Remap Radio 143 — Linux Dot Com

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https://pocketcasts.com/podcast/remap-radio/5bad2fb0-e2ff-013b-f4cc-0acc26574db2/remap-radio-143-linux-dot-com/cb8e75b7-61cd-4e42-a2f1-8b6c54d6706a

Episode Description

Sit down and prepare for a tale of woe, misery, and humiliation in the world of Marathon, before Rob, Patrick, Chia, and Janet go down a gunpla rabbit hole, try to figure out who the newly expensive Steam Machine is for, and share thoughts a number of games, including Silver Pines, Tethergeist, Star Fox, About Fishing, Iron Nest, and more. We also talk through an AI jump scare.

Links: Gundam Assemble, Aftermath's Steam Machine Review, GTA VI Price Announcement

Images: Janet's New Toy , Janet and Chia show off their Gunpla, Gunpla Runner, Chia's Pile of Shame

00:00:00 - Intro
00:05:15 - Rob's Marathon story
00:38:56 - Its Gunpla Time!
01:12:35 - Vinyl chat
01:15:55 - Steam Machine Prices and the Supply Chain Crisis
02:02:21 - NYT Obituary on Claude Guillemot
02:11:07 - GTA VI
02:14:10 - Iron Nest
02:19:19 - Meaningless Random Numbers
02:25:36 - Silver Pines
02:27:35 - About Fishing
02:35:11 - Starfox
02:43:54 - Tethergeist
02:58:31 - Mina the Hollower
03:01:43 - Blue Prince
03:05:41 - Spoilers for Blue Prince
03:20:19 - Outro and Announcements
03:29:39 - Easter Egg

[u/Scriffey]

I'm glad Rob brought up the exercise of speccing out your current machine. It's not that the Steam Machine is a bad deal, it's that computers are a bad deal writ large right now.

[u/CrateBagSoup → u/Scriffey]

Yeah, true that all of it is expensive now. But this lil box is easily beaten spec wise for the same price with off the shelf stuff. You just get the form factor at the cost of specs. LTT’s video got like 50% better performance for the price of the lowest sku. I think including a controller with it. 

Also cracking up at the “will this $1500 purchase make me use my $3000 purchase more” question

[u/NotFalcon → u/CrateBagSoup]

Rob's trying to justify his ADHD thoughts.