The WAN Show - Mantle is DEAD (called it) and Arkham Knight always sucked - July 3, 2015
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The WAN Show episode from July 3, 2015 dives into a wide range of tech topics with Linus and the WAN crew. The discussion opens with a casual setup and a candid acknowledgment of the show’s chaotic production style, setting the tone for a lot of spontaneous banter and impromptu topic switches. The hosts pivot quickly to AMD Mantle, explaining that AMD has ceased Mantle optimization rather than fully dropping support, and they compare Mantle’s goals to the broader shift toward industry standards like DirectX 12 and Vulkan. As the show progresses, they cover upcoming hardware, including Nvidia’s GTX 950 family and speculative discussions around low-cost GPUs, while relating these to real-world gaming experiences on PC. Amidst hardware talk, the gang touches on software and platform news, including Windows 10 rollout, a firehose of streaming platform chatter, and a note on security incidents like Plex forum breaches and the evolving YouTube competition landscape. The Arkham Knight PC launch fiasco is revisited, with Warner Bros being criticized for slow responses to PC performance issues, triggering refunds and temporary sales suspensions on Steam. They also explore Sony’s First Flight crowdfunding initiative in Japan, weighing the prudence of crowdfunded hardware projects from a large corporation’s perspective. Throughout, the hosts entertain viewer engagement segments, polls, and shirt campaigns, especially the humorous “Vote for Turnip” shirt, using the banter to keep the show light even when discussing complex tech topics. The episode includes hands-on experiments and teases about upcoming hardware reviews from Digital Storm, Fury X vs 980 Ti tests, and high-speed camera experiments that probe latency in game engines. They discuss Star Citizen and Star Marine delays, the challenges of networking back-ends for multiplayer titles, and the evolving considerations of open hardware testing versus controlled lab setups. The crew also weighs in on Overwatch as a potential future multiplayer favorite, comparing it to Team Fortress 2 and debating the value of paid vs free-to-play models in modern PC gaming ecosystems. By the end of the show, the WAN crew reiterates their appreciation for the audience, clarifies content distribution strategies (Twitch, YouTube, SoundCloud), and hints at ongoing and forthcoming projects in their new office environment, including plans for a new firepole gag that inspires both humor and discussion. Overall, the episode blends deep-dive hardware analysis with candid industry critique and a playful, sometimes chaotic, community-focused vibe that characterizes Linus Tech Tips’ WAN Show format.
Topics · technology · gaming · pc-hardware · crowdfunding
Questions answered
- What was AMD's stance on Mantle after the July 3, 2015 WAN Show?
- AMD stated that Mantle would not be outright dropped but that no further Mantle optimization would occur; Mantle was effectively deprecated while existing support remained.
- Why did Warner Bros suspend PC sales for Arkham Knight on Steam?
- Warner Bros suspended PC sales due to widespread performance issues and refunds, following months of reports that the PC version was not functioning properly.
- What hardware topics were previewed for upcoming WAN Show segments?
- The show referenced Nvidia GTX 950 series plans, Fury X vs 980 Ti testing, and high-speed camera latency experiments for Crisis 3, as well as broader GPU and PC hardware testing in open versus closed environments.
- What crowdfunding initiative did Sony launch, and what was notable about its availability?
- Sony launched First Flight, a crowd-funding site in Japan for Sony products, notable for being Japan-exclusive with a questionable universal applicability outside that market.
- How did the WAN Show crew describe Mantle’s historical impact on PC gaming?</answer
- They described Mantle as an innovative but ultimately limited approach that spurred the industry toward broader standards like DirectX 12 and Vulkan, even if Mantle itself did not become a universal standard.