Today on the 5: 9to5Mac ran a piece aimed at a recent Google Pixel ad. The main criticism was about the lack of humor and bluntness of the ad. While those complaints are definitely true that's not the biggest issue with the spot.

Today on the 5: I've talked more than a few times about my reluctance to use all-on-one devices, and I've also done a few 5s about leaving Roku behind years ago. Nothing has changed in respect to those decisions, but a recent story about Roku TVs breaking after a bad update requires a repeat warning for listeners!

Today on the 5: I haven't watched the 1984 film Streets Of Fire since the early days of the show before we really did movie reviews. Lando had never seen it, so we watch it as our movie selection for the Friday show. Streets Of Fire is a fun film, but it has one major flaw that holds it back from being as good as it could have been.

Tonight I'm joined again by Doug Bielmeier, teaching professor, musician, and host of The Process for another Late Night Double Feature! In this installment of our ongoing series of film discussions, we're tackling one of the most beloved science fiction franchises around: Star Trek. We're talking about every film featuring the original cast and the first one attempting to bridge the gap to The Next Generation. In this episode we've come to the end of the series with the original cast members. Get ready to hate the words "Mr. Tricorder", cause we're talking about Star Trek: Generations!

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Today on the 5: After reading about another stupid thing Nintendo is doing to pre-emptively punish their fanbase and the moronic announcement from language app Duolingo, something occurred to me. I should really be thanking these companies, because they're forcing me to save my money!  

Today on the 5: I recently came across a game that sounds like it may be stunningly up my alley. It's a TTRPG titled VOID 1680 AM, and it appears to combine my love of live radio and weird fiction in a package that I am very curious to try out.

Today on the 5: Last week I was part of a Club Twit event and the topic of the environmental cost of generative tools came up towards the end. Host Anthony Nielsen made a reasonable point that the cost of thesee tools has little difference to running a high end computer at home. After thinking about it for a bit, I feel there is a difference, albeit an indirect one. 

Today on the 5: If you watch baseball via the MLB.tv streaming service, you may have noticed something that has become worse over the last few years. In the desperate bid to dump as much advertising into every square inch of what you see, the league is spreading visual garbage all over.

This week we're talking about peak experiences, Black Widow, Severance, and Alien ³ - The Legacy Cut. Show music by HeartBeatHero and OGRE. Support the show!

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