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January 8, 2023 β€’ 64 mins

I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern.

Topics include:

  • What technology did Santa bring us in 2022?
  • Remembering dedicated sound cards
  • The loss of the headphone port on phones and tablets
  • The 486 CPU TURBO mode switch
  • Swapping through multiple floppy disks in games
  • Broken Sword 3 and the 3D engine
  • James’ Christmas Eve process or bringing out retro tech before the new stuff comes along
  • Tony still loves his ‘portable’ Steam Deck
  • Missing a Sony portable gaming device
  • Sony trying to rule the world with countless storage formats they created
  • 3D televisions and cinema and its failure
  • Modern VR and the Metaverse
  • Mastodon and its recent success
  • The hunt for alternative social media services
  • Movie and TV subscriptions services, we lost the leave cable / satellite dream
  • The joys of Plex

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Original post link: Game & Gadget Podcast #24 – The Death of 3D, Mastodon Rise, Joys of Plex and More…, created by James Woodcock.
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