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

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Table of Contents (thanks DoozyDiglett, rootavish, INTEL_HP_2002)

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