Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
Nerd Talk is back. Todd and Skeeva dig into the Flat Out 4 VR launch (the new Flat2VR Studios racer), trade Home Assistant setups that turn your house into Tony Stark's, and rage at the modern subscription-everything dystopia — from Mercedes charging $1,200/year for acceleration to garage door openers serving you ads.
If you want any of the Home Assistant YAML for the automations we showed, drop a comment and we'll post them up.
🎮 Flat Out 4 VR: out now on Steam VR (Quest version TBD — wait until you see the particle system)
🏠 Home Assistant: free, local-only, brand-agnostic
🚗 Rage Against The Garage Door Opener (Ratgdo): the board that breaks MyQ's ad lock
00:00 Intro
01:54 Welcome to Nerd Talk #3
04:10 Skeeva's metal band, saxophone & guitar past
07:25 Mythic Quest — Apple TV show recommendation
08:30 "Stuart Fails to Save the Universe" trailer (Big Bang Theory spinoff)
10:25 Trevor Saves the Universe & Rick and Morty humor
11:40 Half-Life Alyx — Skeeva's girlfriend plays it all the way through
14:30 Flat Out 4 VR deep dive — destruction, cockpit view, plywood on the windshield
21:10 Cheat codes nostalgia + Elliot's save file editor
25:00 Flag mode multiplayer chaos
27:40 Why a steering wheel changes everything (Logitech G27)
30:00 Wrath & Ruin and RoboQuest love
32:45 Reality Bytes x Flat Out 4 community race night idea
33:40 Home Assistant — the brand-agnostic, local, free smart home
36:00 Dashboard tour — Todd & Skeeva
41:20 Building automations with Claude Code (alarm reminders, kid-call lights)
44:00 Presence-based, sun-aware lighting (no light switches touched in a year)
48:40 Music Assistant — every smart speaker plays as one
50:40 ESP32 Bluetooth proxies, Zigbee mesh, and toothbrush-triggered automations
52:30 Smart glasses + watch as presence sensors
54:20 Phone widgets, Stream Deck reuse, Android Auto control
1:01:40 Floppy disks, cassettes & physical media nostalgia
1:05:50 Subscription fatigue, piracy resurgence, Plex & Jellyfin
1:09:10 Car subscriptions rant — Mercedes $1,200/yr for acceleration, Audi $38/mo navigation, MyQ garage door ads, rooting Teslas
1:15:40 Wrap up + how to get our Home Assistant YAML
#realitybytes #nerdtalk #homeassistant #FlatOutVR #VR #smarthome
Earn $30 in Quest Cash when you use this link to Purchase a Meta Quest 3s
meta.com/affiliates/5Ai54Wsoe
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🐦 Twitter – Todd Jackson - https://x.com/ToddJacksonVR
🐦 Twitter – Eric Masher - https://x.com/EricMasher
🐦 Twitter – Harry (Skeeva) Skigis - https://x.com/skeeva
🌐 Facebook: facebook.com/groups/q2cvrgamer
👾 Discord Server: tinyurl.com/q2cvrgamer
🎼 Website: https://realitybytes.live/
📧 Contact: hello@realitybytes.live
🍌 beacons.ai/realitybytestech
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Ways to support us
Keychron Keyboards and Mice keychron.com/?ref=RealityBytes
Become a Patreon - patreon.com/Q2CVRGAMER
Shop here - meta.com/affiliates/8AenMJAC1
Try Restream - restream.io/join/31J3PR
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Nerd Talk is back. Todd and Skeeva dig into the Flat Out 4 VR launch (the new Flat2VR Studios racer), trade Home Assistant setups that turn your house into Tony Stark's, and rage at the modern subscription-everything dystopia — from Mercedes charging $1,200/year for acceleration to garage door openers serving you ads.
If you want any of the Home Assistant YAML for the automations we showed, drop a comment and we'll post them up.
🎮 Flat Out 4 VR: out now on Steam VR (Quest version TBD — wait until you see the particle system)
🏠 Home Assistant: free, local-only, brand-agnostic
🚗 Rage Against The Garage Door Opener (Ratgdo): the board that breaks MyQ's ad lock
00:00 Intro
01:54 Welcome to Nerd Talk #3
04:10 Skeeva's metal band, saxophone & guitar past
07:25 Mythic Quest — Apple TV show recommendation
08:30 "Stuart Fails to Save the Universe" trailer (Big Bang Theory spinoff)
10:25 Trevor Saves the Universe & Rick and Morty humor
11:40 Half-Life Alyx — Skeeva's girlfriend plays it all the way through
14:30 Flat Out 4 VR deep dive — destruction, cockpit view, plywood on the windshield
21:10 Cheat codes nostalgia + Elliot's save file editor
25:00 Flag mode multiplayer chaos
27:40 Why a steering wheel changes everything (Logitech G27)
30:00 Wrath & Ruin and RoboQuest love
32:45 Reality Bytes x Flat Out 4 community race night idea
33:40 Home Assistant — the brand-agnostic, local, free smart home
36:00 Dashboard tour — Todd & Skeeva
41:20 Building automations with Claude Code (alarm reminders, kid-call lights)
44:00 Presence-based, sun-aware lighting (no light switches touched in a year)
48:40 Music Assistant — every smart speaker plays as one
50:40 ESP32 Bluetooth proxies, Zigbee mesh, and toothbrush-triggered automations
52:30 Smart glasses + watch as presence sensors
54:20 Phone widgets, Stream Deck reuse, Android Auto control
1:01:40 Floppy disks, cassettes & physical media nostalgia
1:05:50 Subscription fatigue, piracy resurgence, Plex & Jellyfin
1:09:10 Car subscriptions rant — Mercedes $1,200/yr for acceleration, Audi $38/mo navigation, MyQ garage door ads, rooting Teslas
1:15:40 Wrap up + how to get our Home Assistant YAML
#realitybytes #nerdtalk #homeassistant #FlatOutVR #VR #smarthome
Earn $30 in Quest Cash when you use this link to Purchase a Meta Quest 3s
meta.com/affiliates/5Ai54Wsoe
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🎵 TikTok - Q2CVRGamer - tiktok.com/@q2cvrgamer
🐦 Twitter – Todd Jackson - https://x.com/ToddJacksonVR
🐦 Twitter – Eric Masher - https://x.com/EricMasher
🐦 Twitter – Harry (Skeeva) Skigis - https://x.com/skeeva
🌐 Facebook: facebook.com/groups/q2cvrgamer
👾 Discord Server: tinyurl.com/q2cvrgamer
🎼 Website: https://realitybytes.live/
📧 Contact: hello@realitybytes.live
🍌 beacons.ai/realitybytestech
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Ways to support us
Keychron Keyboards and Mice keychron.com/?ref=RealityBytes
Become a Patreon - patreon.com/Q2CVRGAMER
Shop here - meta.com/affiliates/8AenMJAC1
Try Restream - restream.io/join/31J3PR
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#ExplorewithQuest
#questcreator
#QuestCreatorPartner
