TRANSCRIPT · Rockstar had to up its game for GTA 6 – GTA 5's realism was already "showing its age" when it launched 13 years ago

## Rockstar had to up its game for GTA 6 – GTA 5's realism was already "showing its age" when it launched 13 years ago (GamesRadar)
https://www.gamesradar.com/games/grand-theft-auto/rockstar-had-to-up-its-game-for-gta-6-because-gta-5s-realism-was-already-showing-its-age-when-it-launched-13-years-ago/
GRANT BRICKMAN: Rockstar says GTA 5's tricks no longer hold up in GTA 6, and Gary is live in the world where nothing has ever been realistic.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking news this hour! Rockstar says the old Grand Theft Auto tricks no longer work. The studio itself is talking. This just landed.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Rockstar North boss Rob Nelson told Edge that GTA 6 forced the team to drop things they used to get away with in GTA 5.
GARY: Live at the block world, and it's getting dark. Nelson says that as world resolution goes up, you can't get away with things in the same way.
GARY: Nelson says GTA 5's timings made GTA 6 feel too fast for a world this detailed. In my world everything is a cube, so speed is never a problem.
GARY: The report says pedestrians were just as tricky. Making a crowd behave believably gets harder when you can stand right in front of it. I rate that a hard difficulty setting.
GARY: File footage here: a crowd of block villagers walking in perfect, slightly worrying unison. Nobody has ever asked them to look natural.
GARY: Verdict: four out of five diamonds for the honesty. I'd give it five, but the sun is going down, so I'm off.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The article says GTA 5's realism was already showing its age when it launched 13 years ago. Nelson doesn't say more in the part we have.
GRANT BRICKMAN: So the old game was simply too old for itself. Thirteen years is a long time for a game, and I stand by every second of that statement.

## Bolt Graphics powers on its first Zeus GPU (Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2301962/bolt-graphics-powers-on-first-zeus-gpu/
GRETA FOOTNOTE: A startup's first Zeus chip powers on, but the real card is years away.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Now the full story. A company called Bolt has switched on something named Zeus. Greek, I assume, so we start with the myth.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: It's a chip, Grant. Bolt Graphics powered on its first Zeus silicon, and it ran without functional issues. Vera has the context.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Engadget reports that the Zeus test chip was powered on in mid-October. The California-based startup found no functional issues with it.
DR. VERA VECTOR: Neither. It's a test chip. Its main feature is hardware for electromagnetic simulation, which helps design things like radar sensors and camera lenses.
KAI: Huge, honestly. A startup putting a physics algorithm in hardware is exactly what I want. Now give me a card with sensible USB-C.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Vera, what is still unclear?
DR. VERA VECTOR: The article says Bolt has published no performance figures for the test chip. Bolt says only that it beat the company's internal estimates.
DR. VERA VECTOR: The card Bolt plans to debut is a separate chip on TSMC's N5P process. Volume production isn't expected until 2028.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The article also says Reuters reported that Bolt was trying to raise about 100 million dollars. That was reported two days later and is not confirmed here.
GRANT BRICKMAN: So Zeus is on, the card is years off, and the numbers are private. Very mysterious. Very Greek.

## The Pixel Line: viewers call in (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: The phones are open: PDFs, RAM and WinUI, with the callers we deserve.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Good evening, and welcome to The Pixel Line. The phones are open, the lines are lit, and our first caller is already holding.
PASSERBY: Hello? Yes. I saw the PDF story. Do I need to buy a PDF reader, or is it a person I have to hire?
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Gerald, it's software. Engadget says most phones already open PDFs, so for menus and schedules you probably don't need a dedicated one.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Wise advice. I trust the people who invented the portable document, and I've never needed one myself.
PASSERBY: It's Rosemarie again. I'm still angry about the RAM. That man wants the memory out of my computer. I paid for that memory.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Rosemarie, ComputerBase reports Sam Altman said it's terrible that scarce DRAM sits in PCs, maybe used five percent of the time. Datacenters could use it more.
PASSERBY: Hi! Quick one. Windows has new chart and table controls now. Can I use them today in my app?
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Priya, they're in Windows App SDK 2.5.4 Experimental, so they're still experimental. Microsoft is also addressing the framework's memory problems.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Experimental. That's the polite word for a surprise. Thank you all for calling The Pixel Line.

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