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This week the guys discuss Book of Boba Fett episodes 3 & 4, Eternals, and Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard.

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  • Book of Boba Fett
  • Eternals
  • Microsoft Buys Activision Blizzard
    • Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal has deeper implications for video games than you think | Rock Paper Shotgun
    • Netflix could be Activision's Plan B | Reuters
    • Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard, Notes on the Acquisition, An Interview With Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

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This week the guys discuss the cool gifts they got, the James Webb Telescope, Book of Boba Fett, and Matrix Resurrections.

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  • Follow-up:
    • Ryan's Analogue Pocket ETA
  • Holiday Gifts
    • Ghostbusters Ecto 1
    • Ghostbusters Action Figure
    • National Lampoons Xmas Vacation Jigsaw Puzzle, 300 Pieces
    • Seinfeld 21328 | Ideas
  • James Webb Telescope
    • Comparison: Webb vs Hubble Telescope - Webb/NASA
    • Where Is Webb? NASA/Webb
  • Matrix Resurrections
  • Book of Boba Fett
Ceaco Thomas Kinkade Holiday Movies National Lampoons Xmas Vacation Jigsaw Puzzles, 300 Pieces

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With Ryan back from assignment the guys talk about the Analogue Pocket, The Matrix, and finally Ghostbusters: Afterlife

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  • Follow-up:
    • Adam's Resin Printer Woes*
      • Elegoo Mercury
    • WaterRower
    • Mr. Big Peloton
  • Analogue Pocket
    • Analogue Pocket review: Game Boy games have never looked so good - The Verge
    • Analogue Pocket Review - IGN
    • Analogue Pocket - The Definitive Handheld Retro Gaming System? / MY LIFE IN GAMING
  • The Matrix Awakens didn't blow my mind, but it convinced me next-gen gaming is nigh - The Verge
  • Ghostbusters: Afterlife

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This week, with Ryan on assignment, Adam and Ryan discuss the Steam Deck packaging, Battlefield, Halo, & Call of Duty. Plus Ryan and Adam go deep and roast current gaming industry trends.

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  • Valve shows off Steam Deck's case and final packaging
  • Halo artist's new studio is making story content for Battlefield 2042
  • Ranking the Battlefield Campaigns
  • Call Of Duty: Warzone developers stage walkout following QA layoffs

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We're back! This week we talk about upcoming video game movies, Apple v Epic, and Facebooks Meta strategy.

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  • Movies
    • Mario Movie
    • Uncharted Movie
  • Apple v Epic
    • Apple Judge Skeptical About Putting App Store Change on Hold
    • Apple Can't Delay App Store December Deadline as Epic Legal Battle Continues
  • Peloton Expands in Strength Training With Camera-Equipped TV Box
  • Meta
    • An Update On Our Use of Face Recognition | Meta
    • Meta is retiring the Oculus brand
    • Microsoft Teams meetings are coming to Meta's Workplace

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This week we discuss Apple v Epic, Cars, and the new Venom 2 trailer.

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Media Club Topic: The Neverending Story

  • Follow-up: Apple v Epic
    • Zoom gained access to private iPad camera API
    • Blog - Does Apple News Track You?
    • Apple hires former Facebook advertising exec to bolster its own ads platform
  • Car Corner
    • Ford prototype headlights could increase driving safety
    • Subaru EV Will Be Called Solterra, Arrives in 2022
    • Tesla privately admits Elon Musk has been exaggerating about ‘full self-driving’
    • Levels of driving automation
  • Vizio makes nearly as much money from ads and data as it does from TVs
  • Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
  • Games
    • HTC have just announced two new Vive VR headsets
    • Even Super Mario 64 has ray tracing now
    • Artist's Rendering Of Super Mario Human Toad Is Nightmare Fuel
  • Media Club:
    • The Neverending Story
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Finally, we're back! We discuss Apple v Epic, Mortal Kombat, and the end of Falcon and The Winter Soldier.

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Media Club Topic: The Neverending Story

  • Follow-up:
    • Ingenuity
  • Meet the first all-civilian crew about to orbit Earth in SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule
  • The Instagram ads Facebook won't show you
  • Apple v Epic
    • Apple and Epic go head-to-head in fiery opening remarks of highly-anticipated trial
    • Epic deposition reveals Eddy Cue pushed to bring iMessage to Android in 2013, but was overruled
    • Scott Forstall deposition in Epic vs Apple case focuses on early days of the iPhone and App Store
    • Apple tried to help Adobe bring Flash to iOS, but the results were 'embarrassing'
    • Microsoft explored reducing its Xbox store cut to shake up console gaming
    • New emails show Steve Jobs referred to Facebook as 'Fecebook' amid App Store conflict
    • Emails show Apple's internal debate over showing ads in the App Store
    • Blog - Epic v. Apple, Day 1
    • Epic Games spent nearly $12 million giving away free games in their first nine months
    • Walmart's unannounced cloud gaming service leaked in Epic vs Apple trial
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This week Ryan gets mad at Spectrum. We discuss 5G to the home, the end of Harmony, and GMO mosquitos. Then we close out the show with more Falcon & the Winter Soldier plus the Eternals!

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Media Club Topic: Eternals by Neil Gaiman

  • Follow-up:

  • FCC launches official speed test app for broadband data collection program

  • NASA helicopter

  • 5G to The Home

  • T-Mobile officially debuts 5G home internet with no data cap or contract from $60/month

  • Verizon 5G Home Internet now available in 30 cities with average speeds of 300 Mbps

  • Logitech discontinues its popular universal Harmony remotes

  • First GMO Mosquitoes to Be Released In the Florida Keys

  • Falcon & the Winter Soldier

    • Jon Walker

  • Media Club:

    • Eternals by Neil Gaiman
Eternals by Neil Gaiman

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This week we discuss Best Buy's Beta program, Oddworld: Soulstorm, Among Us, and more EV news. Then we dig into the third episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier!

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Media Club Topic: Eternals by Neil Gaiman

  • Follow-up:

    • Apple requests documents from Facebook for Epic's case

    • Best Buy's new Beta program promises concierge tech support for $200 a year

    • Best Buy Corporate Blog

    • Best Buy Membership
    • Amazon Day 1 Editions

    • Soulstorm

    • Oddworld

    • The First 17 Minutes of Oddworld: Soulstorm
    • Among Us

    • Electric Car Corner

    • GMC's newly-unveiled Hummer EV SUV is 830HP of electric 'supertruck'

    • Is Rivian Better Than Tesla? US, Canada Charging Map Shows Its Big Plan
    • Falcon and the Winter soldier

    • Media Club:

    • Eternals by Neil Gaiman

Eternals by Neil Gaiman

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This week we discuss the latest Switch Rumors, Intel heading in the right direction, and why AT&T hates their customers. Then we dig into the first two episodes of Falcon and the Winter Soldier!

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Media Club Topic: Eternals by Neil Gaiman

  • Followup:
    • Nintendo to Use Faster Nvidia Chips in New 2021 Switch Model
      • NVIDIA DLSS 2.0: A Big Leap In AI Rendering
    • Razer continues to make the mask
      • Razer Chroma™ Nanotech - Chroma Hair Dye
      • Razer bringing a straw
      • Facehugger Chopsticks
    • Intel Has Their “Think Different” Moment
      • Intel Unleashed, Gelsinger on Intel, IDM 2.0 – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
      • Intel to build ARM chips for other companies as part of its new business strategy
  • AT&T Lobbies against nationwide fiber
    • Describe your broadband, asks FCC, no longer trusting ISPs - 9to5Mac
  • This Microsoft Flight Simulator mod adds the Ever Given in the Suez Canal
    • Ever Given GPS Route
Eternals by Neil Gaiman

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This week we roast Intel’s terrible ads, get intense about remote work, and talk about how dangerous Tesla’s claims of FSD are.

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Media Club Topic: Eternals by Neil Gaiman

  • Followup:
    • Intel Goes Long
  • Microsoft to start reopening offices
    • Microsoft to start reopening headquarters on March 29th, with hybrid workplace focus
    • Flexible remote working is what most employees want now
  • Disney Pivots
    • Which Disney stores are closing
    • What’s New & Coming to Disney World in 2021 & 2022
  • Tesla
    • Full? Self? Driving? Hmmm…
    • Tesla Tells California DMV that FSD Is Not Capable of Autonomous Driving
    • Full Self-Driving Computer Installations
    • The Long Way Up
  • Tenet on GBA
    • A YouTuber crammed ‘Tenet’ onto Game Boy Advance cartridges out of spite
  • Media Club:
    • Eternals by Neil Gaiman
Eternals by Neil Gaiman

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This week Ryan has a Moment of Good. We discuss Switch Pro rumors, the battle for privacy on the Internet, and announce our new Media Club!

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Media Club Topic: Eternals by Neil Gaiman

  • Followup:
    • WandaVision's Jac Schaeffer Insists Mephisto Red Herrings Were Unintentional
  • Moment of Good:
    • Man who fell through ice in Somersworth was rescued thanks to his Apple Watch
    • Apple Watch saves life: Washington man credits Apple Watch's fall detection feature for saving father after falling
    • Use fall detection with Apple Watch
  • Switch Pro Rumors
    • Nintendo Is Said to Target Record Year in Switch, Game Sales
    • Nintendo Plans Switch Model With Bigger Samsung OLED Display
  • Activision Blizzard Layoffs
    • Activision Blizzard CEO To Get Even Bigger Bonuses While Others Get Laid Off
    • Blizzard (ATVI) Fires 50 People Amid Shift Away From Live Events
    • Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet
  • Netflix Cracking Down On Password Sharing
    • Netflix cracking down on password sharing
    • Netflix Tests a Clampdown on Password Sharing
Eternals by Neil Gaiman

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This week we discuss Apple v Epic, some games we are excited about, and we go deep on Wandavision and the MCU.

  • Followup:
    • Luna Hands On
  • Steam Remote Play Together will let you play with pals who don't have Steam
  • Apple v Epic
  • Fortnite Short
  • Valve must hand over Steam sales data to Apple, judge rules
  • Apple want Valve to hand over revenue data as part of legal fight with Epic

  • Apple subpoenas in Epic case are OTT, but judge grants request

  • Aliens Fireteam

  • Alien vs Predator
  • Predator
  • Alien Isolation

  • The Predator

  • TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge

  • Press Kit

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This week we discuss Blizzcon 2021, the latest Nintendo Direct, and Adam’s issue with Link’s lips.

  • Follow-Up
  • Plex Arcade
  • Mars Perseverance
  • Landing Video

  • Audio from Mars

  • Blizzcon 2021

  • Trailers
  • Diablo 4

  • Rogue Class

  • Diablo 2: Resurrected

  • A ‘Diablo 2’ Remake Is Coming From Vicarious Visions, Absorbed By Blizzard

  • Overwatch 2

  • Nintendo Direct

  • Mario Golf: Super Rush
  • Golf With Your Friends
  • Miitopia
  • Skyward Sword HD
  • Project Triangle Strategy
  • Knockout City
  • Outer Wilds

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This week we talk about our Super Mario 3D World experience, plus Mars Perseverance and gaming in movie theaters. Then we discuss our top 3 video game adaptations.

  • Follow-up:
  • Nissan talks failed over branding issues; VW says it isn’t worried

  • Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury first impressions

  • Mars Perseverance

  • The Oatmeal

  • Mars Ingenuity

  • Theaters renting to gamers

  • Video Game Adaptations
  • Borderlands
  • Metal Gear Solid
  • The Last of Us

  • Uncharted

  • Top 3 Adaptations:

  • Ryan Good
  • Unreal Tournament
  • Diablo

  • Super Mario Bros

  • Adam

  • Darksiders
  • Legacy of Kain

  • Oddworld

  • Ryan

  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Zelda
  • Death Stranding

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This week we talk about Adam's Razer Kishi experience, plus Razer's new Huntsman keyboard, and dissect Intel's M1 defense. Then Ryan goes on a Tom Brady rant.

  • Apple Car Rumors:
  • Bloomberg: Apple and Hyundai hit the brakes on Apple Car production negotiations
  • Apple Car Manufacturing Candidates
  • Apple Car at least 5 years away

  • Apple more than doubled road tests

  • Razer has gone full analog with their new Huntsman V2 keyboard

  • Intel’s M1 Benchmarks
  • Intel doubles down on mocking Apple
  • Super Bowl LV

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This week we discuss Apple Car rumors, Plex Arcade follow-up, Amazon Luna, and Ryan brings us ‘A Moment of Good’.

  • Followup:
    • MTG Arena on Android
      • FAQ
      • Play Store
    • Electric Cars
      • Tesla’s Dirty Little Secret
      • Apple Car Rumors
        • Apple rumored to sign $3.6B deal with Kia
        • Rumored Apple Car first version will ‘not be designed to have a driver’
      • Model S 2021 Steering “Wheel”
    • Plex Arcade Success…Kinda
      • Black-screen issue solved
      • Core Manager
  • Luna
    • Amazon Luna
    • iOS 14.5 Xbox Series X & PS5 Controller Support
    • Geforce Now
    • Project xCloud (Xbox Game Pass Ultimate)
    • Google Stadia
    • Luna Controller Review
  • Zelda Netflix adaptation plug pulled
  • Man Who Made Big Bucks Off GameStop Stock Sends Nintendo Switches To Children’s Hospital
  • Cyber Shadow – Yacht Club Games
  • Mass Effect Legendary Edition – EA

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This week we talk about Magic The Gathering, Phasmophobia, Godzilla, and Ryan’s love hate relationship with Plex Arcade.

  • Follow-up:
    • GM announces plans to ditch combustion engines in “light-duty” vehicles by 2035
      • Who Killed the Electric Car?
      • GM EV1
  • MTG Arena: State of the Game 2021
  • Phasmophobia
  • Godzilla vs King Kong Trailer
    • Godzilla
    • Godzilla: King of the Monsters
    • Skull Island
  • Plex Arcade
    • Getting Started
    • FAQ
    • RetroArch
  • Razer Kishi

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This week we talk about CES, Project: Mara, the latest Mac rumors, and Adam’s love of arcade machines.

  • Follow-up:

    • Apple Does Store Health Data in iCloud
      • Apple Support Doc
    • Intel Problems
    • 3nm chips likely set for 2023 iPhones headed for next stage

  • CES: TCL XL Series TVs

  • Cadillac is making an air taxi
    • eVTOL
    • James Cameron Avatar Car
  • Weber acquires smart oven maker June
  • Ninja Theory’s Project: Mara is set in this photorealistic apartment
  • Latest Mac rumors
    • Ming-Chi Kuo
    • Mark Gurman
    • MacBook Pro
    • Desktops
  • New Arcade1UP Cabinets

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In our inaugural episode we discuss Intel's new CEO, Furry Bowser, Fitbit joining Google, and Adam's longing for a mask fit for a rave.

  • Intel's CEO Steps Down
  • Razer's Project Hazel
  • Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
  • Fitbit Joins Google