Diversion

This week the guys discuss Book of Boba Fett episodes 3 & 4, Eternals, and Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard.

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Book of Boba Fett

Eternals

Microsoft Buys Activision Blizzard

Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal has deeper implications for video games than you think | Rock Paper Shotgun

Netflix could be Activision's Plan B | Reuters

Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard, Notes on the Acquisition, An Interview With Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

This week the guys discuss the cool gifts they got, the James Webb Telescope, Book of Boba Fett, and Matrix Resurrections.

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Follow-up:

Ryan's Analogue Pocket ETA

Holiday Gifts

Ghostbusters Ecto 1

Ghostbusters Action Figure

National Lampoons Xmas Vacation Jigsaw Puzzle, 300 Pieces

Seinfeld 21328 | Ideas

James Webb Telescope

Comparison: Webb vs Hubble Telescope - Webb/NASA

Where Is Webb? NASA/Webb

Matrix Resurrections

Book of Boba Fett

With Ryan back from assignment the guys talk about the Analogue Pocket, The Matrix, and finally Ghostbusters: Afterlife

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Follow-up:

Adam's Resin Printer Woes*

Elegoo Mercury

WaterRower

Mr. Big Peloton

Analogue Pocket

Analogue Pocket review: Game Boy games have never looked so good - The Verge

Analogue Pocket Review - IGN

Analogue Pocket - The Definitive Handheld Retro Gaming System? / MY LIFE IN GAMING

The Matrix Awakens didn't blow my mind, but it convinced me next-gen gaming is nigh - The Verge

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

This week, with Ryan on assignment, Adam and Ryan discuss the Steam Deck packaging, Battlefield, Halo, & Call of Duty. Plus Ryan and Adam go deep and roast current gaming industry trends.

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Valve shows off Steam Deck's case and final packaging

Halo artist's new studio is making story content for Battlefield 2042

Ranking the Battlefield Campaigns

Call Of Duty: Warzone developers stage walkout following QA layoffs

We're back! This week we talk about upcoming video game movies, Apple v Epic, and Facebooks Meta strategy.

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Movies

Mario Movie

Uncharted Movie

Apple v Epic

Apple Judge Skeptical About Putting App Store Change on Hold

Apple Can't Delay App Store December Deadline as Epic Legal Battle Continues

Peloton Expands in Strength Training With Camera-Equipped TV Box

Meta

An Update On Our Use of Face Recognition | Meta

Meta is retiring the Oculus brand

Microsoft Teams meetings are coming to Meta's Workplace

This week we discuss Apple v Epic, Cars, and the new Venom 2 trailer.

Shownotes: diversion.fmFollow us: @diversion_fmMedia Club Topic: The Neverending Story

Follow-up: Apple v Epic

Zoom gained access to private iPad camera API

Blog - Does Apple News Track You?

Apple hires former Facebook advertising exec to bolster its own ads platform

Car Corner

Ford prototype headlights could increase driving safety

Subaru EV Will Be Called Solterra, Arrives in 2022

Tesla privately admits Elon Musk has been exaggerating about ‘full self-driving’

Levels of driving automation

Vizio makes nearly as much money from ads and data as it does from TVs

Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

Games

HTC have just announced two new Vive VR headsets

Even Super Mario 64 has ray tracing now

Artist's Rendering Of Super Mario Human Toad Is Nightmare Fuel

Media Club:

The Neverending Story

Finally, we're back! We discuss Apple v Epic, Mortal Kombat, and the end of Falcon and The Winter Soldier.

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Ingenuity

Meet the first all-civilian crew about to orbit Earth in SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule

The Instagram ads Facebook won't show you

Apple v Epic

Apple and Epic go head-to-head in fiery opening remarks of highly-anticipated trial

Epic deposition reveals Eddy Cue pushed to bring iMessage to Android in 2013, but was overruled

Scott Forstall deposition in Epic vs Apple case focuses on early days of the iPhone and App Store

Apple tried to help Adobe bring Flash to iOS, but the results were 'embarrassing'

Microsoft explored reducing its Xbox store cut to shake up console gaming

New emails show Steve Jobs referred to Facebook as 'Fecebook' amid App Store conflict

Emails show Apple's internal debate over showing ads in the App Store

Blog - Epic v. Apple, Day 1

Epic Games spent nearly $12 million giving away free games in their first nine months

Walmart's unannounced cloud gaming service leaked in Epic vs Apple trial

This week Ryan gets mad at Spectrum. We discuss 5G to the home, the end of Harmony, and GMO mosquitos. Then we close out the show with more Falcon & the Winter Soldier plus the Eternals!

Shownotes: diversion.fmFollow us: @diversion_fmMedia Club Topic: Eternals by Neil Gaiman

 

Follow-up:

FCC launches official speed test app for broadband data collection program

NASA helicopter

5G to The Home

T-Mobile officially debuts 5G home internet with no data cap or contract from $60/month

Verizon 5G Home Internet now available in 30 cities with average speeds of 300 Mbps

Logitech discontinues its popular universal Harmony remotes

First GMO Mosquitoes to Be Released In the Florida Keys

Falcon & the Winter Soldier

Jon Walker

Media Club:

Eternals by Neil Gaiman

This week we discuss Best Buy's Beta program, Oddworld: Soulstorm, Among Us, and more EV news. Then we dig into the third episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier!

Shownotes: diversion.fmFollow us: @diversion_fmMedia Club Topic: Eternals by Neil Gaiman

 

Follow-up:

Apple requests documents from Facebook for Epic's case

Best Buy's new Beta program promises concierge tech support for $200 a year

Best Buy Corporate Blog

Best Buy Membership

Amazon Day 1 Editions

Soulstorm

Oddworld

The First 17 Minutes of Oddworld: Soulstorm

Among Us

Electric Car Corner

GMC's newly-unveiled Hummer EV SUV is 830HP of electric 'supertruck'

Is Rivian Better Than Tesla? US, Canada Charging Map Shows Its Big Plan

Falcon and the Winter soldier

Media Club:

Eternals by Neil Gaiman

This week we discuss the latest Switch Rumors, Intel heading in the right direction, and why AT&T hates their customers. Then we dig into the first two episodes of Falcon and the Winter Soldier!

Shownotes: diversion.fmFollow us: @diversion_fmMedia Club Topic: Eternals by Neil Gaiman

Followup:

Nintendo to Use Faster Nvidia Chips in New 2021 Switch Model

NVIDIA DLSS 2.0: A Big Leap In AI Rendering

Razer continues to make the mask

Razer Chroma™ Nanotech - Chroma Hair Dye

Razer bringing a straw

Facehugger Chopsticks

Intel Has Their “Think Different” Moment

Intel Unleashed, Gelsinger on Intel, IDM 2.0 – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

Intel to build ARM chips for other companies as part of its new business strategy

AT&T Lobbies against nationwide fiber

Describe your broadband, asks FCC, no longer trusting ISPs - 9to5Mac

This Microsoft Flight Simulator mod adds the Ever Given in the Suez Canal

Ever Given GPS Route