For The Podcast

We’re back discussing two early game of the year contenders and smelly TVs.

Follow-up

Jason’s AirPods (again).

AIAIAI – Kickstarter

Beats Solo3

Horizon: Zero Dawn

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

BotW Physics – videogamedunkey [YouTube]

BotW Performance dock vs undocked- [Polygon]

Thoughts on Nintendo Switch

Hardware problems [Polygon]

Wrist strap attachment getting stuck [Polygon]

Left Joy-Con de-syncing [Polygon]

Blaster Master Zero [Metacritic]

The next Xbox (Scorpio)

PS4 4.50 Firmware Out

New 65″ 4K HDR TVs:

Mike’s TV – Hisense 65H8C

Jason’s TV – Samsung KS8000

Jason’s question: Is there a price where you will not get the highest-end iPhone and if so, what is that price?

Three weeks in a row!

Follow-up

Jason’s AirPod impressions

Sugru mod

Will’s Nintendo Switch impressions

Price

Console or handheld

1-2 Switch = Warioware?

Third party developer support

Ranking America’s Fast-Food Chicken Nuggets

MG Siegler’s The Voice

Nintendo held an event to reveal more details about its upcoming Switch console, so we had to do a special FTP episode: Nintendo Switch edition!

Console details

What’s included, release date, price

Should they have hit the $249 price point?

Is it more of a console or a handheld?

Aside: Overcooked

Paid online service that includes a free NES/SNES game (Update: … with a catch)

Play styles: console, tabletop, handheld

Battery life

Aside: Mike and Jason preorder their Switches

Social media sharing

IR sensor

HD rumble

Game details

1-2 Switch, ARMS, Aside: Terrible translators, Splatoon 2, Super Mario Odyssey, Third party developer games

Should game ports incorporate Switch-specific functionality?

Quality of graphics

Third party support

Apple as a possible competitor

Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Will there be a point when graphics don’t matter?

Nintendo Switch accessory pricing

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Battle Course 2

New year, new episode! See you next year!

Jason gets engaged!

Will and Jason’s Hawaii getaway

Video Games

Final Fantasy XV

A Final Fantasy for newcomers

Bros on a road trip

Why the food in Final Fantasy XV is so damn realistic

Titanfall 2 and Forza Horizon 3

Super Mario Run

Rainbow Six Siege

Doom

Apple AirPods

Mike temporarily loses an AirPod

Mike’s impressions

Earbud tips vs. no tips

Voice Assistants

Amazon Echo vs. Google Home

The difference between Google Assistant and Siri

We’re back! But for how long…

Nintendo Switch

What we know so far

Is it more of a console or portable?

Price predictions

Microsoft’s Surface Keynote

Surface Studio

Is Microsoft the new choice for creatives?

Apple

New “TV” app on Apple TV

New MacBook Pros (finally)

Using multiple chargers does NOT make the new MacBook Pro charge any faster

Touch Bar

Optimus keyboard

Increased prices

Our purchase plans

Apple’s collaboration with LG 5K display

Magic Keyboard with Touch Bar?

Right on schedule (based on our predictions, at least):

Follow-up

PlayStation VR bundles available for preorder

tested.com

Virtual shooting range

Sony working on PlayStation 4.5

Nintendo’s strategy with Nintendo DS and 3DS

Implications for Nintendo NX

Amazon Echo only streams data after keyword is spoken

M.G. Siegler on Alex

How AI will shape the future

FBI requests postponement of iPhone hearing

Google puts Boston Dynamics up for sale

Atlas, The Next Generation

Drawful 2 and Jackbox Party Pack 3 coming this year

Apple’s Spring 2016 Event

Apple Watch “Spring Collection” bands

Watch impressions revisited

iPhone SE

Mike’s case for dual phones

9.7″ iPad Pro

Apple’s storage games

Mark Gurman on pricing of iPad Air 2 vs. iPad Mini 4

Arnab is back talking politics, video games, and Donald Trump’s hands:

Politics (sorta)

Follow-up

Amazon reverses course and adds encryption back to Fire tablets

First Duck Tales image released

Jason has no idea how the Supreme Court works

Apple vs. FBI

Video Games

The Division

PlayStation VR launching in October for $399

Google DeepMind Challenge

The Sadness and Beauty of Watching Google’s AI Play ‘Go’

Apple iPhone SE event

Waterproof vs. battery life

iPhone water test

Sorry for the delay, but we have two episodes!

Amazon announces Echo Dot and Amazon Tap

Amazon removes encryption from its Fire tablets

Implications for always-on Echo devices

VR is coming!

HTC Vive vs. Oculus

The upgradable Xbox One

Backwards compatibility

PlayStation beta firmware

No Man’s Sky has a release date

Let’s learn an alien language!

Batman v. Superman

First Ghostbusters trailer

Fuller House

On this episode, Jason talks a lot (as usual). Also, we return to the more traditional podcast format:

Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes

TV Remakes

X-Files

Fuller House

For The Podcast’s lost and “special” episodes

Virtual Reality is almost here!

Mike’s Oculus preorder

Oculus vs. Samsung Gear VR vs. HTC Vive and Playstation VR

Jason tries out Android (again)

Nexus 6P and Android impressions

Third-party keyboards and security concerns

Jason’s home bar

Will’s tips on bar essentials

Studio Neat’s Simple Syrup Kit

How (not) to make an Old Fashioned

Apple vs. FBI

Jason chats with his former law school classmate, Arnab, to discuss Making a Murderer, Apple’s stance on encryption, the unexpected passing of Justice Scalia, and some politics. So pretty much just like any other FTP episode.