Dead Drop News EP019 (NFTs, Steam Deck, Butt Stomps and more!)

Delivering the news as of 14th April, 2022. Today's transfer includes Valve ramping up Steam Deck production, Terra Virtua NFTs to be central in game development, Elden Ring speed-runner butt-stomps big bosses, and plenty more! Welcome to The Dead Drop, your secret cache of game news delivered safely and securely to your podcast player.

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Sources for the stories in this episode:

Story 1: Valve ramping up Steam Deck production, and a hacked GPU!
https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/4/23010130/valve-steam-deck-shipments-order-emails
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/steam-deck-owner-manages-to-output-at-4k60-with-an-external-graphics-card/

Story 2: Terra Virtua to create game studios for their NFT collectibles
https://venturebeat.com/2022/03/30/terra-virtua-launches-terra-virtua-studios-for-games-with-nft-characters/

Story 3: World’s largest SSD in production at 200 Terabytes
https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/worlds-first-200tb-ssd-is-nearly-here-but-you-cant-use-it/

Story 4: RimWorld’s “Refused Classification” in Australia to be reviewed
https://www.classification.gov.au/about-us/media-and-news/media-releases/classification-review-announced-for-computer-game-rimworld

Story 5: Elden Ring speedrunner butt-stomps big bosses
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2022/04/elden-ring-speedrunner-kills-toughest-bosses-with-only-his-arse/
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