Danny is under the weather, but is a champ to pull through this week's podcast to discuss chess memes, parenting, being sick, and America's Got Talent.

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It is Smash Bros. week on the dispatch! We tackle all of the highs and lows from the Nintendo Direct covering Smash Bros. Ultimate. We also break down the latest news including potential Diablo & Rage 2 ports, Doom Eternal, and speculation on why Luigi was sacrificed on the stream.

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We are back with lightning talks with topics submitted by our amazing listeners. We take a look into performance, cross-platform UWP XAML with Uno, deep dive into the world of Xamarin.Forms, and give our thoughts on the future of app development.

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We've arrived at the episode of Rotten where the topic of the Dairy industry is discussed. There;s no joke here when it comes to the "importance of small farmers" and the possiblity of...raw milk? This one hits close to home, and is a hot topic for us, so there's a lot we have to say. This aside- the most important revelation happens. All one has to do is approach and ask permission right?! So if given the opportunity...what celebrity would you milk?

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Motz is off working in Ireland and Danny comes in strong with a wide range of amazing accents. Speed Chess Championship is in full swing and Danny breaks down the action while snacking on some barkTHINS.

Oh, and we also talk 6 player chess and non-stop chess variations.

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This week is all about sales sales sales! Not only do we have sales numbers for the Nintendo Switch, Octopath Traveler, and the NES Classic, but tons of games are on sale! We also break down the latest releases including Dead Cells, Overcooked 2, and Okami HD.

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Travelers Diana & Ken Obermeyer talk about catching the travel bug, diving around the world, and their exciting trip to Egypt in the 90s.

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It is that time again for more machine learning! This time it is actually something that you can totally build and something that Frank shipped inside of his application to do code prediction using Python, Keras, PlaidML, and CoreML!

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Shia drops by the studio to re-confirm that nothing is impossible that we really should be making our dreams come true. Danny has been crushing the speed chess championship and Motz attends Ant-Man vs the Wasp all by himself and it was lovely.

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