Yeah, you have to be braindead trust a game developer with any kernel level software.

I think a more secure solution would be some kind of virtualized environment to run the game within, which the developer could have full control over, but I doubt that will ever come about.

If you want to disable Intel Management Engine, the always-on backdoor built into every Intel CPU and/or want as much software as possible on your machine to be FOSS

Also it boots much faster than most stock bios.

You forgot “Only uses 10+ year old librebooted Thinkpad” on tech paranoid