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Microsoft/Activision Deal: We Can't Agree! - WAN Show January 21, 2022

2 hour 6 minutes Posted Jan 24, 2022 at 9:18 pm.

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Intro

Topic #1 Microsoft's acquisition of Activision

Luke's take of the positive side

Linus's rebuttal of the negative side

Fears of Microsoft monopoly, effects on multiplayer

Sony VS Xbox duopoly, Xbox Game Pass advantages

Sony's "Spartacus" Game Pass, Nintendo's Back Up service

Sony's memory stick, Xbox series S/X VS PS4/PS5

LTTStore's non-zipper processor hoodie

Topic #2: Lenovo vendor locks AMD processors via PSB

CPUs brick once fuse blows, enabled by default

Anti-consumerism or badly implemented? Discussing e-waste

[TRIGGER WARNING] Blizzard's "Cosby Suite"

Sponsor MechanicalKeyboards

Sponsor Freshbooks

Sponsor Seasonic

Clearing opinions on AMD's PSB, remastered games

Merch Messages #1

Stopping GPU sag

Linus interpreting American Sign Language

Government reform thoughts for tech industry

AMD's CPU vs GPU innovative roadmap

Not all LMG employees are techies, Linus idea of trolling

Cables signal degradation shielded VS unshielded video idea

Tel Aviv LTT videos, Bill Gates buying lands

Game development & SSD expectations

Topic #3 AMD's Anti-4GB VRAM post deleted after 6500XT

Better than nothing, functional & in stock

Specifications, APU usage explains the lack of decoding

Removal of anti-4GB post, graphics card & hardware demand

Topic #4 NFT overtakes cryptocurrency after crashing

Twitter NFT profile pictures on iOS

NFTs are cosmetics that people value

ThinkGeek bought by Gamestop

Topic #5 Samsung's Exynos 2200 SoC RDNA2

Topic #6 Valve verifies games that work on Steam Deck

Merch Messages #2

LTTStore's free items, GPU wasteland postcard for labs

Linus's take on data science content

Linus & Luke regret mining prior to BTC explosion

Right to repair laws on Canada follows America's

LTTStore CPU pillow dirt smell from alpaca fur

Game development for LMG labs, Floatplane notifications

4K TV vs monitor for gamers, LTTStore screwdrivers

Shirt stretching, Twitch staff leaving & unprofitability

LTTStore's RGB diode T-Shirt, labs audio space & roadmap

LTTStore's new desk configurator for mousepads

Crypto crashing & GPU upgradability, DIY channel idea

LTTStore screwdriver price, LTT in Cuba, labs ideas

LTTStore screwdriver design

US shipping & taxes, variable refresh rate on Sony TVs

Front-end early development for Floatplane

LTTStore's upcoming waffle shirt, delayed shipments

Outro

YouTube Superchats still not fixed

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