Gamers nexus on LTT
Gamers nexus on LTT
Pretty damning review.
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I watched this yesterday and even I was cringing for both of them because i like LTT but GN's points are valid, but also you can tell this was a very tough video for GN to make.
There's a certain tone or cadence to the way that Steve talks that really makes him sound like an authority on the subjects he's talking about. Like an old school radio reporter from the 30s or something. Not sure exactly how to describe it, but once you hear him say something, you know it's a very serious topic.
Either way, I think GN made some very valid points, but also some much less so. I mostly watch LTT for the entertainment value but I've never taken their reviews particularly seriously. I've always hated how LTT handles charts and data - they just zip through the data so bloody fast. At LTT it is clear that Linus knows his stuff, but it's also clear that he's not trained as a scientist or engineer in the scientific method. Listening to him, yiu can tell there's a lack of knowledge in the methodology of setting up an experiment, but on the other hand if you step back for a second, you realize how ridiculous some of the topics all these reviewers obsess over really are. 5 FPS in a game that's already getting 150+ is utterly pointless in the real world. These are just games, guys. It's not the end of the world here.
I'll continue to watch LTT, mostly for TechLinked and now GameLinked because Riley, James and now Jacok crack me up.
I mostly watch LTT for the entertainment value but I’ve never taken their reviews particularly seriously.
Except, people spending hundreds to a thousand dollars on PC hardware do clearly trust him and his channel for the final "should you buy this or not" stance at the end of each review. It's not a negligible amount of influence he has on the tech review space, and it's explicitly because of their click-bait / algorithm friendly thumbnails and titles that they're able to reach such wide audiences and become the top few results when someone searches for a product.
it is clear that Linus knows his stuff
Is it? I've been watching for years and he always exudes "content creator persona" and very rarely expresses and real technical knowledge. He's essentially the youtube star version of that one kid who built their PC and never shuts up about it; he has certainly educated himself on consumer tech stats and comparisons, but his background and especially his current work have very little to do with actual technical know how.
And I'm not even saying that's a "bad thing", since he has writers and staff and now the Lab who should be able to reach that level of understanding and let him be just the face on the screen. But the fact is like Steve has said, that clearly also isn't what's actually happening behind the scenes.
Back when I first got into IT and started doing things with computers six or seven years ago I thought he was a technical guy, but as I got my certs and started into the field I slowly realized he had more of the "I build PC's as a hobbyist and constantly shit on the co-hosts that clearly know more than I do about things" mentality.
I stopped watching a long time ago when he got into really severe click bait and clearly just wanted people to pay him to build absolutely ridiculously overpowered machines.
Given how they have handled all their server hardware over the years any real IT pro is cringing how badly they are doing things. I see no signs they know what they are doing whatsoever.
LTT is no better than the fnaf guy.
I don't even know who that is.