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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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