#75: Paid Steam Mods, Windows 10 & GTA

On this week's show we discuss the controversy surrounding Valve and Bethesda's decision to monetize it's vibrant mod community and why they so quickly backpedaled on the idea. And we banged on for so long about it there was barely time to mention anything else, except perhaps a certain BBC Drama currently being made about the creation of GTA... all this and sadly not much more on a notably topical #NOTplaying Podcast!Valve introduces paid mod support for Skyrim on Steam http://www.pcgamer.com/paid-mods-wont-kill-modding-and-might-make-it-better/ First paid mod to get taken down http://www.pcgamer.com/paid-for-skyrim-mod-removed-in-a-matter-of-hours/Paid Mod Support removed http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-04-28-bethesda-removes-paid-mods-in-skyrimValve clamping down on spamming http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-04-20-you-now-have-to-spend-at-least-usd5-to-access-some-steam-features2K Australia closing http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-04-16-australian-2k-borderlands-pre-sequel-dev-to-closeWindows 10 to release end of July http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-04-21-windows-10-release-in-july-amd-spillsDaniel Radcliffe to play Sam Houser in BBC GTA V Biopic http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-04-09-daniel-radcliffe-in-talks-to-play-gta-producer-sam-houserBill Paxton to play Jack Thompson http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-04-14-bill-paxton-to-play-jack-thompson-in-bbc-gta-dramaContact us on Email at: [email protected] us on Twitter: @notplayingpodYou can find the show notes for this show at www.notlistening.co.ukIf you're listening on iTunes, please give us a review!Intro/Outro music kindly provided by Miracle of Sound https://www.youtube.com/miracleofsoundTo Check out other shows in the Collection visit:http://barkerpodcasts.webs.com Including the #NOTwatching Podcast: http://www.spreaker.com/show/the-notwatching-podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.