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This week on the SyrupCast, Brad Shankar and Brad Bennett are joined by Chris Brown, a friend of the site, to discuss the 2024 Game Awards.This is a big year for MobileSyrup since Brad Shankar has been able to get us onto the jury at the awards. This meant we got to participate in the voting for all the awards, and on his own, Brad Shankar even went to the show in person.If you want to hear what it's like to vote, how we got into the jury and more behind the scenes Game Awards talk make sure to check out this week's Syrupcast on your podcast app of choice or on YouTube. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a long hiatus, the SyrupCast is back. We're still ironing out our production, but we're excited to be back, and this week, we're talking about the best tech and games of the year. In the new year, we're aiming to release a new episode every two weeks. If you have any feedback, let us know on social media or by emailing us at Community@moblesyrup.com.The next episode will be in two weeks and will be focused on the Game Awards since Brad Shankar was a judge this year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What a week! This has been a WWDC for the books with the announcement of Apple's foray into the AI space. That said, there's also a ton of other news to cover for every operating system under the Apple umbrella, so I had to call in some help this week. Joining me are special guests Drew Kozub from Canada's Breakfast Television and KissFM radio. Alongside him is TikTok star Brett Turner, who most of you likely know as Brett.Tech on social media. You can find Drew on Twitter here - https://x.com/DrewKozubAnd make sure to check out Brett's accounts here - https://www.tiktok.com/@brett.tech Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a special edition episode of the SyrupCast and the SyrupArcade Cast, where Dean Daley and Brad Shankar speak to Black industry professionals about their experiences in the technology industry, including Fūnk-é Joseph (Focus Entertainment), Enobong Etteh (Boredatwork.com), and Kadeem Dunn (Google) (Diaspora Games). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the latest episode of the SyrupCast, Patrick O'Rourke, Brad Bennett, and Dean Daley discuss Mobile World Congress 2024 (MWC) and everything Dean saw at this year's event in Barcelona, Spain.This includes checking out the TCL Ray Neo X2s, Samsung's Galaxy Ring, a lot of weird robotic AI contraptions and the highlight of the show for him, the Humane AI Pin. Afterward, the three talk about the recently announced M3-powered MacBook Air and Brad's and Patrick's experience with the new laptop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the latest episode of the SyrupCast, Patrick O'Rourke, Brad Bennett, Dean Daley and Chris Brown discuss Samsung's new Galaxy S24 series. Both Dean and Chris outline what the vibes were like at this year's Unpacked, break down their first impressions of the Galaxy S24 Ultra (including an at-even recording of an unboxing) and discuss Samsung's new Galaxy AI features.Are new AI features like 'Circle to Search' just a fancy gimmick gimmick? or is this functionality Galaxy S24 users will actually find useful? Listen to our latest episode to find out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Similar to last year, the MobileSyrup team is having a video game fantasy draft. We assembled the regular SyrupArcade Cast hosts, Dean Daley, Brad Shankar, Chris Brown and MobileSyrup freelancer and writer for The Gamer, Gabrielle Huston. From there, each person selects three games they believe will be the top-scoring of the year. The quartet will also do a follow-up podcast in the middle of the year after more titles are announced at 'Summer Game Fest' and other video game showcases, to add two more picks for a total of five each. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Game Awards 2023 have taken place, so the Syrup ArcadeCast crew, including, Dean DaleyBrad Shankar, and Chris Brown, alongside special guest, Steve Vegvari, breakdown this year's event. The podcast team talks about the awards winners, including Baldur's Gate 3, Alan Wake 2, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and more. They also discuss the controversy surrounding the awards ceremony and the developers who should have had far more time to speak. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ahead of The Game Awards, co-hosts Dean Daley and Brad Shankar are joined once again by Blue Ant Plus' Chris Brown to discuss our thoughts on the nominees. Of course, a lot of this episode is dedicated to the six Game of the Year nominees: Baldur's Gate 3, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Resident Evil 4 and Alan Wake 2. But we also look at several other big categories, including Best Narrative, Best RPG, Best Performance and, perhaps most controversial this year, Best Indie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of the Syrupcast, the pod squad discusses their favourite smartphones of 2023 in our annual year-end episode.The team also tries out several new segments, including the return of a news recap, 'Tech Treat or Tech Trash' and more, as the pod squad prepares to revamp the SyrupCast in the new year. Along with episodes still hosted by Patrick O'Rourke, Dean will also take on hosting duties for several special interview episodes (you'll likely recognize several upcoming guests). You'll also see a more unified format across the SyrupCast and the SyrupArcade Cast. Bear with us as we figure out a new format for MobileSyrup's podcasts in the coming weeks and months! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the latest episode of the SyrupArcade Cast, co-hosts Dean Daley and Brad Shankar are joined by Blue Ant Plus' Chris Brown to share our thoughts on Starfield, Baldur's Gate 3 and Marvel's Spider-Man 2. Expect some controversial takes on Starfield before we all gush about Baldur's Gate 3 and Spidey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week's SyrupCast episode is all about Google's Pixel 8 Pro, Pixel 8 and Pixel Watch 2. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At this year's fall hardware event, the SyrupCast team had the opportunity to record its annual iPhone event recap video in a fancy studio at Apple Park. This week's episode features Patrick O'Rourke, Brad Bennett and Alain McKenna, a Montreal-based technology journalist who has covered the industry for decades and currently writes for LeDevoir. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Back in January, MobileSyrup created a 'Fantasy Football' league-like draft for 2023 video game releases. Dean Daley, Brad Shankar, Chris Brown and Steve Vegvari contributed to the list of fantasy selections. Here's how it worked: in January, we were given the chance to select three games we felt would be among the year's top-scoring on OpenCritic. This time, we selected two more games for a total of five titles for each participant. Points will then be awarded or deducted for every percentage point each pick falls above or below a 70 on OpenCritic. By the end of the year, we'll only look at the top four games, ditching the least impressive score for each person's collection of titles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Last week was Summer Game Fest, which included its own showcase alongside presentations from Xbox and Bethesda, Ubisoft, Digital Devolver, Capcom and more throughout the week. In this week's episode, Brad and Dean Daley are joined by Blue Ant Plus' Chris Brown to discuss the events in depth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's SyrupCast, Patrick O'Rourke and Brad Bennett chat about Apple's WWDC 2023, including upcoming software updates like iOS 17/iPadOS 17, watchOS 10 and more. Next, the team delves into 15-inch MacBook Pro, the M2 Max/M2 Ultra Mac Studio and finally, the Apple Vision Pro.The pod squad unpacks what it was like to attend WWDC, why they think this year's event was so packed and what Apple's end-game might be regarding augmented reality/virtual reality (AR/VR). If you've ever wanted a peak behind the Apple event curtain, this is the SyrupCast episode for you

We haven't recorded a SyrupArcade Cast in over a month, but with so much happening in the video game world right now, we figured it's best to talk about everything all at once. In April, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor launched, followed by Redfall and Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. To close May off, PlayStation also held its first Showcase in over 600 days. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's SyrupCast, Patrick O'Rourke, Brad Bennett, Dean Daley and Jon Lamont chat about the Pixel 7a, the Pixel Tablet and the Pixel Fold after going hands-on with several of the devices ahead of Google I/O 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's SyrupCast, Patrick O'Rourke, Brad Bennett and Jon Lamont chat about Rogers' $26 billion takeover of Shaw (we'll record a dedicated SyrupCast telecom episode soon), Nothing's new Ear (2) wireless earbuds and the secret video project Brad Bennett's been working on for the last few months. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

March is Women's History Month, which focuses on women's contributions to history. On this week's SyrupArcade Cast, the team chats about women/femme characters in video games, the women behind games, and the recent Game Developers Conference (GDC). Brad Shankar and Dean Daley are joined by Rose Behar, MobileSyrup's former telecom reporter who currently works as a narrative designer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With rumours surrounding new video game consoles circulating, the SyrupArcade Cast team unpacks all of the latest leaks. In the latest episode of the SyrupArcade Cast, Brad Shankar, Dean Daley and Chris Brown discuss rumours that a PS5 Pro is on the way, a potential Nintendo Switch successor, and talk about the games they've recently played, including Hogwarts Legacy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of the SyrupArcade Cast, Brad Shankar and Dean Daley speak to Indigo Doyle, game designer and the creative lead at Toronto-based Pushing Vertices on Rollergirl. Rollergirl is based on the life of Doyle, a Black woman who grew up in Belleville, Ontario. In the game, you roll around town on rollerblades exploring the neighbourhood as Naomi, a Black 17-year-old doing odd jobs to afford to fix her first car.During the podcast, we ask Doyle about her journey as a game developer and discus representation and diversity. Given it's Black History Month, we felt it was important to highlight the difficulties Black people face when breaking into the gaming industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's SyrupCastPatrick O'Rourke, Brad Bennett and Dean Daley chat about Samsung's new Galaxy S23, S23+ and S23 Ultra, and the smartphones' recent launch event in San Francisco. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's SyrupArcade Cast, Brad Shankar, Dean Daley, and special guests Steve Vegvari and Chris Brown, host a fantasy video game draft where we pick the games we believe will be the highest-rated in 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode two of the SyrupArcade Cast, we talk about everything The Game Awards-related, including some of the weird nominations, the games we didn't want to win and the coolest trailers we saw at the event. This week's episode features Brad Shankar, Dean Daley and Chris Brown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's SyrupCast, Patrick O'Rourke, Brad Bennett and Jon Lamont talk about this year's carrier and retailer Black Friday deals are worthwhile, before delving into the current state of Twitter under Elon Musk's regime. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

God of War: Ragnarok is finally available. While Brad Shankar dropped his opinion on the game last week and interviewed several developers behind the title, the team still had more to say about the anticipated PS4 and PS5 gaming epic.This is where Dean Daley's and Brad Shankar's new SyrupArcade episodes of the SyrupCast come in. These special SyrupArcade Cast episodes are still the SyrupCast you know and love, but with an emphasis on all things gaming. All episodes will be available in the standard SyrupCast podcast feed on nearly every podcast platform out there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's SyrupCast, Patrick O'Rourke chats with Jon Lamont and Dean Daley about MobileSyrup's Pixel 7, Pixel Watch and Pixel 7 Pro reviews. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's SyrupCast, Patrick O'Rourke, Brad Bennett and Jon Lamont outline all of the rumours surrounding Google's upcoming hardware event, including the Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel Watch and the mysterious tablet the tech giant teased at I/O a few months ago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's SyrupCast, Patrick O'Rourke, Brad Bennett and Jon Lamont take a look at the future of 3,500Mhz 5G in Canada and what the technology means for Canadians. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's SyrupCast, Patrick O'Rourke, Brad Bennett Dean Daley and special guest and tech YouTuber Shevon Salmon, discuss Apple's big 'Far Out' keynote and also delve into MobileSyrup's reviews/hands-ons of all the devices the tech giant showed off, including the iPhone 14, the iPhone 14 Pro/Max, the Apple Watch Series 8, the Apple Watch Ultra and the AirPods (2nd-Gen). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's SyrupCast, Patrick O'Rourke and Brad Bennett break down everything they expect to see revealed at Apple's upcoming 'Far Out' event, including the iPhone 14, Apple Watch Pro, 2nd-gen AirPods Pro and more. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's SyrupCast, Patrick O'Rourke, Brad Bennett and Jon Lamont explain what 5G actually is. Along with discussing 5G, the pod squad also delves into the current state of the technology in Canada and how the country's implementation of the next-gen wireless tech compares to other areas of the world.This episode is part of a sponsored two-episode series focused on 5G (the next episode drops later in September).This article is part of our The Future with 5G Series. A full-length documentary on 5G airs on BBC Earth Canada and MobileSyrup on August 26th. For more 5G content, check out our new hub focused on the next-generation technology. This podcast is sponsored by Bell. MobileSyrup publishes sponsored content. These partnerships do not influence our editorial content. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's SyrupCast, Patrick O'Rourke and Brad Bennett offer their early reactions to Apple's WWDC 2022 keynote, including the new m2 MacBook Air, iOS 16, iPadOS 16, CarPlay and more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's SyrupCast, Patrick O'Rourke and Brad Bennett outline everything they expect to see at WWDC 2022 next week, including Apple's often-rumoured AR headset, a new MacBook Air and possibly even a few surprises. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's SyrupCast, Patrick O'Rourke, Brad Bennett and Dean Daley talk about I/O 2022, including the Pixel Watch, the Pixel 6a, the Pixel 7, the Pixel Buds Pro, the Pixel Tablet and more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's SyrupCast, Patrick O'Rourke and Brad Bennett talk about the OnePlus 10 Pro and its software woes, Brad's recent trip to the New York Auto Show, the pricey, but impressive BMW iX, and lastly, Nothing's Ear (1) wireless earbuds. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's SyrupCast, the team unpacks what their favourite feature phone and smartphones ever are. This week's pod squad, including Patrick O'Rourke, Brad Bennett and Jon Lamont, all bring unique devices to the table, including long-forgotten feature phones like the Sony Ericsson W810, the LG Rumor 2, the Samsung Vice and more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's SyrupCast, the team takes a look at Apple's iPad and breaks down how each tablet fits into the tech giant's lineup. This week's pod squad -- Patrick O'Rourke and Brad Bennett -- also outline their favourite iPads, what they use the iPad for and discuss whether macOS is ever coming to Apple's tablet line (spoilers: it isn't). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's SyrupCast the team dives into Apple's March event, including the Mac Studio, Studio Display, M1 Ultra chip, iPhone SE and iPad Air. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's SyrupCast, the team ditches the usual two-week release cadence to drop an emergency episode focused on Valve's new Steam Deck.Patrick O'Rourke spends roughly an hour telling Brad Bennett about his experience with the Steam Deck so far -- and yes, we now know that Proton is just the Linux translation layer and not the handheld's OS. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's SyrupCast, Patrick O'Rourke and Brad Bennett take a look at Chrome OS coming to Mac and PC and then unpack all of the major rumours surrounding Apple's upcoming March event, including the iPhone SE (2022), iPad Air and more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Just hours after the end of Samsung's latest 'Unpacked' event and with the Galaxy S22 Ultra in hand, Dean Daley offers his initial impressions of the smartphone to Patrick O'Rourke and Brad Bennett.The pod squad then shifts the conversation to discussing the Galaxy S22/Galaxy S22+ and breaks down whether this year's lower-end S series smartphones are a notable upgrade over their predecessors. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the SyrupCast, the crew talks about Pokémon Legends: Arceus and Samsung's Galaxy S21 FE. To start the pod, Dean Daley explains to Patrick O'Rourke and Brad Bennett why Arceus is such a refreshing take on the Pokémon series. Next, the conversation shifts to Samsung's Galaxy S21 FE, a fan edition version of the S21 series that arrived on the eve of the S22 line's release. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the SyrupCast, the crew returns after an extended hiatus to talk about how low-key CES 2022 was.To kick off the pod, Brad Bennett regales Patrick O'Rourke and Jon Lamont with news regarding Rogers' new CEO, the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE and the latest software update for the OnePlus Buds Pro. Next, Patrick steers the team towards recapping CES 2022. While this year's show was pretty dull, cool gadgets and several electric vehicle (EV) concept cars were still shown off. Finally, the team talks about some of the games they've been playing over the holidays, with Patrick shining a light on Halo Infinite and Brad talking about finally catching up on The Last of us 2. If you've been a long-time SyrupCast listener, you already know that Jon spent time with Destiny 2, but he also started playing Stardew Valley again. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's SyrupCast, Brad Bennett and Patrick O'Rourke grill Jon Lamont and Dean Daley about their respective Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro reviews. The pod squad talks about how the smartphones fit into the Canadian market, their significant refreshed designs and why Jon prefers the Pixel 6 and Dean is all about the Pixel 6 Pro. If you're interested in an hour-long conversation about the Pixel 6 series (and honestly, who isn't, right?), this is the SyrupCast episode for you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's jam-packed SyrupCast, Brad Bennett, Jon Lamont and Patrick O'Rourke talk about Google's big Pixel 6 series reveal, Apple's new MacBook Pro and finally, the new 3rd-gen AirPods. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's SyrupCast, Brad Bennett, Jon Lamont and Patrick O'Rourke, once again, talk about Apple's iPhone 13 and the iPad mini now that both Patrick and Brad have spent time with the respective devices. Along with the Apple talk, the team also breaks down Microsoft's Surface event, with Jon offering his thoughts on the Surface Duo 2, Surface Laptop Studio, Surface Pro 8 and more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's SyrupCast, Brad Bennett, Jon Lamont and Patrick O'Rourke talk about Apple's big iPhone 13 event. This includes a discussion surrounding the fact that the iPhone 13 series is very similar to the iPhone 12 line, the reveal of the stellar-looking iPad mini, the Apple Watch Series 7 and the far more boring entry-level iPad. The team also talks about how wrong some rumours leading up to the event were, particularly surrounding the Series 7. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's SyrupCast, Brad Bennett, Jon Lamont and Patrick O'Rourke talk about Apple's big iPhone 13 event. This includes a discussion surrounding the fact that the iPhone 13 series is very similar to the iPhone 12 line, the reveal of the stellar-looking iPad mini, the Apple Watch Series 7 and the far more boring entry-level iPad. The team also talks about how wrong some rumours leading up to the event were, particularly surrounding the Series 7. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on the SyrupCast, Patrick O'Rourke and Brad Bennett sit down with Jon Lamont to go over some of the devices they've reviewed over the past year and how prolonged time with those items has shifted their opinions, including the Xbox Series X, the iPhone 12 mini, the Pixel 4a/4a 5G, the Fitbit Sense and the Sonos Move. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.