Want Denuvo in Your Game Mods? - WAN Show September 8, 2023

Win a Hennessey Ford Bronco or $75K cash with no purchase necessary with the Ridge Wallet sweepstake! Check it out at https://www.ridge.com/LINUS It’s no secret their chairs are great! Check out Secretlab at https://lmg.gg/secretlab Level up your on-the-go gaming experience with the REDMAGIC 8S Pro at https://bit.ly/44XgqhV Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. Podcast download: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/iZohvXrN0Cb Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119): 0:00 Chapters 1:00 Intro 1:29 Topic #1 - Mod replaces Starfield's FSR2 with DLSS & XeSS 3:10 Login authentication, mod's revenue 5:18 Free mod alternative, backlash, debate over "paid mods" 8:32 Luke on Skyblivion, Linus on net benefits & source of income 15:22 FP Poll: How many mods do you use in a game? 20:44 Work required for projects ft. MM Dashboard, Floatplane 24:52 Starfield's sales & potential mods revenue 28:04 Mod camps, NVIDIA's Morrowind demo & Denuvo 33:02 Discussing possible approaches, "slider system" 36:32 Minecraft Marketplace, recalling horse armor 38:50 Mod revenue, microtransactions 40:38 Topic #2 - Nintendo's private demo of Switch 2 41:15 Luke realizes paid graphical mod is "microtransaction" 42:54 FPS & resolution demo, Linus called this, "current-gen HD" 45:24 "Nintendo-exclusives," RTX 40XX, Linus on Xbox 48:58 What would your dream console be? 54:52 Linus on how Steam Deck impacted Nintendo's decisions 56:56 Luke Nukem LTTStore T-Shirt ft. Dan throws a box 59:17 Series 2 Pins ft. What is Luke Nukem? 1:03:22 Interesting line on Starfield's EULA 1:06:13 FP's comment on complaints at the start of a trend 1:07:02 Merch Messages #1 1:07:34 Traditional forums comeback? 1:09:37 Smaller LTTStore backpack update 1:10:53 EULA of creation kit for Skyrim 1:12:40 You say not to pre-order. Do I pre-order the Luke Nukem shirt or not? 1:13:51 Stupidest tech you bought that you found you had a use for? 1:18:22 Topic #3 - Google's privacy sandbox for cookies & ads 1:19:23 Google's pop-up, YouTube limits ad controls 1:23:42 MrBeast's smiles in thumbnails, new trend? 1:26:04 Possible reflective rain cover graphic 1:28:38 Sponsor - The Ridge x Hennessy 1:29:56 Sponsor - Secretlab 1:30:48 Sponsor - Redmagic 1:32:02 Merch Messages #2 1:32:07 Biggest change to our lives with unlimited power? 1:37:15 Would you live without tech if drivers became a subscription? ft. "Year of the Linux" 1:40:16 How do you decide what tier of cars to review? 1:47:48 What part of the YouTube algorithm surprises you? 1:49:51 Topic #4 - Rockstar selling cracked games on Steam 1:50:22 Rockstar's patch, Manhunt's anti-crack measures 1:54:26 Linus needs help with a passive 3D projector 2:00:25 LTTStore's newsletter 2:02:44 Topic #5 - Mozilla's report on car's privacy nightmare 2:03:22 Excessive data collected 2:04:08 Tesla failed the test, Luke's car 2:04:47 Less security information provided, petition 2:05:26 What to do when you cannot opt out? ft. Luke's car in LMG videos 2:10:13 Topic #6 - SAG-AFTRA might lead game VAs to strike 2:22:35 Topic #7 - Gizmodo replaces a Spanish writer with a machine 2:25:45 Topic #8 - Frameworks sells "old" mainboards at a discount 2:28:12 Merch Messages #3 ft. WAN Show After Dark, pizza 2:29:18 Linus puts bread on Dan's chair, gym time, pizza sauces, fruits 2:36:25 Any advice for working with work paralysis? Biggest "A HA!" moment? 2:39:38 The Backloggery for game collections 2:40:21 Do you like it when people discuss tech with you in the wild? 2:46:30 How many goats are you worth, and why? 2:49:12 Process of designing LTTStore pins? 2:50:12 Noctua screwdriver update? Bundling the Stubby & OG? 2:53:10 How have the first few weeks of the slower video outputs been? 2:56:50 Linus's socks preference 2:57:22 What happened to the stray cats in Linus's yards? 2:59:02 What would take any of you to shave your beards? 3:01:07 When did you guys realize you had PC building expertise? ft. Train 3:03:01 What LTTStore products are upcoming? 3:06:00 Most frustrating example of losing work due to lack of backwards compatibility? 3:09:07 Dropped the screwdriver from 130ft - any crazy tests on your products? 3:12:08 Unscripted videos, how long until scripted? ft. "Chess problems," glasses 3:25:51 If LMG became a mid-sized corporation, should the WAN Show continue? 3:27:46 Floatplane merch update? 3:29:54 Where to go to look for a badminton racket? ft. Linus's FB market history 3:33:33 Would the boom in handheld devices cause AR to become popular? 3:34:20 Linus's challenges with ADHD 3:35:04 Have the staff upgraded a product with third party item? 3:36:22 Suggestions if I don't want to man a million plus projects? 3:38:01 What videos do you wish to have a do-over? 3:40:52 Advice to give someone who starts with no experience? Pitfalls to avoid? 3:41:32 Is there a future where Nintendo bows out of the gaming space? 3:44:12 Outro