Show Notes
EGP 334 kicks off with Batman ears, a look at Graygamer’s 007 First Light collector’s edition, and a sponsor shoutout to Ramble Office Anywhere before diving into another packed week of gaming and tech news. Trev and Gray talk Steam Deck prices jumping higher, what that could mean for the upcoming Steam Machine, and why component costs are making everyone’s wallet quietly sob. The crew also covers Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, Warzone dropping last-gen consoles, Fallout 76’s new Infestations update, Nvidia’s DLSS 4.5 improvements, and why DLSS 5 may have gone quiet. Gray digs into the new Witcher 3: Songs of the Past DLC, warnings about lazy game optimization, fake AI history videos, Xbox One memory being turned into a USB drive, Fable’s delay, and MSI’s wild triple-mode OLED monitor. discord.gg/extremegamingpodcast #podcast #gaming #gamingpodcast #pcgaming #podcasts
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