We're finally calling time on the wild, wild ITSBUP ride! Not a hiatus, not a break, we're happily pulling the brakes and turning the engine off! Thanks to everyone for listening over the last few years and too-few episodes for how long we've been at it - it's been great fun and we're happy to be stopping on purpose, however much we'll miss waffling on. Now we'll just waffle on to each other in private. To say goodbye, we hit the classics - a slightly-old comicbook movie, some random tech talk and signing off on the patron saint of the podcast! Thanks a lot, see you later.

Stay in touch with us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview

Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP
Pick up something nice for yourself at www.kirokuclothing.co.uk
Listen to some pretty good music at www.benjionelung.com
Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme!

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IN THIS EPISODE:
01:00 Down with the sickness - covid and not covid?
10:00 It's the finale!
20:30 Farewell Elon, you magnificent bastard
29:30 The Batman is good good good
43:00 Tom's living the Mac life
49:30 The End

Some things we talk about in this episode:

Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter: https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2022/04/17/twitter-takeover-musk-dorsey-board-tweets/
The Batman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqqft2x_Aa4
M1 Max Mac Studio - A Day in the Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NM4JT7giDk

Never fear, despite one half of the podcast having spent the last few weeks having poo squirted all over him at all hours, we ain't dead! We'll be back to new episodes soon, but for now, settle into 2022 by reliving some of the best bits of ITSBUP 2021!

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Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP
Pick up something nice for yourself at www.kirokuclothing.co.uk
Listen to some pretty good music at www.benjionelung.com
Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme!

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What makes a 'special' edition? Talking for almost an hour about having babies or not having babies? Maybe! There are big changes on the horizon for ITSBUP (except we're not pivoting to a parenting podcast), after a long old road to get here! If you're thinking "yuck, babies, where's that sweet sweet ITSBUP content I've come to enjoy?", well then listen to like, the first twenty minutes of this episode, or stick around until the next episode when things go back to totally normal!

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Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview - [email protected]

Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP
Pick up something nice for yourself at www.kirokuclothing.co.uk
Listen to some pretty good music at www.benjionelung.com
Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme!

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IN THIS EPISODE:

01:00 Tom is trying to keep abreast of Apple
03:00 Ben doesn't have covid
08:00 Noclip documentaries are pretty amazing
16:40 Ben's recruiting new team members
20:00 Kid delays but not dismays
23:00 Girls not being told what they need to be told and you know what, women's healthcare in general
31:00 Where's that test tube?
44:00 Dealing with loss
51:30 Parent Podcast Pivot
56:00 Dat DINK life

Some things we talk about in this episode:

iPad Mini Looks AMAZING (Tom looks less-so): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0I9rTbUru8
Noclip Videogame Documentaries: https://www.youtube.com/c/NoclipVideo
Taking Charge Of Your Fertility: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Taking-Charge-Your-Fertility-Reproductive/dp/0091887585
MIST: https://twitter.com/MISTWorkshops

Ben's stuck in isolation and Tom shows an appropriate level of sympathy, while talking about gravel catalogues and how cooling a PC is a bit like having a greenhouse. Also actual interesting things about Shang Chi, Ratchet & Clank, and how we're both absolutely head over heels with Hades. All good stuff!

If you enjoy this episode, leave a comment, share it with someone who you think shares your excellent taste and if you leave us a review (you can do it right now, in your podcast app), we'll love you forever!

Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview - [email protected]

Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP
Pick up something nice for yourself at www.kirokuclothing.co.uk
Listen to some pretty good music at www.benjionelung.com
Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme!

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IN THIS EPISODE:

02:00 The Covid Curse
03:40 We're at the point of gavel catalogues
08:00 Ain't time funny
17:30 Internal Tech Emails
22:10 Prolific
27:00 Tom's PC need to chill out
31:00 Shang Chi
37:00 What If...?
41:40 Ratch & Clank Rift Apart
45:20 Clusterduck
47:40 Hades

Some things we talk about in this episode:

Internal Tech Emails: http://www.twitter.com/techemails
What If? THE BOOK!: https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-If-Scientific-Hypothetical-Questions/dp/1848549563
What If...? THE SHOW!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9D0uUKJ5KI
Prolific: http://prolific.co
Shang Chi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YjFbMbfXaQ
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55PRv_e00wc
Clusterduck: https://pikpok.com/games/clusterduck/
Hades:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91t0ha9x0AE

Neither of us can quite believe that we've made it to fifty episodes of our little old podcast! We're not sure when it transitioned from being something we do just because we fancy it to something that people actually enjoy listening to, but thanks to everyone who's listening, you all have a special place in our hearts.
To celebrate our fiftieth episode, Ben goes on a rant about one restaurant, Tom revels in Byte Review success, and we both have feelings about The Suicide Squad!

If you enjoy this episode, leave a comment, share it with someone who you think shares your excellent taste and if you leave us a review (you can do it right now, in your podcast app), we'll love you forever!

Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview - [email protected]

Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP
Pick up something nice for yourself at www.kirokuclothing.co.uk
Listen to some pretty good music at www.benjionelung.com
Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme!

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IN THIS EPISODE:

02:00 Fifty whole episodes!
06:00 The absolute worst restaurant experience Ben has had in years
27:30 Byte Review Lightroom presets, here to give you that sweet BR vibe
36:00 Ben is an old man with old man Pixel 5 complaints
44:00 Skype is... still a thing?
46:30 The Suicide Squad gave us all sorts of feelings

Some things we talk about in this episode:

Byte Review Lightroom Preset Pack: https://kirokuclothing.co.uk/shop/byte-review-preset-pack/
Byte Review Wallpaper Pack: https://kirokuclothing.co.uk/shop/byte-review-x-kiroku-wallpaper/
The Suicide Squad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg5ciqQzmK0

Ok, so there's a bit of Marvel content to talk about this time, and that's all excellent and all, but there's other stuff too! I mean, for example, do you want to know why Ben couldn't talk properly for a bit? It's semi gross! Do you want to know what Tom looks like while sweating over a new PC build? Yeah? Then step right up baby!

It's the last episode before episode 50 too! We're not sure what we'll do to celebrate, but if there's something interesting you want us to uninterestingly talk about, then now's the time to send it our way - we'll probably read it out!

If you enjoy this episode, leave a comment, share it with someone who you think shares your excellent taste and if you leave us a review (you can do it right now, in your podcast app), we'll love you forever!

Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview - [email protected]

Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP
Pick up something nice for yourself at www.kirokuclothing.co.uk
Listen to some pretty good music at www.benjionelung.com
Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme!

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Direct Download: http://itsbup.libsyn.com

IN THIS EPISODE:

00:50 Baking our arses off
04:00 We've finally defeated COVID-19
11:30 Ben's cyst, so hard to say goodbye
20:40 The Loki finale, enjoyable for non-nerds?
34:00 Black Widow gets a lot right
45:20 Tom gets naked to build a PC
55:00 How Did This Get Played?

Some things we talk about in this episode:

Together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5bddCfXXlI
Black Widow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp9pNPdNwjI
Tom Builds A PC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0GwHHFgmCI
How Did This Get Played?: https://twitter.com/getplayedpod

It seems that we're both heavily sold on Microsoft Flight Simulator, and will henceforth be recording the podcast from a life-sized mock-up cockpit. In-flight meals and all. As long as we can carry on watching Loki, listening to the 20-year-old Take Off Your Pants And Jacket, and rewatching Bo Burnham's Inside special. Then it'll all be 100% fine!

In this episode we talk about approaching episode 50 - get in touch with any questions you want us to answer, or to be fair, any old comments you want two people to look at and maybe read out on a modestly successful podcast!

If you enjoy this episode, leave a comment, share it with someone who you think shares your excellent taste and if you leave us a review (you can do it right now, in your podcast app), we'll love you forever!

Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview - [email protected]

Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP
Pick up something nice for yourself at www.kirokuclothing.co.uk
Listen to some pretty good music at www.benjionelung.com
Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme!

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Direct Download: http://itsbup.libsyn.com

IN THIS EPISODE:

02:00 Classic middle-aged bants
05:00 Microsoft at E3 and Microsoft Flight Simulator
11:00 Tom's disappointing PS5
19:00 Loki off to a strong start
31:00 Take Off Your Pants And Jacket is full-on twenty years old!
46:00 Bo Burnham's Inside is weird and brilliant and you should probably try it

Some things we talk about in this episode:

Xbox and Bethesda E3 Showcase in 7 Minutes - E3 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Myt60gWDtGw
Microsoft Flight Simulator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYqJALPVn0Y
Loki: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW948Va-l10
Take Off Your Pants And Jacket: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_hzK4DkNSI&list=OLAK5uy_nJ0Ei8vGJNbOm_YA26V5dOT6z3sJdX7Dc
Bo Burnham: Inside: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs-GdcUfl0Q

Yes yes, we had a slight audio issue recording this episode, but nothing major - please send us comments to point it out so that we might learn in penance for next time. But if you can get past that, we hope you're ready for some extreme news about wallpapers, a blistering section on mid-90s novels, and a whip-crack review of a camera! While we both try and keep our hands off each other in the first in-person recording for a while!

If you enjoy this episode, leave a comment, share it with someone who you think shares your excellent taste and if you leave us a review (you can do it right now, in your podcast app), we'll love you forever!

Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview - [email protected]

Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP
Pick up something nice for yourself at www.kirokuclothing.co.uk
Listen to some pretty good music at www.benjionelung.com
Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme!

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Apple Podcasts: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX
Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3c9jSuj
Subscribe on Youtube: https://bit.ly/2L4FSuE
Direct Download: http://itsbup.libsyn.com

IN THIS EPISODE:

02:00 Rollerrinking, covid catchup and taking holidays
10:30 Wallpapers are much more interesting than you think
18:00 Those filthy bloody pirates
26:50 All The Pretty Horses is pretty rocking
34:50 Tom finally achieves a Fuji X100v
48:30 This Way Up, please
53:00 Tom's Invincible final thoughts and should we be more into anime?

Some things we talk about in this episode:

Byte Review x Kiroku wallpaper pack: https://kirokuclothing.co.uk/shop/byte-review-x-kiroku-wallpaper/
All The Pretty Horses: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/All-Pretty-Horses-Border-Trilogy/dp/0330510932
This Way Up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw2mcCLjUb8
Tom's original tast of the Fuji X100v: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gac5vcDBpjc

We had a short break, but there's no getting rid of us! More interesting things than you could ever shake a stick at - Weezer hit a double-whammy, some Joshes go head-to-head, Tom's defected browsers and Ben's got a new project he'd quite like you to look at!

If you enjoy this episode, leave a comment, share it with someone who you think shares your excellent taste and if you leave us a review (you can do it right now, in your podcast app), we'll love you forever!

Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview - [email protected]

Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP
Pick up something nice for yourself at www.kirokuclothing.co.uk
Listen to some pretty good music at www.benjionelung.com
Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme!

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2W4AIoA
Apple Podcasts: https://goo.gl/Y3JPBX
Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3c9jSuj
Subscribe on Youtube: https://bit.ly/2L4FSuE
Direct Download: http://itsbup.libsyn.com

IN THIS EPISODE:

02:00 Where have we been?
05:00 Van Weezer and paying for online 'live' concerts
13:40 Twitter's tip jar
20:00 The Great Josh Fight
22:30 Humans Do Shit
25:00 Confession Of The Idiots
28:10 Chrome vs Safari
36:30 Invincible
42:30 Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic
47:40 The Infinte Album Rack

Some things we talk about in this episode:

Van Weezer: https://weezer.com/
Coheed & Cambria & NASA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMKicFRgHfs
The Great Josh Fight 2021: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/26/us/josh-fight-nebraska.html
Twitter's Tip Jar: https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/product/2021/introducing-tip-jar.html
The Bens: https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-bens-ep/193851152
Humans Do Shit: https://twitter.com/alphahumanz
Confessions Of The Idiots with Sam Neill: https://podtail.com/en/podcast/confessions-of-the-idiots/episode-twenty-three-sam-neill/
Chrome Is Bad: https://chromeisbad.com/
Invincible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bfAVpuko5o
Louis Theroux: Shooting Joe Exotic: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000tzg6/louis-theroux-shooting-joe-exotic
The Infinite Album Rack: bit.ly/theinfinitealbumrack

You wouldn't think that watching a lizard beat the monkey for a bit could be so much fun, but there we are! A bit of Godzilla vs Kong reviewing, some marvelling at the nippy Xbox Series S, and getting confused by a Japanese biker. Also, we descend into our thirties with actual talk about what's for dinner.

If you enjoy this episode, leave a comment, share it with someone who you think shares your excellent taste and if you leave us a review (you can do it right now, in your podcast app), we'll love you forever!

Fling messages at us online: Ben @benjionelung - Tom @bytereview - [email protected]

Be sure to check out Tom's really rather good tech review channel: https://bit.ly/2K232SP
Pick up something nice for yourself at www.kirokuclothing.co.uk
Listen to some pretty good music at www.benjionelung.com
Thanks as always to Tony Thaxton for our theme!

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Subscribe on Youtube: https://bit.ly/2L4FSuE
Direct Download: http://itsbup.libsyn.com

IN THIS EPISODE:

01:30 Let's called them 'shaved', and Pocky Report
07:30 A very lovely Japanese lady
15:40 Dishoom breakfast upgrade
19:50 How often will Tom cancel Hello Fresh?
24:00 Deliciously Ella, queen of Sainsbury's
28:00 Xbox Series S - all about that framerate
38:00 Godzilla vs Kong is exactly what it should be (no spoilers)
44:00 Spoilery Godzilla vs Kong action

Some things we talk about in this episode:
Face editing: Japanese biker tricks internet into thinking he is a young woman: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-56447357
Dishoom: https://www.dishoom.com/
Deliciously Ella Quick & Easy: https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Deliciously-Ella-Quick-Easy-Deliciousness/dp/1473639247/
Xbox Series S: https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/consoles/xbox-series-s
Godzilla vs. Kong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odM92ap8_c0