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A handful of news stories have caught our eye recently, so we're rounding them up this week. We start with a pair of stories about everyone's least favorite subject, SMS spam, one involving an organized crime ring and the other vulnerable everyday infrastructure. Then we move on to a recent blog post by one of iRobot's founders, in which he expresses extreme wariness about the safety of humans interacting with humanoid robots. Lastly, with only a week and change to go until Windows 10 EOL, we look at Valve's ending support for the 32-bit Steam client (and the end of 32-bit Windows in general) and some predictions for how things might go when the deadline comes... assuming Microsoft doesn't blink at the last minute.‘SIM Farms' Are a Spam Plague. A Giant One in New York Threatened US Infrastructure, Feds Say | WIREDThat annoying SMS phish you just got may have come from a box like this - Ars TechnicaWhy iRobot's founder won't go within 10 feet of today's walking robots - Ars TechnicaWhy Today's Humanoids Won't Learn Dexterity – Rodney BrooksSteam will wind down support for 32-bit Windows as that version of Windows fades - Ars Technica Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, a monthly bonus episode, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod
With the Panzer Dragoon Zwei Remake finally unveiled, The Mega Driver and the SEGAHolic discuss Forver Entertainments remakes, Sega Remakes in general, and whether any are really worth your time.
In December 2023, Sega revealed new titles for five legacy IPs. Now, the first of those, Shinobi - Art of Vengeance, has been released to gamers worldwide. In this episode of The SEGAGuys Podcast, The SegaHolic and The Mega Driver discuss... what's next?
Importing video games has been a cornerstone of the gaming experience for decades. But in that time, it has changed and evolved. TomFum of Game Older Podcast joins Dan and James to discuss their favourite memories of important and how it has changed over the years.
The 90's was the decade where Sega made their mark on mainstream gaming. But more than that, was gaming in general just... better, back then? Dan the Mega Driver and James the SegaHolic reminisce.
Sega Lord X joins Dan the Mega Driver and James the Segaholic to discuss their most treasured Sega possessions. From the pricy to the personal, from childhood memories to boyhood trauma, they discuss everything that makes these classic Sega items special.
Music has always been a big part of what makes Sega special, so in this episode, Dan the Mega Driver is joined by Dave and Pat from SHIRO as they discuss the greatest minds behind the music.
The Sega Saturn turns 30 years old in the UK, and to celebrate, James and Dan are joined by gaming For Ages to talk about the Sega scene in the wake of the Saturn's arrival and it's first year.
Sega turned 65 years old recently. To celebrate, Dan the Mega Driver and James the SEGAHolic are joined by Sega Lord X to discuss the legendary companies journey through the decades.
Sega has been making games for 65 years now, but what year was their best? That's what the SEGAGuys discuss, as James and Dan are joined by Bedgell and Dibbs from Gaming for Ages, where they pick four of Sega's most iconic gaming years, and discuss which was the greatest Sega era.
Is the future of gaming present in the hobby's past? James and Dan lament the state of modern gaming, and discuss whether it's the currently thriving retro scene where the true excitement lies.
The SEGAGuys have been making podcasts for over 5 years now! To celebrate, Dan and James revisit their original discussion, and decide once and for all whether the Saturn or the Dreamcast presented Sega's creative peak.
With Shenmue recently withing a BAFTA award for the most influential videogame of all time, Sega Lord X joins The Mega Driver and The SEGAHolic to discuss what other games influenced the industry and came from Sega.
Since its unveiling, the Dreamcast was a machine many percieved as one of great promise and potential, but it's short lifespan meant we never got to see what it was capable of. Now, thanks to some impossible ports, are homebrew developers revealing the true power of Sega's final console?
In this podcast, The Mega Driver and The SEGAholic discuss Sega's output on PlayStation 2, how it fared against the PS2's competitors, the exclusive Japanese titles and their meories with one of gaming's most iconic and greatest selling systems.
Ταξιδεύουμε πίσω στο 1995 και ξαναζούμε τις απαρχές της κόντρας PS1-SEGA SATURN, τσεκάρουμε τα καλύτερα παιχνίδια της χρονιάς σε όλες τις πλατφόρμες, τα βασικότερα γεγονότα στο gaming και στροφή στην pop κουλτούρα με τις καλύτερες ταινίες της χρονιάς, μουσική και γεγονότα που συμμάδεψαν την ιστορική αυτή χρονιά.
The Astro City Mini launched in late 2020 as part of Sega's 60th Anniversary celebrations. The last truly "new" mini Sega released, it played host to a number of titles that never came home, and a supposedly perfect conversion of Virtua Fighter. Did it deliver, four years on, when the SEGAGuys got their units?
"Xbox is the new Sega" is what many are saying as Microsoft turns their attentions to third party publishing. But how true is that statement? Dan and James discuss the parallels between the green brand and the legendary Sega Enterprises.
Surely the SEGAGuys have done a Shenmue podcast before? Actually, we haven't so, finally, Dan the Mega Driver and James the SEGAHolic discuss Yu Suzuki's legendary franchise, it's legacy, what hope it has for a future.
Sega's current CEO Shuji Utsumi has made a number of headlines in recent months on Sega's position as a "Retro Company", the status of Dreamcast and Saturn mini's, and Sega's general direction. Is he taking Sega towards a new era of prosperity? Or should classic Sega fans be concerned?
The SEGAGuys look back over the big stories of 2024, modern and retro, and pick their top ten Sega moments.
THE WAIT IS OVER - The Greatest Collaboration of All Time is finally here. Blow the dust out of those rusty ol' cartridges, and get ready for a chaotic good time. In the debut episode Gerry and Aaron break down their top 3 consoles ever, and go over highlights and must play games on each. From 16Bit to 32Bit, and Billy Mitchell to Purple Piss Kid - This is RETRO REHAB.CREDITS Gerry With a G - Host Aaron
We make our big Linux predictions for 2025, but first, we score how we did for 2024.Sponsored By:Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices! 1Password Extended Access Management: 1Password Extended Access Management is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn't trusted and secure, it can't log into your cloud apps. Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:
What are the best Sega games to play at Christmas? To answer this question Dibbs Ahoy and Bedgell of Gaming For Ages join the SEGAGuys to judge the nice and the naughty festive Sega games.
As the final podcast to celebrate 30 years of the Sega Saturn Sega Lord X joins the SEGAGuys to discuss the very best exclusive games to arrive on the Sega's fifth gen console.
The Sega Saturn is 30 Years old! To celebrate, Dan the Mega Driver and James the SEGAHolic are discussing their favourite Sega Saturn memories. But it's not just the SEGAGuys! Our friends from the community have pitched in to share their memories, too!
As the Sega Saturn hits its 30th birthday, the hardware itself is, understandably, showing its age. Not only that, but heavily modified Saturn consoles are now finding their way onto various online stores that may create more issues for the depleting Saturn stock. In this podcast, James and Dan discuss why those modified Saturn's should be avoided and what you can do to better preserve your own system.
SEGA fans and fellow content creators Gaming For Ages join the SEGAGuys to discuss their new channel, a gaming book club and, of course, their favourite SEGA experience.
The Dreamcast celebrates 25 years in PAL Territories (or at least some of them) on the 14th October. To celebrate, James "TheSEGAHolic" and Dan "The Mega" Driver reminisce over the launch of the Dreamcast in the UK, and debate the launch games in the region.
In this podcast episode, The SEGAHolic returns to discuss Virtua Racing, the gaming icon that drove the industry forward. Join the SEGAGuys as they discuss the arcade classic, it's history, it's ports and the slew of excellent indie racers inspired by it's mighty influence.
Shane has been reviewing games for years, which evolved into his Steadysphere YouTube channel. Given that the Dreamcast features prominently, having the highest number of reviews for any single format on the channel, I invited Shane to discuss his favourite Sega console and his favourite games for the Sega Dreamcast.
For a time Sega were synonymous with motorcycle racers with bike games appearing on every console Sega made. But what are the best games on two wheels? To answer that question, Tom Charnock of the Dreamcast Junkyard joins the show! As an avid rider with a passion for bikes that rivals that of the Dreamcast, Tom discusses every motorcycle game on made by Sega or on Sega hardware with Dan the Mega Driver.
For over a decade now, Sega have fostered several games via Games Workshop's Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 IP's. In this podcast episode, Dan the Mega Driver is joined by Pat TraynoCo of Sega Saturn SHIRO to discuss all things Sega and Warhammer, from the early titles on Sega consoles to Sega's own epic wargames that dominated PC.
With all the discussion around Sega Rally lately, its long overdue for the SegaGuys to discuss the greatest arcade racer ever made...
When the Dreamcast was first revealed, it was done so alongside the NAOMI Board. Built on the same specification as the Dreamcast, this would prove not only to be the most powerful arcade board in existence on release, but it would outlive it's console counterpart and be home to classic titles from both Sega and third parties. James the Segaholic and Dan the Mega Driver discuss this legendary arcade system.
We dig into the RegreSSHion bug, debate it's real threat and explore clever tools to build a tasty fried onion around your system.Sponsored By:Core Contributor Membership: Take $1 a month of your membership for a lifetime!Tailscale: Tailscale is a programmable networking software that is private and secure by default - get it free on up to 100 devices! 1Password Extended Access Management: 1Password Extended Access Management is a device trust solution for companies with Okta, and they ensure that if a device isn't trusted and secure, it can't log into your cloud apps. Support LINUX UnpluggedLinks:
YouTube legend Mr Thunderwing joins the SEGAGuys for a round of My Favourite Sega, regaling his tales of his videogame past, Transformers and his stint on classic 80s TV show Nightmare.
In the modern day, many gamers attach industry legend Yu Suzuki to the masterpiece that is Shenmue, and rightly so. However, there is so much more to the game design genius who redefined the industry in numerous ways. Join James "The SEGAholic" and Dan "The Mega" Driver as they discuss some of Yu Suzuki's greatest and most innovative works.
For those of us that grew up with Sega, the Saturn is a classic that is tied to our formative years. But what is it like to start playing Saturn for the first time in 2024? That's what Jason Maddison is here to talk about! Join us as we get a fresh perspective on what the Saturn can mean to a whole new audience.
In this episode, we welcome two legends of the SEGA podcast & content creation scene. First, it's our good friend and SEGA brother from another mother, Saturn Dave - co-founder of Sega Saturn, Shiro! Joining Dave, is another close friend, it's the founder of the Dreamcast Junkyard, the Atari Jaguar connoisseur himself, Tom Charnock. We discuss the rising popularity of the Saroo ODE on Saturn, Dan's recent trip to Japan, show our latest pick ups, and delve into our main topic; the transition from Saturn to Dreamcast, and how we filled that SEGA-less void.
On this episode, we discuss the Netlink and our experiences of playing the SEGA Saturn online in 2024.
On this episode, we are delighted to be joined by Mel, better known in the community of course as Sega Lord X. SEGA left the console manufacturing business 23 years ago, but what legacy have the consoles they left us with made?
OpenBSD is a Cozy Operating System, Lichee Console 4A - RISC-V mini laptop, Lessons learned with XZ vulnerability, Techies vs spies: the xz backdoor debate, Not Not Porting 9front to Power64, One less Un*xy option for 32-bit PowerPC, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines OpenBSD is a Cozy Operating System (https://btxx.org/posts/OpenBSD_is_a_Cozy_Operating_System/) Lichee Console 4A - RISC-V mini laptop (https://3.14.by/en/read/RISC-V-Sipeed-Lichee-Console-4A-Alibaba-T-Head-TH1520-review) News Roundup Lessons learned with XZ vulnerability (https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2024-03-30-lessons-learned-xz-vuln.html) Techies vs spies: the xz backdoor debate (https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/technologist-vs-spy-the-xz-backdoor) Not Not Porting 9front to Power64 (https://posixcafe.org/blogs/2024/04/03/0/) One less Un*xy option for 32-bit PowerPC (http://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/2024/02/one-less-unxy-option-for-32-bit-powerpc.html) Beastie Bits 20 years since... (https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20240409044953) Jails PDFs (https://cdn.gyptazy.ch/files/docs/freebsd/jails/) NixOS BSD (https://github.com/nixos-bsd/nixbsd) rigg - run indie games on OpenBSD (https://www.reddit.com/r/openbsd_gaming/comments/1bb9wle/rigg_10_released_a_new_way_to_run_indie_games_on/) pkgsrc 2024Q1 (https://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2024/04/04/msg000370.html) PackMule (https://badland.io/packmule.md) AcephalOS - A new FreeBSD image build tool (https://codeberg.org/San_Bernadino_Operation/AcephalOS_image_build_system) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) Join us and other BSD Fans in our BSD Now Telegram channel (https://t.me/bsdnow)
Kubernetes and back - Why I don't run distributed systems, NetApp's strategic contributions to FreeBSD: a deep dive into upstreaming efforts, Make your own E-Mail server - Part 2 - Adding Webmail and More with Nextcloud, Poudriere on Apple Silicon, One less Un*xy option for 32-bit PowerPC, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines Kubernetes and back - Why I don't run distributed systems (https://www.davd.io/posts/2024-03-20-kubernetes-and-back-why-i-dont-run-distributed-systems/) NetApp's strategic contributions to FreeBSD: a deep dive into upstreaming efforts (https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/netapps-strategic-contributions-to-freebsd-a-deep-dive-into-upstreaming-efforts/) News Roundup Make your own E-Mail server - Part 2 - Adding Webmail and More with Nextcloud (https://it-notes.dragas.net/2024/03/21/make-your-own-email-server-freebsd-adding-nextcloud-part2/) Poudriere on Apple Silicon (https://oliver-epper.de/posts/poudriere-on-m1-mac/) One less Un*xy option for 32-bit PowerPC (http://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/2024/02/one-less-unxy-option-for-32-bit-powerpc.html) Beastie Bits Powering up the future: the new FreeBSD cluster in Chicago (https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/powering-up-the-future-the-new-freebsd-cluster-in-chicago/) Dragonflybsd 6.5 Snapshot Release on Acer Nitro AN515-51/58-XXX Series Laptops (https://github.com/catfacedck/Dragonflybsd-Acer-Nitro-Laptops-AN515-5158-XXX) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) Join us and other BSD Fans in our BSD Now Telegram channel (https://t.me/bsdnow)
On this episode we welcome Tom Charnock back to the show, and this times it's Tom's choice of topic! He very kindly requested we have some Mega CD chat, and who were we to say no?
The Dreamcast is a console that just seems to endure as the years go on, attracting new fans and exciting old ones just as much as it did back in the day. But what is it about the Dreamcast that makes its legacy live on? What makes it so appealing even today? We discuss.
Saturn Dave from SegaSaturnShiro is back again on the SEGAGuys channel and this time he's accompanied by nonother than Mr Pandamonium himself! On this episode, Dan, James, Dave and Nick discuss the Western Saturn library. Is it underrated and why is it perceived so negatively, even today?
My Favourite Sega is back! This time Dan and James speak to long time friend of the show Bloggo's Pow! Join us as we discuss his gaming origins, his youtube channel and, of course his favourite Sega music, game and console.
This challenge gets ugly as we slowly realize we've just become zombie slayers. We load Linux on three barely alive systems, and it takes a turn we didn't expect.
What makes an 8-bit system different from a 16-bit system? Or a 64-bit system? We look at what this actually means, and how a small jump in bits results in a huge jump in the number of values those bits can represent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.