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- #58 Are Oreos Getting Smaller?
A myriad of topics for this episode including games, Amazon Echo and Oreos? We also talk about the recent passing of Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington.
Topics- More Crash Bandicoot! Listen to our previous episode for more
- Jamie got a PS4 and got far too many games
- Remembering Chester Bennington and Linkin Park’s impact on our younger years
- Remember Limewire? Unbelievably, you can still download it
- Dave got an Amazon Echo; it doesn’t make for good radio
Image via BBC News / Getty Images
36 min - #57 Pip Off!!
We’re all back on the saddles again and chewing the fat on Dave’s misfortunes, the new Crash Bandicoot that Ben’s been playing, and a brief look into how close Jamie is to buying a PS4 this very second.
Show links- Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy - Trailer
- Sonic Mania Announcement Trailer
- Burnout Paradise Trailer (For the nostalgia)
- Quick link to preowned PS4 consoles on game.co.uk
32 min - #56 God damn the shells
While Jamie isn’t looking Dave and Ben chat about React again :unamused:, and how Dave is getting on within the Simpleweb team. We also talk about Ben’s new Nintendo Switch, and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. Show links below.
Show links- Simpleweb
- React native
- Styled-components
- Cool Details in Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- Battlegrounds gameplay from Beaglerush
- Battlegrounds gameplay from Jackfrags
38 min - #55 Bonjuuuuuurrrrrrrnooooo
We’re just chewing the fat this week. Dave has some news, we have a little game talk as well as some Mac talk. To tail it off we talk about plans for the podcast itself.
Show links- A write up of the Hacknight Ben and Dave attended by Simpleweb
- An article explaining the direction the next Mac Pro
- A NeoGAF thread of amazing screenshots from Horizon: Zero Dawn
- Credit for the feature image
42 min - #54 Ambient Trumpets
This week we’re talking about soothing our ears, and hopefully sooth yours in the process. We discuss the types of things we listen to to help us focus and relax, as well the things that hinder us. We also mention a few tools that we’d like to try out and maybe report back with. Links below.
Show links- noisli.com
- asoftmurmur.com
- Monstercat Podcast
- Jurassic Park Theme but 1000% Slower
- For additional reading you might want to check out this article on ambient audio tools by Mint Digital
33 min - #53 Rockstar Butt Branding
We’re back behind the mics instead of the controller this week, but that doesn’t me we haven’t got games on our mind! We somewhat rapidly run through the games we’re excited about in 2017 and beyond.
Topics- We talk about how the Nintendo Switch looks & works, and discuss the problems we see with it
- Project Cars 2 is on the horizon, or is it Forza on the horizon? Wait, Drive Club: Revenge? Dave is confused
- Ben tells us what he thought of The Last Guardian
- A brief chat about another zombie survival game, Days Gone
- We’re inderest what Insomniac can do with the Marvel hero Spiderman
- Jamie and Ben are excited about the Crash Bandicoot remaster, ‘N.Sane Trilogy’
- Death Stranding is another game Ben is very interested by, but doesn’t want to spoil
- God of War is back, but with new company that reminds us of The Last of Us…
- Speaking of which, Last of Us 2 is coming. But where does it start from?
- Dave talks about Ghost Recon: Wildlands, and how bigger might not actually be better for a game
- Red Dead Redemption 2 is another open world game that’s in our sights
44 min - #52 From Vice City
We decided to make another video episode! However it’s not us on camera, it’s Tommy Vercetti in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. We go down memory lane with Dave’s old PlayStation 2 to enjoy one of our all time favourites.
Here’s a link to watch the video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCN-VvqBGJk
2 min - #51 Trumping sounds
We welcome in the year with funny stories, things we wish were stories and Lego Dimensions
Topics- Ben and Jamie share a couple of stories from their past
- He who shall not be named, linked to or referenced in any way
- Brief mention of Colin Furze, who created a huge AT-ACT replica from Rogue One
- Ben talks about how much he’s enjoying Lego Dimensions, check out the trailer
46 min - #50 Bloody Tepid
Dave and Ben endulge in some development topics while Jamie isn’t looking
News- No Man’s Sky update, checkout the trailer for it
Topics- The new Bit Podcast website, look how new and shiny it is
- We used Dave’s boilerplate theme Alembic for Jekyll to build it
- Do you even React? You might want to check out some demos on CodePen
- Desktop/Push Notifications, maybe you’d like to check out the web notifications API
43 min - #49 Coming to you live...
In this episode we’ve gone all tech review as we take a look at the new device offerings on the market, as well as a highly anticipated game:
Topics- Thoughts on the new MacBook Pro
- What we think of the new Microsoft desktop, the Surface Studio
- Finally, Rockstar has dropped some big news in the form of Red Dead Redemption 2
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Bit Podcast is an ongoing series about games, design & development from the mouths of @DavidDarnes, @BenjaminReid and @JimboDoPhoto.