Limitless Possibility

Yanik's tips and recommendations for travelling to the Tokyo metro area.

• FU: ATP 196: Roasting Your Own Beans
• FU: Digital Foundry: The Last of Us Remastered PS4 Pro vs PS4 Gameplay Frame-Rate Test
• FU: PlayStation Forum: Workaround for PS4 Pro, VR & HDR TV
• Hipmunk
• Prepaid Data SIM Card Wiki: Japan
• b-mobile Visitor SIM
• Apple's LTE information page
• Yurekuru Call
• Wikipedia: Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale
• Limitless Possibility 2: Mobile Payments
• Japan Rail Pass
• JR East: N'EX Tokyo Round Trip Ticket
• App Store: Yahoo!乗換案内 無料で路線図や乗り換えの情報を検索できるアプリ (Japanese region only)
• trains.jp
• Japan Post Bank: International ATM Service
• Observation decks:
  • Tokyo Skytree
  • Tokyo Tower
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
• Akihabara:
  • Hirose Entertainment Yard (Hey)
  • Try Amusement Tower
  • Tokyo Leisureland Akihabara 2
  • Mogra
• Odaiba:
  • Yurikamome
  • Aqua City Odaiba
  • Odaiba Decks
  • One of Yanik's favourite photos he took at Odaiba Decks
  • Sega Joypolis
  • VenusFort
• Shibuya:
  • Yanik's photo of Shibuya Crossing
  • Yanik's photo of a more normal Shibuya street corner
  • Shibuya 109
  • Marui (0101)
  • 109 Men's
  • Shibuya Hikarie
  • Tower Records Shibuya
  • Tokyu Hands
  • Loft
• Tokyo Disney Resort
• Ghibli Museum
• English language guide to buying tickets for the Ghibli Museum with a Loppi machine in a Lawson convenience store
• For information on Tsukiji Fish Market, check Wikivoyage: Tokyo/Chuo, because the official site is all in Japanese
• JR East: Kamakura-Enoshima Pass
• Yokohama:
  • Wikipedia: Minato Mirai 21
  • Wikipedia: Yokohama Chinatown
• Aquariums:
  • Sunshine Aquarium in Ikebukuro
  • Epson Aqua Stadium in Shinagawa
  • Sumida Aquarium at the base of Tokyo Skytree
  • Tokyo Sealife Aquarium in Edogawa
  • Hakkeijima Sea Paradise in Yokohama
  • Enoshima Aquarium in Enoshima

After dealing with a mountain of followup, the guys look at where the new MacBook Pros fit into the Mac lineup.

• FU: Japanese Engadget: 動画：Apple Watch 2だけでSuica改札を通れるか実際に試してみました
• FU: Google Blog: Android Auto: now available in every car
• FU: Polygon: Sorry, Nintendo: Splatoon wouldn’t make a good esport
• FU: YouTube: Introducing HGC 2017
• FU: YouTube: Overwatch League: The Path to Glory
• FU: Tiny Cartridge: We’re going to learn more about the Switch January 12
• Apple: MacBook Pro
• Upgrade #114: Get On Down to Dongle Town
• Apple: LG Ultrafine 5K Display
• Yanik's blog posts on the new MacBooks:
  • Happy Monday System: The Struggle for Pros
  • Happy Monday System: USB-C(omplicated)

The guys talk about the Nintendo Switch reveal trailer.

• FU: Ata Distance: Apple Pay Japan Intro Q&A
• FU: JR East's massive Apple Pay quickstart guide (Japanese)
• Episode 77 of the selectbutton podcast has yet to be released, maybe by the time next episode comes out?
• First Look at Nintendo Switch
• Previous thoughts on Nintendo's console lineup can be found in episode 31: Problematic Plus

Luc-Olivier explores permissions systems on mobile OSes.

• FU: Apple Pay Expands to Desjardins in Canada and 3 Tiny British Regions - Mac Rumors
• FU: Tangerine Interac Flash to Support Apple Pay in November? | iPhone in Canada Blog - Canada's #1 iPhone Resource

Yanik closes the digital hub series by looking at Apple's suite of music apps.

**Editing note:* Something unknown happened to Yanik's voice recording causing it to become corrupt about an hour in, so we've used the Skype track we usually use to sync our audio as a fallback recording from that point onwards. Sorry for the audio artifacts.*

• FU: 8-4 Play 9/16/2016: TOKYO GAME SHOW 2016
• FU: Digital Foundry: DF Videocast #1: Hands-On With PS4 Pro + More from EGX
• YouTube: Steve Jobs records the first episode of the Super Secret Apple Rumors podcast
• Upthere

The guys discuss Apple and Sony's September 7th events.

No related links this week!

Yanik explores the history of Apple's video editing software.

• FU: Polygon: Konami is making a new Metal Gear game, Metal Gear Survive
• FU: Bloomberg: Apple Plans iPhone for Japan With Tap-to-Pay for Subways
• FU: New York Times: Frank Ocean’s ‘Blonde’ Amplifies Discord in the Music Business
• FU: The Verge: Kanye West's McDonald's poem, illustrated
• FU: Bloomberg: These Charts Show That Pokemon Go Is Already in Decline
• Wikipedia: FireWire
• Wikipedia: iDisk
• Wikipedia: VCD
• Limitless Possibility 11: Dealing with New Software
• Wikipedia: Final Cut Pro
• YouTube: Supermeet Las Vegas Nab 2011 Apple annonce Final cut pro X (part1)
• Yanik's video about Konami's corporate restructuring for polyphonic room
• MacBreak Tech 25: alt iWork

Luc-Olivier dissects this year's summer phenomenon: Pokémon Go.

• FU: Samsung Pay hack lets attackers skim cards to make fraudulent payments | The Verge
• FU: DF Retro: Rare's N64 Classics - GoldenEye and Perfect Dark - YouTube

The guys talk about how they approach photography in 2016.

• FU: Digital Foundry: AMD Polaris 10 at PlayStation Neo Spec! Full Benchmarks
• FU: Digital Foundry: Xbox One S GPU Overclock! Do Games Run Faster?
• FU: Digital Foundry: In Theory: Could NX Virtual Console Run Wii/GameCube Games?
• FU: Canada's Tangerine and PC Financial Now Support Apple Pay - Mac Rumors
• Congratulations, you checked the show notes even though we said nothing would be here! Here's your reward.

The guys play Tom Clancy's The Division.

• Limipo Video Extra: Recording Episode 45
• Video archive of the entire stream, featuring about an extra hour of post-show content!