We’re back, again. Sorry. Are we still friends? This week, we talk about Twitter, phones and games.
Show Notes:
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Episode 10: The Big Kahunas
Season 2, Episode 10. Yes, that is how we roll. We are back after an extended period to discuss the two big events that happened recently. E3, where we get over hyped for games that are never as good as presented and WWDC where..actually never mind, stuff there is usually pretty decent.
E3 press conferences:
Other E3 links:
WWDC:
- The Talk Show Live from WWDC 2016
- Brief Thoughts and Observations Regarding Today’s WWDC 2016 Keynote by John Gruber
- What is Differential Privacy? by Matthew Green
- WWDC 2016 Videos
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Episode 9: CryptoWars 2.0
In this week’s episode, we talk about a lot of culture and the trends in the music industry, Sadiq rants about broken PC games more than he probably should and we all revisit the world of dystopia with the Apple vs. FBI issue.
Things we talked about in the episode:
- Beyonce’s Formation video
- The Life of Pablo on Tidal
- NYTimes music writers on the Formation video
- Oh, Someone Fucked A PC Port Up Again (The Jimquisition)
- Broken PC ports like Tales of Symphonia are unacceptable
- Street Fighter V Review – Cammy or Scammy?
Apple vs. FBI:
- The court order in question (PDF)
- Apple’s Customer Letter
- Dan Guido on the issue – Apple can comply with the FBI court order
- Jonathan Zdziarski on the issue – tl;dr Apple’s technical capabilities under FBI AWA order
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Episode 6: Fedoras are back
In today’s episode we talk about the big three (Apple, Google, Microsoft), silicon lotteries, and Sadiq is way too hyped by a DJ Premier beat.
Links:
- The iPhones 6S
- Analyzing Apple’s Statement on TSMC and Samsung A9 SoCs
- Nexus 5X
- Nexus 6P
- Android 6.0 Marshmallow reviews – Ars Technica | Android Central
- #Windows10devices Microsoft Event
- Bryan Roper
- Why does Microsoft exist? An interview with CEO Satya Nadella
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Episode 5: Not A Hideo Kojima game
In today’s episode we talk about MGS5 and its fanservice, Cristian goes all fanboy over Taken King, and Sadiq actually read an entire iOS 9 review. We also roll our eyes at the silliness of ad block Twitter.
Links:
- The Quiet Conversation
- Destiny Review update 1: Destiny 2.0
- iMore’s iOS 9 review | MacStories’ iOS 9 review
- Marco Arment and ad block Twitter melodrama
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Episode 3: Loot Simulator 2015
This week on Two Shades of Brown: We talk about the video games in our lives and how video game music influences the gamer experience. Cristian goes off on a expected tangent about the Destiny skinner box and Sadiq fanboys over a game series he hasn’t actually played.
Links:
- Shadow of Mordor’s Nemesis system
- Planetside 2
- MGS LPs by Chip and Ironicus
- The Music of Halo and the fantastic MGS4 OST
- Gjallarhorn
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