Limitless Possibility

Luc-Olivier and Yanik share the nine(?) games that define their taste in video games.

• FU: [M]achine [L]earning, Yanik's LD46 game
• FU: Japanese arcade crowdfunding spreadsheet
• Luc-Olivier's games:
  • Action/adventure games (Uncharted, Tomb Raider reboot)
  • Ace Attorney series
  • Gran Turismo 4
  • Resident Evil 4, 5, 6
  • Battle royale games (COD Warzone, Apex Legends)
• Yanik's games:
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
  • Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
  • Dance Dance Revolution Extreme
  • Mushihimesama
  • Gran Turismo 2
  • Super Mario 3D Land
  • Pokémon Gold
  • Amazing Breaker
  • Destiny
• chibitech's R34 Skyline story
• chibitech's Honda Prelude story

Yanik talks about his experience as an interviewer. Oh, and FF7R demo talk.

• FU: Ata Distance: Apple Pay China T-Union Transit Cards arrive with iOS 13.4.1 Update
• FU: Google's The Keyword Blog: Play Stadia Pro for free, starting today
• Almost all of the Final Fantasy VII Remake trailers, in chronological order (excluding the latest one with the spoilers):
  • E3 2015 trailer
  • PlayStation Experience 2015 trailer
  • Then... no further news until spring 2019...
  • State of Play trailer
  • FFVII: A Symphonic Reunion trailer
  • E3 2019 trailer
  • TGS 2019 trailer
  • The Game Awards 2019 trailer
  • Theme song trailer
  • Opening movie/demo trailer
• YouTube/Maximillian Dood: Max's Insane FFVII Remake Story (E3 2019)
• YouTube/Digital Foundry: Final Fantasy 7 Remake - Digital Foundry Tech Review - Beautiful, But Not Flawless

Luc-Olivier reviews the AirPods Pro.

• FU: The Icon Garden 33: The Measure of a Mac with Special Guest Merlin Mann
• FU; George Stocker: Please stop recommending Git Flow!
• FU: Ata Distance: QR Apple Pay Cards for iOS 14 Wallet?
• FU: Ata Distance: On the eve of iOS 13.4
• FU: Ata Distance: iOS 13.4: Apple Pay Suica making way for Mobile PASMO?
• FU: FeliCaDude: Mobile PASMO: the "me-too" that's all about them, and not you
• FU: Basically Guide to Better Baking
• FU: Use Gelatin to Improve Pan Sauces, Store-Bought Stocks, and Beyond | Serious Eats
• AirPods Pro - Apple (CA)
• AirPods - Apple (CA)
• Powerbeats Pro - Beats by Dre
• Luc-Olivier’s previous earphones: BeatsX - Beats by Dre
• Yanik’s current wireless headphones: Beats Solo³ sans fil – Beats by Dr. Dre

Yanik diverges from tech to talk about what he's been up to in the kitchen.

• Wikipedia: Pescetarianism
• Tastemade's Frankie Celenza playlist
• YouTube: Bon Appétit
  • Gourmet Makes
  • It's Alive with Brad
  • Reverse Engineering
  • Out of Context Bon Appétit
• Crunchyroll: Today's Menu for the Emiya Family
• Denpa's English adaptation of the Today's Menu for the Emiya Family manga
• You Brew Kombucha
• YouTube/Bon Appétit: How to Brew Your Own Kombucha with Brad
• YouTube/The Way of Ramen: How to make an Easy Shoyu Ramen at home in 10 minutes
• YouTube/Kin: Breakfast Tacos | Yoga with Adriene
• The overnight oats recipe Yanik found on Reddit (see highlighted comment)
• YouTube/The Way of Ramen: How to make an Easy Tantanmen Ramen
• YouTube/Bon Appétit: Brad Makes Ginger Beer

Thanks to YouTube Premium deals, Luc-Olivier reviews two Google Nest Minis.

• FU: Stadia Community - New games coming to Stadia!
• FU: Eurogamer/Digital Foundry: Has GeForce Now quietly killed Google Stadia?
• Google Nest Mini - Google Store
• HEKTAR Floor lamp with 3-spotlights - dark gray - IKEA
• homebridge.io
• HOOBS.org – Homebridge Out Of the Box
• Do by Friday 162: MILF Inflation, where Yanik found out about HOOBS
• Smart Home Devices & Home Automation Systems - Google Store
• Project Connected Home over IP

For once, Yanik is the optimist. Too bad everyone else disagrees with him.

• Stadia
• YouTube/Giant Bomb: Google Stadia: Quick Look
• Eurogamer/Digital Foundry: Stadia tech review: the best game streaming yet, but far from ready
• NESbot's tweet about Stadia not having any major news in 40 days
• Project xCloud
• YouTube/Digital Foundry: Project xCloud Beta Tested: Can Streaming Deliver A Handheld Xbox One Experience?
• GeForce Now

Luc-Olivier and Yanik watch The Morning Show and give their first impressions of Apple TV+.

• The Morning Show on Apple TV+
• Bombshell (2019 film) - Wikipedia
• THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING; Haven’t heard of Windows 95? Where have you been hiding? - The New York Times
• For All Mankind on Apple TV+
• Dickinson on Apple TV+

Yanik explains why he thinks Apple is hardly to blame for the Catalina software apocalypse.

• Administrative note: On our next episode (releasing on January 19th), we will be discussing the Apple TV+ show, The Morning Show.
• FU: Updating Apps that Use Web Views - News - Apple Developer
• Wikipedia: 64-bit computing
• Pilky.me: Apple's Technology Transitions
• AppleInsider: Road to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard: 64-Bits
• Ars Technica: 64-bit support in Leopard: no Carbon love
• Apple Developer: 64-bit Transition on macOS
• Apple Support: 32-bit app compatibility with macOS High Sierra 10.13.4 and later
• Michael Tsai: iOS to Drop Support for 32-bit Apps
• Twitter: @Apple3Forever's tweet about the majority of Steam games in their library not being 64-bit
• Wikipedia: WoW64
• Wikipedia: Technical debt

Luc-Olivier talks about some cool features available to apps using an iOS 12 deployment target.

• Foundation Release Notes | Apple Developer Documentation
• NSSecureUnarchiveFromDataTransformer - Foundation | Apple Developer Documentation
• UIWebView - UIKit | Apple Developer Documentation
• WKWebView - WebKit | Apple Developer Documentation
• Metal for OpenGL Developers - WWDC 2018 - Videos - Apple Developer
• Natural Language | Apple Developer Documentation
• SKPaymentDiscount - StoreKit | Apple Developer Documentation
• Implementing Subscription Offers in Your App | Apple Developer Documentation

Yanik and Luc-Olivier share their favorite games they've played in 2019.

• FU: BMW reverses decision to charge vehicle owners annual fee to use CarPlay - The Verge
• FU: Apple (UK): Apple Pay - Transport for London
• FU: Michael Tsai: Full Steam Ahead, But With Feature Flags
• Limitless Possibility 103: Beating 9-Year-Olds on the Internet, 2018's game of the year episode
• Lucco's honorable mentions:
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 and Apex Legends, as discussed on episode 110 about battle royale games
  • Astro Bot Rescue Mission, as discussed on episode 107 about VR
  • Superhot VR
• Lucco's dishonorable mentions:
  • Fortnite
  • Dr. Mario World and Mario Kart Tour
• Yanik's dishonorable mention: Nier: Automata
• Lucco's shoutout: Sacrifice Battle, as discussed on episode 113 about Yanik participating in the Ludum Dare game jam
• Yanik's runner-ups:
  • Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
  • Astro Bot Rescue Mission
  • Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
• Lucco's runner-ups:
  • Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening (2019)
• Luc-Olivier's winner
• Yanik's winner
  • If you'd like to skip the short spoiler section, wait for the spoiler warning and skip ahead to 1:16:13 or if your podcatcher supports chapter markers, skip to the next chapter marker.
  • Game Maker's Toolkit video on this game's stellar world design
• Listener games of the year:
  • Fire Emblem: Three Houses
  • MOLEK-SYNTEZ
  • Untitled Goose Game
  • Outer Wilds
  • Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers
  • Tetris 99