The Steam Deck Podcast

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The Steam Deck Podcast episodes

April 29, 2023Can Steam Deck Compete with a $699 ROG Ally?
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On this week's Steam Deck Podcast, Steve and Max discuss the ROG Ally's leaked price, rumors of HDR + Colour Management coming in SteamOS 3.5 & Steve's experience booting Windows on Steam Deck!
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Patches submitted to Freedesktop: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/amd-gfx/2023-April/092215.html
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Credits
⁠⁠⁠Pete Imbesi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stephen Radford⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Max Wright⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Adhesive Wombat⁠
1 hr 4 min
April 21, 2023Steam Deck Thermal Revision on the Way? + Proton 8.0 Released!
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On this week's Steam Deck Podcast, Pete, Steve, and Max discuss rumors of a Steam Deck Thermal Revision, the release of Proton 8.0 and answer your questions!
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Sources
https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/12oit67/pictures_of_new_steam_deck_motherboardthermal/
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/releases/tag/proton-8.0-1c
Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:56 - Steam Deck Thermal Revision on the Way?

00:25:15 - Plugs

00:25:58 - Ads

00:27:31 - Proton 8.0 Release brings new games to Steam Deck

00:35:29 - Question Block: Follow-up to last week’s question about how we hold controllers

00:40:19 - Question Block: Have you tried flick aiming with gyro?
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Credits
⁠⁠Pete Imbesi⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Stephen Radford⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Max Wright⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Adhesive Wombat⁠
48 min
April 14, 2023Microsoft is Experimenting with a Handheld Mode for Windows!
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On this week's Steam Deck Podcast, Pete, Steve and Max discuss the news that Microsoft is experimenting with its own Handheld Mode for Windows, Mesa RADV (AMD Radeon Vulkan) Driver Updates are Coming which could reduce game cache size by ~60%, AND MORE!
Sources:
https://twitter.com/_h0x0d_/status/1646339289230483458
Chapters:
00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:54 - Microsoft Experimenting with Handheld Mode for Windows

00:29:40 - Plugs

00:30:25 - Ads

00:31:55 - Mesa RADV (AMD Radeon Vulkan) Driver Updates Coming

00:38:53 - Question Block: Are handheld devices and controllers designed for 1 or 2 fingers on the shoulder buttons?
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Credits
⁠Pete Imbesi⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠Stephen Radford⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠Max Wright⁠⁠⁠⁠

Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Adhesive Wombat⁠
54 min
April 10, 2023Should Valve be Worried About the ROG Ally?
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On this week's Steam Deck Podcast, Pete and Steve discuss the ASUS ROG Ally - a handheld PC that some claim will have twice the power of the Steam Deck. But, can ASUS create the same buzz around their device?
PLUS - Steam Deck is looking to sell 3.5 Million units by end of 2023, TLOU is getting updates on PC but Steam Deck isn't a priority AND The Master Chief Collection is finally fully playable on Deck!
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Pete Imbesi⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠Stephen Radford⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠Max Wright⁠⁠⁠

Music by ⁠⁠⁠Adhesive Wombat⁠
55 min
April 01, 2023The Last of Us Deserved Better Than This…
Possibly the most hotly anticipated PC port of all time — The Last of Us Part 1 — finally got its release this week but with shader compilation issues, poor performance, textures not loading, and more you really should avoid it. But why did it release in this state and are the issues just on the Steam Deck?
Max and Steve also discuss the exciting prospect of the Dolphin GameCube and Wii emulator coming to Steam complete with CLOUD SAVES! Will this be a trend moving forward?
Then we close out the show with some fantastic listener questions and Max shares some of his thoughts on the hot new game you should be playing instead of The Last of Us, Dredge.
Credits
⁠⁠Pete Imbesi⁠⁠

⁠⁠Stephen Radford⁠⁠

⁠⁠Max Wright⁠⁠

Music by ⁠⁠Adhesive Wombat
52 min
March 24, 2023How to Get Diablo IV On Steam Deck But NO Counter-Strike 2?
On this week's Steam Deck Podcast, Pete, Steve, and Max talk about Steve's time with Diablo IV on Steam Deck and how to get the best performance out of the game. PLUS, the boys discuss the news that Counter-Strike 2 is coming, but only to Windows...at least for now, and MUCH more.
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:15 - How to Get Diablo IV on Steam Deck

00:18:30 - Plugs

00:20:15 - Counter-Strike 2 is Real and a limited test run is ONLY coming to Windows

00:35:37 - PSA: Latest stable Steam client breaks a lot of Decky plugins

00:36:31 - Steam Deck Refresh Rate Unlocker
Links
CryoUtilities 2.0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9EjXYZUqUs

Diablo IV on Lutris: https://lutris.net/games/diablo-iv/

Boilr: https://github.com/PhilipK/BoilR

Counter-Strike 2: https://www.counter-strike.net/cs2

Steam Deck Refresh Rate Unlocker: https://github.com/ryanrudolfoba/SteamDeck-RefreshRateUnlocker
Credits
⁠Pete Imbesi⁠

⁠Stephen Radford⁠

⁠Max Wright⁠

Music by ⁠Adhesive Wombat
50 min
March 17, 2023OLED Steam Deck Isn't Easy, 10% Off Steam Deck, and Startup Movies Are Here
On this week's Steam Deck Podcast, Pete and Max discuss Valve's claims that an OLED Steam Deck isn’t as easy as it sounds, the Steam Deck's first discount, and Steam Deck is coming to stores in Asia this month!
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:15 - Valve Says OLED Steam Deck isn’t as easy as it sounds

00:14:03 - Plugs

00:14:54 - Valve is Celebrating Steam Deck’s (Belated) Birthday with its first discount

00:18:13 - GAME: Max Tries to guess the Top 10 Games Played on Steam Deck

00:28:31 - Official Steam Deck startup movies are live

00:39:15 - Steam Deck is coming to stores in Asia this month
Sources
https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-likes-the-idea-of-an-oled-steam-deck-too-but-says-it-isnt-as-simple-as-it-sounds/

https://www.gamespress.com/en-US/STEAM-DECK-COMING-TO-ACER-RETAIL-STORES-IN-HONG-KONG-AND-TAIWAN
Credits
Pete Imbesi

Stephen Radford

Max Wright

Music by Adhesive Wombat
1 hr 2 min
March 11, 2023NEXT GEN Steam Deck is NOT for a "Few Years" Says Valve
On this week's Steam Deck Podcast, Pete and Steve celebrate The Steam Deck's first birthday, discuss ray tracing coming to Steam Deck, and February's top titles.
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:00 - Yang and Plagman Talk about the future of Steam Deck with Rock, Paper, Shotgun

00:36:34 - Plugs

00:37:28 - Question Block: If you were purchasing a gaming machine for a kid, do you think the SteamDeck would be a good option?
Sources
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-community-continues-to-blow-our-minds-valve-talk-the-steam-deck-one-year-on
Credits
Pete Imbesi

Stephen Radford

Max Wright

Music by Adhesive Wombat
1 hr
March 04, 2023Ray Tracing Comes to Steam Deck for its First Birthday!
On this week's Steam Deck Podcast, Pete and Steve celebrate The Steam Deck's first birthday, discuss ray tracing coming to Steam Deck, and February's top titles.
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro

00:01:23 - Ray Tracing Comes to Steam Deck

00:08:20 - February’s Top Steam Deck Titles

00:11:40 - Plugs

00:12:27 - Happy 1st Birthday Steam Deck!
Credits
Pete Imbesi

Stephen Radford

Max Wright

Music by Adhesive Wombat
1 hr 8 min
February 24, 2023Steam Sales and Fest Dates REVEALED
As they've done for the last few years, Valve this week revealed the dates of ALL of the Steam Sales and Fests planned for 2023 — helping you to decide whether to buy a game now or wait for a bargain.
Following up from last week's show, iFixit has started selling SSD upgrade kits. Steam's latest beta has some interesting new features, and @cryobyte33 has released version 2.0 of his fantastic CryoUtilities which has quickly become a must install for Steam Deck owners looking to get the most out of their games.
Links
iFixit SSD Kits: https://www.ifixit.com/products/micron-2400-nvme-pcie-gen4-2230-ssd?variant=40034191966311

CryoUtilities: https://github.com/CryoByte33/steam-deck-utilities
Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro

00:02:00 - Steam Deck Sale Dates

00:06:43 - SSD Upgrade Kits
40 min

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