Luc-Olivier lists some things he's keeping an eye on in 2025.

Programming note: Starting with the release of this episode, the show will be going on hiatus until the release of episode 244 on March 9th.

• Québec suspend le programme Roulez vert à compter du 1er février 2025 | Radio-Canada
• Switch 2 Motherboard Leaked... And There Are Questions About Performance – YouTube
• Switch 2 leak teases Hall-effect sticks, 4K dock, and official name | Polygon
• Nintendo Switch 2 leaks are everywhere right now. Here’s why | Polygon
• Dunkey's video, The Future of AAA, which features a montage of Switch 2 rumors
• Actually Simple Syndication
• Point-Free
• GitHub - pointfreeco/swift-composable-architecture: A library for building applications in a consistent and understandable way, with composition, testing, and ergonomics in mind.

Yanik and Luc-Olivier share their picks for their favorite games they played in 2024.

Programming note: With the release of this episode, Limitless Possibility will enter a holiday hiatus and return with episode 243 on January 12th. Following that episode, we will enter an extended winter hiatus until episode 244 on March 9th.

• FU: World's First Apple Pay Alternative for iPhone Launches in Norway - MacRumors
• Yanik's honorable mentions:
  • The whole Diablo series
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered
  • Battlefield 2042
  • Destiny 2: The Final Shape
  • Combat Master
  • Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere
  • Graze Counter GM
  • Metroid Prime Remastered
  • "Not actually a video game" of the year: Blade Rondo
  • Disappointment of the year: Forza Horizon 4: Lego Speed Champions
• Luc-Olivier's pledge list
• Games Luc-Olivier actually played in 2024:
  • Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition
    • Review: Hori's HoriPad Ultimate for Apple TV + iOS doubles Nimbus's battery life, improves ergonomics - 9to5Mac
    • Since 9to5Mac's article no longer have images of it, here's two from Luc-Olivier: 1 and 2
  • The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures
  • Whiteout Survival
• Games in Yanik's top 4:
  • #4: Tourist Trophy
  • Yanik's Tourist Trophy video
  • #3: EZ2ON Reboot R
  • The haute42 mini controller Yanik uses to play EZ2ON 4K
  • #2: Balatro
  • Yanik's #1
• The backlog bingo video
• Yanik's 2024 backlog bingo board
• Yanik's 2025 backlog bingo board

Luc-Olivier shares his thoughts on managing motivation for your hobbies.

• FU: Luc-Olivier's Fall Exhibit
• FU: Porsche Still Has No Imminent Plans to Launch Next-Generation CarPlay Despite 2023 Preview - MacRumors
• FU: Expensive Point and Shoot - YouTube
• FU: Xbox Wire: This Is an Xbox
• FU: IGN: Microsoft Confirms Plans to Release an Xbox Handheld, but It's Years Away
• FU: Bloomberg: Sony Working on Handheld Console for PS5 Games to Rival Switch
• FU: Dusty Cloud.org: How decentralized is Bluesky really?
• FU: WhiteWind: Reply on Bluesky and Decentralization
• FU: Yanik on Bluesky

Yanik plays some Call of Duty and explores the community's aversion to skill-based matchmaking.

• FU: Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp Complete Gets December 2 Release Date - MacRumors
• FU: Nintendo says the Switch successor will be compatible with Switch games - The Verge
• Spawek: SpawELO: Matchmaking system for LAN parties, explains the basics of an ELO-based skill rating system
• Arxiv: EOMM: An Engagement Optimized Matchmaking Framework
• Activision Research: Call of Duty Matchmaking Intel: White Paper #2 Details

Luc-Olivier takes his yearly look at features available to apps moving to an iOS 17 deployment target.

• FU: YouTube/X.Org Foundation: XDC 2024 | AAA!! She's a witch! - Alyssa Rosenzweig
• FU: Mastodon toot showing the Steam release of Tomb Raider 2013 running on a OnePlus 6T
• UIKit updates | Apple Developer Documentation
• SwiftUI updates | Apple Developer Documentation
• SwiftData | Apple Developer Documentation
• TipKit | Apple Developer Documentation

Yanik brings not one, but three topics to the table this week in a Linux grab bag episode.

• Easy CI runner provisioning with Fedora coreOS
  • Fedora coreOS
  • Bitbucket Support: Set up runners for Linux Docker
  • HN comment thread on disabling SELinux
• Linux on the smartphone with postmarketOS
  • postmarketOS
  • Supported devices and their compatibility matrices
  • postmarketOS Wiki: Motorola Moto G4 Play (motorola-harpia)
  • The Pixel 3a camera toot
• More reliable container SBOMs with Wolfi
  • Chainguard Academy: Wolfi Overview
  • GitHub/chainguard-dev: melange
  • GitHub/chainguard-dev: apko

Luc-Olivier gives another update on the state of the North American electric car market and Quebec's purchase incentives.

• FU: DF Weekly: the Switch 2 hardware leak is almost certainly real - so what have we learned? | Eurogamer.net
• FU: Luc-Olivier's Fall Exhibit
• Rivian’s R1 vehicles are getting a gut overhaul — here’s what’s new - The Verge
• EV startup Fisker files for bankruptcy, aims to sell assets | Reuters
• This is the Worst Car I've Ever Reviewed – YouTube
• North American Charging System - Wikipedia
• Are Electric Cars Dead? – YouTube
• About the Roulez vert Program | Gouvernement du Québec

Yanik talks about Swan Song after 100 episodes and what he's learned after years of running a YouTube channel.

• Inspirations:
  • Chrontendo
  • Jeremy Parish
• Contemporaries:
  • Famidaily
  • The PlayStation Experiment
• Wikipedia: Net Yaroze
• Wikipedia: Linux for PlayStation 2
• Mentioned episodes:
  • 095: Digital Partner
  • Looking Back at the First 100 WonderSwan Games
• YouTube/Regular Eyepatch Wolf: Super Eyepatch Wolf and the Future
• Personality-led channels:
  • Joe Collins
  • pattheflip

Luc-Olivier conducts the Nintendo Switch's exit interview.

• 任天堂株式会社（企業広報・IR）/ X
• IR Information : Sales Data - Dedicated Video Game Sales Units
• Wikipedia: Macintosh Portable
• YouTube/Digital Foundry: Best Graphics on Nintendo Switch: The 'Impossible Ports' Third Party Collection!
• YouTube/VK's Channel: How to Fix Your Joycon Drift Permanently
• Gulikit Replacement Hall Effect Joy-Con
• Swan Song: The WonderSwan 25th Anniversary Special for more on Nintendo's design philosophy
• r-ch.net: Designing for focus levels, Yanik's article on why handheld game design should be treated differently from console game design

Yanik talks about how he spent his summer infiltrating the firmware team at work.

• FU: Luc-Olivier's Instagram page
• FU: Luc-Olivier's Glass page
• FU: Internet Archive: GT Academy 2015 National Finals - US
• FU: Polygon: Has Nintendo just figured out how to shut down a live game in a good way?
• FU: IGN: Long-Awaited Yuri On Ice Movie Has Officially Been Canceled
• FU: Epic Games Store Launches on iPhone in EU, Brings Fortnite Back to iOS - MacRumors
• Get your work recognized: write a brag document