From PC Building Beginner to Advising Friends: A Journey of Expertise

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Timestamps (Courtesy of NoKi1119) Note: Timing may be off due to sponsor change:

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

1:28:38 Sponsors

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

2:02:44 Topic #5 - Mozilla's report on car's privacy nightmare

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?

2:40:21 Do you like it when people discuss tech with you in the wild?

2:46:30 How many goats are you worth, and why?

2:50:12 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

3:34:20 Linus's challenges with ADHD

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

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