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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