I don't celebrate Christmas, but I hope you all enjoy your holiday & time with your loved ones! -Timestamps- [0:00] *Chapters.* [0:48] *Intro.* [1:50] *Topic #1: Activision CEO Bobby Kotich to leave.* > 2:42 Bobby was in Epstein's Black Book, was Dan on the island? > 4:22 Luke lists Kotich's alleged crimes, what is left from this company? ft. Discussing islands. > 7:32 Microsoft's replacement, what as Kotich's legacy? Linus on bad quality, "crack." > 10:34 Luke on Blizzard underpaying & overworking employees compared to other studios. > 11:26 Linus's chat with a hobby shop, challenges, Horizon Hobby & Hobby Lobby. > 14:20 Luke mentions Hobby Lobby's artifacts scandal, Linus mentions Traxxas. > 16:46 Linus on the Bobby Kotich, Luke analyzes Activision Blizzard's stock. > 19:34 Linus on PlayStation & Nintendo pricing, count of developers of games. > 22:42 Raised game pricing, content sphere, episodic games, expectations & IPs. > 36:22 Linus's Fantasian subscription ft. How much chat spent on virtual items, FFVII, BG3 developers, game hype. > 43:27 Does Linus have to beat Fantasian's final boss? ft. Luke's XCOM 2, BG3 early access. > 46:40 Luke on using boosters or watching on UA-cam, Linus on different strategies. > 49:00 Linus cancels Apple Arcade, saves are stored on Cloud, mentions phases 3. > 51:27 Fantasian playtest on Steam, Linus on the retro RPG renaissance, Luke's drivers hopefully fixed. [53:08] *LTTStore's new pins series 3.* > 54:24 New Luke pin, potential holo. > 55:34 Precision screwdriver end cap correction. [56:42] *Merch Messages #1.* > 57:19 Asides of ASL & cochlear implants, what tech can help deaf people communicate? > 1:01:01 How long would pins series 3 be on sale for? > 1:03:19 What did Linus do with Yvonne for their honeymoon? ft. LinusFoodTips Luke Lasagna [Courtesy of Altrius.] [1:18:59] *Topic #2: Sony patents a difficulty curve.* > 1:20:01 Are the days of beating games gone? Discussing the Spiderman game. > 1:22:01 Luke mentions difficulty levels, Linus on achievements & adjustable levels. > 1:24:28 Toggling through menu, Luke on sell boosts & dynamic difficulty. > 1:26:32 Problem of the difficulty being on the settings instead of menu. [1:27:09] *Topic #3: wklix's LEGO build of LTT's build corner set.* [1:29:15] *Sponsors.* > 1:29:17 Thorum. > 1:30:20 Maximum Settings. > 1:31:22 Green Man Gaming. [1:32:45] *Merch Messages #2 ft. Recalling the cuffs.* > 1:33:21 LTT magnetic cable management update? > 1:34:13 Do you have any tips for parties as a young businessman introvert? > 1:38:18 What are the best monitor headphones for ears being hot and sweaty? > 1:40:23 Old PC equipment signature lottery updates? [1:42:03] *Topic #4: Steam to allow marking games as private.* [1:43:05] *Topic #5: Google Play App settlement, to certify side loading.* [1:46:24] *Topic #6: VR & AR declines, Meta spends billions ft. Linus jumpscare.* [1:47:38] *Topic #7: Deloitte looks to AI to help avoid layoffs.* [1:49:38] *Topic #8: DOJ investigates Apple for antitrust & anti-competitive behavior.* [1:51:38] *Merch Messages #3 ft. WAN Show After Dark.* > 1:52:34 A follow up video on the Fairphone 5? Thoughts on it so far? > 1:59:34 What are you looking forward to gaming wise in 2024? ft. LTT videos, paying for products. > 2:09:19 Does Luke watch The Yard? > 2:11:20 Hardest person to choose a gift for? > 2:14:32 Are you ordering small batches or making Luxe backpacks to order? > 2:15:27 Whole home RGB idea? > 2:16:13 What are your non-technical thoughts on quantum computers? > 2:18:05 Interesting problems you had with smart home stuff? > 2:19:01 Favorite WAN Show topic from this year? > 2:20:03 What tech or LTTStore items would you want to put in a deep ocean pressure tank? ft. "Inverted microwaved sheep." > 2:22:34 Bidet update? > 2:22:39 Dan drives Linus crazy with "EXE," file extension pronunciation. > 2:30:51 LTT sponsoring a Baja team, what other teams you'd like to sponsor? > 2:32:42 Dan says more file extensions. > 2:34:02 What are Luke's budgies favorite toys? ft. File extension rules. > 2:35:39 Would Linus ever move to the US? > 2:38:24 How to handle being told you're the best for promotion by higher ups but passed up? > 2:39:02 Linus elaborates on how using primer paint is lazy. [2:41:55] *Outro.* Side note: Donation link is in my channel's about section.
My problem with episodic gaming is it adds the Netflix problem to video games. You might get really into a story, only for it to be cancelled before it’s finished. For example, I paid full price for Deus Ex Mankind Divided, got “part 1” of a story (it just stops suddenly after an early boss fight with, no closure while you wait for parts 2 & 3), then because the game sold millions of copies but not a gajillion copies, the publisher overlords cancel parts 2 & 3 and it sucks to be you.
So a few things about episodic is as it gets more popular it will get stretched out. This feels like it's just a reboot of 2010 where games campaigns start to get shorter and single player games died
Buddy, this has been a staple of gaming already. Ever heard of this indie game called half life 3? They left on a cliffhanger and spent almost two decades for them to make a prequel
@leeroyjenkins0 I think you meant subjectively. That's the whole thing about media no? Unless opinions are considered facts now, and I didn't get the memo.
I love that when it comes to Bobby, Luke is actually the one to tempt fate and say quite risque things because he just absolutely can't stand the bastard - it's down to Linus to reign him in hahaha
As an Italian, I can tell you that the tourist spots in Rome are very expensive and not very good, they definitely take advantage of tourists there. For the pizza... It sounds like you ordered a margherita, which is just dough, tomato sauce and mozzarella. If you want toppings you should order something like a quattro stagioni, a capricciosa, one with prosciutto, rucola e parmigiano or if you want lots of cheese a quattro formaggi. And since you were in Rome you probably had a roman style pizza which typically is very flat.
also if back then (according to the internets this was 2011) you paid €20 for a pizza, you were definitely at a tourist trap. when we were in rome we usually had dinner somewhere in Trastavere, and selected our restaurants based on TripAdvisor. and then went to take a look whether it was full of locals. We had great dinners every time. and after 10 years of visiting Italy at least once every year. I think I kinda know what good Italian food should taste like.
This had me laughing so hard while being so sick. Love luke: "allegedly he doesn't have an island" Linus: "thats his opinion. Its been 7 minutes!" Hahhahahaha
2:24:00 "WOOOAAHHHH!!" I love how the craziest reaction Luke and Linus had was to Dan's pronunciation of file extensions. 2:25:16 Luke's "No." _was simply devastating!!_
Everytime Linus talks about his past life as a painter, I feel like he could've owned a painting company to this day if things had gone slightly differently.
I have family in Italy and I go often to visit then. A margarita, the pizza you described, should be like 6€ to 8€ and should be very tasty (basically, you learn all you need to know about a pizzeria from it). Pizza in touristic places is often terrible in Italy. But even in "normal Italian" places I've had pretty awful things. If you ever give Italy another chance, get recommendations from the hotel staff (ask them where they eat themselves when they eat out, not where they expect tourists to go)
Yeah I am with Dan too. I have and everyone I studied computer science (20 years ago) with used exe like Dan, any extension with could be pronounced easily as a word were words (exe, rar, tar, bat, zip, gif) the others were not and pronounced like abbreviations (png, bmp, txt). There is another caveat to it, the ones used in DOS / command line were also pronounced like abbreviations s you got used to typing them (dir)
@@jaihayes9647 Wrong is obviously subjective here but it's fun to bandwagon sometimes so long as it's all in good fun (which it clearly was). His pronunciations sounded off to me as well so I'd probably side with the two Ls.
2:22:42 I'm with Dan on this one, I usually say "exe" and "ini" as a word rather than spelling it out. The main reason is probably that it is harder to spell in my first language. That said, I've also said "png" as a word before, but not out loud to anyone, only when reading while tired as a way to amuse myself.
Re: "resentment around doing crazy projects with stuff provided by sponsors" (~ 2:04:00) I think some of the issue may be that a perception of "already well-off guy got free stuff for his own home" isn't an angle that has a whole lot of positive spin. I don't think most people would have an issue with "this cache server for whale lan is being provided by supermicro and its badass; here's why" because that's something involving the business not personally benefiting for a company thing.
It's a bit of a strange one, since so much of it becomes content and could often be a business expense even if buy it at sticker price. Like with the theatre room, pretty sure Klipsch or Epson didn't sponsor, but they got their products featured so not sure how it works when it's a case of 'they sent these over' , or the amp there that I forget who made. It does seem like they get at least a good deal on Ubiqity stuff, but they do some sponsor spots.
On the opposite side tho you got, the super wealthy guy, who is out of touch with reality, and boast his wealth upon his viewers. It’s like they said it becomes a never win situation.
"I like dangerous vacations but not where I'm the danger" GOD! DAMN! Luke that was a killer. E: Either I get told what to get, or I know exactly what to get. E2: Out of context "Maybe a sheep" was hilarious. E3: Dan with the big L and even bigger burn!
As someone from Florence, another touristy city, and having been to Rome a bunch in my life...yeah it's the touristy area problem. Always ask a local where their favorite place to eat is, it's the best way to get cheap, excellent food (assuming you're ok with trying to find someone wandering around who speaks some English)
2:25 I mean, black ops, two is a beloved part of my childhood. Staying up late, playing zombies with the boys at a friends house, running through every different party game they had on there. That game created some core memories with friends that I no longer get to see very often.
35:05 Monster Hunter World did a phenomenal job of this with the iceborne expansion. Same engine. With the inclusion of really one new combat feature while just including new monsters. Worth the extra money for 2 parts.
You joke but Activision has a patented mechanic that matches you with easier opponents if you purchase something from the store. Whether this is in the game(s) is up to debate though
As a more casual "gamer" with little time, i dont really play for a challenge, i play to have some fun and stomp things, to help me take my mind of all the hard life things...
This reminds me of the old arcade games which would be programmed to be easy to start and scale the difficulty as you succeed/progress just enough to keep you on the hook and feeding coins into the machine.
21:18 - 100%, I was motioning this to the screen as you were getting there haha. Super Mario World, and so many of those SNES greats, had single people very involved in so many positions, absolutely S-tier developers back then, who loved what they did.
1:09:13 I'm Italian and living in Rome, if a pizza costed you €20 you were definitely in a tourist trap (a local wouldn't pay more than €14 even for the most extravagant pizza, generally anything above €10 is considered expensive), also if you come to Rome you should try Roman dishes NOT pizza, there are plenty of traditional restaurants that are inexpensive and serve quality food...
...Though, admittedly, if you don't speak Italian you may have issues finding restaurants that aren't tourists traps since a good rule of thumb here in Italy is "if the menu is translated in English, then it's probably a tourist trap".
i live in Canada and that is cheap by our standards, food is expensive here because there isn't really any reigning in of the powers that manage most things. it's pretty much, if you can squeeze it out of them, go for it ! for example pizza here ranges from $14 (9.60 euro) small 10 inch to $32 (21.90 euro) for extra large16 inch (most pizzas are 8 slices)
This episodic gaming thing reminds me a fair bit of the way Deus Ex: Manking Divided went. Shorter game with a story that didn’t really end, but the game sure as aug did.
Visited Vancouver recently, searched online for poutine recommendations and was directed to The Flying Pig for their pulled pork poutine and was not disappointed.
I find that it's very hard to find good food in touristy areas in general, even if you're not in a particularly well-known restaurant. Across my trips to Europe as a Canadian, I found that food in the general area around my hotels in Bercelona, Venice, and Amsterdam was wildly overpriced and terrible quality. As soon as I hopped on a train to an area that's not commonly visited by tourists, the food got a lot cheaper and a LOT better.
This. In tourist areas there are 2 factors: 1 its really expensive to have your business there, since the city wants to cash in 2 you dont really have to try, since the tourists will come once and never return. So you can just cheap out on quality Meanwhile in a small town you have returning customers. So if your food is bad you just will cease to exist.
@@PippetWhippet As an American myself I've been struggling to improve my diet. I mostly avoid bread and look for food that isn't full of hydrogenated oils and other highly processed garbage but it's damn near impossible. Even a lot of "healthy" stuff isn't healthy. It also irks me how stuff is labeled non-GMO verified because I don't actually care about that (there's no such thing as non-GMO) but the healthier stuff usually has that label and is healthier because it doesn't have a bunch of processed shit or uses grass fed cows or their milk (the grass fed part actually makes a huge difference in taste and nutritional value).
The *good* restaurant tend to be hard to find, as their name will bring in enough business, they don't need to attract tourists. (Like having the term "professional" on a tool 😅) There are amazing Hamburger places in Amsterdam, but you need to Google for the list. What works pretty well for me is checking Tripadvisor for restaurants in my neighborhood.
I'm the one that asked about the smart home problems. Due to the character limit for merch messages, I wasn't able to add this part. Mine most interesting issue was Zigbee dropouts due to the RPi 4 I use apparently not having good enough shielding on the USB 3.0 ports to run a zigbee antenna and an SSD off them without interference. Swapped one to a USB 2.0 port and no more issues
7:55 I miss Activision's golden age from 1995 to 1999. Interstate 76, Heavy Gear, Heavy Gear II, Mechwarrior 2 and Battlezone were my jam back then. Those were developed by Activision themselves. They also published Quake II and Quake III Arena as well as Hexen II and Heretic II during that time and SiN. Yes, I'm old.
When Luke talked about Sony chopping up Spider-Man (the game, not the movie) and releasing it in portions... that's literally what Sony did with Across the Spider-Verse.
As an Oregonian, I did a mental double take at Linus saying "Oregoners" 🤣. It's the same suffix for Washington, they're known as Washingtonians, with it being a long "o" at the end on both.
It seems that unclaimed money from a class action settlement could be returned to defendant, but there are other options such as distributing among claimants and donating to a charity that aligns with the goals of the lawsuit. It all depends on the settlement agreement.
As long as money is the metrik by wich the quality of a game is quantified, nothing will change. Bobby was there to make money, and he did. He did his given task and WE CHOSE to support his games, with our wallet. Don´t expect a change if we as gamers (consumers) dont change.
Well, they had amazing games. I always remember enjoying Blizzard games starting with Diablo 1 and 2, Starcraft 1 and Warcraft 1, 2, 3 and later the Dota map on Warcraft 3. That is all that mattered. They did things right more than other big players in the industry, so its hard to say they were bad. Now I never cared how they are as a corporation, because lets' face it, there are no good corporations out there.
He made short term money, but at the expense of long term profit. Drove game after game info the ground. Look at the opposite, a company like Rockstar that puts in the time and spaces their games out so the IP doesn’t get ruined.
If visiting European cities, you must avoid tourist traps, and there are tree pretty solid ways to manage that: 1. Gold option: Ask a local 2. Silver option: Take to the side roads 3. Bronze: Check how many tourists there are. If you see more cameras, Hawaiian shirts and sun-glasses then people, turn around. Italien food is quite diverse, and finding anything "tasty" means you were in the wrong establishment.
Love it. The English guy explaining the English language to non-English people :P The reason exe/ini are pronounced like Dan says is correct IMO. “x-i” is the phonetic way to say “e-x-e” quickly. I would agree both are interchangeable but also full names are also valid. If any confusion still, then spelling it out is the only solution (eg: jpeg/jpg are often phased the same but if a script only accepts “jpg” then read out the letters).
I want to point out to linus. It is normal in the engineering sphere for videos to take 1-3 months. There are a ton of you tuber's I watch in this form.
Tourist food is definitely a thing, I went to spain and the mom-and-pop 'on the way home' sort of restaurants were amazing, but anything in a tourist area was not ideal. Lots of 'American' food.
As others said, it makes more sense that the settings for Mario Kart handholding are made inside the player/kart selection. Different people might want to have different settings, and having a global settings will make the same thing for all players, and also make everyone go somewhere else to change them will significantly delay the play (after all, you might pass the controller just during the character selection). And I think it's easier to check than the kart stats...
If games go episodic, I will only buy them once they are completed. I only buy GOTY versions so I get all the DLC. By then, most of the time they have been mostly patched too.
@@khrishp Hrm possibly? I've only ever really heard Exe like Dan here in the UK Funnily enough earlier in the video where Dan mentions Basil, he said it like we say it in the UK too.
57:42 I'm a senior in college right now and I just took an Intro to AI capstone course. For the class we split up into groups to work on AI projects. One group made an AI ASL interpreter, which given the limited time in the class, they were only able to make interpret letters, but that fact that it works is really cool. There is so much potential in that and I really hope to see it fully developed so we can have proper realtime ASL to text and text to ASL translations.
RE: Super Mario World vs. modern games. Modern games are digitally distributed. Super Mario World was a cartridge - a fairly expensive physical piece of electronics, which also needed shipping, etc.
CGP Grey talks about the mark rober stuff quite well on cortex. The missing middle of everything: what works is the extremes (low/high effort - short/long content. Both of those have to be extreme now since we've reached peak youtube viewers.)
Linus talking about Europe is hilarious. My man goes to allll the tourist traps and complains about quality. Get off the main street and dive into the back streets and eat there. It's usually something like x50 for the taste, for about half the price.
I feel like I play videogames to escape rather than for achievement. I would rather be immersed than feel like I have achieved something. I guess this is why I am primarily a singleplayer gamer rather than a multiplayer gamer.
In terms of Activision-Blizzard, asking the question why people buy it still. Cause it's habit. Call of Duty has seen diminishing sales year after year. But Call of Duty use to have incredible games with amazing single player campaigns. Blizzard had RPGs and Dungeon crawlers that defined their genres. Wow is still the MMO of choice for many people. Guitar Hero was huge. They own Spyro and Crash Bandicoot. They own beloved IP. That's how they get people. It's not just addiction with gambling mechanics. It's Nostalgia.
2:28:32 I'm 100% with Dan on this one xD but maybe that's also because my primary language is Dutch and that is literally the way you would pronounce those letters in that order
The best Pizza I had up until now was in some half shady restraunt next to the street in the middle of nowhere during a roadtrip in Italy. We stopped there originally only for a visit to the toilet, but as it was almost lunch time already and it was still a bit to go to our next destination we decided to eat there.
13:23 Our IT department went through a lot of changes over the past couple of years, and most of our new IT team came from Horizon Hobby. They have pretty much nothing but bad things to say about that workplace.
Dammit Linus 🤣🤣 You got me, when you said about a lack of COD lovers. I was in full disagree mode, and by the end of it, there was nothing I could argue, you was right and I felt attacked 😂😂
Sony already uses dynamic difficulty on MLB The Show and it can be enabled or disabled. They're making this a bigger deal than it actually is. This is an awesome feature for someone learning the game and it gradually getting harder as they get better and if they stuggle the difficulty lowers if they choose to.
@@ReubyD118 They've only applied for the patent, same as that recent one regarding something specific about save games. Stuff that has been around in almost identical forms for years, but then wasn't it Konami that patented mini-games while loading? I remember those from back to the amiga or even c64 era.
1:23:00 It's not necessarily "overcoming a challenge" that makes games worthwhile, at least not for everyone. There are plenty of games that have no challenging elements but can be satisfying and rewarding to a bunch of people. Personally, while I do love Souls games, I am also a walking sim enjoyer. I find both rewarding, in different ways. That said, I have to agree that the dynamic difficulty feature should have an obvious setting. Maybe do what a bunch of modern games do and offer it when the game is first started, along with various accessibility options.
Reportedly, Bobby complained that finding dates was hard because when anyone googled his name, for many years the top photos of him had devil horns and googly eyes because Stephanie "Jim" Sterling made so many of those images for her videos, lololol.
On mariocart 8. While I agree there should be an option to have training wheels off by default it is and should be a per player setting so having it in the cart builder to me makes more sense than having it in the global game settings
They've already announced that Bobby, the board, and most of ABK's execs will be leaving. What is there in place will report to Matt Booty who oversees Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda, and now ABK. He reports to Phil Spencer who is the CEO of Gaming at Microsoft. There will be no need for a Bobby Kotick as Phil makes all final decisions that Bobby used to.@@bzs187
If the fair phone doesn't work out, you should try the ROG. I went from the Note 8 to it not long ago, and it's great. They are super fast. It has a huge battery life, a Headphone jack, and an OLED screen, and I love having two USB C. It doesn't have a Notch. It has good enough cameras for me. Aside from being heavy, which I've just gotten more vital in the last two years, it has been an effortless switch.
Episodic games that function like a novel series or something with no story like Deep Rock Galactic are great. You get narrative closure even if the story isn't over and you get more of the universe you love. Until someone else takes over and runs it into the ground.
Even if there is an argument about FInal Fantasy VII Remake being an episodic game, I would stand behind it as it's jumped in quality A LOT, the times have changed and the gaming industry have changed with it, you cannot expect the same production value from the original compared to today.
I appreciate games releasing in parts as long as each instalment offers substantial value for its price... Take Spider-Man 3, Parts 1, 2, and 3 - if each is as extensive and engaging as Spider-Man 1, I'm willing to pay £60 per game. However, if they're comparable to Miles Morales, £30 per game would leave me more satisfied. The Final Fantasy VII remake met my expectations in terms of length and value, making me open to future parts following the same standard.
Completely agree. Bad marketing around miles Morales and they made it seem like it was a full game. I understand splitting ff7 into parts because the og game is huge and I'm sure they don't want another ff15 situation of taking an entire decade for a subpar game. I welcome it if it's ff7 size, but I already know they're gonna abuse the "parts" vernacular. This will now be a way to make single player games essentially a live service which I'm sure execs are foaming at the mouth for.
I'm a tricky person to by gifts for; because a lot of it is indeed either future trash; or "interest adjacent" that I may not use/have a need for. It's not that I don't have things I want, it's just my hobbies aren't conducive to small purchases (musical instruments / tech stuff for home labs / etc - heck even video games are above the $20-50 gift range by a wide margin now). As such it's tricky for me to come up with things. But for folks with hobbies that have a lot of accessories or are cheaper (like books) it can certainly be easier!
You can toggle the auto kart stuff on or off for each player so it makes little sense to have it in the main menu. If you did you might as well put their kart selection on the main menu.
Came here to say this. I didn’t have any trouble figuring it out when I got my switch and the game for Christmas in 2017, and I did not grow up with any kind of Nintendo system. I think this is just a Linus problem. Lol
Sequels are not episodic, they are an iterations on the story with engine and mechanics upgrades. Expansions are a sequel with the same engine where dev doesnt have to rebuild the whole game to create more story and gameplay. DLC can be a smaller scale expansion but is often content that was cut or unfinished when the game is pushed to launch, making it episodic in nature. Episodic can be great, as long as the content and price are scaled so that you arent overpaying for less content.
This is exactly my thoughts. If it's the same Spiderman game and you pay 3 times what it's worth then the value isn't there and isn't worth the cost in my eyes.
2:12:20 the best gifts I've gotten for my parents are the ones they want/need, but absolutely refuse to spend money on. Top on that list is a mandolin for my mother. She gives me a shoutout every time she uses it, since it makes slicing bulk vegetables a sinch! I also kinda got them a present of a foldable stair-dolly (it has three wheels so it can go up/down stairs smoothly) but I made it clear that that one is still mine and reserved the right to take it whenever I need to use it at my appartment a short ten minute walk away!
One of the best received xmas presents I bought mum was a very good set of kitchen knives, though I got her something less functional that year too. The knives were maybe not exciting as were being unwrapped, but for more than 15 years got used daily, saved her a lot of time, and often got a comment.
I think Alton Brown said it best, once a place becomes known as "The Place" for a food or activity, its no longer the best. At certian points, people begin to care more about the authenticity of what that item was, than the original creators care, or the creator has gotten so ham wild over the fame of their creation that they loose the touch that made that item good. I have had real italian food, I have had authentic chinese food, I have had "Authentic" corned beef from NY, didn't wow me.
I don't celebrate Christmas, but I hope you all enjoy your holiday & time with your loved ones!
-Timestamps-
[0:00] *Chapters.*
[0:48] *Intro.*
[1:50] *Topic #1: Activision CEO Bobby Kotich to leave.*
> 2:42 Bobby was in Epstein's Black Book, was Dan on the island?
> 4:22 Luke lists Kotich's alleged crimes, what is left from this company? ft. Discussing islands.
> 7:32 Microsoft's replacement, what as Kotich's legacy? Linus on bad quality, "crack."
> 10:34 Luke on Blizzard underpaying & overworking employees compared to other studios.
> 11:26 Linus's chat with a hobby shop, challenges, Horizon Hobby & Hobby Lobby.
> 14:20 Luke mentions Hobby Lobby's artifacts scandal, Linus mentions Traxxas.
> 16:46 Linus on the Bobby Kotich, Luke analyzes Activision Blizzard's stock.
> 19:34 Linus on PlayStation & Nintendo pricing, count of developers of games.
> 22:42 Raised game pricing, content sphere, episodic games, expectations & IPs.
> 36:22 Linus's Fantasian subscription ft. How much chat spent on virtual items, FFVII, BG3 developers, game hype.
> 43:27 Does Linus have to beat Fantasian's final boss? ft. Luke's XCOM 2, BG3 early access.
> 46:40 Luke on using boosters or watching on UA-cam, Linus on different strategies.
> 49:00 Linus cancels Apple Arcade, saves are stored on Cloud, mentions phases 3.
> 51:27 Fantasian playtest on Steam, Linus on the retro RPG renaissance, Luke's drivers hopefully fixed.
[53:08] *LTTStore's new pins series 3.*
> 54:24 New Luke pin, potential holo.
> 55:34 Precision screwdriver end cap correction.
[56:42] *Merch Messages #1.*
> 57:19 Asides of ASL & cochlear implants, what tech can help deaf people communicate?
> 1:01:01 How long would pins series 3 be on sale for?
> 1:03:19 What did Linus do with Yvonne for their honeymoon? ft. LinusFoodTips Luke Lasagna [Courtesy of Altrius.]
[1:18:59] *Topic #2: Sony patents a difficulty curve.*
> 1:20:01 Are the days of beating games gone? Discussing the Spiderman game.
> 1:22:01 Luke mentions difficulty levels, Linus on achievements & adjustable levels.
> 1:24:28 Toggling through menu, Luke on sell boosts & dynamic difficulty.
> 1:26:32 Problem of the difficulty being on the settings instead of menu.
[1:27:09] *Topic #3: wklix's LEGO build of LTT's build corner set.*
[1:29:15] *Sponsors.*
> 1:29:17 Thorum.
> 1:30:20 Maximum Settings.
> 1:31:22 Green Man Gaming.
[1:32:45] *Merch Messages #2 ft. Recalling the cuffs.*
> 1:33:21 LTT magnetic cable management update?
> 1:34:13 Do you have any tips for parties as a young businessman introvert?
> 1:38:18 What are the best monitor headphones for ears being hot and sweaty?
> 1:40:23 Old PC equipment signature lottery updates?
[1:42:03] *Topic #4: Steam to allow marking games as private.*
[1:43:05] *Topic #5: Google Play App settlement, to certify side loading.*
[1:46:24] *Topic #6: VR & AR declines, Meta spends billions ft. Linus jumpscare.*
[1:47:38] *Topic #7: Deloitte looks to AI to help avoid layoffs.*
[1:49:38] *Topic #8: DOJ investigates Apple for antitrust & anti-competitive behavior.*
[1:51:38] *Merch Messages #3 ft. WAN Show After Dark.*
> 1:52:34 A follow up video on the Fairphone 5? Thoughts on it so far?
> 1:59:34 What are you looking forward to gaming wise in 2024? ft. LTT videos, paying for products.
> 2:09:19 Does Luke watch The Yard?
> 2:11:20 Hardest person to choose a gift for?
> 2:14:32 Are you ordering small batches or making Luxe backpacks to order?
> 2:15:27 Whole home RGB idea?
> 2:16:13 What are your non-technical thoughts on quantum computers?
> 2:18:05 Interesting problems you had with smart home stuff?
> 2:19:01 Favorite WAN Show topic from this year?
> 2:20:03 What tech or LTTStore items would you want to put in a deep ocean pressure tank? ft. "Inverted microwaved sheep."
> 2:22:34 Bidet update?
> 2:22:39 Dan drives Linus crazy with "EXE," file extension pronunciation.
> 2:30:51 LTT sponsoring a Baja team, what other teams you'd like to sponsor?
> 2:32:42 Dan says more file extensions.
> 2:34:02 What are Luke's budgies favorite toys? ft. File extension rules.
> 2:35:39 Would Linus ever move to the US?
> 2:38:24 How to handle being told you're the best for promotion by higher ups but passed up?
> 2:39:02 Linus elaborates on how using primer paint is lazy.
[2:41:55] *Outro.*
Side note: Donation link is in my channel's about section.
Thank you!
Late as usual /s
Really man? already? awesome job!!!
Thanks for all your work dude Happy Holidays!
That's not a side note.... That's a bottom note!
(Or post-script, but that defeats the point of the joke......)
My problem with episodic gaming is it adds the Netflix problem to video games. You might get really into a story, only for it to be cancelled before it’s finished. For example, I paid full price for Deus Ex Mankind Divided, got “part 1” of a story (it just stops suddenly after an early boss fight with, no closure while you wait for parts 2 & 3), then because the game sold millions of copies but not a gajillion copies, the publisher overlords cancel parts 2 & 3 and it sucks to be you.
I only ever played invisible war but that does sound like a problem.
So a few things about episodic is as it gets more popular it will get stretched out. This feels like it's just a reboot of 2010 where games campaigns start to get shorter and single player games died
@@leeroyjenkins0Nah they aren't interactive enough
Buddy, this has been a staple of gaming already. Ever heard of this indie game called half life 3? They left on a cliffhanger and spent almost two decades for them to make a prequel
@leeroyjenkins0 I think you meant subjectively. That's the whole thing about media no? Unless opinions are considered facts now, and I didn't get the memo.
That little segment with getting Dan to read out words was a lot of fun & a good laugh.
"I like dangerous vacations but not where I'm the danger" 😂😂😂
I love that when it comes to Bobby, Luke is actually the one to tempt fate and say quite risque things because he just absolutely can't stand the bastard - it's down to Linus to reign him in hahaha
Ya fuck that asshole and his “video game factory”, drove game after game into the ground.
he might personally know ppl who got screwed over by Bethesda, he wanted to be a game developer at some point too I think.
@@sadmanh0 acti-bliz, not bethesda
As an Italian, I can tell you that the tourist spots in Rome are very expensive and not very good, they definitely take advantage of tourists there. For the pizza... It sounds like you ordered a margherita, which is just dough, tomato sauce and mozzarella. If you want toppings you should order something like a quattro stagioni, a capricciosa, one with prosciutto, rucola e parmigiano or if you want lots of cheese a quattro formaggi. And since you were in Rome you probably had a roman style pizza which typically is very flat.
also if back then (according to the internets this was 2011) you paid €20 for a pizza, you were definitely at a tourist trap. when we were in rome we usually had dinner somewhere in Trastavere, and selected our restaurants based on TripAdvisor. and then went to take a look whether it was full of locals. We had great dinners every time. and after 10 years of visiting Italy at least once every year. I think I kinda know what good Italian food should taste like.
this comment should be pinned.
@@johanvanroekel8253two ups for trastavere. Had the best pizza I ever had there for €10 in 2017
Yeah this should be pinned. Was frustrating to listen to that section, had to skip it lmao
@@Nederlance He spoke like he knew what he was talking about.
This had me laughing so hard while being so sick. Love luke: "allegedly he doesn't have an island" Linus: "thats his opinion. Its been 7 minutes!" Hahhahahaha
best lines ever
2:24:00 "WOOOAAHHHH!!"
I love how the craziest reaction Luke and Linus had was to Dan's pronunciation of file extensions.
2:25:16
Luke's "No." _was simply devastating!!_
Dan's not wrong. I wonder if its a British thing. I say exe and ini like Dan
I also say exe as excy... its faster
2:20:38 Dan- "it can barely hold up to scrutiny"
This is why we love you Dan!
this joke had me cackling lowkey
Everytime Linus talks about his past life as a painter, I feel like he could've owned a painting company to this day if things had gone slightly differently.
The honeymoon story made me think of Ron Swanson in England, look a clock,we don't have those in America 😂
I have family in Italy and I go often to visit then. A margarita, the pizza you described, should be like 6€ to 8€ and should be very tasty (basically, you learn all you need to know about a pizzeria from it).
Pizza in touristic places is often terrible in Italy.
But even in "normal Italian" places I've had pretty awful things. If you ever give Italy another chance, get recommendations from the hotel staff (ask them where they eat themselves when they eat out, not where they expect tourists to go)
im 100% with dan in that file extension debate
Yeah it’s like why are some ok and others aren’t. Rather than realising the fallacy of it they just doubled down. Interesting
Yeah I am with Dan too.
I have and everyone I studied computer science (20 years ago) with used exe like Dan, any extension with could be pronounced easily as a word were words (exe, rar, tar, bat, zip, gif) the others were not and pronounced like abbreviations (png, bmp, txt).
There is another caveat to it, the ones used in DOS / command line were also pronounced like abbreviations s you got used to typing them (dir)
@@jaihayes9647 Wrong is obviously subjective here but it's fun to bandwagon sometimes so long as it's all in good fun (which it clearly was). His pronunciations sounded off to me as well so I'd probably side with the two Ls.
Excy is faster to say than e x e
2:22:42 I'm with Dan on this one, I usually say "exe" and "ini" as a word rather than spelling it out. The main reason is probably that it is harder to spell in my first language.
That said, I've also said "png" as a word before, but not out loud to anyone, only when reading while tired as a way to amuse myself.
Just add letters. PNG is Ping, BMP is Bump, etc.
What is even the "correct" way to say .ini? I always said it like Dan.
If it can be pronounced it should be pronounced.
Justice for Dan.
Me too (my time has come to be able to state that lol)
Re: "resentment around doing crazy projects with stuff provided by sponsors" (~ 2:04:00) I think some of the issue may be that a perception of "already well-off guy got free stuff for his own home" isn't an angle that has a whole lot of positive spin. I don't think most people would have an issue with "this cache server for whale lan is being provided by supermicro and its badass; here's why" because that's something involving the business not personally benefiting for a company thing.
It's a bit of a strange one, since so much of it becomes content and could often be a business expense even if buy it at sticker price. Like with the theatre room, pretty sure Klipsch or Epson didn't sponsor, but they got their products featured so not sure how it works when it's a case of 'they sent these over' , or the amp there that I forget who made.
It does seem like they get at least a good deal on Ubiqity stuff, but they do some sponsor spots.
On the opposite side tho you got, the super wealthy guy, who is out of touch with reality, and boast his wealth upon his viewers.
It’s like they said it becomes a never win situation.
I'm with Dan. When you can just pronounce the file extension as a word (i.e. if it has vowels), it's faster, easier and just as clear to just do so.
"I like dangerous vacations but not where I'm the danger" GOD! DAMN! Luke that was a killer.
E: Either I get told what to get, or I know exactly what to get.
E2: Out of context "Maybe a sheep" was hilarious.
E3: Dan with the big L and even bigger burn!
If a game is going to be $150 it needs to be perfect and something we dont forget about in a week. It needs to be a game that becomes a core memory.
Everyone forgot Spyro Year of the Dragon had hidden difficulty softening
And R&C2 and 3...
If I remember correctly if you're bad enough at the game, you actually can't 100% the fireworks ninja level (can't remember the world name)
yep @@MiriaJiyuu
@Verlisify Did ? I played the f*ck outta that game as a kid and I had no idea
As someone from Florence, another touristy city, and having been to Rome a bunch in my life...yeah it's the touristy area problem. Always ask a local where their favorite place to eat is, it's the best way to get cheap, excellent food (assuming you're ok with trying to find someone wandering around who speaks some English)
Ini and exe age definitely pronounced as words, not abbreviations in Sweden.
same in Germany
2:25 I mean, black ops, two is a beloved part of my childhood. Staying up late, playing zombies with the boys at a friends house, running through every different party game they had on there. That game created some core memories with friends that I no longer get to see very often.
35:05 Monster Hunter World did a phenomenal job of this with the iceborne expansion.
Same engine. With the inclusion of really one new combat feature while just including new monsters. Worth the extra money for 2 parts.
Games dynamically get harder and harder until you buy the horse armor.
You joke but Activision has a patented mechanic that matches you with easier opponents if you purchase something from the store.
Whether this is in the game(s) is up to debate though
As a more casual "gamer" with little time, i dont really play for a challenge, i play to have some fun and stomp things, to help me take my mind of all the hard life things...
This reminds me of the old arcade games which would be programmed to be easy to start and scale the difficulty as you succeed/progress just enough to keep you on the hook and feeding coins into the machine.
21:18 - 100%, I was motioning this to the screen as you were getting there haha. Super Mario World, and so many of those SNES greats, had single people very involved in so many positions, absolutely S-tier developers back then, who loved what they did.
1:09:13 I'm Italian and living in Rome, if a pizza costed you €20 you were definitely in a tourist trap (a local wouldn't pay more than €14 even for the most extravagant pizza, generally anything above €10 is considered expensive), also if you come to Rome you should try Roman dishes NOT pizza, there are plenty of traditional restaurants that are inexpensive and serve quality food...
Yeah, but I guess, Linus need such pizza with tons of stuff on it. So big bread, huge amount of cheese, maybe pinnacle.
Thanks that is just what I was thinking.
What Linus described sounded like the most stereotypical tourist trap
...Though, admittedly, if you don't speak Italian you may have issues finding restaurants that aren't tourists traps since a good rule of thumb here in Italy is "if the menu is translated in English, then it's probably a tourist trap".
Mi piace 🤌🏻
i live in Canada and that is cheap by our standards, food is expensive here because there isn't really any reigning in of the powers that manage most things. it's pretty much, if you can squeeze it out of them, go for it ! for example pizza here ranges from $14 (9.60 euro) small 10 inch to $32 (21.90 euro) for extra large16 inch (most pizzas are 8 slices)
That moment when you lean over to read the text you ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE LOL
This episodic gaming thing reminds me a fair bit of the way Deus Ex: Manking Divided went.
Shorter game with a story that didn’t really end, but the game sure as aug did.
Visited Vancouver recently, searched online for poutine recommendations and was directed to The Flying Pig for their pulled pork poutine and was not disappointed.
I find that it's very hard to find good food in touristy areas in general, even if you're not in a particularly well-known restaurant. Across my trips to Europe as a Canadian, I found that food in the general area around my hotels in Bercelona, Venice, and Amsterdam was wildly overpriced and terrible quality. As soon as I hopped on a train to an area that's not commonly visited by tourists, the food got a lot cheaper and a LOT better.
This. In tourist areas there are 2 factors:
1 its really expensive to have your business there, since the city wants to cash in
2 you dont really have to try, since the tourists will come once and never return. So you can just cheap out on quality
Meanwhile in a small town you have returning customers. So if your food is bad you just will cease to exist.
@@PippetWhippet As an American myself I've been struggling to improve my diet. I mostly avoid bread and look for food that isn't full of hydrogenated oils and other highly processed garbage but it's damn near impossible. Even a lot of "healthy" stuff isn't healthy. It also irks me how stuff is labeled non-GMO verified because I don't actually care about that (there's no such thing as non-GMO) but the healthier stuff usually has that label and is healthier because it doesn't have a bunch of processed shit or uses grass fed cows or their milk (the grass fed part actually makes a huge difference in taste and nutritional value).
The *good* restaurant tend to be hard to find, as their name will bring in enough business, they don't need to attract tourists.
(Like having the term "professional" on a tool 😅)
There are amazing Hamburger places in Amsterdam, but you need to Google for the list.
What works pretty well for me is checking Tripadvisor for restaurants in my neighborhood.
I'm the one that asked about the smart home problems. Due to the character limit for merch messages, I wasn't able to add this part. Mine most interesting issue was Zigbee dropouts due to the RPi 4 I use apparently not having good enough shielding on the USB 3.0 ports to run a zigbee antenna and an SSD off them without interference. Swapped one to a USB 2.0 port and no more issues
Shit I hadn't even considered shielding as a potential factor for these things. Smart catch, I'll keep it in mind for some upcoming projects.
7:55 I miss Activision's golden age from 1995 to 1999. Interstate 76, Heavy Gear, Heavy Gear II, Mechwarrior 2 and Battlezone were my jam back then. Those were developed by Activision themselves. They also published Quake II and Quake III Arena as well as Hexen II and Heretic II during that time and SiN. Yes, I'm old.
Nah! Activision's finest achievement was in 1984...
Ghostbusters! 👻
@@greywizard2557River Raid ftw!
You just triggered my nostalgia
Hello there and Merry Christmas everyone :D
When Luke talked about Sony chopping up Spider-Man (the game, not the movie) and releasing it in portions... that's literally what Sony did with Across the Spider-Verse.
These ASL discussions are so cool
As an Oregonian, I did a mental double take at Linus saying "Oregoners" 🤣. It's the same suffix for Washington, they're known as Washingtonians, with it being a long "o" at the end on both.
To be fair I didn't know the correct term either and I'm much closer (I'm an Ohioan).
It seems that unclaimed money from a class action settlement could be returned to defendant, but there are other options such as distributing among claimants and donating to a charity that aligns with the goals of the lawsuit. It all depends on the settlement agreement.
As long as money is the metrik by wich the quality of a game is quantified, nothing will change. Bobby was there to make money, and he did. He did his given task and WE CHOSE to support his games, with our wallet. Don´t expect a change if we as gamers (consumers) dont change.
Well, they had amazing games. I always remember enjoying Blizzard games starting with Diablo 1 and 2, Starcraft 1 and Warcraft 1, 2, 3 and later the Dota map on Warcraft 3. That is all that mattered. They did things right more than other big players in the industry, so its hard to say they were bad. Now I never cared how they are as a corporation, because lets' face it, there are no good corporations out there.
He made short term money, but at the expense of long term profit. Drove game after game info the ground.
Look at the opposite, a company like Rockstar that puts in the time and spaces their games out so the IP doesn’t get ruined.
If visiting European cities, you must avoid tourist traps, and there are tree pretty solid ways to manage that:
1. Gold option: Ask a local
2. Silver option: Take to the side roads
3. Bronze: Check how many tourists there are. If you see more cameras, Hawaiian shirts and sun-glasses then people, turn around.
Italien food is quite diverse, and finding anything "tasty" means you were in the wrong establishment.
Love it. The English guy explaining the English language to non-English people :P
The reason exe/ini are pronounced like Dan says is correct IMO. “x-i” is the phonetic way to say “e-x-e” quickly. I would agree both are interchangeable but also full names are also valid. If any confusion still, then spelling it out is the only solution (eg: jpeg/jpg are often phased the same but if a script only accepts “jpg” then read out the letters).
Dan is English?
I find it also a bit cringe on Linus' and Luke's end to even flip at that
Don't forget Dan was told of for pronouncing basil the correct way too.
"i like dangerous vactions, but not where im the danger" LOL
I want to point out to linus. It is normal in the engineering sphere for videos to take 1-3 months. There are a ton of you tuber's I watch in this form.
Tourist food is definitely a thing, I went to spain and the mom-and-pop 'on the way home' sort of restaurants were amazing, but anything in a tourist area was not ideal. Lots of 'American' food.
As others said, it makes more sense that the settings for Mario Kart handholding are made inside the player/kart selection. Different people might want to have different settings, and having a global settings will make the same thing for all players, and also make everyone go somewhere else to change them will significantly delay the play (after all, you might pass the controller just during the character selection).
And I think it's easier to check than the kart stats...
If games go episodic, I will only buy them once they are completed. I only buy GOTY versions so I get all the DLC. By then, most of the time they have been mostly patched too.
Have worked in IT in Australia for 33 years and have only twice met people who say E.X.E. The other thousand people have all said "exe" just like Dan.
I've always said it like Dan, I can't believe Linus and Luke are so against it...
Literally never have heard it said the way the dan did. I'm also over in the US so maybe it's a very specific geo lock thing lol.
@@khrishp Hrm possibly? I've only ever really heard Exe like Dan here in the UK
Funnily enough earlier in the video where Dan mentions Basil, he said it like we say it in the UK too.
I'm in the UK. Only ever heard it spelled out ee ex ee. Spend time around programmers, engineers, never heard it said 'exee'.
Dan is part British I believe so that may make sense.
57:42 I'm a senior in college right now and I just took an Intro to AI capstone course. For the class we split up into groups to work on AI projects. One group made an AI ASL interpreter, which given the limited time in the class, they were only able to make interpret letters, but that fact that it works is really cool. There is so much potential in that and I really hope to see it fully developed so we can have proper realtime ASL to text and text to ASL translations.
I love the poutine rant. And i feel the same way.
RE: Super Mario World vs. modern games. Modern games are digitally distributed. Super Mario World was a cartridge - a fairly expensive physical piece of electronics, which also needed shipping, etc.
CGP Grey talks about the mark rober stuff quite well on cortex. The missing middle of everything: what works is the extremes (low/high effort - short/long content. Both of those have to be extreme now since we've reached peak youtube viewers.)
Linus talking about Europe is hilarious. My man goes to allll the tourist traps and complains about quality.
Get off the main street and dive into the back streets and eat there. It's usually something like x50 for the taste, for about half the price.
in new zealand, games are around $100 for a triple a title, and $60 for an indie. its PROHIBITIVELY expensive to be a gamer here sometimes
Oh my god Dan pronounces basil correctly. Big W!
I feel like I play videogames to escape rather than for achievement. I would rather be immersed than feel like I have achieved something. I guess this is why I am primarily a singleplayer gamer rather than a multiplayer gamer.
I'm with Dan on the pronunciation of exe. Pretty sure thats how a lot of people pronounced it in the early 90s
Nope nope nope nope nope I refuse
No you are just wrong and thats fine.
Love love that comment about being proud of your own country. That really stood out to me.
If they launch episodic games, I will only buy when all episodes are launched and they are selling a discounted bundle. Cost problem negated.
I like dangerous vacations, but not where I am the danger!... 😂😂😂 got em coach!
In terms of Activision-Blizzard, asking the question why people buy it still. Cause it's habit. Call of Duty has seen diminishing sales year after year. But Call of Duty use to have incredible games with amazing single player campaigns. Blizzard had RPGs and Dungeon crawlers that defined their genres. Wow is still the MMO of choice for many people. Guitar Hero was huge. They own Spyro and Crash Bandicoot. They own beloved IP. That's how they get people. It's not just addiction with gambling mechanics. It's Nostalgia.
"when was the last time you had good poutine"
any time i go to smokes poutinerie, Linus.
Oh it's the "allegedly" episode! Finally.
2:28:32 I'm 100% with Dan on this one xD but maybe that's also because my primary language is Dutch and that is literally the way you would pronounce those letters in that order
Dang just missed em
Same 😢
Just missed the last minute of an almost 3 hour stream, yeah
Same
The best Pizza I had up until now was in some half shady restraunt next to the street in the middle of nowhere during a roadtrip in Italy. We stopped there originally only for a visit to the toilet, but as it was almost lunch time already and it was still a bit to go to our next destination we decided to eat there.
13:23 Our IT department went through a lot of changes over the past couple of years, and most of our new IT team came from Horizon Hobby. They have pretty much nothing but bad things to say about that workplace.
Dammit Linus 🤣🤣 You got me, when you said about a lack of COD lovers. I was in full disagree mode, and by the end of it, there was nothing I could argue, you was right and I felt attacked 😂😂
Sony already uses dynamic difficulty on MLB The Show and it can be enabled or disabled. They're making this a bigger deal than it actually is. This is an awesome feature for someone learning the game and it gradually getting harder as they get better and if they stuggle the difficulty lowers if they choose to.
IDK The problem is they patented it so only Sony will be able to use it.. or I guess license it out.
@@ReubyD118 They've only applied for the patent, same as that recent one regarding something specific about save games. Stuff that has been around in almost identical forms for years, but then wasn't it Konami that patented mini-games while loading? I remember those from back to the amiga or even c64 era.
12:45 Speedrunners, meet WALLET.
Episodic gaming. Linus nailed it when talking about waiting. I cannot recall the year's that have passed since I payed full price for a game.
Paid*
Linus trying to do an American accent when he already speaks midwestern on the daily lol
1:23:00 It's not necessarily "overcoming a challenge" that makes games worthwhile, at least not for everyone. There are plenty of games that have no challenging elements but can be satisfying and rewarding to a bunch of people. Personally, while I do love Souls games, I am also a walking sim enjoyer. I find both rewarding, in different ways. That said, I have to agree that the dynamic difficulty feature should have an obvious setting. Maybe do what a bunch of modern games do and offer it when the game is first started, along with various accessibility options.
Reportedly, Bobby complained that finding dates was hard because when anyone googled his name, for many years the top photos of him had devil horns and googly eyes because Stephanie "Jim" Sterling made so many of those images for her videos, lololol.
Rule of thumb never go to a place that has multiple languages on the menu when travelling and stay far away from any tourist areas when you eat
Linus: "motorboat simulator" - that seems awfully specific.
Dan is good for sure, probably the most enjoyable person on LMG
@LTT when it comes to the exclusivity of the pins mark them with run #'s so to maintain the first launch exlcusivity.
On mariocart 8. While I agree there should be an option to have training wheels off by default it is and should be a per player setting so having it in the cart builder to me makes more sense than having it in the global game settings
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Always forward, never ever backward!!
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It's cute that Luke thinks that a company who kept such a man as Bobby on staff for so long, will ever change.
I mean they're owned by Microsoft now so maybe things could change, but not necessarily for the better because it's Microsoft.
Yeah, Bobby is gone, but who knows who we will get after him.
They've already announced that Bobby, the board, and most of ABK's execs will be leaving. What is there in place will report to Matt Booty who oversees Xbox Game Studios, Bethesda, and now ABK. He reports to Phil Spencer who is the CEO of Gaming at Microsoft. There will be no need for a Bobby Kotick as Phil makes all final decisions that Bobby used to.@@bzs187
If the fair phone doesn't work out, you should try the ROG. I went from the Note 8 to it not long ago, and it's great. They are super fast. It has a huge battery life, a Headphone jack, and an OLED screen, and I love having two USB C. It doesn't have a Notch. It has good enough cameras for me. Aside from being heavy, which I've just gotten more vital in the last two years, it has been an effortless switch.
Nice job DAN.
#BufferGang
@@KLRkillerfeeshy #BufferGang
@@LawrenceBeyer790 ayyyy! My BufferBrother hahaha
How do you say job.dan?
Dee ai en
Episodic games that function like a novel series or something with no story like Deep Rock Galactic are great. You get narrative closure even if the story isn't over and you get more of the universe you love. Until someone else takes over and runs it into the ground.
You can see the moment Dan comes up with the 2:26:20 joke and I love it
linus, i used 2 be a fan …
now i’m a air conditioner
that is all.
As a Canadian who lives in Oregon, I approve this message
Im pretty sure Luke doesn't realize he talks over people. Linus is insanely patient
The other way around is also true. It’s probably not a problem to them tho or they wouldn’t have done this show for so long
its usually reversed. Linus has a habit of talking over Luke all the time, roles reversed for once. :P
BCI is the future of hearing for the deaf.
Even if there is an argument about FInal Fantasy VII Remake being an episodic game, I would stand behind it as it's jumped in quality A LOT, the times have changed and the gaming industry have changed with it, you cannot expect the same production value from the original compared to today.
Baldur's Gate 3 begs to differ
@@ooodatsgottahurt1625 Which part?
best poutine ever was sweet potatoes, smoked cheese and green chile gravy.
I appreciate games releasing in parts as long as each instalment offers substantial value for its price... Take Spider-Man 3, Parts 1, 2, and 3 - if each is as extensive and engaging as Spider-Man 1, I'm willing to pay £60 per game.
However, if they're comparable to Miles Morales, £30 per game would leave me more satisfied.
The Final Fantasy VII remake met my expectations in terms of length and value, making me open to future parts following the same standard.
Completely agree. Bad marketing around miles Morales and they made it seem like it was a full game. I understand splitting ff7 into parts because the og game is huge and I'm sure they don't want another ff15 situation of taking an entire decade for a subpar game. I welcome it if it's ff7 size, but I already know they're gonna abuse the "parts" vernacular. This will now be a way to make single player games essentially a live service which I'm sure execs are foaming at the mouth for.
@GH0STST4RSCR34M
Dunno... I've never played, nor will I ever play Destiny.
I was quite clear in my post what I find acceptable.
I'm a tricky person to by gifts for; because a lot of it is indeed either future trash; or "interest adjacent" that I may not use/have a need for.
It's not that I don't have things I want, it's just my hobbies aren't conducive to small purchases (musical instruments / tech stuff for home labs / etc - heck even video games are above the $20-50 gift range by a wide margin now). As such it's tricky for me to come up with things.
But for folks with hobbies that have a lot of accessories or are cheaper (like books) it can certainly be easier!
I know it, you know it, we all know it.
Repeat after me: This is Bobby's world, and we're living in it.
I see you are a follower of the bald savior aswell 😂
You can toggle the auto kart stuff on or off for each player so it makes little sense to have it in the main menu.
If you did you might as well put their kart selection on the main menu.
Came here to say this. I didn’t have any trouble figuring it out when I got my switch and the game for Christmas in 2017, and I did not grow up with any kind of Nintendo system. I think this is just a Linus problem. Lol
Sequels are not episodic, they are an iterations on the story with engine and mechanics upgrades. Expansions are a sequel with the same engine where dev doesnt have to rebuild the whole game to create more story and gameplay. DLC can be a smaller scale expansion but is often content that was cut or unfinished when the game is pushed to launch, making it episodic in nature. Episodic can be great, as long as the content and price are scaled so that you arent overpaying for less content.
This is exactly my thoughts. If it's the same Spiderman game and you pay 3 times what it's worth then the value isn't there and isn't worth the cost in my eyes.
T-Shirt moment: “… I like dangerous vacations, but NOT where I’m THE danger…”
2:22:39 You are my kinda guy Dan! - Keep it up!
He's my EXE & INI kinda guy too.
Talk about getting canceled that last topic we're back on the paint, I can't wait for next week!
Remember the Buffer Gang.
Respect 👊
2:12:20 the best gifts I've gotten for my parents are the ones they want/need, but absolutely refuse to spend money on.
Top on that list is a mandolin for my mother. She gives me a shoutout every time she uses it, since it makes slicing bulk vegetables a sinch!
I also kinda got them a present of a foldable stair-dolly (it has three wheels so it can go up/down stairs smoothly) but I made it clear that that one is still mine and reserved the right to take it whenever I need to use it at my appartment a short ten minute walk away!
One of the best received xmas presents I bought mum was a very good set of kitchen knives, though I got her something less functional that year too.
The knives were maybe not exciting as were being unwrapped, but for more than 15 years got used daily, saved her a lot of time, and often got a comment.
I think Alton Brown said it best, once a place becomes known as "The Place" for a food or activity, its no longer the best. At certian points, people begin to care more about the authenticity of what that item was, than the original creators care, or the creator has gotten so ham wild over the fame of their creation that they loose the touch that made that item good. I have had real italian food, I have had authentic chinese food, I have had "Authentic" corned beef from NY, didn't wow me.
It could also be that they go so busy with the new customers that they aren't taking as much time for each customer as they used to.
@@Yay295 that is another factor, i do try to give benefit of the doubt but sometimes you can just taste the ego