSQL 18Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46363360&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:57): Ask HN: What are the best engineering blogs with real-world depth?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46363921&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:18): We replaced H.264 streaming with JPEG screenshots (and it worked better)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46367475&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(08:40): Snitch – A friendlier ss/netstatOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46361229&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(10:02): X-ray: a Python library for finding bad redactions in PDF documentsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46369923&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:24): Show HN: CineCLI – Browse and torrent movies directly from your terminalOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46362655&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(12:45): 10 years bootstrapped: €6.5M revenue with a team of 13Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46363319&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

What's Inside: The 5% Milestone: We analyze the data behind the massive surge in Linux desktop adoption and why gaming is the secret weapon. The UpTech Project: Máirín Duffy introduces us to a student-led initiative bridging the digital divide with Linux. 2026 Predictions: From RISC-V taking over wearables to the COSMIC desktop challenging the status quo, we look at where the "Time Machine" is headed. And so much more! 00:00:00 Intro: Linux Time Machine to 2026 00:01:50 Extended Intro: Meet Captain Ryan, Jill & Mo 00:02:20 Show Schedule Update: New Flight Plan 00:02:59 Community Feedback: The Great Cranberry Sauce Debate 00:12:40 AI and Energy: Hungry Models, Huge Power Bills 00:15:51 Empowering Youth Through Linux & Tech 00:29:11 2025 Highlights: Linux Market Share Levels Up 00:33:18 Outtake: Technical Turbulence in the Time Machine 00:34:16 Shifting to Linux & AI: Hype, Hope, and Worry 00:40:38 Steam Machines Dream: PC Gaming's Second Chance 00:43:38 SteamOS on ARM: Deck Power Everywhere 00:45:34 Wayland Takes the Bridge: Desktop Evolution 00:49:07 Red Hat Lightspeed: AI Co‑Pilot for Sysadmins 00:56:58 Destination Linux Grew: 2025 Community Wins 00:58:32 Linux 2026: Bold Predictions & Future Trends 01:03:00 Cosmic Becomes the Top DE? 01:06:41 Windows' AI Future: Copilot All the Things 01:09:13 Linux Desktop Market Share: Past 5%, Aiming Higher 01:09:38 Subscription Backlash: Users Hit Unsubscribe 01:11:27 Return to Physical Ownership: Discs, Devices & Freedom 01:15:28 Old Is Better: Vintage Gear vs Disposable Tech 01:21:09 AI's Role in Linux Development: Help or Hassle? 01:24:57 A Bold Prediction: Jill's 2026 Mohawk 01:26:19 Future Show Tease: More Linux, Less Bloat 01:26:44 Thanks Mo: Red Hat Wisdom in the Time Machine 01:27:07 Outro: See You in 2026

This Ask Josh Anything grab-bag starts with Tucson's new aluminum velodrome, evolves (devolves?) into altitude hacks for hour records, "no-rules" speed dreams, and holiday gift picks. From buying a kid's first bike (and why chain waxing might be the cleanest parenting win) to ESG-minded shop habits, Roubaix wheel diameter fever dreams to, aero brake-hose routing, and the Clik Valve debate—this episode covers the weird, practical, and wildly opinionated. Happy Holidays!

This guitar-playing hero has to play Guitar Hero to power his ult! The Note Highway is open to all those whose hearts move to the beat. And for everyone else, there are some truly daring new hats, the beginning of the end of facets, minor hero reworks, and HELM OF THE UNDYING IS DEAD! TONIGHT WE CELEBRATE! Join the Bottle Crow Discord to check out our live posted show notes as well as chat with us and other listeners! There's also the new Scanline Media Discord for Scanline stuff more generally. We're on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher! You can subscribe on those, and leave a review if you like! That would really help us out. Tell your Dota friends about us, help spread the word! Make sure to vote on the Rhythms of Riftshadow Ruins in the Steam Workshop!

Au programme :Game Awards: les awardsGame Awards: nos « World Premiere » préférésNos jeux du momentPowerwash Simulator 2News TowerBlack MesaOctopath Traveler 0Trails in the Sky 1st ChapterLe reste de l'actualité: Larian et l'IA, Steam et sa masse de jeux…---Infos :Animé par Patrick Beja (Bluesky, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok)Co-animé par Cassim Montilla (Bluesky).Produit par Patrick Beja (LinkedIn) et Fanny Cohen MoreauMusique par Daniel Beja.Le Rendez-vous Jeux épisode 427 – Game Awards: Clair Obscur Expedition 33 triompheLiens :

A special secret surprise episode with cool things suggested by some very special kids! Bonding activities! Natural phenomena! Baked goods! Weather patterns! Memory centers! Kombat! Valve! Festive plants! Playful music! Resorts with good smells! Pink round friends! Difficult games!Music: “Money Won't Pay” by bo en and Augustus – https://open.spotify.com/album/7n6zRzTrGPIHt0kRvmWoyaHarmony House: https://harmonyhousewv.com/

Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer chat with colleague Dhruv Mark Collins to discuss Igalia's work with Valve on the Steam devices! Mentioned Links Helping Valve to Power Up Steam Devices Steam Powered Open Source (Igalia Chats May 2023)

Flight test engineer Joey Brown recounts a New Year's Eve flight in his Cessna 150 with his wife, when their trip is interrupted by violent engine vibration and power loss.

Timestamps: 00:00 Start 04:28 Puppey Coaching 09:02 Blast Slam V 15:00 Dreamleague S27 16:55 Quartero's Curios 22:26 Bard Frogling 34:20 Valve ban skin gambling 48:27 Michelin Restaurants 55:38 Netflix buying Warner Brothers news 57:10 Open AI signs deal with Disney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special live episode recorded at SynthBee headquarters in South Florida, hosts Charlie Fink, Ted Schilowitz, and Rony Abovitz bring listeners inside a special gathering of neuroscientists, philosophers, and technologists debating the future of AI. Moving beyond hype, the conversation focuses on "Collaborative Intelligence" vs. Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), exploring whether we are building tools that amplify humanity or autonomous systems that will eventually replace it.Instead of traditional interviews, the hosts invite workshop speakers to the hot seat for rapid-fire insights on the deepest questions in tech: Can we measure an AI's true intentions? Is consciousness a physics problem? And how do we ensure these systems remain compatible with human flourishing?News HighlightsDisney invests $1B in OpenAI & licenses IP: The hosts debate whether this is a masterstroke to engage fans with user-generated Sora content or a "Yahoo powered by Google" mistake that hands the keys to the kingdom to a rival.Valve launches new PCVR hardware: A quick look at the attempt to revive the high-end PC VR market.Meta adds real-time vision to Ray-Bans: The next step in multimodal AI wearables.Guest HighlightsDr. Uri Maoz (Neuroscientist, Chapman/Caltech): Discusses the "black box" problem of neural networks, comparing the opacity of AI to the human brain, and how neuroscience tools might help us detect deception in AI systems.Dr. Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Ethics Professor, Duke): Argues that ethical AI regulation shouldn't be a monolith; different cultures need "sovereignty of ethics" to allow diverse moral frameworks to coexist rather than one centralized Silicon Valley standard.Dr. Julio Frenk (Chancellor, UCLA): Frames the AI race as a battle between "Computational Democracy" (distributed, transparent power) and "Computational Autocracy" (centralized control), warning that universities must preserve critical thinking or risk losing the ability to govern AI at all.Reed Maxwell & Laura Condon (Hydrologists, Princeton/Arizona): Reveal how AI is modeling the planet's water crisis, predicting "black swan" climate events, and why funding for this critical earth-science work is mysteriously disappearing.Danny M (12-Year-Old Prodigy): Steals the show with a stunningly articulate take on AI consciousness, "trapped man" experiments, and how fractal geometry might map neural weights—proving the next generation is more ready for this future than we are.Dr. Aaron Schurger (Psychology, Chapman): Explores the neuroscience of spontaneous action and free will, debating whether "telepathic" connections and quantum effects in the brain could be the missing link for true human-AI compatibility.Jared Ficklin (Chief Product Officer, SynthBee): The former Frog Design fellow argues we must shift the conversation from AI "capability" to "compatibility," using the intuitive connection humans have with dogs or horses as the benchmark for successful AI interfaces.Thanks to our sponsor Zappar!Subscribe for weekly insider perspectives from veterans who aren't afraid to challenge Big Tech. New episodes every Tuesday. Watch full episodes on YouTube. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

У свіжому дайджесті DOU News говоримо про цифрових офіцерів у ЗСУ та оновлення у «Резерв+», а також судові позови українців проти Intel і AMD. А ще — про Claude Code у Slack, запуск GPT-5.2, угоду Disney з OpenAI та інші теми українського ІТ та світового тек-сектору. 00:00 Інтро 00:24 У ЗСУ з'явиться понад 7 тисяч цифрових офіцерів 01:42 Електронний документ у «Резерв+» стане основним для військовозобов'язаних 03:07 Курс «Engineering Manager» 04:03 Українці подали позови проти Intel та AMD у США 05:55 На війні загинув айтівець StartupSoft Володимир Сапужак 06:34 Пройдіть зарплатне опитування DOU 07:25 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 тріумфує на ігрових преміях 10:21 Claude Code з'явиться у Slack 13:53 Disney уклала угоду з OpenAI щодо Sora 16:41 OpenAI запустила GPT-5.2 19:23 Adult Mode для ChatGPT запланований на 2026 рік 21:20 ChatGPT — найпопулярніший застосунок Apple у 2025 році 22:37 Повільний темп Apple у ШІ став її перевагою 24:27 У США заборонили шрифт Calibri в держструктурах 26:22 Valve заборонила рекламу гемблінгу на своїх турнірах 27:53 Що цього тижня рекомендує Женя: Patterns.dev та топ-5 ігор — Expedition 33, KCD II, Split Fiction, Hades II, Death Stranding 2

Sumario: 00:00:00 Introducción.00:04:02 Noticias.00:34:53 El juego de la semana: Like a Dragon – Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (Playstation 4, Playstation 5, XBox One, XBox Series y PC).01:04:18 De píxel a…

Timestamps: 00:00 Start 04:28 Puppey Coaching 09:02 Blast Slam V 15:00 Dreamleague S27 16:55 Quartero's Curios 22:26 Bard Frogling 34:20 Valve ban skin gambling 48:27 Michelin Restaurants 55:38 Netflix buying Warner Brothers news 57:10 Open AI signs deal with Disney Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We discuss Meta confirming a funding shift from the Metaverse toward AI glasses, reports of a delay for its ultralight headset, and work starting on a gaming-focused Quest 4. We also cover Samsung Galaxy XR getting realistic avatars, the first clip of Xreal's Project Aura device, and Valve's comments on the blurring lines between VR and non-VR content.Here's the full topic list, in order:1. Valve On The Blurring Lines Between VR & Non-VR Content2. Share Quest Activity As Discord StatusMeta Statement & Leaked Memos3. Meta Confirms Shifting Some Funding From Metaverse Toward AI Glasses4. Meta Delays Ultralight Headset, Starts Work On Gaming-Focused Quest 4Android XR Features & Xreal Project Aura Tease5. Samsung Galaxy XR Gets 'Likeness' Avatars & Travel Mode6. First Clip Of Xreal's Project Aura Android XR Device7. Android XR AI Feature Turns Any 2D Window 3D

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Part 3 of what your nice hosts are calling "Giving Lydia Therapy", we get into Lydia's thoughts on calling herself an artist and what it may mean to think of your self in this way. Also in the episode, Stephen describes some driving woes, Mark takes (deserved) pot shots at Steam and Valve, and Lydia Straight Line Was A Lie - The Beths, BandcampThe ADA: Your Responsibilities as an Employer - U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission0:13:28Lydia is an ArtistPart 2 of "Giving Lydia Therapy""I saw a Beatle."Part 1 of "Giving Lydia Therapy""Argue with me, I guess."Platforms and EcosystemsBlippo+PanicAn unsettling indie game about horses keeps getting banned from storesAsh ParrishThe VergeGamers really overestimated the sales of the Steam Deck...MewWeebTwoReddit

Formulaire AMA: https://forms.gle/ShdHeeGTvXcqudcX9Au programme :Day of the Devs : ce qu'on retientNos prédictions des World Premiere des Game AwardsSi Netflix rachète Warner Bros, quid de WB Games?Nos jeux du momentRoutine: JK recommandeMonsters are Coming: JK recommandeCitizen Sleeper: Eska recommande chaudementDestiny 2: Rebelles: Patrick a désinstallé DestinyMarvel Tokon: Patrick est mitigéTrails in the Sky 1st Chapter: Patrick se lance pour de vraiLe reste de l'actualité---Infos :Animé par Patrick Beja (Bluesky, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok)Co-animé par JK Lauret (Twitter).Co-animé par Maïté “Eskarina” (Bluesky).Produit par Patrick Beja (LinkedIn) et Fanny Cohen MoreauMusique par Daniel Beja.Le Rendez-vous Jeux épisode 426 – Les mauvais jeux ça n'existe plus ! – Day of the Devs, prédictions Game Awards, Routine, Monsters are Coming, Marvel TokonLiens :

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we revisit our series on Portal with another bonus interview with Kim Swift. We get a look at the game from which it came before hearing about the development proper. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Podcast breakdown: 1:23 Interview 1:03:02 Break 1:03:25 Outro Issues covered: Kim's history, deciding where to go to college, learning to program, working with a team over multiple years, pitching each other, mixing interests, learning to work together, figuring out collaboration, the student showcase, showing to Valve, a sudden audience of twenty, walking away with a job offer, taking away only the ideas, showing at the IGF while building the new game, acquiring in Valve, a six month tech demo, borrowing the art direction, a useful constraint, extending six months more, the everyday feeling and being able to have fun, getting another year to go in the bundle, adding the behind the scenes stuff, the writing and level-building process, evaluating player progression and feeling, post-processing and robotizing your voice actress, mapping out the levels in little triples, responding to the player, a master class in tutorialization, iteration through playtesting, celebrating just shipping... and then, testing the games, focusing on your own stuff, always learning, going back to the roots, brand management, getting to do lots of new things, a game that reflected its own making, games being hard enough to make, feeling the joy, a great constraint, growing the world-building, no macro plan, how games reflect their making, explaining SKUs. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Narbacular Drop, DigiPen, Valve, Gabe Newell, Erik Wolpaw, Left 4 Dead, Airtight Games, Quantum Conundrum, Amazon Games, EA Motive, Google Stadia, XBOX, NEAR Studios, Game Boy Advance, Super Nintendo, Tim Schafer, EverQuest, Jeep Barnett, Garrett Rickey, Dave Kircher, Lost Vikings, Robin Walker, Team Fortress 2, Crystal Dynamics, Realm Lovejoy, Human Head, Prey, Half-Life (series), Randy Lundeen, Chet Faliszek, John Guthrie, The Orange Box, Heather Cerlan, Hawthorn, Pikmin, Outer Wilds, Calamity Nolan, Final Fantasy IX, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia.  Next time: More Pikmin? Twitch: timlongojr and twinsunscorp  YouTube Discord DevGameClub@gmail.com 

On this week's episode LevelCap and Matimi0 https://www.twitch.tv/matimi0 discuss the first big misstep for ARC Raiders, the long awaited launch of Routine, Valve's insane revenue stats, and much more! Support us on Patreon for bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/LevelWithMePodcast Join Our Discord and make suggestions for our next episode topics https://discord.gg/nxBQZ6eh8H

This week we talk about in-game skins, investment portfolios, and Counter-Strike 2.We also discuss ebooks, Steam, and digital licenses.Recommended Book: Apple in China by Patrick McGeeTranscriptAlmost always, if you buy an ebook or game or movie or music album online, you're not buying that ebook, or that game, or whatever else—you're buying a license that allows you access it, often on a specified device or in a specified way, and almost always in a non-transferrable, non-permanent manner.This distinction doesn't matter much to most of us most of the time. If I buy an ebook, chances are I just want to read that ebook on the device I used to buy it, or the kindle attached to my Amazon or other digital book service account. So I buy the book, read it on my ebook reader or phone, and that's that; same general experience I would have with a paperback or hardback book.This difference becomes more evident when you think about what happens to the book after you read it, though. If I own a hard-copy, physical book, I can resell it. I can donate it. I can put it in a Little Free Library somewhere in my neighborhood, or give it to a friend who I think will enjoy it. I can pick it up off my shelf later and read the exact same book I read years before. Via whichever mechanism I choose, I'm either holding onto that exact book for later, or I'm transferring ownership of that book, that artifact that contains words and/or images that can now be used, read, whatever by that second owner. And they can go on to do the same: handing it off to a friend, selling it on ebay, or putting it on a shelf for later reference.Often the convenience and immediacy of electronic books makes this distinction a non-issue for those who enjoy them. I can buy an ebook from Amazon or Bookshop.org and that thing is on my device within seconds, giving me access to the story or information that's the main, valuable component of a book for most of us, without any delay, without having to drive to a bookstore or wait for it to arrive in the mail. That's a pretty compelling offer.This distinction becomes more pressing, however, if I decide I want to go back and read an ebook I bought years ago, later, only to find that the license has changed and maybe that book is no longer accessible via the marketplace where I purchased it. If that happens, I no longer have access to the book, and there's no recourse for this absence—I agreed to this possibility when I “bought” the book, based on the user agreement I clicked ‘OK' or ‘I agree' on when I signed up for Amazon or whichever service I paid for that book-access.It also becomes more pressing if, as has happened many times over the past few decades, the publisher or some other entity with control over these book assets decides to change them.A few years ago, for instance, British versions of Roald Dalh's ‘Matilda' were edited to remove references to Joseph Conrad, who has in recent times been criticized for his antisemitism and racist themes in his writing. Some of RL Stine's Goosebumps books were edited to remove references to crushes schoolgirls had on their headmaster, and descriptions of an overweight character that were, in retrospect, determined to be offensive. And various racial and ethnic slurs were edited out of some of Agatha Christie's works around the same time.Almost always, these changes aren't announced by the publishers who own the rights to these books, and they're typically only discovered by eagle-eyed readers who note that, for instance, the publishers decided to change the time period in which something occurred, which apparently happened in one of Stine's works, without obvious purpose. This also frequently happens without the author being notified, as was the case with Stine and the edits made to his books. The publishers themselves, when asked directly about these changes, often remain silent on the matter.What I'd like to talk about today is another angle of this distinction between physically owned media and digital, licensed versions of the same, and the at times large sums of money that can be gained or lost based on the decisions of the companies that control these licensed assets.—Counter-Strike 2 is a first-person shooter game that's free-to-play, was released in 2023, and was developed by a company called Valve.Valve has developed all sorts of games over the years, including the Counter-Strike, Half-Life, DOTA, and Portal games, but they're probably best known for their Steam software distribution platform.Steam allows customers to buy all sorts of software, but mostly games through an interface that also provides chat services and community forums. But the primary utility of this platform is that it's a marketplace for buying and selling games, and it has match-making features for online multiplayer games, serves as a sort of library for gamers, so all their games are launchable from one place, and it serves as a digital rights management hub, which basically means it helps game companies ensure users aren't playing with pirated software—if you want to use steam to store and launch your games, they have to be legit, purchased games, not pirated ones.As of early 2025, it was estimated that Steam claimed somewhere between 75-80% of the PC gaming market, compared to competitors like the Epic Game Store, which was founded by the folks behind the wildly successful game, Fortnite, which can only claim something like 5%.And Counter-Strike is one of Valve's, and Steam's crown jewels. It's a free-to-play game that was originally developed as a mod, a free add-on to another game Valve owns called Half-Life, but Valve bought up the rights to that mod and developed it into its own thing, releasing the initial entry in the series in 2000, several main-series games after that in subsequent years, and then Counter-Strike 2 came out in 2023, to much acclaim and fanfare.Counter-Strike 2 often has around a million players online, playing the game at any given moment, and its tournaments can attract closer to 1.5 million. As of early 2024, it was estimated that Counter-Strike 2 pulled in around a billion dollars a year for Valve, primarily via what are called Case Keys, which allow players to open in-game boxes, each key selling for $2.50. Valve also takes a 15% cut of all player-to-player sales of items conducted on the Steam Community Market, which is a secure ebay- or Amazon-like component of their platform where players can sell digital items from the game, which are primarily aesthetic add-ons, like skins for weapons, stickers, and clothing—things that allow players to look different in the game, as opposed to things that allow them to perform better, which would give players who spent the most money an unfair advantage and thus make the game less competitive and fun.Because this is a free game, though, and by many estimates a really balance and well-made one, a lot of people play it, and a lot of people want to customize the look of their in-game avatar. So being able to open in-game boxes that contain loot, and being able to buy and sell said loot on the Steam Community Market, has led to a rich secondary economy that makes that component of the game more interesting for players, while also earning Valve a whole lot of money on the backend for those keys and that cut of sales between players.In late-October of 2025, Valve announced a change in the rules for Counter-Strike 2, now allowing players to trade-up more item types, including previously un-trade-up-able items like gloves and knives, into higher-grade versions of the same. So common items could be bundled together and traded in for less common items, and those less common items could be bundled together and traded up for rare ones.This seems like a small move from the outside, but it roiled the CS2 in-game economy, by some estimates causing upwards of $2 billion to basically disappear overnight, because rare gloves and knives were at times valued at as much as $1.5 million; again, these are just aesthetic skins that change the look of a player's avatar or weapons, but there's enough demand for these things that some people are willing to pay that much for ultra-rare and unique glove and knife skins.Because of that demand, some players had taken to spending real money on these ultra-rare items, treating their in-game portfolios of skins as something like an investment portfolio. If you can buy an ultra-rare glove skin for $40,000 and maybe sell it later for twice that, that might seem like a really good investment, despite how strange it may seem to those not involved in this corner of the gaming world to spend $40,000 on what's basically just some code in a machine that tells the game that the gloves on your avatar will look a certain way.This change, then, made those rarer gloves and knives, which were previously unattainable except by lottery-like chance, a lot more common, because people could trade up for them, increasing their chances of getting the ultra-rare stuff. The market was quickly flooded with more of these things, and about half the value of rare CS2 skins disappeared, initially knocking about $6 billion of total value from the market before stabilizing to around $1.5-2 billion.Volatility in this market continues, and people who invested a lot of money, sometimes their life savings, and sometimes millions of dollars into CS2 in-game skins, have been looking into potential legal recourse, though without much luck; Valve's user agreements make very clear that players don't own any of this stuff, and as a result, Valve can manipulate the market however they like, whenever they like.Just like with ebooks and movies we “buy” from Amazon and other services, then, these in-game assets are licensed to us, not sold. We may, at times, have a means of putting our license to some of these things on a secondary market, but that secondary market exists completely at the whim of the entity that actually owns the digital assets—in this case, Valve.Recent court cases have resulted in clearer language from some license-selling companies, including Valve—though in most cases the buttons we click still say something like “Buy Now” rather than “Acquire License,” and the specifics of what we're purchasing are hidden within a wall of legal text.So for the moment, at least, this sort of confusion will probably continue, with periodic wake-up calls for folks on the receiving end of updates or edits that impact them financially, or impact their ability to access what they thought they were buying, but which is later removed from their account, or changed without their knowledge or permission.Show Noteshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_(service)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporationhttps://theconversation.com/2b-counter-strike-2-crash-exposes-a-legal-black-hole-your-digital-investments-arent-really-yours-268749https://blix.gg/news/cs-2/how-to-make-money-with-cs2-skins-in-2025/http://tomshardware.com/video-games/ludicrous-usd6-billion-counter-strike-2-skins-market-crashes-loses-usd3-billion-overnight-game-update-destroys-inventories-collapses-markethttps://www.kvue.com/article/news/nation-world/counter-strike-2-online-market-crash/507-ae9be038-2833-49d4-a5b4-d8f24fd0b33chttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-Strikehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games_Storehttps://www.sahmcapital.com/news/content/counter-strike-skins-market-hits-1-billion-valves-virtual-goldmine-revealed-2024-01-22https://mezha.ua/en/news/counter-strike-2-100-mln-dohodu-za-keysi-u-berezni-301011/https://www.morganlewis.com/pubs/2024/10/california-becomes-first-state-to-pass-law-targeting-advertising-of-digital-media-licenseshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_economyhttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/arts/dahl-christie-stine-kindle-edited.htmlhttps://bookriot.com/do-you-really-own-your-ebookshttps://jipel.law.nyu.edu/can-you-own-an-ebook-a-summary-of-the-anti-ownership-ebook-economy-report/ This is a public episode. 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Marty, Dave, Eric, and Daniel sort the rumor of a black AVP, tools for creating spatial video, and maybe Netflix on AVP.VisionOS 26.2 RChttps://developer.apple.com/documentation/visionos-release-notes/visionos-26_2-release-notes New Immersive VideoThe World of Red Bullhttps://tv.apple.com/us/show/world-of-red-bull/umc.cmc.h96ns9ovu03p34i6bnodn3h6 Legs of Steel Crew video on the shoothttps://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=845919234692119 Winners of App and Game of the yearExplore POVhttps://apps.apple.com/ca/app/explore-pov/id6479555991Porta Nubahttps://apps.apple.com/ca/app/porta-nubi-immersive-puzzles/id6503628155 Back in BlackMore All-Black Vision Pro Prototype Parts Surface Onlinehttps://forums.macrumors.com/threads/more-all-black-vision-pro-prototype-parts-surface-online.2474341/ New startup competitionEx Apple Engineer's New Startup Claims to Beat Vision Pro in Speedhttps://www.macobserver.com/news/ex-apple-engineers-new-startup-claims-to-beat-vision-pro-in-speed/ Lakers in 3D!!!!Apple Immersive to stream select Lakers games on Vision Prohttps://www.thesportingtribune.com/2025/12/04/apple-immersive-to-broadcast-select-lakers-gamesSteam FrameConfirmed: Steam Frame will lack this Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest feature at launch — Valve says it's 'on our list'https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/vr-ar/confirmed-steam-frame-will-lack-this-apple-vision-pro-and-meta-quest-feature-at-launch-valve-says-its-on-our-list Bad Medicine Assessing the Feasibility of Using Apple Vision Pro While Performing Medical Precision Tasks: Controlled User Studyhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41340843/ Video creation trainingsApple Vision Pro Strategy For Immersive Video Production: Live Sports, Static Foveation, And Monetization Challengeshttps://www.cined.com/apple-vision-pro-strategy-for-immersive-video-production-live-sports-static-foveation-and-monetization-challenges/Create stories with immersive video and audio | Meet with Applehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jK58gKCyyBgAn introduction to capturing Apple Immersive Video | Meet with Applehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghpBTIbTZlg Day 1 | Create immersive media experiences for visionOS | Meet with Applehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leGqoF8HJxU Day 2 | Create immersive media experiences for visionOS | Meet with Applehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V_7-1bm4Rk Hidden workflow resourcesVision Pro Hidden Features and Workflows Many Users Haven't Discoveredhttps://applemagazine.com/vision-pro-hidden-features/Hyper-Specific Apple Vision Pro Use Cases Emerging Among Early Adoptershttps://applemagazine.com/vision-pro-hyper-specific-use-cases/ ReviewsI wish I waited for Galaxy XR instead of going broke on Vision Prohttps://www.androidauthority.com/i-wish-i-waited-samsung-galaxy-xr-3617651/Apple Vision Pro (M5) Review After 30 Days of Real Usehttps://www.geeky-gadgets.com/apple-vision-pro-m5-review-after-30-days-of-real-use/Drone for Spatial VideoThis 8K 360 Drone Is Not What I Expected - Antigravity A1 50-Min Reviewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MipoNX7X0mA House of CommonsApple Vision Pro appears in front of House of Commons Select Committeehttps://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1pckcsp/apple_vision_pro_appears_in_front_of_house_of/ Netflix and chillA guide: How to watch Netflix in 4K on Safari or Supercut, with Spatial Audiohttps://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1pc2zm6/a_guide_how_to_watch_netflix_in_4k_on_safari_or/ Netflix Apphttps://www.reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1pevsr6/netflix_app/ APPS Santa's Village: Holiday Magichttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/santas-village-holiday-magic/id6755688257 Posters 2.0https://apps.apple.com/us/app/posters-discover-media-home/id6478062053Email: ThePodTalkNetwork@gmail.comWebsite: ThePodTalk.netYouTube.com/@VisionProFiles

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Budapest Major playoff bracket set... and it's stacked! Reviewing all the winners and losers of Stage 3, as well as trying to predict the run of the playoffs with Falcons, Spirit, Vitality, MongolZ, FURIA, NAVI, MOUZ, and FaZe battling for the title. In other news, Singapore Major announcements and early hints of roster changes.➡️ Follow us for updates: https://twitter.com/HLTVconfirmed

Welcome back to the Linux For Everyone podcast! In the first of several new interviews, I'm joined by Graham Morrison of Late Night Linux for an organic conversation about Valve, VR, Linux, and ARM! Does FEX + Proton spell the end of native Linux ports? Does Valve have too much control in the Linux gaming space? Will we ever get a good Linux phone? And when will Graham serenade us with his synth stylings? This and much more coming up! Useful Links: Linux For Everyone on YouTube: https://youtube.com/LinuxForEveryone Late Night Linux: https://latenightlinux.com NEW Theme Song by Baseball Bat: https://baseballbat.bandcamp.com/track/brain-dead FEX: https://github.com/FEX-Emu/FEX New L4E Merch: https://l4e.store Follow Jason on Mastodon: https://layer8.space/@killyourfm Follow Graham on Mastodon: https://fosstodon.org/@degville The Verge Interview: https://www.theverge.com/report/820656/valve-interview-arm-gaming-steamos-pierre-loup-griffais Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Send an email to letters@linuxforeveryone.net.

-Linux Gaming Round 2 -Black Friday/Cyber Monday pick ups -Analogue 64 reviews are out: https://youtu.be/wyIDr_PDIbI?si=zhUnqfsHrxAb_V-n -I don't think we understand how profitable Valve is: ​​https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/valve-makes-almost-usd50-million-per-employee-raking-in-more-cash-per-person-than-google-amazon-or-microsoft-gaming-giants-350-employees-on-track-to-generate-usd17-billion-this-year -Console Players are jerks: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/arc-raiders-players-decided-to-test-who-was-friendlier-pc-or-console-players-i-am-never-playing-the-game-on-cross-play-ever-again/ Jarron: -Super Mario Galaxy movie trailer: https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/11/nintendo-drops-official-trailer-for-super-mario-galaxy-movie/ -A sequel is coming! https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/helldivers-movie-justin-lin-sony-1236438370/ -Ayaneo Next II looks almost perfect.  https://www.engadget.com/gaming/the-ayaneo-next-ii-is-a-hulking-gaming-handheld-with-a-9-inch-display-175018940.html?src=rss -Witcher 5 & 6 coming quickly after 4: https://www.ign.com/articles/cd-projekt-still-plans-to-launch-all-3-games-in-the-new-ciri-fronted-the-witcher-trilogy-within-a-6-year-period -NBA Jam voice actor didn't get paid much: https://www.ign.com/articles/nba-jam-actor-says-he-was-paid-like-800-to-voice-the-games-beloved-announcer -Marvel Cosmic Invasion looks really cool: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2753970/MARVEL_Cosmic_Invasion/ Owen: -Good news for steam users using a switch controller. https://www.techradar.com/gaming/the-nintendo-switch-2-pro-controller-is-now-supported-on-steam?utm_source=chatgpt.com -Lightning Round: More details on the Operation Infinite. https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/operation-infinite-preview?utm_source=chatgpt.com Lando: -Xbox Crocs! https://www.theverge.com/news/828175/microsoft-xbox-crocs 

Full Video: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2wrrPGN7IGErOE5O9ggaHQ?si=L-1q2ktdTCKpXo6_dhpvpQLinktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/Analytic⁠Join The Normandy For Additional Bonus Audio And Visual Content For All Things Nme+! Join Here: ⁠https://ow.ly/msoH50WCu0K⁠ Dive into THE NOTORIOUS MASS EFFECT EPISODE 155 with analytic dreamz as we break down the freshly revealed 2026 GRAMMY nominations—Kendrick Lamar leads with 9 nods, followed by Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff, and Cirkut at 7 each, alongside Sabrina Carpenter, Bad Bunny, and more—plus the stacked 2025 THE GAME AWARDS nominees where Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 dominates with a record 12, including Game of the Year alongside Death Stranding 2 and Ghost of Yōtei. In music, Summer Walker drops her third album Finally Over It, NF unleashes the intense FEAR EP, Drake ramps up hype with Iceman episodes teasing his next project, and Lil Uzi Vert goes independent via Roc Nation Distribution with new tracks like "Chanel Boy." Industry buzz hits hard: Valve unveils the new Steam Machine console for Q1 2026, packing six times the Steam Deck's power with AMD hardware. Gaming deep dive covers Dispatch's superhero dispatch chaos, ARC Raiders' extraction thrills on a machine-ruled Earth, Invincible VS closed alpha with brutal 3v3 tag fights, Where Winds Meet's Wuxia open-world mastery, Monopoly GO!'s ongoing mobile dominance with a Harry Potter collab, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment's musou Zelda prequel, and Black Ops 7's co-op campaign launch. Drama alert: NLE Choppa escalates vs NBA YoungBoy with "KO" and "Hello Revenge" diss tracks amid years-long tension, while Rod Wave faces arrests on assault, gun, and drug charges in Georgia. analytic dreamz delivers unfiltered analysis on music, industry shifts, gaming releases, and rap beefs—subscribe now for the full Ad-Free episode! MusicSummer WalkerDrake IcemanNFUzi Roc Nation Industry NewsGRAMMY 2026 NOMINATIONS THE GAME AWARDS 2025VALVE REVEALS STEAM MACHINE GamingDISPATCHARC RAIDERSINVINCIBLE VS CLOSED APLHA (NME+ SHORTENED)WHERE WINDS MEETMONOPOLY GO! MOBILE GAMEHYRULE WARRIORS AGE OF IMPRISONMENT/BLACKOPS 7 DramaNLE Choppa Vs NBA YoungboyRod Wave Arrested Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dive into THE NOTORIOUS MASS EFFECT EPISODE 155 with analytic dreamz as we break down the freshly revealed 2026 GRAMMY nominations—Kendrick Lamar leads with 9 nods, followed by Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff, and Cirkut at 7 each, alongside Sabrina Carpenter, Bad Bunny, and more—plus the stacked 2025 THE GAME AWARDS nominees where Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 dominates with a record 12, including Game of the Year alongside Death Stranding 2 and Ghost of Yōtei. In music, Summer Walker drops her third album Finally Over It, NF unleashes the intense FEAR EP, Drake ramps up hype with Iceman episodes teasing his next project, and Lil Uzi Vert goes independent via Roc Nation Distribution with new tracks like "Chanel Boy." Industry buzz hits hard: Valve unveils the new Steam Machine console for Q1 2026, packing six times the Steam Deck's power with AMD hardware. Gaming deep dive covers Dispatch's superhero dispatch chaos, ARC Raiders' extraction thrills on a machine-ruled Earth, Invincible VS closed alpha with brutal 3v3 tag fights, Where Winds Meet's Wuxia open-world mastery, Monopoly GO!'s ongoing mobile dominance with a Harry Potter collab, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment's musou Zelda prequel, and Black Ops 7's co-op campaign launch. Drama alert: NLE Choppa escalates vs NBA YoungBoy with "KO" and "Hello Revenge" diss tracks amid years-long tension, while Rod Wave faces arrests on assault, gun, and drug charges in Georgia. analytic dreamz delivers unfiltered analysis on music, industry shifts, gaming releases, and rap beefs—subscribe now for the full Ad-Free episode! MusicSummer WalkerDrake IcemanNFUzi Roc Nation Industry NewsGRAMMY 2026 NOMINATIONS THE GAME AWARDS 2025VALVE REVEALS STEAM MACHINE GamingDISPATCHARC RAIDERSINVINCIBLE VS CLOSED APLHA (NME+ SHORTENED)WHERE WINDS MEETMONOPOLY GO! MOBILE GAMEHYRULE WARRIORS AGE OF IMPRISONMENT/BLACKOPS 7 DramaNLE Choppa Vs NBA YoungboyRod Wave Arrested Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Dive into THE NOTORIOUS MASS EFFECT EPISODE 155 with analytic dreamz as we break down the freshly revealed 2026 GRAMMY nominations—Kendrick Lamar leads with 9 nods, followed by Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff, and Cirkut at 7 each, alongside Sabrina Carpenter, Bad Bunny, and more—plus the stacked 2025 THE GAME AWARDS nominees where Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 dominates with a record 12, including Game of the Year alongside Death Stranding 2 and Ghost of Yōtei. In music, Summer Walker drops her third album Finally Over It, NF unleashes the intense FEAR EP, Drake ramps up hype with Iceman episodes teasing his next project, and Lil Uzi Vert goes independent via Roc Nation Distribution with new tracks like "Chanel Boy." Industry buzz hits hard: Valve unveils the new Steam Machine console for Q1 2026, packing six times the Steam Deck's power with AMD hardware. Gaming deep dive covers Dispatch's superhero dispatch chaos, ARC Raiders' extraction thrills on a machine-ruled Earth, Invincible VS closed alpha with brutal 3v3 tag fights, Where Winds Meet's Wuxia open-world mastery, Monopoly GO!'s ongoing mobile dominance with a Harry Potter collab, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment's musou Zelda prequel, and Black Ops 7's co-op campaign launch. Drama alert: NLE Choppa escalates vs NBA YoungBoy with "KO" and "Hello Revenge" diss tracks amid years-long tension, while Rod Wave faces arrests on assault, gun, and drug charges in Georgia. analytic dreamz delivers unfiltered analysis on music, industry shifts, gaming releases, and rap beefs—subscribe now for the full Ad-Free episode! MusicSummer WalkerDrake IcemanNFUzi Roc Nation Industry NewsGRAMMY 2026 NOMINATIONS THE GAME AWARDS 2025VALVE REVEALS STEAM MACHINE GamingDISPATCHARC RAIDERSINVINCIBLE VS CLOSED APLHA (NME+ SHORTENED)WHERE WINDS MEETMONOPOLY GO! MOBILE GAMEHYRULE WARRIORS AGE OF IMPRISONMENT/BLACKOPS 7 DramaNLE Choppa Vs NBA YoungboyRod Wave Arrested Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/analytic-dreamz-notorious-mass-effect/donationsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Thanks to the likes of OpenAI, hardware manufacturers are scrambling to adjust prices amidst a shortage of RAM. As a result, things are about to become more expensive again! Unlike companies like Lenovo or PlayStation who seemingly bought stock in advance to help avoid price shock, Xbox appears to be ready to pass this one onto the consumer. Naturally, the "Xbox refugees" have turned their attention toward the Steam Machine which could fill a void in our gamer hearts. However, the Dukes find it hard to imagine a hero in this stock shortage story. Just how much will the Steam Machine be after Valve admits they will not be subsidizing and are just looking to make the device competitive? Will it look good beside a PlayStation 6 or next gen Xbox? We have a lot of questions, little answers, and even less money. Please keep in mind that our timestamps are approximate, and will often be slightly off due to dynamic ad placement. 0:00:00 - Intro0:04:41 - Health Is Wealth0:14:29 - Let's chat some more about Charlie ‘4 Hours' Cox0:22:50 - Xbox's November 2025 update0:31:40 - Default Game Profiles come to the Xbox Ally0:35:06 - The Xcrocs are (sadly) real0:41:13 - Battlefield 6 versus Black Ops 71:04:07 - Destiny 3 is in the works?1:09:10 - A crazy week in the world of Ubisoft1:31:50 - TMNT is getting the Sonic treatment1:43:28 - Leaked messages of what got Rockstar employees fired1:46:03 - Intergalatic: The Heretic Prophet is years away1:50:00 - Stellar Blade 2 will be multiplatform1:50:59 - Death Stranding 2 coming to PC soon?1:52:57 - Exodus trailer confirmed for The Game Awards1:56:57 - Cyberpunk's sequel is ramping up1:59:42 - SEGA admits their definitive versions could hurt sales2:13:12 - What We're Playing2:44:17 - Valve talks Steam Machine value as Xbox is expected to jump their prices again Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brad and Vinny produce the rare duos podcast this week with deep(er) dives into Silent Hill f and Hollow Knight: Silksong, a look at The Séance of Blake Manor, the new Vampire Survivors quasi-sequel, Valve's comments on Steam Machine pricing/Linux anti-cheat/Half-Life 3, the passing of Udo Kier, Thanksgiving turkey (and other fowl) strategies, our annual recitation of Final Fantasy character names, and more! CHAPTERS (00:00:00) NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate for versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:10) Intro (00:06:07) Silent Hill f  |  [PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Sep 25, 2025 (00:23:50) First Break (00:23:54) The Séance of Blake Manor  |  [Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)]  |  Oct 27, 2025 (00:31:54) Hollow Knight: Silksong  |  [Linux, Mac, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One]  |  Sep 04, 2025 (00:33:29) [SPOILERS] Some Silksong items, areas, and encounters (00:50:47) Fortnite: Chapter 6 - Mini Season 2: The Simpsons  |  [Android, iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S]  |  Nov 01, 2025 (00:55:05) Second Break (00:55:09) More updates about the Steam Machine (01:15:55) What's next for the Vampire Survivors folks? (01:19:29) Will we see more of Naughty Dog's Intergalactic soon? (01:24:40) Udo Kier has passed away at 81 (01:28:01) Emails (01:51:05) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts (01:55:24) See ya!