This episode is sponsored by:  Kolide – It ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps.  It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo today!  Links and Show Notes Unplugged  If you could interview one creative person, who would it be?  Shigeru Miyamoto Phoebe Bridgers   If you could play games from just one console maker, which would it be?  Nintendo   Also mentioned:   Analogue is making a 4K Nintendo 64 Marvel's Spider-Man 2  Super Mario Bros. Wonder    Media Picks  Federico’s Pick:  Cocoon  Trailer     John’s Pick:   Lessons in Chemistry on Apple TV+  Trailer  Book      Follow us on Mastodon  Federico Viticci John Voorhees  Follow us on Instagram  Federico Viticci John Voorhees 

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This week, Federico and John take the wraps off the official MacStories Unwind 2024 Apple Music Playlist, tease upcoming projects, and recommend a recent Apple TV+ show and a cozy videogame. This episode is sponsored by:  Kolide – It ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo now.  Links and Show Notes Unplugged Segment  John and Federico tease new projects coming to MacStories soon  If you feel safe in the area you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting. –  David Bowie     The Official MacStories Unwind 2024 Apple Music Playlist  Picks  John’s Pick:  Dark Matter on Apple TV+  Federico’s Pick:  Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age   Follow us on Mastodon  MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees  Follow us on Threads  MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees  Follow us on Instagram  MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees 

The MacStories Unwind 2024 Apple Music Playlist

This week, John updates listeners on his new 11" iPad Pro and Federico lights a fire, plus YouTube, app, and TV recommendations. Links and Show Notes  The 11" iPad Pro  Blowing fuses in power supplies  Picks  John’s Pick:  Retro Game Corps  Videos mentioned:  I’m Starting to Love the Legion Go Emulation on the Lenovo Legion Go Who is “Russ from Retro Game Corps”?    Federico’s Picks:   Moonlight Young Sheldon  CBS Apple TV app   Up Next:   Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door   Follow us on Mastodon  MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees  Follow us on Threads  MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees  Follow us on Instagram  MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees 

A Small Fire at 3AM

This week, Federico proposes an iPad Pro experiment and he and John both recommend Steam Early Access games, one of which is also on iOS. This episode is sponsored by:  Kolide – It ensures that if a device isn’t secure it can’t access your apps. It’s Device Trust for Okta. Watch the demo now.  Links and Show Notes Unplugged Segment  Taking Another Run at Podcasting on the iPad Pro  Revisiting this story from three years ago...   Podcasting on iPad Pro and Mac: A Streamlined Approach with the Sound Devices MixPre-3 II  ...and adding some Zoom magic based on Federico and Jason Snell's conversation this week on Upgrade  Upgrade 512, Pros Are the Little Boats    Picks  John’s Pick:  Peglin  On iOS On Steam  Also mentioned:  Razer Kishi Ultra   Federico’s Pick:  Hades II   Follow us on Mastodon  MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees  Follow us on Threads  MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees  Follow us on Instagram  MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees 

So, I Was Thinking About the iPad Pro...

This week, Federico and John discuss how Apple crushed it at its iPad event, and Federico lets loose in London. Links and Show Notes Crushing It  Apple's Crush! ad  Hugh Grant, Justine Bateman and More Slam Apple for iPad Pro ‘Crush’ Ad: ‘Truly, What Is Wrong With You?’  Apple’s New iPad Ad Leaves Its Creative Audience Feeling … Flat  Federico Lets Loose in London  MacStories' 'Let Loose' event coverage Photos from Federico's trip  With Myke on the Thames Apple's Battersea Station atrium John Ternus kicks off the event in London Federico and John Ternus Federico in the iPad hands-on area    Up Next  Dark Matter on Apple TV+  Follow us on Mastodon  MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees  Follow us on Threads  MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees  Follow us on Instagram  MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees 

Federico Visits Medium Ben

This week, we return to an animal kingdom to discuss invading fire ants, raccoons, and wild boar before recommending a Mario classic and Amazon's TV adaptation of the Fallout videogame series. Links and Show Notes  Ghost in the TV John Versus the Fire Ants   Red Imported Fire Ant in North Carolina  “Controlling Fire Ants, Pests That Seems to Always Be Present”  Image  Picks  Federico’s Pick:  Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door (GameCube version)  Original Trailer  Remake  Trailer       John’s Pick:  Fallout  Fallout 3 game Fallout 4 game      Follow us on Mastodon  MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees  Follow us on Threads  MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees  Follow us on Instagram  MacStories Federico Viticci John Voorhees 

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