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Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappinessIn the second half of our their hundred-episode Mailbag spectacular, Abby, Patrick, and Dan field some overdetermined questions best kept snug behind the Patreon paywall. Among other things, the three take on what thinking psychoanalytically suggests about our relationships to technology, from the pleasing familiarity of effective User Interface design and frictionless movement in video games to the ways anxieties about the existence other human minds appears to be driving ever more people to prefer the projections and grandiose claims of interactions with so-called “artificial intelligence.” They then turn to another space where the questions of friction, the possibility of pain, the promise of growth, and the role of transference loom large: the classroom. In particular, they explore the ethical and interpersonal stakes of teaching psychoanalysis, and teaching in general, with an eye toward questions of repetition, narcissism, Trauma Studies as a discipline, traumatic experiences of learning, what is or isn't “outside the classroom,” the balance between taking things personally and meeting students where they are, and whether and how pedagogy and learning alike resemble therapy in all its possibilities and pains. Plus: turtles tortoises, a round of Fuck Marry Kill (yes), Wolfenstein, and more.Have you noticed that Freud is back? Got questions about psychoanalysis? Or maybe you've traversed the fantasy and lived to tell the tale? Leave us a voicemail! (646) 450-0847  A podcast about psychoanalysis, politics, pop culture, and the ways we suffer now. New episodes on Saturdays. Follow us on social media:  Linktree: https://linktr.ee/OrdinaryUnhappiness Twitter: @UnhappinessPod Instagram: @OrdinaryUnhappiness Patreon: patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness Theme song: Formal Chicken - Gnossienne No. 1 https://open.spotify.com/album/2MIIYnbyLqriV3vrpUTxxO Provided by Fruits Music

Time Stamps:00:00:00 Community Guest Intros00:05:00 The Jez Corden Article "Xbox has become a Game Pass machine — Is it enough to justify Microsoft's console?" IMHO, There's WAY MORE Than Just XGPU!00:35:00 *WILL* Xbox Gamers Still Support NEW Xbox Hardware After The Multiplat Strategy?01:00:00 The BIG DOOM The Dark Ages Conversation!01:12:00 BREAKING NEWS: ZeniMax Media filed new trademarks on May 6 for Wolfenstein, Deathloop, Quake, and Dishonored! Are Xbox Fans Are Being SPOILED By Bethesda!01:53:00 Panel Outros and Special Message to the Community!

Finish him, Slackers! This week's episode is all about how PC games like DOOM, console titles such as Mortal Kombat - on Sega Genesis of course - and early games on the first Xbox sparked intense controversy.We dive into the societal fears that linked pixelated violence to real-world crimes, from Senate hearings scrutinizing Night Trap to media reports tying Grand Theft Auto and DOOM's gory first-person action to youth aggression. It's crazy looking back on how these games became scapegoats for violence, while also embodying our generation's embrace of new technology, set against a backdrop of parental advisory stickers and early internet culture. Long before there was WiFi and Xbox live, there were LAN servers - we have had this kind of online gaming culture far longer than we sometimes recognize! Fun? Yes! Toxic? Probably!There were some wild true crime connections amid widespread cultural debates surrounding PC and console gaming. These controversies continue to influence modern gaming culture today. Whether gaming is good, or bad, or otherwise -  who knows? I mean, who didn't play Halo into the wee hours of the morning!?

Punch a N*zi month is here! Helping me kick (punch) it off I am joined by Ashton Ruby from the Retro Hangover Podcast and author Aidan Moher to talk about the granddaddy of boomer shooters, Wolfenstein 3D! We talk about how this game set the course for an entire genre of games, how so much of gaming history has traveled in and out of it's orbit and of course, we punch some goddam n*zis. Follow Aidan on Bluesky! https://bsky.app/profile/aidanis.fun Check out Ashton on Retro Hangover Podcast! https://linktr.ee/retrohangover Shout-out Song: Wondering About My Loved Ones Composer: Robert Prince Album: Wolfenstein 3D Soundtrack https://youtu.be/cMzhzRi3YZE?si=HmyHFKTtF_2Xp_O0 End Song: Paper Mario: Get Psyched Artist: mikedm92 Album: N/A https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03536 Check out the Bit by Bit Foundation! https://www.bitbybitfoundation.org/ Support the Podcast! https://www.patreon.com/stillloadingpod Want to buy some Still Loading merch? https://www.teepublic.com/user/still-loading-podcast

Send us a textDive into the thrilling world of first-person shooters (FPS) with our latest episode, where we unravel the captivating history of these iconic games that have shaped the gaming landscape. From the groundbreaking releases of **Doom** and **Wolfenstein**, we explore how these early titles not only defined a genre but also laid the foundational stones for multiplayer gaming. Through our enlightening discussion, we examine how FPS games evolved to include intricate storytelling elements, innovative gameplay mechanics, and community-driven multiplayer experiences, with key milestones highlighted by beloved classics like **Counter-Strike** and **Halo**. As we journey through the evolution of the FPS genre, we also spotlight the rise of looter shooters—games that masterfully blend FPS mechanics with RPG elements, captivating players with their expansive worlds and character progression systems. Titles such as **Borderlands** and **Destiny** illustrate the growing complexity of FPS games, engaging players in immersive narratives that invite deeper connection and long-term play. To enhance listener engagement, we present an entertaining trivia segment, challenging you to test your knowledge on FPS games. Reflect on your favorite titles and moments while joining us in this lively conversation that keeps the spirit of gaming alive, inviting you to share your own FPS experiences. Don't forget, exciting discussions on upcoming game releases and industry trends await, ensuring that you're always on the pulse of the gaming world. Join us for a fun-filled episode that combines nostalgia, community interaction, and a glimpse into the gaming industry's future—subscribe now and immerse yourself in the world of FPS gaming!Support the show

Episode 2 of season 5 takes a dark turn. We're in a parallel timeline where the nazis have conquered the globe. Charlie Walcholz is our only hope.We talk about Pikmin, Bro talks about a visual novel he's been playing, and Murph talks about the Myst minute. The variety minute is platform fighters because Charlie is preeeeetttyyyyy good at them.Then we talk about Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus. An ambitious, complex beast.00:32 - Introducing Charlie Wacholz to the Pod!Watcha Playin'06:03 - Pikmin 1 (2001)09:18 - Techno Banter (2025)15:27 - Stories from Sol: Gun Dog (2025)19:00 - The Myst Minute: Myst (1993) Cosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel (1993), Spelunx and the Caves of Mr. Seudo (1993), The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition (1995)The Variety Minute33:00 - Platform FightersGame of the Week58:39 - Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (2017)1:44:58 - Plugs and Farewells

Welcome to another episode of Ferret64, the podcast about video game news and occurrences. This one I cover the news between 3-3 and 3-9-25 including: Split Fiction, Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, FragPunk, Wolfenstein (2009), Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards, The Nacon Connect 2025 (Cthulhu The Cosmic Abyss, The Fading of Nicole Wilson, Edge of Memories, Ravenswatch, Rennsport, RoboCop Rogue City - Unfinished Business, The Mound Omen of Cthulhu, Test Drive unlimited Season 3, The Occultist, Styx Blades of Greed, Hell Is Us), Activision AI Games, Killing Floor 3 Delayed, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4 Remake, Acclaim Publisher returns, Ballistic Moon Studios Layoffs, World Video Game Hall of Fame 2025 Nominees, Assassin's Creed Shadows, The Last of Us Duel Sense Controller, and much more! Thank you for listening on all platforms! Song in the intro and outro Night Shade - Adhesive Wombat. Timestamps -00:00 Intro01:28 Split Fiction (First Impressions)18:40 Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (First Impressions)33:10 FragPunk40:19 Wolfenstein (2009) + Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards54:48 Nacon Connect 20251:08:49 Activision Fake AI Games1:13:44 Killing Floor 3 Delayed1:17:26 THPS 3 + 4 Remake Information1:24:40 Acclaim is Back1:26:46 Ballistic Moon Studio Layoffs1:29:41 World Video Game Hall of Fame 2025 Nominees1:33:18 Coming Soon1:44:52 ClosingTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/yemmytheferretTwitter: https://twitter.com/YemmyTheFerretBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/yemmytheferret.bsky.socialJoin my Discord: https://discord.gg/b9NaNgp

In dieser Folge tauchen wir ein in die dystopische Welt von Wolfenstein: The New Order – ein Meilenstein des modernen Shooter-Genres – und sprechen über die Faszination von VR-Gaming. Wie nah fühlt sich Virtual Reality wirklich an? Und was macht Wolfenstein so besonders? Freut euch auf spannende Diskussionen, nerdige Insights und jede Menge Gaming-Leidenschaft! Der Videospielfreunde Podcast ist Werbe-, Paywall und Sponsorenfrei. Wir freuen uns über eure Unterstützung, Abos und Empfehlungen. Schaut auch gern auf Patreon vorbei wenn ihr uns Unterstützen möchtet: https://www.patreon.com/Videospielfreunde.

Retrouvez la PEAKILIST ICIDemande de partenariat : peakcinemalepodcast@gmail.comSoutenez nous sur Patreon Forfait 3€ épisode en accès anticipé sans pub Forfait 5 € épisode en accès anticipé sans Pub + Accès aux Podcasts Exclusifs C'est l'histoire d'un gringalet qui se rêve d'être un soldat prêt à défendre la démocratie et le monde libre selon les codes dictés par l'Oncle Sam. Autant recalé en P4 que par les meufs, il rencontre Stanley Tucci avec une perruque qui va lui mettre un coup de seringue et lui conseiller l'écoute du podcast Toxicity qui va le transformer en Lucas Gouiffes shredded as fuck. Vendu comme un produit américain qui va démonter les nazis, Steve Rogers renommé désormais Captain America souhaite redorer le blason de la Grande Amérique en allant effectivement péter du fasciste, mais aussi sauver son pote James Barnes capturé et enfermé dans un camp à Pont à Mousson et en passant pécho Peggy. A l'occasion de la sortie du quatrième Captain America intitulé Brave New World nous en profitons pour revenir sur le premier volet avec Chris Evans et des NAZIS.Wolfenstein en moins bien en somme mais où va-t-il arriver dans la Peaklist ? Réponse dans ce podcastAbonnez vous sur Peakgaming pour les streams jeu vidéo Enregistré en live sur notre chaîne twitch ABONNEZ-VOUS ! Rattrapez le live sur notre chaine youtubePour échanger avec nous, vous pouvez allez sur notre discordChroniqueur.e.es : Marvin MONTES, Mathieu BONTEMPS, Emmanuel.le PEUDON et présenté par Luc LE GONIDECHost : Luc LE GONIDECMusique Jean Baptise BLAIS Direction Artistique : Guillaume BrindonMontage et mixage son : Luc LE GONIDEC Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.

2025 re-run bonus notes:   This rerun is releasing on the precise 5yr anniversary of its original release - in other words, this celebration of St. John's 40th birthday, featuring his wife, both his kids, both his parents, and his brother is re-releasing on St. John's 45th birthday!   Also, it is the second of a trilogy of music blocks (the first of which was last month's rerun), which, if not already clear to long-time listeners of the show will be explained in the intro to the third track of the trilogy, which will be our March 2025 rerun. So stay tuned til next month's rerun!   DISCLAIMER 1: DEAD-NAME ALERT! August is not their birth name, and this episode was recorded prior to their self-discovery, so it uses their birth/dead name. Because of this, I checked with August prior to releasing it to make sure they were okay with it. They said they were okay with it so long as I included the disclaimer - which I would've done anyway! :-D   DISCLAIMER 2: Apologies for some of the off-color jokes and references in the blooper reel. I was not as far along in my personal transformation at the point this episode was released. There are things that made this blooper that would not have today. Therefore, please consider it a piece of history rather than an accurate representation of current perspectives.   DISCLAIMER 3: the production value was much worse back in 2020. So if this is your first time hearing Nerd Noise Radio, please keep in mind that our production values have much improved in the time since.   ----------------------------- Original (2020) Show Notes -----------------------------   Today's broadcast is C1E51 for Mishmash Monday, February 3rd, 2020. Today's broadcast is Mishmash Monday - vol 9. The inaugural episode of Season 40, and a special celebration of St. John's 40th birthday, guest hosted by various members of his family.    01 - Ear Catcher - 00:00:00  02 - Intro - 00:00:12  03 - Sonic CD - Sega CD - Stardust Speedway Zone (Past) - Naofumi Hataya and/or Masafumi Ogata - 00:02:10  04 - FIFA 20 - Multi - Vámano - Buscabulla - 00:04:33  05 - Prey - multi - Everything's gonna be Okay - Mick Gordon - 00:07:57  06 - Lumines II - PSP - Star Guitar - The Chemical Brothers - 00:12:37  07 - Jurassic Park - SNES - River - Jonathan Dunn - 00:18:58  08 - TMNT: TF - Genesis - Sisyphus Stage - Miki Higashino - 00:21:10  09 - Jet Set Radio - Dreamcast - Funky Radio (IN-GAME VERSION) - BB Rights - 00:25:32  10 - Dragon Sabre - Arcade - Volcano - Shinji Hosoe - 00:28:56  11 - Last Resort - Neo Geo - The Melting Point -  Toshio Shimizu and/or Yasuo Yamate - 00:32:28  12 - Wolfenstein 3d - PC (Adlib) - Zero Hour - Bobby Prince - 00:35:03  13 - Zillion - Mastersystem - Computer Room – Tokuhiko Uwabo - 00:37:16  14 - Mountain King - Atari 2600 - Flame Spirit (an arrangement of "Anitra's Dance")  - c: Edvard Grieg a: E. F. Dryer and/or Ed Salvo - 00:38:00  15 - P.O.W. - NES - Inside Truck – Toshikazu Tanaka and/or Kikuto Hataya - 00:39:49  16 - Spiderman - Genesis - Cavern - Mark Miller, John Karr, and/or David Javelosa - 00:41:42  17 - Teki Paki - Arcade - Quick, Junk, Sequence - Tomoaki Takenohashi - 00:44:28  18 - Vegas Stakes - SNES - The 2020 - Kimitaka and/or Manami Matsumae - 00:48:51  19 - Splatoon 2 (Octo Expansion) - SWITCH! - frisk - DedF1sh - 00:50:38  20 - Vindicators Part II - Arcade - Target Select - Brad Fuller and/or Hal Canon - 00:52:48  21 - Deneb - Atari 8-bit - Song 2 (Title) - Robert Drag - 00:53:12  22 - Tube Panic - Arcade - Attract Mode - Ichiro Takagi - 00:54:08  23 - Bosconian - X68000 - Blast Power - Yuzo Koshiro - 00:55:59  24 - Yuu Yuu Hakusho: Makyou Toitsusen - Mega Drive - Sub-Space 2 BGM - Aki Hata, Katsuhiko Suzuki - 00:58:45  25 - Hyperzone - SNES - Title Theme - Jun Ishikawa - 01:02:07  26 - Chaos Seed Feng Shui Kairouki - SFC - The Last Hermit's Cave – Yasunori Shiono, Katsuhiro Hayashi, and/or Yukio Nakajima - 01:03:15  27 - A Dinosaur's Tale - Genesis - Cecilia's Apartment (track 04)- Kim Jensen - 01:05:28  28 - Grim Fandango - PC - Neon Ledge - Peter McConnell - 01:07:17  29 - God of War - PS4 - Witch of the Woods - Bear McCreary - 01:08:18  30 - Lost Eden - CD-I - Moorkus Rex's Lair – Stephane Picq - 01:11:11  31 - Splatoon 2 (Octo Expansion) - SWITCH! - regret - DedF1sh - 01:12:57  32 - Silent Hill 2 - PS2 - Betrayal - Akira Yamaoka - 01:15:42  33 - Doom - PC - Nobody Told Me About Id (E2M8) - Bobby Prince - 01:18:24  34 - Metroid Prime 2 - Quadraxis Battle - Kenji Yamamoto - 01:21:11  35 - Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 - multi - Adrenaline - Jack Wall - 01:24:07  36 - Final Fantasy XIII-2 - PS3 - Paradigm Shift - Masashi Hamauzu, Naoshi Mizuta, and/or Mitsuto Suzuki - 01:27:27  37 - PILcaSEX - PC98 - Groove Machine - Muse - 01:31:10  38 - Castlevania II - Gameboy - Praying Hands - Hidehiro Funauchi - 01:33:09  39 - Sonic 3D Blast - Genesis - The Final Fight - Jun Senoue, Tatsuyuki Maeda, Seirou Okamoto, Masaru Setsumaru - 01:36:04  40 - F-Zero - SNES - Silence - Yukio Kaneoka - 01:37:52  41 - Metroid Prime 3 - Wii - Skytown - Kenji Yamamoto, Minako Hamano, and/or Masaru Tajima - 01:40:31  42 - Snatcher - Sega CD - Tear-Stained Eyes - Konami Kukeiha Club - 01:43:53  43 - Outro - 01:48:44  44 - Exit Earcatcher - 02:09:30  45 - Blooper Reel - 02:09:57    Music Block Runtime: 01:46:43, Total Episode Runtime: 02:45:42    Our Intro and Outro Music is Funky Radio, from Jet Grind Radio, on the Sega Dreamcast, composed by BB Rights, and Happy Birthday from Gimmick, on the Famicom, composed by Masashi Kageyama. 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Jamie and Marsh wallop their way through a sea of fascists in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and enjoy the peaches, pots and permadeath of Shiren the Wanderer 6. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is made by Machine Games, also known for the Wolfenstein reboot, its sequels and some brilliant level packs for [...]

There was probably no greater end of the year gaming surprise in 2024 than the release of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Clint's skepticism about swapping out Harrison Ford for Troy Baker was only matched by Bryan's confusion about what this game was supposed to be drawing comparisons to Dishonored and Hitman, while being developed by the studio behind Wolfenstein, Machine Games, and the producer of the last several Elder Scrolls games, Todd Howard. It turns out Baker delivered the performance of the year as Indiana Jones and the game itself turned out to be a sprawling and pitch perfect first person 3d adventure game with stealth, puzzling, and a not-insignificant amount of using improvised weaponry against fascists: Truly the most appropriate thing for Indiana Jones to be doing.So Bryan, Josh, and Clint set off on their respective journeys to uncover the mysteries of the Great Circle. Clint's took a long a circuitous route through all manner of optional side content, Bryan's was a bit more on the straight and narrow, and Josh's ended a bit prematurely. Regardless of where they ended all three of our hosts enjoyed the sites, sounds, and hi-jinks they got up to along the way. So pull up your old timey phonograph and listen in the guys discuss Indiana Jones and the Great Circle!Three Word Reviews:Bryan - Museum Worthy AdventureJosh - Scenes and SignpostsClint - An Instant Classic

Recorded on Christmas Day, this episode takes a deep dive into the evolving perception of Nazism in America, using the video game Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus as a lens to explore the differences between WWII-era Nazism and its modern reinterpretations. The discussion reflects on cultural narratives, historical reinterpretation, and the challenges of fostering unity in polarized times. Key Themes Covered: Domestic vs. WWII Nazism: The distinction between historical Nazi ideologies during World War II and their reinterpretation in domestic politics. How alternate history, like that in Wolfenstein 2, reframes Nazi narratives for modern audiences. The Evolution of Nazi Narratives: How the term "Nazi" has broadened in modern discourse, creating risks of historical dilution. The impact of these redefinitions on social and political dialogue. Wolfenstein 2 as Cultural Commentary: The game as a provocative exploration of alternate history, imagining a Nazi-controlled America. Its role as a reflection on modern polarization and threats to democracy. Nuanced Dialogue and Building Alliances: The importance of moving beyond broad labels to foster understanding and inclusivity. Encouraging collaboration to address systemic challenges without alienating allies. Alternate History and Vigilance: Exploring "what if" scenarios and their ability to highlight the fragility of democracy. The dangers of redefining terms too broadly and empowering dangerous ideologies. Takeaway Message:This episode underscores the importance of engaging with history and culture thoughtfully. By understanding the complexities of Nazism's evolving narratives, we can better safeguard democratic values and foster unity across divides. Call to Action:If this discussion resonated with you, please like, share, and subscribe. Join the conversation by sharing your thoughts on historical narratives, alternate history, and the role of cultural media in shaping perceptions. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chrisabraham/support

Join XNC Podcast with Hosts @colteastwood & https://www.youtube.com/@THEMAGG to discuss CONFIRMED Xbox PC Hybrid by Insiders | Indiana Jones & Wolfenstein Xbox Playstation News Cast 180 Join the channel to early access: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyGYHo1qVIeGq3ZLnSDaEcg/join Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/colteastwood-merch Follow: https://twitter.com/Colteastwood Add me on Xbox Live: Colteastwood Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/colteastwood 0:00:00 Start / Playing 0:04:00 Christmas Gaming Stories 0:20:00 Indiana Jones #2 Best Seller 0:43:00 Indiana Jones & Wolfenstein 0:50:00 Oblivion Remake 1:00:00 Late 90s Fads 1:10:00 Xbox Hybrid Console Revealed 1:30:00 Xbox Leaks & Rumors 1:45:00 Future of Xbox Live Going Away Topics Covered on the Colteastwood Channel: Microsoft Sony Xbox One Xbox One X Xbox Two Xbox Scarlett Xbox Project Scarlett Xbox 2 Next Generation Consoles Playstation PS4 PS5 Playstation 5 Exclusive Games Console Exclusives xCloud Project xCloud Xbox Game Pass Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Xbox games Playstation Games Xbox Lockhart Xbox Anaconda Danta Xbox Consoles Game Streaming Cloud Streaming Zen 2 Zen 2+ Navi GPU SSD Next Gen Consoles Xbox One S Xbox Live Xbox Live Gold Xbox Rewards Microsoft Rewards E3 E3 2019 E3 2020 X019 Xbox Leaks Rumor News Gears Halo Fable IV Forza Horizon Motorsports Halo Infinite Playstation Now PSNow Phil Spencer Xbox Game Studios Exclusives PS Now PSNow Xbox Series X Xbox Series S Playstation 5 PS5 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/colteastwood/support

I'd write more here, but I've got places to be. Becky, Jeremy, and I are going to engage in some holiday festivities. We have a couple gingerbread houses to make and a tree to trim. And no nog to speak of. Really, that's all you get by way of show notes this time as a result, deal with it. Send your complaints to podcast@searls.co and they will be read on air. Some bullet points below the fold: My 90-minute, outdated guide to setting up a Mac Aaron's puns, ranked Jim Carrey is 62 and can't even retire I bought my 8 year old a switch and didn't realize how much games cost Teen creates memecoin, dumps it, earns $50,000 Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds Install the Mozi app (manifesto here | app here) Vision Pro getting PSVR2 controllers The 2024 Game Awards news roundup Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet looks badass, but is it too inclusive for The Gamers? We don't talk about Luigi An invisible desktop app for cheating on technical interviews (HN comments) Sora is out, but it's not good yet Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is out, and it is good yet Emudeck is so great it shouldn't be legal, and some people probably think it isn't Pikmin Stay tuned to my YouTube channel for upcoming LIVE streams Transcript: [00:00:00] Thank you. [00:00:29] Good morning, internet. [00:00:32] I started speaking before I realized, as an asynchronous audio production, it's actually pretty unlikely that it's the morning where you are. [00:00:43] Although, if it is the morning, coincidentally, please feel free to be creeped out, check over your shoulder. [00:00:51] Today was, I woke up with Vim and Vigor this morning, super excited to take on the day, thinking maybe I've got what it takes to record an audio production today. [00:01:07] And then we have an elderly coffee pot. [00:01:11] I don't want to completely put the blame on it because we were using it wrong for several years. [00:01:24] And it's a long story that I will shorten to say, any piece of consumer electronics or appliances in America, the half-life keeps decreasing. [00:01:37] And so when I say elderly coffee pot, I mean that we bought this coffee pot post-COVID. [00:01:42] And it's already feeling like, oh, we should probably get a new coffee pot, huh? [00:01:45] What happens is, from time to time, heat will build up in the grounds dingus. [00:01:55] I'm just realizing now that I'm like, you know, I'm not a coffee engineer. [00:01:58] Some of you are. [00:02:00] But, you know, of course, we all know that the dingus is connected to the water spigot, which is above the craft. [00:02:09] And what happens, as far as I can tell, is once in a while, you get all that hot water and grounds swirling around. [00:02:20] And if it clogs at all, like if it doesn't release just so, the whole little undercarriage, again, this is a technical term, just stay with me. [00:02:30] And we'll pop forward like three millimeters, which is just enough for the water to kind of miss its target on the craft and then spray all who's he what's it's, as well as for the spigot to start just kind of like splurring, you know, this water coffee slurry everywhere. [00:02:49] And so I went after, you know, but then you still get the triumphant ding dong sound that the coffee is ready. [00:02:56] So I walked over to the coffee expecting like, yes, it's the best, best way to start my day or whatever. [00:03:06] Pull out the coffee. [00:03:07] And the pot is too light. [00:03:10] And I had a familiarity of like what that means. [00:03:13] It means like there is water somewhere. [00:03:17] And it's not in this pot. [00:03:19] And so it's just like, you know, this big, big machine we actually have we've put because of our Mr. [00:03:26] Coffee's, you know, elderly onset incontinence. [00:03:33] We have we have put the entire coffee pot on a tray, like a rimmed silicone tray that you would use for like, I guess, a dog feeding bowl, right? [00:03:45] A dog, you know, messily eats food and slaps water around and stuff. [00:03:49] And you don't want it all over your hardwood. [00:03:50] Like you'd put this underneath that and it would catch some of the water. [00:03:53] So we I spent the first 30 minutes of my waking life today getting my hopes up that I was going to have coffee, followed by, you know, painstakingly carrying this entire cradle of of of coffee pot full of hot brown liquid. [00:04:10] That would stay in all of my clothes and, you know, get on the cabinets and stuff with a silicone underbelly thing. [00:04:18] And just kind of like, you know, we've got one of those big we're very fortunate to have one of those big farmers, farmer house, farmhouse. [00:04:25] I never know what to call it. [00:04:27] Steel, basically a double wide sink. [00:04:30] So what's nice about a double wide sink is that if you've got a problem in your kitchen and you're only a few steps away, whether it's the coffee pot part of the kitchen or the fridge or the freezer or the God forbid, the range or the oven, you can just sort of strategically hurl whatever it is you're holding just about into the into the sink. [00:04:51] And then once it hits the sink, it's, you know, the the the potential damage is limited. [00:04:57] So I gently hurled my coffee apparatus. [00:05:02] Is that the plural of apparatus? [00:05:04] One wonders into the into the into the sink and then spent the next 20 minutes, you know, scrubbing them and all to make another pot. [00:05:13] And Becky, of course, walks down the minute that the second pot is about to be finished. [00:05:18] And I'm like, I've already seen some shit and I'm going to go record a podcast now. [00:05:22] And that swallow you just heard was me having a sip of coffee that was not disgusting, but not great. [00:05:31] But I'll take it over where I was an hour ago. [00:05:39] Thank you for for subscribing as a as a true believer in breaking change. [00:05:47] We're coming up on one year now. [00:05:49] It's hard to believe that it's already been a year, not because this has been a lot of work or a big accomplishment, but just because the the the agony of existence seems to accelerate as you get older. [00:06:03] It's one of the few kindnesses in life and so as we whipsaw around the sun yet again, we're about to do that. [00:06:11] This is the 26th edition version 26 of the podcast. [00:06:17] I've got two names here to release titles and I haven't picked one yet. [00:06:22] So as a special. [00:06:24] Nearing the end of the year treat. [00:06:29] I'm going to pitch them both to you now, right? [00:06:31] So so we're in this together. [00:06:33] I like to think this is a highly collaborative one person show. [00:06:37] Version 26 rich nanotexture. [00:06:42] And that's a nod to the MacBook Pro has a nanotexture anti-glare screen coding option. [00:06:52] It's a reference to the rich Corinthian leather that was actually it's a Chrysler reference. [00:06:58] It's a made up thing. [00:06:59] There is no such thing as Corinthian leather, but like that's what they called their their seating. [00:07:03] And Steve Jobs referenced that as being the inspiration for I think it was the iPad calendar app. [00:07:13] With the rich Corinthian leather up at the top during the era of skeuomorphic designs back in 2010, 2009, maybe I can't remember exactly when they I think it's 2010 when he had his famous actually leather chair demonstration of the iPad. [00:07:28] Maybe the reason that that stood out to me was the car reference because it is it is an upsell. [00:07:34] The nanotexture $150 if you want to have a don't call it matte finish. [00:07:41] The other one, so that's option one, rich nanotexture. [00:07:46] And I didn't love it because I couldn't get texture. [00:07:49] I couldn't get the same Corinthian, right? [00:07:53] Like you want that bite, the multisyllabic bite that adds the extra, you know, the gravitas of a luxury good. [00:08:04] Yeah, texture just didn't have it for me. [00:08:06] But then if you change that word, it doesn't make sense. [00:08:08] So I mean, the other option two that came to mind version 26 don't don't by the way, don't think I'm going to edit this in post and fix it. [00:08:19] I will not. [00:08:20] I will ultimately land on one of these and that will be the title that you saw on your podcast player. [00:08:25] Or maybe some third thing will come to mind and then this conversation will be moot. [00:08:29] I do not think of this collaborative exercise. [00:08:32] Just imagine it's a it's a it's a quantum collaboration. [00:08:37] So by observing it, that's you actually took part. [00:08:41] You opened your podcast player and then the yeah, the entangled, you know, bits just they coalesced around one of these two names or some third name. [00:08:58] It's all just statistics version 26 Luigi's Mansion, which is a nod to two things at once. [00:09:05] I'm going to talk a little bit about GameCube, but also I'll probably not escape mentioning Luigi Manjoni Manjoni man. [00:09:15] You know, I haven't been watching the news. [00:09:17] I don't know how to pronounce his name, but it looks enough like mansion that I was like, oh, man. [00:09:21] I bet you there's a Nintendo PR guy whose day just got fucking ruined by the fella who is a overnight folk hero. [00:09:30] More attractive than most assassins, I would say. [00:09:35] Great hair. [00:09:36] Good skin. [00:09:37] Apparently, skincare Reddit is all about this fella who murdered in cold blood the CEO of UnitedHealthcare. [00:09:45] If you haven't caught the news, if you're even less online than I am. [00:09:51] And yeah, so I'm trying to decide. [00:09:53] I think Luigi's Mansion is probably going to win. [00:09:56] It's more timely. [00:09:57] It's the first time the name Luigi has come up in the last year. [00:10:00] And I may have mentioned nanotexture before when discussing Apple's very compromised studio display. [00:10:11] So I'm leaning Luigi's Mansion, but, you know, don't tempt me. [00:10:15] I might switch. [00:10:18] I'm going to just keep drinking coffee because I got to power through this. [00:10:21] Let's talk about some life stuff. [00:10:24] I so when we last talked that way back in the heady days of version 25, I had just gotten off a plane from Japan. [00:10:34] I was still a little bit jet lagged. [00:10:36] I recorded later in the evening. [00:10:38] I was tired. [00:10:39] You know, I was still overcoming. [00:10:41] I listened to the episode, realized I was overcoming a cold. [00:10:44] You know, then Becky shortly thereafter, after recording, she developed a pretty bad cough. [00:10:51] And so we've both been sleeping relatively poorly. [00:10:53] And I can't complain about this cough because her having a cough for four nights is nothing like me snoring on and off for over a year. [00:11:02] And I think the fact that her cough is consistent is actually a kindness compared to the sporadic nature of my snoring, where it's like I might go a week without it. [00:11:11] And then all of a sudden there's like, bam. [00:11:14] So she doesn't, you know, it's like sneaks up on her and that's not fair. [00:11:17] So so she's got a cough and I haven't been sleeping particularly well. [00:11:20] Maybe that's it. [00:11:22] I also, you know, I wanted to dry out because I was living on shoe highs, you know, canned cocktails in Japan for way too long. [00:11:30] Just drinking, you know, five whole dollars of alcohol every day, which is an irresponsible amount of alcohol. [00:11:36] It turns out. [00:11:40] Yeah, that's one nice thing about living in Orlando and theme park Orlando is that the average price of a cocktail here is seriously $20. [00:11:49] I think it is. [00:11:51] I am delighted and surprised when I find a cocktail under $20. [00:11:55] That's any good. [00:11:55] In fact, the four seasons right around the corner, their lobby bar has a some of the best bartenders in the state of Florida. [00:12:05] Like they went all kinds of awards. [00:12:06] And so when you say a lobby bar, you think it sucks. [00:12:09] But it's actually it's like it's a it's a restaurant with a room if you're ever around and they still do a happy hour with like $4. [00:12:18] It was $4 beers. [00:12:19] I think they finally increased to $5 beers draft beer. [00:12:23] And it's all craft. [00:12:25] You know, it's all fancy people stuff. [00:12:27] And they do it's I think it's $10 margaritas, French 75s, and they got some other happy hour cocktail. [00:12:37] It was highballs for a while. [00:12:39] Whiskey highballs was like probably centauri toki or something. [00:12:43] I gotta say like that $10 margarita. [00:12:47] They'll throw some jalapeno in there if you want some tahini rim, you know, they do it up. [00:12:52] They do it well. [00:12:54] But that might be the cheapest cocktail I've had in all of Orlando is at the Four Seasons. [00:13:01] Famous for that TikTok meme of the Four Seasons baby, if you're a TikTok person. [00:13:06] Anyway, all that all all this drinking talk back to the point. [00:13:11] I've been not drinking for a week. [00:13:12] And I, you know, I'm back to tracking my nutrients every day. [00:13:17] The things that I consume and adding up all of the protein and carbohydrate and realizing [00:13:21] if you don't drink, it's actually really easy to blow past one's protein goals. [00:13:25] And so I had one day where I had like 240 grams of protein, which is [00:13:28] enough protein that you'll feel it the next morning if you're not used to it. [00:13:34] And I still was losing weight. [00:13:38] I lost like five or six pounds in the last week. [00:13:43] And to the point where it was like, you know, I was feeling a little lightheaded, [00:13:47] a little bit woozy because I wasn't drinking enough is the takeaway. [00:13:52] So so thank God we got to go to a Christmas party last night. [00:13:57] It was it was great Gatsby themed. [00:13:58] And I dressed up like a man who wanted to do the bare minimum to not get made fun of at the party. [00:14:05] So I had some some suspenders on instead of a belt, which was the first time I ever put on suspenders. [00:14:13] They were not period appropriate suspenders simply because they had the, you know, the [00:14:18] little class B dues instead of how they had some other system for I don't I don't fucking know. [00:14:25] Like I, I had chat GPT basically helped me through this. [00:14:28] And it's like, hey, you want these kinds of suspenders? [00:14:30] I'm like, that sounds like an ordeal. [00:14:31] How about I just get some universal one size fits all fit and clip them in? [00:14:36] I also had a clip on bow tie. [00:14:37] So that worked. [00:14:39] When you think clip on bow tie, I guess I'd never used one before, but like it, I always [00:14:45] assumed it would just be like, you know, like a barrette clip that would go in front of the [00:14:49] front button and look silly for that reason. [00:14:51] And maybe that's how they used to be. [00:14:53] But it seems these days, if you want to spend $3 on a fancy clip on bow tie with a nice texturing, [00:14:58] I'll say, uh, it's just pre it's a pre tied bow with a still wraps around your neck. [00:15:04] It's just, it has a class mechanism, which seems smart to me, right? [00:15:08] I don't know what. [00:15:09] Look, if you're really into men's fashion, uh, there's this weird intersection or this tension [00:15:19] between I'm a manly man who, who ties my own shoes and, you know, kills my own dinner and [00:15:25] stuff. [00:15:25] And I, I, for fuck's sake, tie my own bow tie from scratch every day. [00:15:29] Right? [00:15:29] Like there's a toxically masculine approach to bow ties, but at the same time, it is such [00:15:35] a foofy accoutrement. [00:15:37] It's like an ascot, um, that the idea of like a manly man, like a man trying to demonstrate [00:15:43] his manliness by the fact that he doesn't use a clip on bow tie, uh, came to mind yesterday [00:15:50] when I was, uh, struggling even with the clasping kind. [00:15:54] I was like, man, I wish I could just get this to anyway. [00:15:58] Um, I had a vest at a gray vest. [00:16:03] This is all brand new territory for me. [00:16:05] Uh, yeah, I, I've, I've leaned pretty hard into the t-shirt and shorts and or jeans life [00:16:10] for so long. [00:16:12] Uh, the, the fella in front of us when we, when we were checking in, cause they took little [00:16:16] photos of you, uh, all of the women had the same exact flapper dress from Amazon, you know, [00:16:22] with the, the, the, the hairband thing with the, you know, fake, the polyester peacock tail. [00:16:28] Becky's looked the best. [00:16:29] I'm not gonna, I'm not even lying. [00:16:32] Uh, uh, her dress actually fit. [00:16:35] He had some, uh, very ill fitting flapper costumes that these women couldn't even move in. [00:16:40] Um, it was interesting. [00:16:42] Uh, but the, the fella in front of us at check-in was wearing a, a, a full blown, you know, tuxedo [00:16:48] get up that he brought from home. [00:16:50] And he was talking about, Oh yeah, well he's got two of them and his wife, you know, ribbed [00:16:54] him a little bit that he could only fit in one. [00:16:55] I was like, man, owning a tuxedo, that's nuts. [00:16:58] Like, and then it like turns out he's like got all these suits and these fancy clothes and [00:17:02] he's an older gentleman. [00:17:05] Uh, but my entire career only the first few years did I have to think about what I was [00:17:10] wearing and, and it never really got beyond pleated, you know, khakis and a starched shirt. [00:17:18] And, and I had, I had to wear a suit maybe on two sales calls. [00:17:22] Um, and they were always the sales calls that were just, uh, there were certain sales demos [00:17:30] when I was a, a, a baby consultant, these really complex bids. [00:17:39] I remember we were at cook County once, uh, uh, the, the county that wraps Chicago and it [00:17:44] has a lot of functions and facilities that operate at the county level. [00:17:48] So, but of course we're in Chicago in some, you know, uh, dystopian office building. [00:17:54] That's very Gothic, I should say. [00:17:57] And the, the solution that we were selling was a response to a bid around some kind of [00:18:05] document, electronic document ingestion and, and, and routing solution. [00:18:09] And so what, what that meant was it was like a 12 person team. [00:18:14] It was a big project working on this pitch. [00:18:18] And most of the work and most of the money came from the software side at the end of the [00:18:23] process. [00:18:23] It's like, you're going to get IBM file net and you're going to get all these different, [00:18:26] uh, enterprise tools. [00:18:28] And we're going to integrate, uh, with all your systems and, and build these custom integrations [00:18:32] that you've asked for here and here and here. [00:18:33] But the, the, the hard part is the human logistics of how do you get all of their paper documents [00:18:41] into the system. [00:18:42] Uh, and that was my job was I had to get paper and then scan it, uh, with a production, big [00:18:50] Kodak funkin fucking scanner. [00:18:52] Uh, and then use, what was it? [00:18:54] Kofax capture or something like a, like an OCR tool of the era. [00:18:59] And the thing about it is that scanning is not, was not ever a science and neither is [00:19:07] OCR, the OCR stuff and OCR stands for optical character recognition. [00:19:10] So you'd have a form and you'd write on the form, like, you know, uh, uh, uh, uh, some, [00:19:15] some demo address and name and all this. [00:19:19] I spent. [00:19:22] So like the people doing the software, like they, they could just like click a button and [00:19:26] like, they could even just use fakery, right? [00:19:29] Like, Oh, the API is not really there, but I'll always return this particular, like, let's [00:19:33] call it an XML soap message. [00:19:34] And so the, the software guys clocked in, clocked out, got back to their billable work. [00:19:39] I, because the stakes were so high in this particular, uh, and I'm here right now explaining [00:19:46] all of this nonsense because I had to wear a suit and that was also really bad, but I [00:19:51] was in Chicago late at night with a group of like, at that point it was like 9 PM and it [00:19:54] was just me and two partners. [00:19:56] Cause the partners had a sickness called avoid family, stay at work. [00:20:02] And, uh, I, I was just running over and over and over again where I'd like, you know, [00:20:09] I'd take the paper, I'd put it through the scanner and it would get 90% of the OCR stuff [00:20:13] done, or I'd get it perfect. [00:20:15] And it would scan everything just right, which would result in the downstream, you know, after [00:20:21] the capture, like all of my integrations, like would route it to the right thing. [00:20:24] So that like, it was basically a game of mousetrap or dominoes where like my task was both [00:20:29] the most important to being able to demonstrate, but also the most error prone, but also the [00:20:37] least, uh, financially like, um, valuable to, to our services company. [00:20:42] And so I had no support, uh, on top of that, they, the, our fucking it people pushed out some [00:20:49] kind of, um, you know, involuntary security update security and bunny quotes that, that [00:20:57] slowed my system down dramatically in the course of just like a day. [00:21:01] And I had, I had no way to test for this. [00:21:04] So I remember I was up at like 11 PM at that point, trying to make this work consistently [00:21:10] and realizing that the only way to get it to run it all required me to, um, install a virtual [00:21:16] machine, put windows in the virtual machine, install all this software inside that virtual [00:21:22] machine, and then run it there because only in the black box of an encrypted virtual machine [00:21:27] image or, uh, you know, a virtual machine, like disc image, could I evade all of the accountant [00:21:33] bullshit that was trying to track and encrypt and, and, and muck with files and flight and [00:21:38] so forth. [00:21:39] And so it was only around like probably one 30 or two that I got to bed and our, our demo [00:21:46] was like at seven in the morning and I had to wear a suit. [00:21:47] So if you ever wonder, Hey, why is Justin always just in a, a t-shirt and shorts? [00:21:54] Uh, I would say childhood trauma, fuck suits. [00:21:59] The only, the only time I associate like nice clothes, you know, having a lot of [00:22:03] having to dress up is church shit. [00:22:05] I didn't want to go to. [00:22:06] And usually it's like the worst church shit. [00:22:09] Like there's some cool church shit out there, you know, youth group where everyone's a horny, [00:22:14] right. [00:22:15] And singing pop songs to try to get people in. [00:22:17] That's as church shit goes, that's above average. [00:22:21] But when you're talking about like, Hey, you know, this aunt you've never heard of died and [00:22:27] we got to go all the way to goddamn Dearborn to sit in a Catholic mass, that's going to [00:22:32] be in Latin. [00:22:33] And they're going to, you know, one of those, you know, you should feel bad for him because [00:22:39] he's abused. [00:22:39] But one of the altar boys, he's going to be waving that little like incense thingy, [00:22:43] the jigger back and forth and back and forth like a metronome. [00:22:46] And, uh, you're going to get all this soot in your face, all of that, you know, frankincense [00:22:51] and myrrh and whatever the fuck they burn. [00:22:52] And, uh, yeah, then they're going to play some songs, but they're not going to be songs you [00:22:57] want to hear. [00:22:57] And you're going to be uncomfortable because I bought you this suit at JC Penny when you [00:23:01] were like nine and you're 12, you're 12 now, and you've gained a lot of weight, but [00:23:06] here we are. [00:23:07] And then you got to go and, you know, like, don't worry because after the service, there's [00:23:12] a big meal, but it's mostly just going to be, you know, styrofoam plates and plastic forks [00:23:16] and, uh, cold rubbery chicken. [00:23:19] And then a whole lot of family members who want to pinch your cheeks, uh, had an aunt that [00:23:24] always wanted to, um, put on a bunch of red lipstick and kiss me and leave kiss marks. [00:23:30] And she thought that was adorable and everyone else thought it was funny. [00:23:33] And for whatever reason, I wasn't a fan, uh, that's the kind of, uh, yeah, so anyway, moving [00:23:45] right along the, uh, the, the other than having to dress up, the, the Christmas party was really [00:23:50] nice because it had an all you can drink martini bar. [00:23:52] So that, that helped that took the edge off a little bit since I hadn't been drinking for [00:23:57] the previous week. [00:23:57] Uh, and it was, you know, uh, they, they had a great bartender, the, the, I assume that [00:24:07] that people drank gin martinis back in the day of Gatsby, but it seemed to be a vodka forward [00:24:12] martini bar, which I appreciated. [00:24:15] Uh, as I get older and my taste buds start dying, uh, I found myself going from dry martinis [00:24:23] to martinis with an olive to martinis with two olives to me asking for like a little bit of [00:24:30] olive juice and then drinking the martini and realizing that wasn't quite enough olive juice. [00:24:34] So that's just disgusting, but, um, it's where, uh, it's one of the signs of age, I guess. [00:24:43] Uh, so the martini bar was good. [00:24:46] Uh, they also had an aged old fashion that they'd made, you know, homemade, um, with like nutmeg [00:24:51] and cinnamon in there. [00:24:52] That was impressive. [00:24:53] Uh, so yeah, had a, had a big old Christmas party last night, had a couple of drinks, uh, [00:25:00] and, and, uh, because of the contrast, whenever I go, you know, go a week without any alcohol [00:25:06] and then I have some alcohol and then I wake up the next morning and I'm like, oh yes, I [00:25:11] know what people mean now that alcohol is poison. [00:25:13] And it's a mildly poisonous thing because I feel mildly poisoned. [00:25:19] Um, and, and I just usually feel that most days until I forget about it. [00:25:23] So it's a data point, uh, to think about, uh, uh, I, I, I had a good, good run for, [00:25:30] for a while there, just cause like when you live in a fucking theme park and there's nowadays [00:25:34] alcohol everywhere that I go and every outing, I had a good run for a few months. [00:25:40] Um, not last year, the year before where I just didn't drink at home as a rule to myself. [00:25:46] I was like, you know, I'm not going to pour any liquor for myself at home unless I'm entertaining [00:25:49] guests. [00:25:50] And, uh, even then go easy on it because I I'm, I'm, I'm going to just the background radiation [00:25:56] of existence in when you live in a bunch of resorts. [00:25:59] Uh, I'll, I'll get, I'll get, I'll get plenty of alcohol subcutaneously. [00:26:05] Um, a contact tie. [00:26:07] So maybe I'll, maybe I'll try that again. [00:26:10] I don't know. [00:26:11] It's the stuff you think about in mid December when you're just inundated with specialty food [00:26:17] and drink options, uh, do other life stuff that isn't alcohol or religion or clothing [00:26:27] related. [00:26:28] Oh, uh, uh, I've been on a quest to not necessarily save a bunch of money, not necessarily. [00:26:35] Uh, I was going to say, uh, tighten my belt, but, uh, I don't know what the suspender equivalent [00:26:43] is because I did not wear a belt last night. [00:26:45] I just wore suspenders. [00:26:46] Uh, I've been interested in, in not budgeting either. [00:26:52] Just, I think awareness. [00:26:54] Like I want, I know that a lot of money flies through my pockets every month in the form of, [00:27:01] um, SAS software subscriptions and streaming services. [00:27:05] I mentioned this last, uh, last go round that I was recommending, Hey, let's say, go take a [00:27:11] look at like our unused streaming subscriptions of those. [00:27:14] Uh, yesterday I did cancel max. [00:27:16] Cause I realized that, uh, if I'm not watching a lot of news, I'm not going to watch John Oliver [00:27:20] and, and they frankly, a lot of HBO's prestige shows haven't been besides they cut a Sesame [00:27:28] street and it just so happened that I canceled that day. [00:27:31] So maybe there's a, some data engineer at HBO who's like, Oh man, people are canceling because [00:27:37] we got rid of Sesame street. [00:27:38] Uh, that would be good. [00:27:40] That would be good for America to get that feedback. [00:27:43] Uh, yeah. [00:27:44] I just want awareness of like, where's the money going and in what proportion and does that sound [00:27:50] right to me? [00:27:50] Uh, and I've, there are software tools for this. [00:27:53] Uh, they are all compromised in some way. [00:27:57] For example, we just, uh, we'd used lunch money in the past, which is a cool app. [00:28:02] And it has the kind of, you know, basic integrations you would expect. [00:28:06] I don't know if it uses plaid or whatever behind the covers, but like you, you connect your, your, [00:28:11] your checking accounts, your credit card accounts. [00:28:14] It lists all your transactions is very, um, customizable in terms of rules that you can [00:28:21] set. [00:28:21] It has an API. [00:28:22] Jen is a solo co-founder and she seems really, really competent and lovely and responsive, [00:28:27] which are all great things. [00:28:29] But the UI is a little clunky for me. [00:28:32] I don't like how it handled URLs. [00:28:33] It was like, once you got all the transactions in there and, and set up, it didn't feel informative [00:28:41] because there wasn't like a good reporting or graphs that just kind of at a glance would [00:28:45] tell you, this is where your money's going. [00:28:46] At least for me. [00:28:47] Uh, additionally, like it, it can't do the Apple card. [00:28:51] That's the, that's become the crux for a lot of these services is that, um, Apple card [00:28:55] only added support for reading. [00:28:59] Uh, well now you can read, uh, uh, so I, Apple added away on iOS and specifically iPhone [00:29:07] OS to read, uh, transactions from Apple card, Apple savings and Apple cash. [00:29:14] And this was like nine months ago, if that, but copilot, uh, money is one of two apps maybe [00:29:22] that supports this. [00:29:23] And so if you, if you have, we have, we each have an Apple card and we use it for kind of [00:29:29] our silly stuff whenever we're, you know, using a tap to pay. [00:29:33] So, so if, if you want to track transactions and you don't want to manually export CSVs [00:29:40] from your wife's phone every 30 days, which is the process that I'd fallen into with, with [00:29:44] lunch money, then you, you basically have copilot money. [00:29:50] And then there's another one, maybe Monarch, uh, the copilot money. [00:29:53] People are always talking about this other app called Monarch. [00:29:55] I haven't checked it out. [00:29:55] I don't know if that's why they like it or if it's just the other one that's being developed [00:29:59] right now in this post mint apocalypse, as we all grapple with the fact that mint was [00:30:04] always bad, uh, but people got into it and I don't copilot money is like nice, but like [00:30:11] it, like, for example, like if I'm, uh, if I buy a, uh, if I put $10, the equivalent of [00:30:19] $10, so 1000 yen on my Starbucks card in Japan, which is totally separate because of course it [00:30:25] is there's two Starbucks cards. [00:30:27] There's the one in Japan and then the one in the rest of the world. [00:30:30] So you open the Japanese only app, you put a thousand yen on it. [00:30:33] Uh, you pay for that with Apple pay. [00:30:36] So which goes to my Apple card and copilot money will read that transaction. [00:30:40] But if you read like the text in the merchant description, it's literally like [00:30:44] staba day and it's like all no spaces. [00:30:47] It's just like 40 characters in a row to, and if you really squint, you can kind of see [00:30:52] Starbucks, Japan, um, you know, app store payment, which is, you know, like I want to [00:31:00] change that to Starbucks, Japan, and then set up a rule to just like always change that. [00:31:05] So I don't have to like memorize these random ass merchant names. [00:31:08] Uh, apparently like after, after two hours of setting up copilot money yesterday, I realized [00:31:13] that there's like both no way to set up that kind of rule. [00:31:16] The only rule that it supports is categorization of, of spending fine, but then if you set [00:31:22] up a rule and you don't like it, there's no way to edit the rules cause there's no UI for [00:31:25] rule editing. [00:31:26] And so then, you know, where do you go, but read it and you're like, okay, well there's [00:31:30] a subreddit. [00:31:30] And then like, what's half the post in the subreddit? [00:31:32] It's about, Oh, of course it's a bunch of dads who are like, I can't see my rules and I have [00:31:36] to contact support. [00:31:37] And it's been nine months. [00:31:38] And I was like, Oh God. [00:31:39] So that's, uh, if anyone's got any great budgeting software that supports Apple card, you let me [00:31:46] know. [00:31:47] Uh, and also isn't a part-time job. [00:31:50] I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna spend all day on this. [00:31:52] I'm not, I'm not gonna, I'm gonna check in on this, uh, the four times a year that I, that [00:31:58] I wake up in a cold sweat wondering, Oh my God, how many subscriptions do I have? [00:32:02] Which is, uh, I, I really missed my calling by not being a dad, I guess. [00:32:07] But it did land me on looking at rocket money. [00:32:11] Uh, so, so, so there was an app called true bill that marketed heavily with like a lot of [00:32:19] other DTC apps where the pitch was, we will negotiate your bills for you. [00:32:26] And by bills, I think that one of the reasons why this, this, this business probably struggled [00:32:31] is that there's really only two that they could reasonably negotiate on your behalf. [00:32:37] You know, you, you imagine they've got a call center or they've got people who've, who [00:32:40] are trained, who have scripts that they follow, who, who will doggedly keep calling back until [00:32:44] they get what, you know, the discount, the, just the steps that you would have to go through [00:32:48] if you wanted to call Comcast or Verizon, they, they, they, they can basically could basically [00:32:57] only really negotiate your ISP and your cell phone carrier. [00:33:01] Cause those are the two sort of, you know, that are, that are transactional enough that [00:33:08] are regionalized or nationalized enough that they, that they could train on. [00:33:11] And then of course, like they, they're the ones that like get you in with a teaser rate and [00:33:15] then gradually turn up the heat over the course of a couple of years. [00:33:19] Well, Quicken Loans bought, they rebranded as rocket and then rocket fill in the blank [00:33:26] with other products. [00:33:26] And they bought true bill around the same time. [00:33:29] And I, my understanding from a distance is that true bill, uh, uh, that became rocket money [00:33:36] in order to be an entree into other rocket star services. [00:33:41] So like you, you now, when you install rocket money, it's still got the negotiation thing. [00:33:46] Cause that's what they market it on, but you have to slog through so much like, no, I'm actually [00:33:52] all set with credit and, and, and, and debt repayment services. [00:33:57] And I'm, I'm already all set with financial advisors and retirement goals. [00:34:00] I just get me to the, to the thing where I can pay you 35% of whatever you save me on [00:34:06] my ISP bill. [00:34:07] And so of course, you know, like I, I, I signed up for the first time, went through the app [00:34:12] onboarding. [00:34:13] I was not impressed with the bugginess of the app, but I was able to soldier on through [00:34:19] it. [00:34:19] And where I landed was I was, uh, following its little setup wizard for first. [00:34:27] Spectrum, which is my internet provider. [00:34:28] And I was, I'd initially paid a hundred dollars when I moved here in 2021, uh, a month for, [00:34:36] for one gig down, call it 30 megabits per second up. [00:34:40] And I can't get a, another ISP here. [00:34:43] They had an exclusive agreement. [00:34:44] They're building neighborhoods bullshit. [00:34:47] Uh, and I, I, so I can't get higher upstream and that really gets in my crawl. [00:34:53] Nevertheless, they have increased prices about $15 a year. [00:34:59] Each time I'm here to the point now where I think my monthly, you know, debit is like $150, [00:35:05] $145 and you fill it out and you give them your pin number. [00:35:11] You got this customer pin that like, you know, is secures your account. [00:35:14] I'm like, eh, all right, well, that's four digits, you know? [00:35:17] And besides I'm already on like this one dead simple plan. [00:35:20] It's just their normal plan. [00:35:22] And it's, you know, like I'm paying top dollar for it. [00:35:26] So what's the worst that they could do if they, if somebody else were to call and change [00:35:30] my plan up, you know, like it, it wouldn't cause that much lasting damage. [00:35:34] Cause it's not like I'm on some teaser rate. [00:35:36] It's not like I've got a great deal as it is. [00:35:38] So I let them do it. [00:35:39] And three days later, I had low expectations, right? [00:35:42] Cause you go on Reddit, speaking of Reddit, you go on and you, you search other people's [00:35:46] experiences and people will say, oh yeah, well like the, you know, I, some of them are [00:35:52] pretty hyperbolic. [00:35:53] It's like, you know, like they, they changed my plan to this and now I'm stuck with this, [00:35:57] you know, TV subscription for the next four years. [00:35:59] And then they charged me a thousand dollars in imagined savings that never materialized. [00:36:03] I'm like, shit. [00:36:04] All right. [00:36:04] Well, that's, that's not good. [00:36:06] But I, I gave them a shot. [00:36:08] They came back three days later and they said, congratulations. [00:36:12] We saved you $859. [00:36:14] I was like, what the, excuse me over the next 12 months. [00:36:18] And it turned out that they got me from $142, $145 down to 70 flat. [00:36:25] You multiply that by 12 and then indeed comes out to eight something. [00:36:28] And I was like, damn. [00:36:29] All right. [00:36:30] And so I've been, I've been looking for the other shoe to drop like ever since, like something [00:36:36] is fishy here. [00:36:37] Like I, they didn't sign me up for other services. [00:36:39] I did receive, I'm looking over at it now. [00:36:43] I did receive a relatively large box that has a, you know, one of those wifi modem router [00:36:50] combo units in it. [00:36:51] That was partly like apparently part of the deal. [00:36:54] I don't know if they canceled my service and then in one fell swoop also signed me up for [00:36:58] service. [00:36:58] But now I've got this gigantic fucking wifi thing that wouldn't even fit in my patch box [00:37:02] if I wanted it, which I don't. [00:37:04] So I'm, I'm, I'm currently in this ether of like, well, if my modem that I rent is still [00:37:11] going to work, I rent for $0. [00:37:14] It's one nice thing about spectrum. [00:37:15] If my modem that I rent is still going to work, uh, maybe I can just keep this wifi thing in [00:37:20] the box and not call anyone. [00:37:22] And maybe everything will keep working and I'll pay the $70 a month, or maybe I should send [00:37:27] the other one back, but then that might trigger some other thing. [00:37:30] Right. [00:37:30] I, so look like, do I recommend the service? [00:37:36] I don't really, I don't, we'll see. [00:37:38] Right. [00:37:39] Like call me in a year. [00:37:40] I should set a reminder. [00:37:41] Oh, I'm sure if something bad happens, I'll, I'll be right on the airwaves screaming about [00:37:47] it. [00:37:47] Like I, like I do, but even after this experience, saving me a lot of money, like what I trust [00:37:53] them with my T-Mobile account, right. [00:37:54] Where I have been grandfathered in on what was called the one choice plus plan in 2014 [00:38:01] or whatever. [00:38:02] And it's genuine, honest to God, unlimited data without any real throttling. [00:38:08] As far as I can tell, until you get to some absurdly high number where you can watch your [00:38:12] videos in HD on your, you know, like, like it's, it's, it's a good one. [00:38:16] It's better than their magenta crap. [00:38:18] Um, and a lower price than their magenta max thing. [00:38:21] Well, we got three lines. [00:38:22] You got, you know, the watches and I would love to pay less for that, but I just don't [00:38:27] try like you, you, you fill out the rocket money form, uh, with the, uh, the, the, it wants [00:38:34] your T-Mobile, like login information. [00:38:36] And that's, that was a bridge too far for me. [00:38:40] I got there and I was like, you know, I could just imagine this going poorly. [00:38:44] You know, these plans are so complicated and feels like even when I call T-Mobile and I [00:38:48] ask, Hey, how's the weather? [00:38:49] Like they click a button and it fucks up my shit for two weeks. [00:38:52] So I'm, I'm, I'm good. [00:38:55] I can probably afford a cell phone bill. [00:38:57] Uh, I just, I just would prefer not to have to pay it. [00:39:01] Only one other life item in the last week, I was given a special opportunity. [00:39:11] Um, I've talked about massages a couple of times on this program and the, uh, I mentioned, [00:39:15] uh, the one I went, uh, the one I had most recently in a previous episode, I, I, I was, I was wrapping [00:39:29] up my massage with a human like you do. [00:39:31] And the human said, have you, have you tried our robot massage? [00:39:36] And, uh, I didn't know how to take that. [00:39:38] And I said, I, I've heard of it. [00:39:41] I know Becky tried it. [00:39:43] If you check Becky's, um, Becky Graham, you'll see, uh, there's a video of her, uh, getting [00:39:48] felt up by a robot. [00:39:50] Uh, I forget the name of the company, but it's, it's, uh, it's like a robot that tries to simulate [00:39:59] the experience of a human massaging you. [00:40:02] So it's, uh, you're on a bed, you're face down. [00:40:06] It's, uh, got arms that kind of go back and forth, uh, on a track and they, they push and [00:40:13] whatnot. [00:40:13] And it kind of reminds me of the white birthing robot from star Wars episode three at the end [00:40:21] when, when Luke and Leah are being born, it does everything short of make the cooing [00:40:26] sounds to get the babies to calm down. [00:40:28] You know, like I, you do have a tablet and you can, you can pick out these pre-baked Spotify [00:40:34] playlists while it's pushing on you. [00:40:36] Anyway, all that to say, I signed up, um, mostly cause it was free. [00:40:41] So I had a 30 minute trial and, uh, the fact is trying to imitate humans was really interesting [00:40:49] to me because I had just spent a month in Japan, uh, getting, uh, what'd you call it? [00:40:54] Uh, massage chairs, our hotel chain that we stay at has always has massage chairs and even [00:41:01] bad massage chairs in Japan are pretty intense. [00:41:03] Uh, uh, but, but good ones are just like, you know, you go in there and it's just like, [00:41:09] I'm sure there's been, you've probably seen a horror movie image, right? [00:41:13] Where it's like, you sit in a chair and then like 25 hands grab all the parts of your body [00:41:18] simultaneously and that is meant to be horrific. [00:41:20] But if those hands, if there was some nice music playing and it was illuminated and those [00:41:25] hands were massaging you simultaneously all over your body, maybe it would be pretty, pretty [00:41:29] great. [00:41:29] And so that's what a Japanese massage chair is like. [00:41:33] Cause they, they don't have this arbitrary conceit that a massage must happen in a format [00:41:39] that resembles how it would happen if a single human on a bed surface was rubbing your tiddly [00:41:45] bits, which is what this robot is. [00:41:49] Right. [00:41:49] And so it's trying to think of another analog, right? [00:41:55] Like where we, we kind of retain the artifice of the way that it used to be before we automated [00:42:00] it. [00:42:00] And, and in some, sometimes we do that to keep people being comfortable like that rich [00:42:05] Corinthian leather. [00:42:06] It's like, we wanted to look like a traditional calendar. [00:42:08] So people know what they're looking at instead of just a bunch of boxes. [00:42:11] It's like, Oh yeah, this looks like a placemat style calendar that I would have had on my desk. [00:42:15] And then eventually that ages out. [00:42:16] And the younger people are like, I've never seen a calendar on a desk, even though my dad [00:42:20] grew up with one, you know? [00:42:24] So maybe that's it, right? [00:42:25] Like, like sometimes that's why we would have a robo massage that like, you know, pressures [00:42:31] and needs you, you know, kind of with just the two arms up and down in particular points, [00:42:35] sometimes at the same time, sometimes just one arm, you know, it's, it's, it's less efficient [00:42:41] is my immediate frustration. [00:42:43] Cause it's like, you could have 45 fucking arms going to town all over my body and I'd [00:42:49] get way more work done in 30 minutes. [00:42:52] Right. [00:42:52] Cause I'm just trying to min max my existence, but instead by, by, by, by imitating a human [00:42:59] massage, like nothing is really gained because I can't see it. [00:43:03] I'm facedown. [00:43:04] I'm looking at a silly tablet and watching imagery, imagery of forests and, and, and ocean waves [00:43:10] and whatnot, and I'm kind of getting a, you can look at a weird overhead view of what [00:43:14] your body is looking at, looking like right then, you know, like it scans your body and [00:43:19] then has like a little illustration of like, here's where I'm pushing you. [00:43:21] Here I go. [00:43:22] It's, it seems more to me like they designed this, you look at this unit and it's just like, [00:43:31] this has got to cost at least 15 grand. [00:43:34] This is an expensive, complicated piece of equipment. [00:43:38] It feels like a lack of imagination, uh, to, to somebody had the idea, let's take human [00:43:47] masseuses out of the equation and just make a robo masseuse thing that we could put in spas [00:43:53] when, uh, you'd actually have a better experience. [00:43:56] It would be cheaper. [00:43:57] And there's like more prior art at Panasonic or these other companies in Japan. [00:44:01] If you just made a, you know, massage chair, but that would be boring, I guess. [00:44:08] Uh, and massage chairs, like you, you hear the word massage chair right now as you're listening. [00:44:13] And if you haven't had like a real one, you know, at a Japanese Denki-yasan on the third [00:44:17] floor, where all the salary men on their way home tell their wives, oh, I got a, I got a big meeting [00:44:24] with the boss and then they go to, they go to Yamada Denki or they go to Yodabashi camera. [00:44:28] And then they just, you know, they take their briefcase and they set it down next to one of the [00:44:33] trial units of the massage chair. [00:44:34] And then they, they, they, they, they go into this little like sensory deprivation pod and [00:44:39] they get all their bits smushed simultaneously and they got a remote control and they can [00:44:45] say, just do it hard. [00:44:46] And then they can forget their worries for, for 15 minutes until, uh, one of the staff has [00:44:52] to remind them that, uh, they don't live there and that they have to go home now. [00:44:56] If you haven't had that experience, uh, you probably, when you hear a massage chair, think [00:45:02] of like those $2, you know, leather chairs that are, you know, just like our just normal [00:45:08] fucking chairs that may be vibrate, like the vibrating bed equivalent that you see at an [00:45:12] airport. [00:45:12] Um, this is not what I'm talking about. [00:45:15] So get your head out of there and, and go Google, you know, for high end Japanese massage [00:45:22] chair, and you might get some idea. [00:45:24] Uh, also I, uh, in the course of a 30 minute massage, I encountered so many fucking Android [00:45:32] tablet bugs. [00:45:33] I, I didn't, I gave them a lot of feedback cause they, this is sort of a trial that they're [00:45:37] doing. [00:45:37] They wanted to want to know how, what I thought. [00:45:40] And I gave them a lot of this perspective and feedback about like, well, you know, this [00:45:44] skeuomorphic design, yada, yada. [00:45:45] But I didn't even touch any of the software stuff. [00:45:49] Cause like there's an absolutely nothing that they're going to be able to do with that much [00:45:52] less like they won't even be able to communicate this back to the company in a way that's helpful, [00:45:55] but it was, you know, it would freeze or the display would become non-responsive. [00:46:01] One time I had the music just turn itself all the way up. [00:46:05] The, um, the, so many things about this design are meant to make you feel comfortable are [00:46:13] meant to make you feel safe. [00:46:14] Like if, if you, it moves at all, or if it detects anything is off at all, it basically [00:46:20] like will, will disengage entirely and reposition itself. [00:46:23] And then you have to actively resume the massage. [00:46:26] And then it's got to put the little flappy doos back over you. [00:46:30] Like it's really worried about people flipping out about this robot pressing up against them. [00:46:36] And it extends to, to like, you know, you pick your firmness, like light, medium firm. [00:46:41] And I clicked firm. [00:46:42] And then there, you could see there was like a little like pressure bar on the right. [00:46:47] And that even though I'd clicked the firm preset, I wasn't at a hundred percent pressure. [00:46:52] And I was like, well, that, that won't do. [00:46:54] And so I jacked it up to a hundred percent right out of the gate. [00:46:56] And the whole time, 30 minutes, like you could, uh, [00:46:59] Hmm. [00:47:01] It, I knew that a massage was happening. [00:47:05] Like I knew when contact was being made, but like, it was not a massage. [00:47:08] It was, it was somebody kind of like, like, like back rub would be generous. [00:47:14] It was like somebody like took an open palm hand and just pressed it. [00:47:18] Just, just, just an obnoxiously against different parts of my body and no firmness beyond that. [00:47:26] So you got a robo massage. [00:47:29] It's limited in what it can do. [00:47:33] Cause it's trying to imitate a human. [00:47:34] It's very worried about liability, which is why I imagine the max firmness is light pressure. [00:47:39] Uh, and it's fussy and it's buggy. [00:47:42] And of course it can only do very limited regions of the body. [00:47:45] Like if I was a massage therapist, I'd be like, Hey, sweet. [00:47:49] You know, I'm going to keep having a job longer than all these programmer juckle fucks. [00:47:52] You're going to get replaced by a Claude and open AI. [00:47:56] So I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm confident that a massage therapist is going to be a, a lucrative, you [00:48:03] know, going concern as a career for a little while programming. [00:48:08] I'm not so sure of, but most of us listening have already made our choice, whether we're [00:48:14] going to be massage therapists or programmers. [00:48:16] So we're just going to have to see how this, how this plays out. [00:48:19] All right. [00:48:20] Well, that's all, that's everything going on in my life. [00:48:23] So let's, uh, well, let's follow up on stuff that had been going on in my life and is now [00:48:30] continuing or is once again, I started to realize that there's a, there's a certain theme to this [00:48:37] show. [00:48:37] Hmm. [00:48:38] All right. [00:48:46] There's basically two major areas of follow-up today. [00:48:51] Um, but somehow the two of them take up 11 bullet points in my notes. [00:48:59] So I'll try to be expeditious. [00:49:02] The first is I bought a, uh, M4 pro MacBook pro, I guess an Apple nomenclature, a MacBook pro [00:49:13] left parentheses, 2024, right parentheses with M4 pro. [00:49:19] I think is probably maybe the 2024 is at the end. [00:49:22] Maybe they don't put the date now that they have the chip name. [00:49:25] In any case, I needed a computer that was built for Apple intelligence, which is how they also, [00:49:32] they crammed that in the fucking name. [00:49:34] Um, and like the, every subheader says Apple intelligence on it, which, you know, I mean, [00:49:40] if you're, if you're a marketing dude, it's the thing that, you know, like you gotta, every [00:49:48] year is a struggle to goose people into, to buying computers. [00:49:51] And, uh, it's been a while since they've had anything new to say that your computer can do. [00:49:56] So it makes sense, but come on. [00:49:59] It can't even make Genmoji yet. [00:50:02] Uh, just if you've, if you've downloaded it, used 18.2 iOS or iPadOS, uh, go turn on the, [00:50:13] um, you know, the AI feature, if it's available in your region and language, and then you open [00:50:19] the image playground app and you click through there and let it download all of the image [00:50:24] playground shit, uh, in particular, the image playground itself, where you can take a person [00:50:30] and a place and kind of like, you know, create sort of a, uh, a witch's brew of bad imagery [00:50:35] and then, and then have a keep swiping to the right as, as they just all look bad that I have [00:50:43] no, no need for, but Genmoji, or at least the promise of Genmoji, I like quite a lot. [00:50:49] I enjoy, you know, um, typing in little like name, like, so we were at the parks, uh, with [00:50:57] our friends last week and it was a Jollywood Knights event, which is also Gatsby themed. [00:51:06] There's a reason why ordering 1920s era costumes on Amazon in Orlando was like not an overnight. [00:51:13] It was like a two, three day leg because this, this Jollywood Knights 1920s era themed, uh, [00:51:21] ticketed event at Hollywood studios has been going on. And it was one of those nights. And so some [00:51:26] flapper lady in line, she had a purse that had a phone handle on it. And her husband, who now that [00:51:34] I think back on this was dressed very similarly to how I dressed myself last night. So something tells [00:51:39] me he was sort of a long for the ride in this, she picked up the phone handle off of her purse and [00:51:46] handed it to Becky. And then he, you could sort of see him on the phone being a bad ventriloquist [00:51:53] and talking to her on the phone. So like his cell phone was somehow communicating to the purse phone. [00:51:59] It was very, it reminded me of get smart, you know, like that spy TV show from the sixties that was on [00:52:05] Nick at night in the eighties or nineties when I would have watched it. Uh, of course it didn't [00:52:10] work. And then we were just in line and it was like, sorry, we're in line. It didn't work. And then, [00:52:14] and then of course the way that lines work, right. As you turn left, turn right. And now it's up, [00:52:18] here's the same people again. And so they're like, all right, try again. So she picks up the purse [00:52:23] phone and here's the guy talk. And she's like, yes, this is indeed a telephone. That is a purse. [00:52:28] My reaction, my contribution to this experience was to try to generate a Genmoji for the group [00:52:35] that I was with. That was like purse phone. And, uh, wouldn't you know it, uh, it struggled to like, [00:52:43] I was like purse with a phone handle on top. And it was, it gave me like one with like a, [00:52:49] like a locker combination lock instead of a rotary dial in the middle. It was all, it was not, [00:52:54] not good. And, and I think like a lot of these Genmoji, in addition to being bad and not good, [00:53:01] they are when they, there's, they have to be so detailed because usually it's people mashing up [00:53:07] different concepts. They have to be so detailed that when in line with texts, you have to squint [00:53:12] and you can barely see what they are. And then if they're as a tap back, you have no hope of knowing [00:53:16] what they are. Like if it's of a person, for example, like it's, you're going to get like 80% shirt [00:53:21] and then like 10% head. So you're not going to be able to tell who's what. Uh, so those need work [00:53:27] and no one wants my Genmoji. My, my brother has formally requested. I stopped sending them and, [00:53:32] uh, I will, I will take that request under advisement. Anyway, uh, bought a MacBook pro. Um, [00:53:42] Oh, I've got a, I've got a parenthetical as a C notes. All right, well, here's eight more bullet [00:53:50] points. I'm going to rattle through these. So Becky, actually, it was her idea. She wanted to [00:53:54] get me this. We were in Japan. She's like, Hey, you know, I heard you talking about the nanotexture [00:53:57] display. And like, of course, you know, the, the, the brighter screen and us being in Orlando, [00:54:01] you never use a computer outside or out of the house. So she wanted to buy it. And she said, [00:54:06] it was just really complicated. I didn't want to fuck up. I didn't want to get you the wrong set of [00:54:09] options. I asked Aaron and Aaron didn't know either. He said he hadn't really been on top of it. [00:54:16] Uh, and I was like, honey, that's so I didn't say like, bless your heart. I, it was a such a sweet [00:54:23] gesture. And it is true that I've been curious about it. Um, but I didn't feel like, uh, I had [00:54:30] to get one right this minute. Uh, and, and honestly, the, the, the 14 inch MacBook pro is still too heavy. [00:54:36] I, I, I, I lifted tonal my, my weightlifting robot, uh, reported in my tonal wrapped because [00:54:46] everything has to do a goddamn wrapped dingus to try to share in social media as if like, you know, [00:54:52] one assumes that all these wrapped posts just go to the goddamn bottom of every algorithm because [00:54:57] they're all the same. But in any case, it showed me a little wrapped video and it said, I wait, [00:55:02] I, I lifted one and a half million pounds last year or over the course of 2024. And I was like, [00:55:07] that's a lot of weight that I lifted. I, yesterday I did the equivalent of like, you know, 250, [00:55:12] 275 pound deadlift barbell deadlift. And that was hard, but not too hard. It's the max weight that, [00:55:20] that tonal can do. Um, I, I, I, I like to think I'm pretty strong now. Uh, that four pound fucking [00:55:31] MacBook pro is backbreakingly heavy, no matter where I am, I'll pick it up and like, that is denser than [00:55:40] it looks. It's a, it's like when you pick up a baby, that's like a little bit too dense, you know, [00:55:46] and you're just like, Oh wow. I was expecting this to be more fun. This is just going to give [00:55:51] me pelvic floor problems. If I do this for more than exactly 30 seconds and then hand it back to [00:55:57] its mother who surely has pelvic floor issues. Um, I don't want to be carrying around this MacBook pro. [00:56:05] I don't want to carry it with my arms. I don't want to carry it in a bag. I don't want to carry it [00:56:09] into the car. I don't want to carry it, you know, uh, in a Starbucks. I want to hire a Porter to [00:56:16] bring it around to me, you know, from place to place. Maybe, maybe they could also saddle up and [00:56:23] have a, uh, vision pro. So that's what I really want. Uh, at least until, and unless Apple releases [00:56:30] the 12 inch MacBook pro, uh, that we were promised in our early years. [00:56:34] Anyway, when Becky said that it was hard to configure and figure out what she'd want to order [00:56:43] or what I would want her to order. And as a result would have made a pretty lousy gift because [00:56:49] the likelihood of her getting it right. Where if you look at the number of configurations for these [00:56:53] seeing this thing, like astronomically small, I actually spent, I sat down, I look, I, I said, [00:57:01] I didn't need the thing. And then I come home and then within a day and a half, uh, my MacBook air is [00:57:07] crying because it's out of storage to the point where like I composed an email and I hit send on the email [00:57:12] and then Apple mail reported, yo, we just barfed on all this and just deleted all your shit. Cause we [00:57:17] ran out of disk space, no warning. And in modern day Mac OS, you don't get to know how much disk space [00:57:23] you have because all of it is like optimized storage. So like whether it's your iCloud drive [00:57:29] or it's your Apple photos, once the system is under any sort of, um, storage stress, it'll, [00:57:35] it's supposed to detect that and start deleting shit. Your phone does this too. So sometimes like [00:57:41] you're like, like I was importing a bunch of raw images on the phone and it said, Oh, you're out of [00:57:45] storage. And then I knew, because I know how it works under the hood, even though it exposes zero [00:57:49] controls or visibility as to what is going the fuck on. I knew that when it ran out of storage, [00:57:54] the right solution was sit and wait for 30 seconds while it deletes shit in the background and then [00:57:59] just hit import again. Right. Well, I, that didn't work in this case. Like I actually went and deleted [00:58:05] like a hundred gigabytes of garbage. It's a small SSD. It's a 512 gigabyte MacBook air. I deleted all this [00:58:11] stuff, but, um, from my iCloud drive on another computer, because this one was finder was completely [00:58:17] unresponsive. Uh, and it never got better because it had suspended all iCloud drive syncing as a, [00:58:24] probably like some sort of like memory safeguard or storage safeguard to like make sure I didn't, [00:58:27] it didn't fuck up anything in the cloud. And so like even going, I'm not going to, [00:58:33] most of that storage was in my iCloud drive, which is how it got full while I was overseas. [00:58:38] And when I came back, I, I didn't have like, I could, I could have gone through and like run [00:58:47] RM dash RF from the terminal and deleted stuff from the iCloud drive to like as a, as an emergency break, [00:58:52] like get, get this SSD empty enough that the operating system can run and then figure it out. [00:59:00] But then of course it would have synced all of those deletions up to the cloud and deleted the [00:59:03] same things off of my other computers. So this is a tractable problem. And I, I, I ultimately did solve [00:59:10] it, but I, I realize now why Apple markets so much of its pro devices to photos and video people, [00:59:20] because photos and videos take up a shit ton of space. Uh, they have different performance [00:59:26] characteristics than programming and, and the, their needs in many ways are higher than what you need. [00:59:33] If you're just writing Ruby code, right? Uh, it just so happens that Swift, the programming language [00:59:38] that they wrote is also like, we'll, we'll take advantage of all of these cores during compilation [00:59:42] in a way that like a lot of local development in other languages won't. [00:59:45] But in my last year of doing a lot more video work, doing a lot more audio work, I can definitely [00:59:52] understand now like, Oh yeah, like the, the MacBook air actually is inappropriate for a lot of the [00:59:57] workflows of the things that I do. So that experience, I came to Becky and I was like, look, I know I said [01:00:05] I didn't need this, but I think I might need this. Um, where need is in very, you know, very gentle [01:00:12] text. It's, it's a thin font variant to say, I need this. What I mean to say is like, I, it would save [01:00:19] me a lot of time and stress and headache and, uh, uh, rework to have a better computer, a more [01:00:26] capacious computer. And of course you can't upgrade the storage and your existing max. So here we are. [01:00:32] Um, but anyway, I was in the configurator for the new MacBook pro. And the first decision you got to [01:00:36] make is do I want a regular M4 chip, which I did not, or one of the pro ones, which is a, you know, [01:00:43] 12 or 14 core. I want to say a chip, uh, which is a huge upgrade over the M3 pro the M3 pro had a way [01:00:53] more efficiency cores and the M4 pro has more performance score. So it's like a, it's doing [01:00:57] much better in synthetic benchmarking that that's impressive. It's a big year over year change or the [01:01:02] M4 max, which is, you know, uh, an incremental improvement over the M3 max, but to the extent [01:01:10] that it's better than the pro it's like, you know, got another meat and quote unquote media [01:01:14] e

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle doet niet onder voor een Indy-film. Recensent Sander licht toe hoe de game doet denken aan Uncharted, Wolfenstein en Myst. Klets mee met mede-luisteraars in onze Discord en neem 'ns een kijkje op Patreon voor nog meer podcasts!

S10E293: I Smell Like an Onion *Available on your favorite streaming service* The Grims discover what astronauts stuck orbiting Earth feasted on for Thanksgiving, get the latest developments in the ongoing mystery of D.B. Cooper, including new evidence that could finally reveal his identity, discuss a remarkable story from Florida, where a child was reportedly born with the aid of saran wrap, delve into nine unique traits that fuel our fascination with true crime stories, and share heavy metal for your filthy earballs! (00:00:00) Intro (00:00:57) Wolfenstein (00:03:54) Scumbag (00:07:37) Conversation 1 (00:16:08) Bedsore (00:22:22) Mezmerizer (00:25:45) Conversation 2 (00:32:35) Face First (00:35:15) Conversation 3 (00:43:07) Ancestral Blood (00:48:37) Grave Next Door (00:52:34) Conversation 4 (01:02:55) Burial (01:06:19) Hrad (01:12:06) Cult Of Alcaeus Labels: 20 Buck Spin, Downfall Records, ASRAR Records, Sevared Records, Witchcraft Recordings, WereGnome, Percussive Spectre and Acid  

Jake and Cameron discuss IGN's recent article on the AAA games industry + discussion of Wolfenstein 2 + Beyond Galaxyland!Get the extended version of this episode on Patreon!►  Join our Discord Server!     https://discord.gg/rgmEEUrB2m►  Show Twitter  https://twitter.com/preordercast►  Jake's Twitter  https://twitter.com/jacob_chipdip18►  Cameron's Twitter   https://twitter.com/masssgeneric

In today's Daily Fix:Sony has closed Firewalk Studios, the developer behind the ill-fated live-service shooter Concord. The closure comes after the disastrous launch of the game which saw concurrent players fall to the single digits practically from Day 1. The game was pulled soon after. In other news, BioWare is assuring fans that Mass Effect will not undergo a visual style change like sister IP Dragon Age did. Speaking of assuring fans, Machinegames is saying Indiana Jones will not hurt dogs in the upcoming video game, The Great Circle. This is despite Machinegames' previous track record of dogs in first-person games (see their last few Wolfenstein games). And finally, Eric "ConcernedApe" Barone has finally earned all achievements in his game, Stardew Valley. So if you haven't 100%'d the game, don't worry, it took the creator about eight years to do so.

In deze aflevering van Side Quest bespreken we misschien wel de beste gaming week van het jaar. Je kunt deze week aan de slag met DragonBall Sparking! Zero, Silent Hill 2 Remake, Metaphor: Refantazio en de Diablo 4 DLC. Verder bespreken we het nieuws rondom Halo, Ubisoft en Kingdom Hearts 4, en hebben we weer Crusader Kings 3, Ghosts of Tsushima, Wolfenstein 2, Resident Evil en meer gespeeld. Help ons door een vragenlijst te beantwoorden over Patreon content. https://forms.gle/um4iCyGo5jHjoJkn7 ​Dankzij Sony kunnen we jullie nu ook prachtige beelden voorschotelen op zowel YouTube als Spotify, als je onze gezichtjes wil zien, dan kan dat dus daar. Hier in de studio hebben we een hele zieke camera staan, de Sony FX3. Met deze camera is ook de film The Creator gefilmd en dat zie je ook terug in de kwaliteit van onze opnames. Klik op de afbeelding om meer te leren over de vlogcamera's van Sony! Hoofdstukken: (00:00:00) - Intro / wat is er gespeeld? (00:48:22) - Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred Review Discussie (01:02:41) - Silent Hill 2 scoort hoge scores (01:08:18) - Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Review Discussie (01:14:00) - Metaphor: ReFantazio Review Discussie (01:21:50) - Halo gaat naar Unreal Engine 5 (01:30:00) - Krijgen we nou hints naar Kingdom Hearts 4? (01:33:40) - Ubisoft is rijp voor overname door Tencent (01:37:04) - Mediatips & outro

The guys talk Erik's friendship with former UFC fighter Erik Koch and Erik's gaming gear, Chris on why he doesn't play video games, Brendan being obsessed with Wolfenstein, the new Beetlejuice movie, Bobbi Althoff vs the Hawk Tuah girl, the "where's your next bite" viral game and much more! Get the full episode plus two extra episodes every month at https://patreon.com/thegoldenhourpodcast

Indiana Jones und der große Kreis wird richtig gut, sagt Jonas. Und er muss es wissen, denn er liebt Indy - und hat sich das Spiel kurz vor der gamescom 2024 ausführlich angeschaut. Aber: Indiana Jones wird auch wichtig - warum, das bespricht Jonas mit Sebastian, Bea und Hardy von unseren Film-Schwesterkanälen Moviepilot und Filmstarts. Mehr von Moviepilot: https://www.moviepilot.de Mehr von Filmstarts: https://www.filmstarts.de

The guys talk activities they do with their kids including reading books, playing the Wolfenstein video game and shooting ducks. Also, Nick describes meeting Donald Trump for Theo Von's podcast and the guys talk Chinese electric cars, the evolution of forensic technology, kids kissing their parents on the lips, extinct animals, worst and best coffee and much more! Get two extra episodes every month at https://patreon.com/thegoldenhourpodcast Away - Head on over to https://awaytravel.com/goldenhour to see the new softside luggage from Away DraftKings - Download the DraftKings Sportsbook app NOW and use code GOLDEN

S10E278: Disharmonic Porkestra This week, the Grims discuss the emotional and practical implications of choosing to have pets instead of children, delve into the bizarre story of a priest involved in meth production, debate the ethical dilemmas with criminals making money, cover humorous and practical strategies for reducing the time spent in the bathroom, explore the competitive seriousness of chess competition, share extraordinary and bizarre medical cases encountered by doctors, and play heavy metal for your filthy earballs! (00:00:00) - Intro (00:00:57) - Wolfenstein, SONG: Bring Down The Axe (00:05:02) - Crahda, SONG: New Order (00:09:19) - Conversation 1 (00:14:41) - Nervous, SONG: Heavy is the Head that Wears an Imaginary Crown (00:19:57) - Manserunt, SONG: The Room That Looks (00:24:17) - Hail Spirit Noir, SONG: Curse you, Entropia (00:29:48) - Conversation 2 (00:38:56) - Grandma's Pantry: Atrosity, SONG: I am the Cure (00:42:00) - Conversation 3 (00:48:21) - Demonical, SONG: Sun Blackened (00:51:50) - Chesty Malone and the Slice 'em Ups , SONG: Hell Is Full And We Need The Room (00:55:13) - Conversation 4 (01:03:38) - BornBroken, SONG: Am I Invisible (01:07:30) - Unjoyful Play, SONG: Fight Till The Last Man Labels: Adirondack Black Mass, Agonia Records, Cleopatra Records, Inverse Records

On this episode we tackle quite a broad subject, the first-person-shooter genre. We talk about our favourite single-player gun fests, as well as our online experiences, dipping into the likes of Wolfenstein, Doom, Call of Duty, and Half Life along the way. We very nearly forget all about Halo, but then totally remember it, because we are master podcasters.  

Look here, D-Pads!Whether you got your start with old PC games like Duke Nukem 3D, or huddled around a CRT screen with 3 of your buddies playing Goldeneye, First Person Shooters make up some of the most iconic and highly appreciated games of all time. As games began the shift from 2D to 3D, icons of the industry like Doom and Wolfenstein appeared to be the front-runners in the ever evolving landscape of gaming perspectives. This week we sat down to draft a team of our most highly appreciated First Person Shooters of all time! Balancing single player stories with the likes of multiplayer mayhem and inarguable innovation, we try to pick the 5 most iconic games from the genre!Join us on Twitter: @RetrogradePod, @RetrogradeAndy, @RetrogradeMikeyTikTok: @RetrogradePodOr on Instagram: @theretrogradepodcast Or visit our website at www.theretrogradepod.com/Questions, Comments, and business inquiries can be sent to theretrogradepodcast@gmail.comShow Notes: https://www.theretrogradepod.com/episodes/first-person-shooter-genre-draft

What if a tiny twist in history could lead to a world where World War VII has given rise to the Ameri-Mexicanadian enclave? Join us on a wild journey through the captivating genre of alternate history, where we explore the "what ifs" that tickle our imagination and keep us up at night. We kick off with some playful banter about how minor changes could create wildly different realities, and how this fascination has woven its way into geek culture classics like "The Sixth Sense" and alternate space race scenarios.Imagine Operation Valkyrie succeeding or Heisenberg actually sabotaging the Nazi atomic bomb efforts. We dive into pivotal moments during World War II, examining how slight alterations could have redefined global events. Our conversation takes intriguing twists, comparing the Nazis' infamous deeds to those of colonial powers and pondering why World War II is often deemed a uniquely just war. We also touch on conspiracy theories and their influence on alternate history narratives, referencing works like "The Man in the High Castle" and other speculative fiction.Celebrating the authors who have shaped this genre, we put the spotlight on Philip K. Dick and Harry Turtledove, comparing their unique storytelling approaches. We explore Turtledove's significant contributions, such as his Southern Victory and World War series, and even indulge in some geeky banter about video games like "Fallout" and "Wolfenstein." Our quirky reminders about listener ratings and local poll magazines add a fun twist to our conversation, making this episode a delightful mix of insightful commentary and lighthearted fun for every history buff and geek culture enthusiast.

Welcome back to another episode of the Online Warriors Podcast! This week we discuss what's happening in movies and gaming! - A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead (9:51) - Day Of The Devs (17:14)  - Tides of Tomorrow (18:04)  - While Waiting (20:55)  - Building Relationships (22:07)  - Simpler Times (24:14)  - Cairn (25:02)  - Arranger (26:48)  - Screenbound (27:48)  - Hello Again (30:56)  - Pedal Runner (31:36)  - Karma The Dark World (33:05)  - Tom the Post Girl (33:54)  - Phoenix Springs (34:45)  - Koira (34:49)   - Battle Vision Network (35:48)  - Cozy Grove Camp Spirit (35:54)  - UFO50 (37:57)  - Marvels Blade (39:49)   Then we talk about what the gang has been up to: - Illeagle watches Your Honor, reads Some Like it Darker and plays Wolfenstein the New Order (43:54)  - Techtic watches the Stanley Cup Finals on an outdoor projector and goes to a professional Baseball game (45:48)   No quiz this week :(   Special shoutout to our Patreon Producer: Steven Keller   We'd like to thank each and every one of you for listening in every week. If you'd like to support the show, you can drop us a review on your favorite podcast platform or, if you're feeling extra generous, drop us a subscribe over at Patreon.com/OnlineWarriorsPodcast. We have three tiers of subscriptions, each of which gives you some awesome bonus content! As always, we appreciate you tuning in, and look forward to seeing you next week! Stay safe and healthy everyone! Find us all over the web: Online Warriors Website: https://www.onlinewarriorspodcast.com Online Warriors Twitter: https://twitter.com/onlinewarriors1 Illeagle's Twitter: https://twitter.com/OWIlleagle86 Nerdbomber's Twitter: https://twitter.com/OWNerdbomber Techtic's Twitter: https://twitter.com/OWTechtic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlinewarriorspodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlinewarriorspodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwOwzY6aBcTFucWEeFEtwIg Merch Store: https://teespring.com/stores/onlinewarriorspodcast

Welcome back to another episode of the Online Warriors Podcast! This week we discuss what's happening in movies and gaming! - Xbox Showcase (2:46)  - Gears Of War E-day (2:24)  - Call of Duty Black Ops 6 (7:55)  - Doom The Dark Ages (11:50)  - Perfect Dark (14:39)  - Expedition 33 (17:19)  - South Of Midnight (18:57)  - Mixtape (20:17)  - FragPunk (21:27)  - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (23:58)  - Dragon Age: The Veil Guard (26:11)  - Fable (27:29)  - Flint Lock: The Siege of Dawn (29:28)  - State of Decay 3 (30:30)  - Star Field DLC (30:59)  - Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater (32:07)  - Winter Burrow (32:52)  - Life is Strange (33:59)  - Flight Simulator 2024 (34:29)  - Wuchang: Fallen Feathers (36:08)  - Avowed (36:25)  - Atom Fall (37:05)  - Assassins Creed Shadows (37:30)  - Stalker 2 (37:44)  - Diablo 4 (38:04)  - Mecha Break (38:36)  - Fallout 76 DLC (39:11) - Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (41:51)   Then we talk about what the gang has been up to: - Illeagle reads Recursion and plays Wolfenstein (47:20) - Techtic watches Hitman and Bottoms (48:52) - Nerdbomber plays Dicey Dungeons, Little Kitty Big City, and Peggle 2 (51:42)   Then we kick off some Judy Garland trivia (56:10)   Special shoutout to our Patreon Producer: Steven Keller   We'd like to thank each and every one of you for listening in every week. If you'd like to support the show, you can drop us a review on your favorite podcast platform or, if you're feeling extra generous, drop us a subscribe over at Patreon.com/OnlineWarriorsPodcast. We have three tiers of subscriptions, each of which gives you some awesome bonus content! As always, we appreciate you tuning in, and look forward to seeing you next week! Stay safe and healthy everyone! Find us all over the web: Online Warriors Website: https://www.onlinewarriorspodcast.com Online Warriors Twitter: https://twitter.com/onlinewarriors1 Illeagle's Twitter: https://twitter.com/OWIlleagle86 Nerdbomber's Twitter: https://twitter.com/OWNerdbomber Techtic's Twitter: https://twitter.com/OWTechtic Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlinewarriorspodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onlinewarriorspodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwOwzY6aBcTFucWEeFEtwIg Merch Store: https://teespring.com/stores/onlinewarriorspodcast

Dylan and Kirklin discuss the latest gaming news and the games they've been playing, going on some tangents along the way.Quests0:00:00 intro0:06:00 The Elder Scrolls Travels0:21:45 Marvel Snap0:25:00 Fallout 40:48:15 Wolfenstein: The Old Blood1:07:10 Little Kitty, Big City1:12:20 Dread Delusion1:22:52 Redfall1:30:00 MultiVersusLinksPotion Problem Steam Page - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2862360/Potion_Problem/Dylan on Twitter @DylanMuss Dylan on Backloggd backloggd.com/u/Rapatika/Taylor on Twitter @TaylorTheFieldKirklin on Twitter @kirklinpatzerTravis on Twitter @TravisBSnellhttps://www.patreon.com/GeekVersehttps://www.youtube.com/c/GeekVersePodcast https://discord.gg/mFSSAJJTBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/geekverse-podcast--4201268/support.

Dylan and Kirklin discuss the latest gaming news and the games they've been playing, going on some tangents along the way.Quests0:00:00 intro0:06:00 The Elder Scrolls Travels0:21:45 Marvel Snap0:25:00 Fallout 40:48:15 Wolfenstein: The Old Blood1:07:10 Little Kitty, Big City1:12:20 Dread Delusion1:22:52 Redfall1:30:00 MultiVersusLinksPotion Problem Steam Page - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2862360/Potion_Problem/Dylan on Twitter @DylanMuss Dylan on Backloggd backloggd.com/u/Rapatika/Taylor on Twitter @TaylorTheFieldKirklin on Twitter @kirklinpatzerTravis on Twitter @TravisBSnellhttps://www.patreon.com/GeekVersehttps://www.youtube.com/c/GeekVersePodcast https://discord.gg/mFSSAJJT

Hey there, it's Fred and Jake back with Episode 326 of PS THIS IS AWESOME! Before we dive in, make sure to hit that subscribe button on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/psthisisawesome.How's everyone doing? We've got some game updates for you: I'm still immersed in Trek to Yomi, slowly making progress. Jake's been conquering Wolfenstein the New Order.No listener questions this time, but let's check out the news. Stellar Blade is making waves with an 8/10 on PushSquare, and Sandland isn't far behind. Fallout 4's next-gen version is causing a stir with PS Plus members, but Bethesda's working on sorting it out. The long-awaited The Wolf Among Us 2 is making its presence known with some enticing screenshots. Plus, get ready for Alien Rogue Incursion on PSVR2 from the makers of Creed and Sprint Vector. And don't miss the latest PS5 firmware update bringing community game help and system enhancements.No new game releases listed, but we've got some classics to revisit like Ironclad Tactics, Infamous, and Immortals Fenyx Rising.By joining our Patreon community for ONLY $1.00 per month, you'll also enjoy these exclusive benefits:Early Access: Be the first to listen to our episodes as soon as they're ready. Get ahead of the game and dive into the latest news, reviews, and discussions.Personalized Shoutout: As a token of our gratitude for your support, we'll give you a special shout out during one of our podcast episodes, acknowledging your contribution and dedication to our show.Custom Die-Cut Vinyl Sticker: Receive an exclusive custom die-cut vinyl sticker featuring our podcast's unique design. Showcase your support with this limited-edition collectible.Your support goes a long way in helping us continue to create the content you love. It's a simple and direct way to show your appreciation for our podcast.To become a patron and unlock these exciting benefits, visit www.patreon.com/psthisisawesome today. Your support keeps us going and ensures that we can keep delivering top-notch PlayStation content.Please, if you enjoyed the content or even if you didn't quite enjoy this one, we encourage you to come back. We try to offer something for everybody. Please share with your friends and help us spread the show as we try to build a bigger community here! As always you can support our show at our Patreon Page. Thanks for listening.http://www.patreon.com/psthisisawesome 0:00 - INTRO32:58 - GAMES WE'RE PLAYING45:45 - LISTENER FEEDBACK48:00 - STARLIGHT GAMES57:07 - AUTOPLAY PATENT1:00:00 - EMBRACER SPLITS UP1:03:40 - KEENA IS HEADED TO XBOX1:06:00 - GOLDEN AXE ANIMATED SERIES 1:12:15 - KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE 2 ANNOUNCEMENT1:22:25 - DARKEST DUNGEON 2 PS5 RELEASE DATE Support PS This is Awesome! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey there, it's Fred and Jake back with Episode 325 of PS THIS IS AWESOME! Before we dive in, make sure to hit that subscribe button on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/psthisisawesome.We've got some game updates for you: Fred is still immersed in Trek to Yomi, slowly making progress. Meanwhile, Jake's been battling his way through Wolfenstein.No listener questions this time, but let's jump into the news. Exciting news from Starlight Games, formed by former devs of Wipeout, Skate, and Call of the Mountain. Sony's patenting an autoplay feature for grindy games—interesting! Embracer is splitting into three different entities to manage their growing number of studios. We've got Asmodee Group for tabletop games and Coffee Stain & Friends and Middle-Earth Enterprises & Friends for video games. Kena Bridge of Spirits is making its way to Xbox—big move! Golden Axe is getting its own animated series, and Sony's jumping in on the action. Get ready for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, set in the same captivating world. And mark your calendars for July 15th, because Darkest Dungeon 2 is dropping on PS5!By joining our Patreon community for ONLY $1.00 per month, you'll also enjoy these exclusive benefits:Early Access: Be the first to listen to our episodes as soon as they're ready. Get ahead of the game and dive into the latest news, reviews, and discussions.Personalized Shoutout: As a token of our gratitude for your support, we'll give you a special shout out during one of our podcast episodes, acknowledging your contribution and dedication to our show.Custom Die-Cut Vinyl Sticker: Receive an exclusive custom die-cut vinyl sticker featuring our podcast's unique design. Showcase your support with this limited-edition collectible.Your support goes a long way in helping us continue to create the content you love. It's a simple and direct way to show your appreciation for our podcast.To become a patron and unlock these exciting benefits, visit www.patreon.com/psthisisawesome today. Your support keeps us going and ensures that we can keep delivering top-notch PlayStation content.Please, if you enjoyed the content or even if you didn't quite enjoy this one, we encourage you to come back. We try to offer something for everybody. Please share with your friends and help us spread the show as we try to build a bigger community here! As always you can support our show at our Patreon Page. Thanks for listening.http://www.patreon.com/psthisisawesome 0:00 - INTRO32:58 - GAMES WE'RE PLAYING45:45 - LISTENER FEEDBACK48:00 - STARLIGHT GAMES57:07 - AUTOPLAY PATENT1:00:00 - EMBRACER SPLITS UP1:03:40 - KEENA IS HEADED TO XBOX1:06:00 - GOLDEN AXE ANIMATED SERIES 1:12:15 - KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE 2 ANNOUNCEMENT1:22:25 - DARKEST DUNGEON 2 PS5 RELEASE DATE Support PS This is Awesome! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we begin a new series on 2003's Beyond Good and Evil. We talk a little bit about this kind of game, these story-based games that don't have a ton of focus but do have a lot of charm. Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: Through first dungeon Issues covered: UbiSoft's best year, revisiting the game, setting the game in its time, just making ends make, appreciating Nintendo as a business model, the prequel still in development, enemy design and the 2D plane, getting straight into combat, tutorializing in the game, the connection with the weird alien, the vibe, lots of custom implementation, the very many things you do in the first half hour or hour, a time capsule of mixing adventure into everything, a one-use engine, hardware convergence post PS3, the broader experience games to tell ranging stories, competing with the movies, multiple types of cameras, the quirky snail, making you find everything, unique characters and special, time to build content, the precambrian explosion, what is the sequel/prequel, focus vs many games in one, being okay with the jank, using procedural solutions, personal taste, specific sequences for the one use, more games with jank, the voice acting being quite good, the modern examples, looking forward to lots of pearls, the wild world of randomizers.  Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Nietzsche, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Michel Ancel, Rayman (series), Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation, Okami, Knights of the Old Republic, Call of Duty, Simpsons Hit and Run, GTA, Freedom Fighters, WarioWare: Mega Microgames, Ikaruga, Jak 2, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, Mario Kart: Double Dash, XIII, Manhunt, Final Fantasy X-2, Tony Hawk's Underground, Silent Hill 3, Legacy of Kain: Defiance, LotR: The Return of the King, Max Payne 2, Far Cry, Assassin's Creed, Rabbids (series), Nintendo, Jerry Lewis, Rainbow Six, Tom Clancy, Sonic the Hedgehog, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy IX, Anachronox, Valiant Hearts: The Great War, Breath of the Wild, Shenmue, GoldenEye, Jack Mathews, Metroid Prime, Galleon, Sly Cooper, Wolfenstein, DOOM (1993), Quake, Wil Wright, Nightfire, Everything or Nothing, No Man's Sky, Valhaim, Lethal Company, Half-Life (series), Mr Mosquito, Dragon's Dogma (series), Jodi Forrest, David Gasman, Dark Souls, Remnant: From the Ashes, Dr McEvilly, Archipelago, John and Brenda Romero, Calamity Nolan, mysterydip, Johnny Pockets, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia.  Next time: More of this game! Twitch: brettdouville or timlongojr, instagram:timlongojr, Twitter: @devgameclub Discord DevGameClub@gmail.com

A group of fresh-faced new back-country rangers travel through the dangerous wilderness, hoping to uncover the origins of a tragedy that has haunted them for the past 606 episodes. On Episode 606 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the film Lovely, Dark, and Deep from first time feature director Teresa Sutherland! We also talk about what makes sword and sorcery films great, we debate the greatest illegal narcotics, and find out whether or not we're scared of the woods. So stop fumbling with your headgear, get your dongs out for DnD, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!Stuff we talk about: Sword and Sorcery flicks, Deathstalker, Steven Kostanski, Daniel Bernhardt, pet the cat, the king of scat, validating, GMT, Wolfenstein in Ravenshadow clothing, One Crazy Summer, pod-NARC, Pod-Knocker, Connor Sweeney, a caddish rogue, why would you remake a porn, #releasethebrauncut, Cocaine Werewolf, Cocaine Shark, Mark Polonia, Stephen Scarlata, Rondo Awards, Spooktacular, Sharksploitation, The Last Podcast on the Left, Christian Slater, Voyagers, deadly set mishaps, Sixteen Candles, Anthony Michael Hall, Ryan Kruger, Street Trash, Toxic Avenger IV, Terror Firmer, Joel Robinson, the Bathsalt Gators, Flakka, second run theaters, making moms watch gross movies, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Dune Popcorn Buckets, Darby Scissorhands, the Paisano Brothers, Darby Allin, Saltburn, Barry Keoghan, Mass Transit, GG Allin, Feces Pieces, NDA All Day, Robert Frost, Lovely Dark and Deep, Kobayashi Maru, Powerman 5000, Bad Religion, Social D, Derek Mears from IT, weird dreams, oxford comma, Bird Box, Twin Peaks, Sator, Georgina Campbell, take nothing leave nothing kill nothing, the woods as the antagonist, Caterpillar Carnage, Blair Witch Project, Midnight Nation, Shida Shahabi, dealing with grief, the Guardians of the Green, The Iron Claw, Anthony Landry, Zac Efron, Will Ferrell, Flavor Rave, Highlander, Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown, Queen, Michael Kamen, Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, New York Ripper, Dune 2, Fumbling with Headgear, Dongs Out for DnD, The Renaissance of Sleaze, Interspecies Kombat, You Packing Any Gravel?, Oxford Karma, Lost Comma on the Left, and so chuffed I've been chafing.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradioJoin our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.comSend Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.comVisit our website: http://trickortreatradio.comStart your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzKFB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradioTwitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadioFacebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadioYouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadioInstagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadioSupport the show

Sponsored by ContentfulWelcome to the new era of content management with Contentful. Say goodbye to the limitations of traditional content systems and hello to a world where collaboration sparks innovation. With Contentful, you're not just managing content; you're creating content-first, multi-brand experiences across all channels effortlessly. The best part? It requires zero coding! Empower your teams to collaborate and innovate, delivering impactful digital experiences at scale. Contentful's AI-driven platform not only streamlines content creation but also ensures it aligns perfectly with your brand. Ready for a game changer? Start with Contentful for free today. Unleash the potential of your digital content and drive your business forward. Learn more at contentful.com.SummaryIn this episode of Svelte Radio we talk with Enrico about This Week in Svelte - a weekly Svelte show that he runs. Tune in!Recorded on November 1st, 2024DiscussionEnricoCo-founded: Design Systems CommunityWeekly recorded show on YTCo-hostsKarimPaoloStanislaChangelogCarbon Components SvelteEnricoGitHubTwitterUnpopular OpinionsBrittney: [Inertia.js](https://inertiajs.com/)PicksEnrico: The Wandering Earth Part 2Kevin: Quest 3TranscriptionHere's a quick word from our sponsor.Welcome to the new era of content management with Contentful.Say goodbye to the limitations of traditional content systemsand hello to a world where collaboration sparks innovation.With Contentful, you're not just managing content,you're creating content-first, multi-brand experiencesacross all channels effortlessly.The best part? It requires zero coding.Empower your teams to collaborate and innovate,delivering impactful digital experiences at scale.Contentful's AI-driven platform not only streamlines content creation,but also ensures it aligns perfectly with your brand.Ready for a game-changer?Start with Contentful for free today.Unleash the potential of your digital contentand drive your business forward.Learn more at Contentful.com[intro music]Hey, welcome everyone to another episode of Svelte Radio.We're back again.Ooh, I'm joined by Brittany.Hello.Hi.Back this week.Back this week, yeah, yeah.Hello.And we are joined by another guest.It's Enrico.You might know him from this week in Svelte.Hi, Enrico.Hey, everybody. Enrico here.Hey.So before we get started, Brittany, what's new?It's been crazy.I went on vacation last week, so I know I missed our previous guest.I think we had Jacob on last week, but unfortunately I had to miss that one.We went to San Antonio where it was kind of warm.It was like 80s and 90s Fahrenheit, so what, 30?A little less than 30, maybe 20, 28 Celsius.That sounds very nice.But it was overcast the whole time.So I tried to get in the pool, and it was like windy and cold.It was like still not warm enough to get in the pool there.But we came back, and it snowed yesterday for Halloween, so that was good.We have like probably three to four inches of snow outside now.Wow.Yeah, we just got our first falling snow here today.Oh, really?So it doesn't stay on the ground, though, because it's not that cold here just yet.Yeah, our ground is not that cold.I thought it would melt, but it froze overnight, and it's just like stuck there.Damn.Yeah, that doesn't sound like fun.Maybe you should just go more south.I've talked about it, yeah.We just built that pool, though, so we're like 10 years, and our kids are in school still,so 10 years, and then we'll probably keep this house for the summer when it's nice hereand then move somewhere else, be snowbirds for a while.Yeah, makes complete sense.All right, let's talk a bit more with you, Enrico.Who are you?That might be a broad question, but how did you get into development?Who am I?Yes, well, my name is Enrico Sacchetti, and I am a software developer based in the GreaterToronto area, Ontario, Canada, and what I like to do is front-end development, and eversince I was a teenager, that's what I've been doing as a personal hobby, and some opportunitiescame along, and before I knew it, it was a full-time job.So despite my post-secondary education in video game development, I actually pursueda career in website development because that's where the opportunities lay.We have had so many people that are video game developers, like by originally videogame developers on the show, right?Yeah, I feel like that's been a thing.The person that did Wolfenstein, the felt version of that?Snuffy, Jason?Yeah, and a couple of other people were in video game development.It's kind of like the music thing that we have, too.A lot of people were musicians before they were programmers, too.Yeah.That's interesting.Yeah, did you get into the game development stuff?Was that because of interest in gaming in general?Yeah, it was sort of a misguided interest in video games because as much as I enjoyedplaying them, making them is 100% different.You need ongoing, persistent passion for that, as I realized the hard way after graduating.I tried to get jobs across the world, particularly China and Canada, because I was pursuing livingthere.I actually ended up living in China for one year and became an English teacher after graduating.Oh, cool.So that's where I learned how to speak Mandarin and teach English.But even though I was teaching English...I had no idea you spoke Mandarin.Yeah, that's a thing I can do.But aside from that, I found myself on the weekends learning code, HTML, JavaScript,CSS, because that was my passion.And game development was not my passion.In fact, when I had an interview for a job, they told me to my face, "You don't have passionfor games."And I'm really glad that happened.That's rough.As rough as it sounds, I was relieved because I realized this is not for me.And I found out very early in my career.So I think that's a very good blessing.Yeah.What language was that, that you were doing the video game programming?Programming language?Yeah.In university, I learned C++.And that's what I used along with some Visual Studio stuff and frameworks.But I never had professional experience game development.I just had a couple of portfolio pieces, and I graduated with that.So I was never a game developer.I was just a student of one.And then eventually, I came back to Canada, ...

Welcome to Multiverse News, Your source for information about all your favorite fictional universes Tuesday morning saw the announcement of the 96th Academy Award nominees, presented by Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid. Oppenheimer leads the race with 13 nominations, closely followed by Poor Things with 11 nominations. Killers of the Flower Moon received 10 nominations and Martin Scorsese, at 81, became the oldest directing nominee in Oscar history. Barbenheimer's other half, Barbie earned eight nominations, including best picture, but director Greta Gerwig was notably excluded from the director category. Alongside Barbie, Anatomy of a Fall and Past Lives were also best picture nominations from female directors, setting another Oscar record. American Fiction, The Holdovers, Maestro, and The Zone of Interest round out the rest of the best picture noms.' We're slapping a big ol' RUMOR disclaimer on this one, but Ryan Gosling has reportedly met with Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige to discuss potential roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with one of the rumored characters being Nova. While it's still uncertain if official talks are underway, Gosling recently departed from his long-attached Wolfman project with Universal and Blumhouse, raising speculation about a possible Marvel connection.  The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Universal is developing a new installment in the "Jurassic World" franchise. David Koepp, known for adapting the original 1993 "Jurassic Park" and its 1997 sequel, is set to return to the franchise to write the screenplay, with Steven Spielberg executive producing. The film reportedly aims to introduce a fresh storyline, potentially launching a new era for the franchise.  Lucasfilm has unveiled an action-packed trailer for the upcoming third and final season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, set to premiere on Feb. 21 with a three-episode debut and concluding on May 1. The trailer teased the Batch's challenging quest to reunite with Omega, navigating threats from the Empire and seeking unexpected allies. The voice cast includes Dee Bradley Baker, Jimmi Simpson and Wanda Sykes, and titles for all 15 episodes were revealed, which are already fueling fan speculation and anticipation.  The first gameplay trailer for "Indiana Jones and the Great Circle" debuted during the Xbox Developer Direct 2024 event on January 18. Wolfenstein series developer MachineGames is set to release the highly anticipated Xbox Series X game in 2024, which features an original story set between the movies "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "The Last Crusade." The gameplay showcased immersive action, intriguing puzzles, and iconic Nazi-punching, all from an unexpected first-person perspective. Developed in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games and under the executive production of Todd Howard, of Fallout and Elder Scrolls fame, the game will be exclusive to Xbox Series X and PC.

Make your own podcast THE EASY WAY - https://www.riverside.fm/?via=william-fairchild Subscribe to the Panel! @PSReady @DeckReady @ThePhawx @RetroGameCorps @BillFairchild Metroid 2 3DS https://www.ebay.com/itm/394664676600 Summary autogenerated by Riverside! Wolfenstein offers an immersive gaming experience with its unique storyline and gameplay mechanics. Monster Hunter Rise provides an addictive gameplay loop and a sense of progression. Pal World combines different elements from various games, resulting in a mixed experience. Revisiting older games and TV shows can bring back nostalgia and provide entertainment. The shift from physical to digital media raises questions about game ownership. Game subscriptions like Game Pass offer convenience but may impact game preservation. The value of physical media lies in its lower cost and the ability to collect and display games. Game copying and piracy present challenges for the gaming industry. Game backups can provide convenience and preservation, but caution is needed to avoid legal and ethical issues. Movies and games should deliver on their promises without unnecessary padding. Efficient travel mechanics can enhance the open-world gaming experience. The Mana game series has a dedicated fan base and offers a range of gameplay experiences. Game length should be balanced with quality content. Simultaneous turns in strategy games can provide a unique and engaging gameplay experience. The announcement of an Indiana Jones game has generated excitement among fans.

Summary In this episode, the hosts discuss the MSI Claw and the IONIO Next Lite. They review the features and performance of the MSI Claw, comparing it to the ROG Ally. They also discuss the marketing and pricing of the IONIO Next Lite, expressing their opinions on its value. Additionally, they share their experiences playing Chrono Trigger, highlighting its story and characters. The hosts provide insights and recommendations for listeners interested in these gaming devices and the game. The conversation covers topics such as nostalgia for Guitar Hero and the challenges of playing old games, the experience of using guitar controllers and the memories associated with them, the discussion of piracy and copying games in the past, reviews of recent games like Leica, H or Blood and Final Fantasy VII Remake, the anticipation for Metroid Dread and Prince of Persia, the desire to send signals to game developers through purchasing decisions, and the appreciation for cinematic platformers like Flashback and Lunark. The conversation covers various gaming topics, including the Xbox Developer Direct, the upcoming Indiana Jones game, the excitement for an Indiana Jones game, comparisons to Uncharted and Tomb Raider, the reputation of Machine Games and Wolfenstein, the anticipation for the gameplay trailer of the Indiana Jones game, the frustrating gameplay of Hellblade 2, the rumor of a stealth release for a Double Fine game, the issue of announcing games too early, the waiting time for game releases, negative game reviews, the possibility of a new Switch announcement, and upcoming videos and projects. Takeaways The MSI Claw offers impressive gameplay and unique controls, but its price and design may not be appealing compared to other handheld gaming devices. The IONIO Next Lite may not live up to the expectations of gamers due to its price and lack of support from Valve's SteamOS. Chrono Trigger is a classic RPG with a compelling story and memorable characters, making it a must-play for fans of the genre. The hosts recommend considering alternative handheld gaming devices and exploring other retro RPGs for a more satisfying gaming experience. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and MSI Claw 03:01 Review of the MSI Claw 10:00 Comparison with ROG Ally 12:18 Discussion on IONIO Next Lite 18:09 Price and Marketing of IONIO Next Lite 25:30 Review of Chrono Trigger 32:57 Discussion on Chrono Trigger 33:22 Guitar Hero and Nostalgia 36:01 Guitar Controllers and Gaming Memories 38:09 Piracy and Copying Games 43:40 Reviewing Recent Games 48:00 Metroid Dread and Prince of Persia 53:06 Sending Signals to Game Developers 58:19 Cinematic Platformers and Flashback 01:01:37 Lunark and Other Cinematic Platformers 01:03:24 Xbox Developer Direct and Indiana Jones Game 01:05:03 Hyped for Indiana Jones Game 01:06:01 Uncharted and Tomb Raider as Indiana Jones-like Games 01:06:46 Machine Games and Wolfenstein 01:07:39 Gameplay Trailer for Indiana Jones Game 01:08:05 Hellblade 2 and Frustrating Gameplay 01:09:26 Rumor of Stealth Release for Double Fine Game 01:10:21 Announcing Games Too Early 01:11:01 Waiting for Game Releases 01:12:04 Killzone 2 and Negative Game Reviews 01:14:30 Next Switch Announcement 01:15:35 Upcoming Videos and Projects 01:17:42 Future Videos and Reviews 01:18:10 New Content Creation Channel

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Exploring the World of Digital Puzzle Games with Jonathan Knight, Head of Games at The New York TimesIn this episode, host Mark Stinson sits down with Jonathan Knight, the Head of Games at The New York Times, to delve into the world of digital puzzle games. They discuss the Times' foray into gaming, the importance of games in the overall growth strategy of the paper, and the creative development process behind their popular puzzle games.Jonathan has been working in the Computer and Video Game industry for over 25 years,beginning as a Producer at Activision, and having worked as an Executive Producer orGM/Studio Head at major publishers including EA, Zynga, and Warner Bros. Interactive. He hasbeen a production or creative leader on a number of major game franchises, including TheSims, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, The Simpsons Game, FarmVille, Words With Friends,Wolfenstein, and DC Comics. At EA, he was the creative force behind the blockbuster gameDante's Inferno, overseeing the game's story, development, and trans-media projects, includinga comic book series, an animated feature, and the action figure. Jonathan lives in California, and is currently the GM of Games for The New York Times, operating and empowering the team that brings daily joy to puzzle solvers with games like Wordle, Spelling Bee, and the legendary New York Times Crossword.Key Points:1. The New York Times and Puzzle Games: - Knight explains that the New York Times offers a collection of digital puzzle games alongside their renowned crossword puzzle. - The crossword puzzle has been a staple since 1942 and has transitioned to digital platforms. - Additional games like Spelling Bee and Wordle have been introduced, with Wordle becoming an internet sensation. - The New York Times aims to provide engaging and human-crafted puzzles on a daily basis.2. Games as an Essential Part of the New York Times: - Knight acknowledges that some may find it surprising that games play an important role at the New York Times. - The organization has made investments in the games business, including a separate subscription that offers games alongside other New York Times products. - Games serve as a distraction from the news, attracting and retaining subscribers who engage with both the news and games offerings.3. Games and Subscriber Retention: - Knight emphasizes that games contribute to subscriber retention at the New York Times. - Subscribers who engage with both news and games have the highest long-term retention rates. - The daily habit of playing games, such as solving puzzles, creates ongoing engagement and value for subscribers.4. Creative Development and the World of Wordle: - Knight discusses the unique acquisition of Wordle, a viral internet sensation. - Wordle was initially created by an engineer named Josh Wardle and caught on rapidly, eventually leading to its acquisition by the New York Times. - The New York Times' creative development process involves internal prototyping and a green light process to determine the viability of new...