Limitless Possibility

Yanik takes you on a tour of Japanese home computers from the 80s.

Two housekeeping notes this episode:

• We had a ton of technical issues this week during the recording and editing of the episode, we apologize for the quality of the audio and hope to be back to normal on our next regular episode!
• With that out of the way, next episode is going to be a little different, and will be streamed live on Twitch. Stay tuned to our Twitter account for the exact details over the coming days!

• FU: YouTube: AMD Radeon RX 480 Review: The Best Value 1080p60 GPU?
• Cyberpunk Bartender Action VA-11 HALL-A
• Bandcamp: VA-11 HALL-A - Second Round
• Wikipedia: MSX
• Wikipedia: Sharp X68000
• YouTube: Game Sack - The Sharp X68000
• Wikipedia: FM Towns
• YouTube: FM TOWNS - TOWNS OS Demonstration ( MUSIC applications )
• Wikipedia: NEC PC-98
• Wikipedia: YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world
• YU-NO remake official page (Japanese)
• Full rip of the YU-NO PC98 soundtrack on YouTube

The guys rant and rave about new developments from WWDC 2016.

No related links this week!

Yanik falls off a bench and gives an update after six months at his new job.

• FU: BMO, Scotiabank, and TD Canada Trust Launch Apple Pay in Canada - Mac Rumors
• FU: Apple Pay competitor, CurrentC, is dead
• FU: Limitless Possibility 2: Mobile Payments
• FU: Six Colors: Skype causing more headaches for Mac podcasters
• FU: The Bilinguist: Review: Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE / 幻影異聞録♯FE / Genei Ibunroku ♯FE (no spoilers)
• Yanik's current status series:
  • Limitless Possibility 18: One-Hit Wonder
  • Limitless Possibility 30: The Life and Death of Iconoclasm
• Yanik's post on his cancelled app Concierge
• Limitless Possibility 9: Game Development with LÖVE, the episode where Yanik gets surrounded by Kanagawa prefectural police
• TypeScript (compare with Facebook's Flow)
• cycript by saurik
• Angular 2
• UIKonf 2016: Ellen Shapiro – Outside In – Using UI Tests To Start Improving Your App

Luc-Olivier covers two short topics which backfires into a third one.

• FU: A Farewell to FRP
• FU: A Deep Dive into Star Fox Zero's Controls | Game Maker's Toolkit - YouTube
• FU: The Scarcity of Japanese Sport Sedans, Cars in Unexpected Places, and Star Wars? | subaru, japanese, honda, mitsubishi | Everyday Driver Car Debate Podcast
• Apple Pay - Apple (CA)
• Visa and MasterCard Add Support for Apple Pay in Canada [u] | iPhone in Canada Blog - Canada's #1 iPhone Resource
• Interac - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• ATB Financial - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• TD, Scotiabank, BMO Say Apple Pay “Coming Soon”; HSBC Canada Responds [u] | iPhone in Canada Blog - Canada's #1 iPhone Resource
• Tangerine CEO: Apple Pay Coming in 6-8 Weeks, Apologizes for Delay | iPhone in Canada Blog - Canada's #1 iPhone Resource
• Canadian banks, including “the Big Five,” sign on for major Apple Pay expansion | Financial Post

Yanik wonders what keeps you playing a game for hundreds of hours.

• FU: Digital Foundry: EVGA GTX 980 Ti VR Edition Review: Custom VR Graphics Hardware!
• FU: Engadget (Japanese): Apple Payと通勤ラッシュの奇妙な関係、日本のSuicaは要求仕様が厳しすぎる？：モバイル決済最前線
• ulillillia: Final Fantasy 5 - second world dash to level 99 done
• Yanik's blog post on Xenoblade Chronicles and JRPGs
• Yanik's IIDX scores from when he used to play more heavily
• dj WASEDA's full combo and explanation of 冥 Another, one of the hardest bosses in IIDX
• Yanik's characters on Destiny Status
• Yanik gets the cheapest online wins at Street Fighter V
• Yanik doing surprisingly well at Overwatch

Luc-Olivier discusses social pressures around messaging apps.

• FU: The Verge: The company funding Faraday Future just unveiled its own electric car
• FU: MacRumors: Electric Car Challenger LeEco Calls Apple Product Design 'Obsolete'
• AgileBits Blog: Curing Our Slack Addiction
• BuzzFeed: My Little Sister Taught Me How To “Snapchat Like The Teens”
• Dan Grover: Bots won't replace apps. Better apps will replace apps.

Yanik surprises everyone by talking about cars.

• - Here’s just how huge Miitomo, Nintendo’s new game, is
• FU: Digital Foundry: In Theory: PlayStation 4K - What Should We Expect?
• FU: WebUSB API
• The Verge: The Nissan New Mobility Concept is an adorable electric car
• Wikipedia: Gran Turismo 4
• YouTube playlist for TOYOTA 86's TOUGE program
• Yanik's blog post on BE5D1968
• Top Gear: Peugeot 208 GTi vs Renault Clio 200 Vs Ford Fiesta ST
• Infiniti Q50 Hybrid Sedan
• Porsche Panamera
• Car and Driver: Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge Concept: It's Red!
• Wikipedia: Subaru Impreza (second generation)
• Wikipedia: Porsche 911 GT3
• Wikipedia: Mazda MX-5
• Wikipedia: Nissan GT-R

The guys break a promise, Yanik is excited and Luc-Olivier talks modern browsers.

• FU: San Andreas State: Animal Cam
• PlayStation VR launches October 2016 for $399 | Polygon
• Sony to devs: If you drop below 60 fps in VR we will not certify your game | Polygon
• Sony Plans New PlayStation for Graphics-Heavy Games - WSJ
• Hands-on with the launch games of the Oculus Rift and Oculus Touch | Polygon
• Oculus Rift Consumer Edition Review: The VR Revolution Begins Now - YouTube
• Wii U sold just 4,500 units in Japan last week | Wii U
• Apple Watch Bands - Apple (CA)
• Environment - Apple (CA)
• Recycling - Apple (CA)
• Safari is the new IE | Read the Tea Leaves
• Safari isn't the new IE: it's the user-centric web | iMore
• Safari is the new IE 2: Revenge of the Linkbait | Read the Tea Leaves
• The Chrome Distortion: how Chrome negatively alters our expectations - Chris Thoburn
• Introducing Safari Technology Preview | WebKit

The pursuit for the one true modern application architecture.

• FU: Polygon: The Making of PlayStation VR
• FU: Polygon: Cross-platform play coming to Rocket League as Xbox Live opens up to other consoles
• Episode 22: Not Episode 23 Just Yet
• Khanlou: Massive View Controller
• MSDN: The MVVM Pattern
• Cocoa Samurai: Basic MVVM with ReactiveCocoa
• Redux
• ReSwift
• YouTube: Dan Abramov - Live React: Hot Reloading with Time Travel at react-europe 2015
• Egghead: Getting Started with Redux video series

To conclude the video game series, the guys talk about Sony consoles.

• MasterCard May Support Apple Pay in Canada, Brazil and Asia This Year - Mac Rumors
• FU: Canvas on Relay.fm
• YouTube iOS App Gains Native Resolution on iPad Pro - Mac Rumors
• Low Score Boy's video on the Taiwanese Super Nintendo/Genesis equivalent, the A'Can (Taiwanese)
• Pokémon Sun and Moon coming to 3DS this year ⊟ … - Tiny Cartridge 3DS - Nintendo 3DS, DS, Wii U, and PS Vita News, Media, Comics, & Retro Junk
• Microsoft makes big Xbox-on-PC push with 4K, 60 fps Forza 6 Apex | Ars Technica
• Sony has sold over 35 million PlayStation 4s | The Verge
• Sony explains why PS4 will launch in Japan after the West • Eurogamer.net
• 2015's Top 20 Best-Selling PS4 Games on PSN - GameSpot
• List of best-selling PlayStation 4 video games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Face tracking GT5 - Playstation EYE - NO ABS - YouTube
• Gran Turismo is finally coming to PlayStation 4 | The Verge
• 100ft Robot Golf Announcement Trailer
• We'll know more about Sony's PlayStation VR on March 15th | The Verge
• HTC Vive priced at $799, available in early April | The Verge
• Global Weekly Video Game Chart, Week Ending 26th Dec 2015 - VGChartz
• Next PlayStation 4 update includes game streaming to PCs and Macs | The Verge
• PlayStation TV Discontinued in the US, Europe - GameSpot