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Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi as they swap their favorite hacks and stories from the week. In this episode, they'll start off by marveling over the evolution of the "smart knob" and other open hardware input devices, then discuss a futuristic propulsion technology you can demo in your own kitchen sink, and a cheap handheld game system that get's a new lease on life thanks to the latest version of the ESP32 microcontroller. From there they'll cover spinning CRTs, creating custom GUIs on Android, and yet another thing you can build of out that old Ender 3 collecting dust in the basement. The episode wraps up with a discussion about putting Valve's Steam Deck to work and a look at the history-making medical evacuation of the International Space Station. Check out the links over on Hackaday if you want to follow along, and as always, tell us what you think about this episode in the comments!

This episode is about a game you've definitely heard of but likely never knew was an arcade game. Lemony Vengeance joins the show to talk about his efforts to keep this Valve and Taito arcade collaboration alive. We're talking Gordon Freeman, airboats, gravity guns and headcrabs as we discuss the super rare Half-Life 2: Survivor. How did Lemony bring this Survivor back from its Street Fighter tomb? Is the GabeCube coming to save us? Will there ever be a Half-Life 3? What are some of our scariest game pickups? We also answer some deeply personal arcade collecting questions like how many storage units we own and cover the joys of operating arcade and pinball games for the public. Join the Podouken Discord and ask your own questions that could be included in a future episode: discord.gg/k5vf2Jz You can also like, comment, and subscribe to our YouTube channel where we post our listener question segments and additional content: https://www.youtube.com/@podoukenpodcast2716.

Steam announced that its new PC console hybrid will be released in 2026. Besides the release date, no other details were revealed during the announcement video. As far as specs go, Valve claims it will be way more powerful than the Steam Deck. With the current batch of consoles, handhelds, and PC's out now, where will the Steam Machine fit?

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I have to enter my credit card manually like a savage! Scott Is Going To Fart Smoke. Under your clothes, you're naked! She's not giving mermaid. Eventual Qdoba. Mr. Chipotle to My Ready Room! Alamoshittification. Inaugrial. I Wanna Be Ripley, Believe it or Not. Being Dog Malkovich. A taste of a sound. In the world of Sony's, be a Valve. SCTV was full of weird lookin' people. Way Mo Dangerous. One Hour Photobombing with Bill and more on this episode of The Morning Stream. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hype is really starting to build for Valve’s upcoming Steam hardware and other great gaming news, Stack Overflow is losing to LLMs, old men like Félim don’t want to lose middle click paste, our optimism about Google continuing to release Android source code was misplaced, and Bose demonstrates how to kill a product. News The Steam Machine’s Price Might Have Just Leaked And It’s Not What We Hoped For Canonical Builds Steam Snap For Ubuntu ARM64 Leveraging FEX Revised Steam Survey For December 2025 Puts Linux Gaming Marketshare At 3.58% GeForce NOW coming to Linux Stack Overflow graph GNOME dev gives fans of Linux’s middle-click paste the middle finger Google will now only release Android source code twice a year Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

This week on The Gaming Duo, we break down Xbox's Developer Direct 2026 and what it tells us about which games could actually launch this year. We also react to leaked Steam Machine pricing that suggests a premium push from Valve, and dive into ongoing GTA 6 delay rumors as confidence in its 2026 release date gets tested.Rate and review the show on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, and join our Discord—where friendships are built through gaming.Discord link: https://discord.gg/B7YYMvZtZ2

Hype is really starting to build for Valve’s upcoming Steam hardware and other great gaming news, Stack Overflow is losing to LLMs, old men like Félim don’t want to lose middle click paste, our optimism about Google continuing to release Android source code was misplaced, and Bose demonstrates how to kill a product. News The Steam Machine’s Price Might Have Just Leaked And It’s Not What We Hoped For Canonical Builds Steam Snap For Ubuntu ARM64 Leveraging FEX Revised Steam Survey For December 2025 Puts Linux Gaming Marketshare At 3.58% GeForce NOW coming to Linux Stack Overflow graph GNOME dev gives fans of Linux’s middle-click paste the middle finger Google will now only release Android source code twice a year Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Tonight's questions:- When will Valve announce the Steam Machine's price?- What are your thoughts on Nvidia bringing back the RTX 3060?- Is it ethical for game companies to use AI for inspiration?- When will we see AI-generated games?- What is the next PC component to get more expensive?- Should games stay away from GTA6's launch date?- Who will be the first pub to release a $100 game?- Should Xbox drop games on PS5 day and date?- Will Xbox call it quits on consoles?- Where is the media coverage for Highguard?- Which games will be delayed until 2027?- What was the coolest gaming tech from CES?- When will the next generation begin?-How can gaming showcases improve in 2026?Thanks as always to Shawn Daley for our intro and outro music. Follow him on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/shawndaleyWhere to find Throwdown Show:Website: https://audioboom.com/channels/5030659Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/throwdownshowTwitter: https://twitter.com/ThrowdownShowYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/throwdownshowDiscord: https://discord.gg/fdBXWHTTwitter list: https://twitter.com/i/lists/1027719155800317953

Cet épisode est sponsorisé par Square Enix !L'essai gratuit de Final Fantasy XIV (jusqu'au niveau 70 !) est dispo juste ici : https://sqex.link/7l70Au programme:Dans cet épisode spécial je parle à deux joueurs de Final Fantasy XIV pour essayer de comprendre enfin pourquoi cette communauté a si bonne réputation sur le net, et pourquoi le jeu a une place particulière dans leurs cœurs et l'industrie.---Infos :Animé par Patrick Beja (Bluesky, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok)Co-animé par Farore (Twitch)Co-animé par ArkhCel (Youtube)Produit par Patrick Beja (LinkedIn) et Fanny Cohen MoreauMusique par Daniel Beja.Le Rendez-vous Jeux épisode Special - Mais pourquoi FFXIV est-il si accueillant?? (Sponso)Liens :

I'm about to get on a plane and will be gone for a couple weeks, but didn't want to leave you Breaking Changeless so I did the thing where I stand up in front of a microphone and talked at you. Again. Like I do. Fun fact: this is the first and only time I've taken a phone call live, on-air! I was just too lazy to edit that out gracefully. Whenever I go to Japan solo, I experience moments of loneliness, so I'd really appreciate it if you sent me some praise or complaints or ideas to podcast@searls.co and I'll feel comforted by the knowledge that you exist. Your engagement sustains me. Lotta weird and dumb links this go-round: Eric Doggett is a great friend/artist Fortune Feimster isn't spelled how I would've guessed Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer (Gen 2) is the best gift anyone's given me in a while POSSE Party's tutorial videos are just enough to convince you to either bother or not bother Reddit's r/selfhosted is at least a little self-aware I'm giving myself some grace when it comes to the newsletter EDID Emulators are a hardware product that exist only because Windows is bad Looking forward to trying Happy for remote Claude Code / Codex CLI work Aaron's puns, ranked Pebble Index 01 Google's / XReal Putting It All on Glasses Next Year XReal is partnering with Asus ROG, too Google and Apple partner on better Android-iPhone switching NYT profiles John Ternus AirPods Pro with IR cameras (instead of stem clicks?!) JPMorgan Chase Reaches a Deal to Take Over the Apple Credit Card (News+) The Clicks Power Keyboard looks rad Expedition 33's Game Awards sweep has me asking, who will be the first to VEGOT? Valve still sending this guy chocolates every Christmas The post-GeForce era: What if Nvidia abandons PC gaming? The 5090 could cost $5090 by the end of 2026 Nvidia plans heavy cuts to GPU supply in early 2026 Racks of AI chips are too damn heavy (News+) Vera Rubin is probably even heavier GPT Image 1.5 is better but not good enough PSA: make ChatGPT less warm, enthusiastic, and emoji-tastic (News+) You can (supposedly) buy your Instacart groceries without leaving ChatGPT The massive year-end Ed Zitron newsletter. Podcasts are AI now (News+) Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry A Stanford degree wont save you (News+) 'Godfather of SaaS' Says He Replaced Most of His Sales Team With AI Agents NYC phone ban reveals some students can't read clocks Swearing Actually Seems to Make Humans Physically Stronger Corporation for Public Broadcasting to Shut Down After 58 Years Due to Trump Eliminating Funding Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What's on X (News+) Outer Worlds 2 Ball X Pit Stranger Things Season 5 Reddit's terrific r/RealOrAI sub The RayNeo Air 3s are the display glasses I'd recommend if you can find them for $199 Murderbot UDCast universal subtitling (and the movie I wanted to watch) Beckygram.com

Au programme :Les prévisions pour 2026Au CES, Nvidia annonce le DLSS 4.5La chasse à l'IA commence à ressembler à une chasse aux sorcièresNos jeux du momentTiny Bookshop – Eska recommande chaudementARC Raiders – Eska recommande malgré elleSkate Story – Thomas recommande chaudementThe Séance of Blake Manor – Thomas adoreDonkey Kong Bananza – Patrick est tiède, après quelques heuresHades II – Patrick recommande très chaudement (GotY 2026 !)Le reste de l'actualité---Infos :Animé par Patrick Beja (Bluesky, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok)Co-animé par Maïté “Eskarina” (Bluesky).Co-animé par Thomas Méreur « Amaebi » (Bluesky).Produit par Patrick Beja (LinkedIn) et Fanny Cohen MoreauMusique par Daniel Beja.Le Rendez-vous Jeux épisode 430 – Hades II, GotY 2026 – Prédictions, CES, DLSS 4.5, IA, Tiny Bookshop, Arc Raiders, Skate Story, The Séance of Blake Manor, Donkey Kong Bananza, Hades IILiens :

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

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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

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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

One of my favorite recorded conversations (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzjmPmfLB-o) happened in 2022, right after Valve launched the Steam Deck. I rounded up Liam from Gaming on Linux (https://gamingonlinux.com), Nick from The Linux Experiment (https://youtube.com/thelinuxexperiment), and Gardiner Bryant (https://youtube.com/gardinerbryant) for an organic chat about Linux gaming. Well, the gang is finally back together! In this episode we discuss the upcoming Steam Machine and Steam Frame hardware launches, focusing less on specs and more on the impact these could have on broader Linux adoption. We also reflect on how our gaming habits have changed since the Steam Deck launched back in 2022. Plus, we throw down some bold predictions for 2026, and share what games we've been enjoying during the last month. FEATURING: * Nick @ The Linux Experiment: YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/TheLinuxExperiment) | Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/cw/thelinuxexperiment) * Gardiner Bryant: YouTube (https://youtube.com/gardinerbryant) | The Bryant Review (https://gardinerbryant.com) * Liam Dawe: GamingOnLinux.com (https://gamingonlinux.com) | Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/liamdawe)

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!

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/

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

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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 

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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