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The WAN Show – Samsung Metal Phone & Ubisoft Promises to treat PC Gamers Better – August 15, 2014

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0:00:10 Stormtrooper Discussion
0:03:42 Intro and Squarespace Sponsor Spot
0:06:00 Talk about a game only Linus and Luke know about: The Palace
0:07:51 Samsung Galaxy Alpha, nothing special, more of a fashion accessory
0:14:36 Happy Baby to Linus (A cake with Genitals written on it)
0:17:00 OnePlus’ Publicity fail, degrading to women
0:20:55 Microsoft + Sony caught using PC’s to showcase games @gamescom 2014
0:23:52 Ubisoft pledges to take PC more seriously
0:27:23 Fans want a WoW tribute to Robin Williams, and Blizzard’s Listening
0:30:15 DDR4 is going to be roughly 60%-70% more expensive than DDR3
0:32:49 Kingston HyperX Predator High Speed DDR3 Memory (4620MHz)
0:34:15 Intel’s silent laptops maybe coming with Broadwell
0:36:17 Intel Disables TSX
0:38:50 Johner’s bad language / Ubisoft confirms microtransaction upgrades for AC: Unity
0:47:57 Head of Xbox (Phil Spencer) division comments about resolution
0:51:10 Linus reveals DDR4 (Corsair Vengeance 2800MHz)
0:53:00 Microsoft’s “Project Hyperlapse” Makes Shaky Timelapse Video Watchable
0:54:50 Nvidia: Average selling prices of graphics cards may grow further
1:01:49 AMD hopes to put a little Mantle in OpenGL Next
1:03:50 Twitter admits 23 million of its users are automated/bots
1:04:30 Sony Xperia Z2 lives after being submerged in salt water (ocean bed) for 6 weeks
1:07:34 Microsoft might be renaming Internet Explorer
1:09:31 USB Type-C Connector Finalized
1:11:35 Goat simulator coming to consoles / MGSV coming to PC
1:12:08 Rise of the Tomb Raider to be Xbox One (timed) exclusive
1:13:10 DayZ comes to PS4
1:14:50 Ethan Zuckerman is sorry for creating pop-up ads
1:16:49 Squarespace Ad Spot/Web Contest Winner: Tech Prince
1:19:00 Attempt to crash Linus’ Squarespace website (DDOS)
1:21:52 Intel Teams with 50 Cent, to make Biometric Earbuds
1:26:54 SMS+50 “Streets” are POTATO quality headphones
1:29:08 WAN Show unobviously is over + Squarespace sponsored the show today

Corsair Air 240 Computer Case

Luke took a look at Corsair Air 240 case – the attractive follow-up to the Air 540.

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Outro Screen Music Credit: Approaching Nirvana – Sugar High http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana

PhoneSoap Charger – Do You Have Poop on Your Phone?

Luke tested out the PhoneSoap Charger, a smartphone cleaning system. We deal with a LOT of bacteria in our day to day lives… can Phonesoap help keep it off your phone?

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Outro Screen Music Credit: Approaching Nirvana – Sugar High http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana

Spotswood Tech Station – Extremely Modular Test Bench

Luke picked up a new tech station from Spotswood for his personal rig. The video update for his personal rig will be coming later with MUCH different hardware… There are a few features that really make this bench stand out…

UPDATE – Radiator and PSU mounting issues have been addressed: http://richchomiczewski.wordpress.com/home/trays/

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Intro Screen Music Credit: Adhesive Wombat – Check out his channel here: http://youtube.com/adhesivewombat

Outro Screen Music Credit: Approaching Nirvana – Sugar High http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana

Stormtrooper Rap and Street by 50 Galactic Empire Review

Oh man, I guess it’s time for me to rip into another terrible product… How bad could the SMS Audio Street by 50 Star Wars headphones really be?…

Uncensored version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JjilPQ9-Q4

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and HUGE thanks to Lew from Unbox Therapy for appearing in the music video!
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Rap Music Credit: Alistair Fernandes – Scrap

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Outro Screen Music Credit: Approaching Nirvana – Sugar High http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana

ASUS RoG Swift PG278Q – G-Sync, 144hz, 1440p Monitor

My review of the ASUS RoG Swift PG278Q monitor is here. It has G-Sync, 1440p, 144hz… This is a true beast of a monitor.

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Outro Screen Music Credit: Approaching Nirvana – Sugar High http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana

MSI Nightblade Barebones Computer Case

Luke (Slick) took a look at the new Nightblade barebones case from MSI. Can it withstand the ogre treatment?

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Intro Screen Music Credit: Adhesive Wombat – Check out his channel here: http://youtube.com/adhesivewombat

Outro Screen Music Credit: Approaching Nirvana – Sugar High http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana

The WAN Show: Gamestop fingerprints customers, Yoshi’s real name revealed – August 8th, 2014

Timetable here now.

Meanwhile here is a link to the WAN show doc: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/194638-august-8th-the-wan-show-document/

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Table of Contents (thanks to AmateurPCGuy, Diffin, DoozyDiglett, jesseySNiPENL, PlayModeOn)
0:00:00 Barnacules a.k.a Large Linus is here
0:01:37 Intro
0:01:59 Sponsors (Lynda, Five-Four Club)
0:02:25 Five-Four Club Giveaway!
0:03:05 Fractal Josh is awesome. and so are cats
0:03:11 Technical difficulties…
0:05:14 USB bug
0:08:32 GameStop now fingerprints customers….
0:12:45 Twitch.tv’s changes…
0:14:21 Twitch CEO does Reddit AMA
0:14:50 Luke’s Theory
0:18:09 Jerry’s Idea: The one that can break Twitch’s music copyright algorithm? Speeding up the music
0:18:58 IBM recreates the brain… on a chip?!
0:21:43 Xbox One lost Microsoft ~$400M
0:24:45 Mass Exodus of XBOX ONE Titles coming to PC
0:27:39 Apparently, some Halo 2 Online players tried to resist the server closures
0:28:54 Linus invades the no-Linus stream
0:29:48 The Cat
0:30:01 Barnacules’ War Driving Story
0:33:53 ChannelSuperFun Prank video and Pran
0:36:13 PhysX disabled when non-Nvidia GPU detected
0:41:45 Source 2 leaks
0:45:34 Five Four Club Sponsor Spot
0:49:34 Lynda.com Sponsor Spot
0:51:56 Silverstone SST-SX600-6 SFX PSU
0:55:45 Room Watercooling Project Update
0:58:43 Forum Shoutout
1:00:31 Yoshi’s real full name revealed
1:05:25 Toxikk PC only arena FPS announced
1:08:30 Crytek CEO delayed paychecks
1:10:25 Battlefield 4 Free Trial
1:11:25 Barnacules has BF4 on 4 Platforms
1:14:32 Console Vs PC Gaming Discussion
1:23:19 Techquickie and JayzTwoCents Giveaway Draw
1:27:26 Sierra is Back
1:29:30 Linus, take care of your newborn… please
1:32:18 Outro

Lenovo Y50 – 4K Performance All-around Notebook

The Lenovo Y50 is a product that I have received a TON of review requests for… so I reached out to Lenovo and got one! Here it is, my review of the Lenovo Y50 4K Notebook.

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Outro Screen Music Credit: Approaching Nirvana – Sugar High http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana