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The Unwind is a discussion about topics related to tech, games, gadgets, and other aspects of geek culture. Rob, Shawn, and Josiah each bring a topic they find important to the show every week.
Episode Description
The Unwind Podcast –
Topic 1 – “Racist” & “Sexist” emoji
The Change Up brought to you by Green Man Gaming (use COMMEN-TIST20-GAMING for 20% off!) – What are you watching?
Topic 2 – 4k tv and gtx 1080 thoughts
• Consoles
• Ps vue
• Gtx 1080
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The Unwind is a discussion about topics related to tech, games, gadgets, and other aspects of geek culture. Rob, Shawn, and Josiah each bring a topic they find important to the show every week.
Episode Description
The Unwind Podcast –
Topic 1 – Sony Event
PS4 Pro
Good
○ 4K gaming (although it sounds upscaled or something. Need to clarify)
○ Will improve PSVR
○ Will likely upscale older games not made for the PS4 Pro
○ $399 and coming out in November
○ Similar in size to the original PS4
Bad
○ Does NOT play 4k Blu Rays. I assume that this can be patched in, but it’s only possible if they use a Blu Ray drive capable of reading dual layer BDs
○ Looks a bit ugly
○ Still unsure if it’ll be THAT much faster. Unlikely to play regular PS4 games at high framerates
Not Sure
○ Have yet to see if this is worth the extra $100
Nice that all PS4s will get HDR support soon.
The Change Up brought to you by Green Man Gaming (use COMMEN-TIST20-GAMING for 20% off!) – Will you buy any of the new consoles?
Topic 2 – Apple Event
Apple Watch
Good:
○ New internals make it faster
○ Pokemon Go
▪ Note how odd it is that a company partially owned by Google is so intertwined with Apple
○ Waterproof
○ GPS
Bad
○ Same design (debatable if this is a negative) and size
○ No statement on battery life, which implies that it’s no better than last generation
○ Movement away from luxury brand (no gold version, focus on features over celebs and fashionable aspects)
iPhone
Good
○ Dual Camera (only for 7 Plus)
▪ Adding real time bokeh effect is amazing if it works well
▪ Weird that the bokeh effect won’t be available at launch.
○ IP67 Water resistant
○ MARIO! (not sure if it’s exclusive)
○ Starting storage size is finally 32 GB. Also, all storage sizes above that are doubled
Bad
○ Identical design to the 6/6S, which ruins the tick tock cycle. Also, the 10th iPhone is next year. Will it be the 7S?
○ Only slight battery improvements
○ Overall, feels very much like an 6S-S
○ NO HEADPHONE JACK (so much to unpack)
▪ Comes with Lightning Earpods and a 3.5mm to Lightning dongle.
▪ Despite the removal, the iPhone itself is no thinner
▪ Airpods
• Reminds me of old bluetooth headsets
• Uses bluetooth despite all marketing about “W1” chip
• Sound quality similar to regular Earpods
• Pairs really easily
• 5 hr battery life
• Can switch between Apple devices seamlessly and easily
• $159
• Looks easy to lose
Not sure yet
○ Home button isn’t mechanical anymore (it uses Taptic feedback like the Macbook)
○ Retina HD display (why label it HD if you’re not increasing resolution?)
○ Jet Black Color is likely going to be the “must have color” but it scratches easily and only comes in 128 GB and up
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The Unwind is a discussion about topics related to tech, games, gadgets, and other aspects of geek culture. Rob, Shawn, and Josiah each bring a topic they find important to the show every week.
Episode Description
The Unwind Podcast –
QuickFire:
• No man’s sky released
○ Mediocre early reviews
○ Two players found each other
• Fan made pokemon game released – pokemon uranium
• Snapchat…. RACIST????
• Disney buys stake in BAMTech (MLB Streaming)… ESPN on the way?
• Walmart buys Jet.com… Amazon beware?
The Change Up brought to you by Green Man Gaming (use COMMEN-TIST20-GAMING for 20% off!) – What would you cosplay as?
Topic – GenCon Debrief
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The Unwind is a discussion about topics related to tech, games, gadgets, and other aspects of geek culture. Rob, Shawn, and Josiah each bring a topic they find important to the show every week.
Episode Description
The Unwind Podcast –
QuickFire:
• Pokemon go update
• What’s a computer?
• No man’s sky leaks
• NHK 8k streaming
• Windows 10 Anniversary http://lifehacker.com/all-the-coolest-features-of-windows-10s-anniversary-upd-1784698775
○ Cortana updates (lock screen)
○ Windows Hello integration
○ Edge extensions
○ Xbox updates (background music, cortana)
○ Android/mobile notification syncing
• Xbox One S
• Insta-steals-stories
The Change Up brought to you by Green Man Gaming (use COMMEN-TIST20-GAMING for 20% off!) – What do you do on a road trip?
Topic – Tech companies top 5 market cap
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The Unwind is a discussion about topics related to tech, games, gadgets, and other aspects of geek culture. Rob, Shawn, and Josiah each bring a topic they find important to the show every week.
Episode Description
The Unwind Podcast –
QuickFire:
• New shows / movies announced @ comic con
○ Where any comic books announced???
○ Shows: Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Defenders… Super Girl on CW
○ Movies: Justice League & Wonder Woman… Dr. Strange & Black Panther
Topic – Architecture of Shows meant to be streamed
The Change Up brought to you by Green Man Gaming (use COMMEN-TIST20-GAMING for 20% off!) – What are you reading?
Topic – Mobile Game Genres…
• match 3, tiny tower, CCG, now… Geocaching?
Have thoughts about this week’s topics? Let us know in the comments!
The Unwind is a discussion about topics related to tech, games, gadgets, and other aspects of geek culture. Rob, Shawn, and Josiah each bring a topic they find important to the show every week.
The Change Up brought to you by Green Man Gaming (use COMMEN-TIST20-GAMING for 20% off!) – What are you watching?
• News Room – Rob
• Mr. Robot – Shawn
• Penny Dreadful – Josiah
Topic – Nationalism and tech
Topic – Does Pokemon use AR well?
• Pokemon go numbers
• VR cool down
Have thoughts about this week’s topics? Let us know in the comments!
The Unwind is a discussion about topics related to tech, games, gadgets, and other aspects of geek culture. Rob, Shawn, and Josiah each bring a topic they find important to the show every week.
Episode Description
The Unwind Podcast –
QuickFire:
• No Man’s Sky goes gold
• Nvidia GTX 1060 – July 19 – $250 – “15% faster than RX 480”
• Update on youtubers being paid
The Change Up brought to you by Green Man Gaming (use COMMEN-TIST20-GAMING for 20% off!) – What pokemon would you want in real life?
Topic – Pokemon Go!
• How to play…
○ Game mechanics
○ What’s working…
○ What’s broken…
○ What’s needed to keep this going?
• Stats / Impact
○ $$$ & users
○ Sponsored stops
○ Social… making friends, walking more, pop culture
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The Unwind is a discussion about topics related to tech, games, gadgets, and other aspects of geek culture. Rob, Shawn, and Josiah each bring a topic they find important to the show every week.
Episode Description
The Unwind Podcast – Episode 83 – Steam sale, apple patent, AMD 480, Kickstarter, Youtubers
QuickFire:
• Steam sale stats
• Apple patent – prevent camera recording at events
• AMD 480 – Crossfire benchmarks & Power draw bug
• Kickstarter – VG down / BG up
The Change Up brought to you by Green Man Gaming (use COMMEN-TIST20-GAMING for 20% off!) – What would you do if there’s no headphone jack in iPhone 7ish?
Topic – YouTubers – payola
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The Unwind is a discussion about topics related to tech, games, gadgets, and other aspects of geek culture. Rob, Shawn, and Josiah each bring a topic they find important to the show every week.
Episode Description
The Unwind Podcast – Episode 80 – E3 Review, Who won E3?, WWDC
Topic 1 – E3 review
Topic 2 – Who won E3?
The Change Up brought to you by Green Man Gaming (use COMMEN-TIST20-GAMING for 20% off!) – Favorite announcement at E3
Topic 3 – WWDC
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The Unwind is a discussion about topics related to tech, games, gadgets, and other aspects of geek culture. Rob, Shawn, and Josiah each bring a topic they find important to the show every week.
Episode Description
The Unwind Podcast – Episode 77
Topic 1 – Death of Windows Phone
Topic 2 – Cord Cutting
The Change Up brought to you by Green Man Gaming (use COMMEN-TIST20-GAMING for 20% off!) – What movies have you seen?
Topic 3 – How to remake games
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