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Has it occurred to us that ARM chips make up a vast percentages of devices world wide? Yes. Have we conceptualized that the Phablet market is really what killed the tablet market? Possibly. Even still, tablets are, in reality, overblown consumption devices that cost too much for not enough actual benefit. Even Jimmy agrees now. What there is not as much agreement about is the state of the PS Vita. It has failed in its initial vision of console quality experiences on a handheld platform, but can it and its ARM chip live on as the go to Indie machine? Tune in to find out. 

It's a new year, and it's no surprise that tech is still happening. Thus, what every needs is some techies to talk about the tech nocturnally. This is way Techies Talking Tech Tonight is plunging boldly into a new year with new surprises. Trey has embraced Adobe's Creative Cloud and even admits that Premiere feels like home. Jimmy bought an expensive Harmony product and is mostly pleased, and Trey and Jimmy both looked at Forza Horizon 2 - again with positive results. Also, Ubisoft essentially only makes one game.  

Want to hear how the sausage was made? Want to listen to three techies argue with each other about the best and worst of the year? Want to watch as Sidney and Jimmy periodically gang up on Trey in order to get their way? If you answered yes to any or all of those questions, you are in luck. It's the end of 2014, and we had to hand out awards. In doing so, we recorded our deliberations and present them to you in all their glory. It's really our Christmas present to you. 

It has been too long since Jimmy and Trey sat down in the studio and acted like techies who talk about tech. So, tonight, you get Jimmy's take on Assassin's Creed: Unity (good and still broken), Trey's take on Amiibo (still just no), and an extended discussion of the Sega Nomad - the handle Genesis fro the 1990s. This remains the podcast where you can count on only the most breaking and relevant news. 

This week's T4 is a funny mix of devices and PTSD. Sidney offers her thoughts on using the Misfit Flash. It seems to be the best value in the fitness wearable market right now. Jimmy offers his take on the Nexus 9. It's a good tablet that no one should ever buy. Trey doesn't have a device. Instead, he has minor emotional scars from the Gamer Gate debates. This is only interesting because it is a way of saying that the people who really got harassed have been through quite a bit that can be really damaging. Also, Trey is wearing a hidden blade. 

Remember the only days of the Mac vs PC wars? Remember having to format a floppy disc for one operating OR the other? Remember those halcyon? Well, they haven't really left us. Yes, a USB stick works on both, but Apple's new desktop OS still only has continuity function for Apple apps that few people use, while Microsoft and Google are literally everywhere. You can run Office on you iPad, access One Drive from you Fire HD, and Skype from a Blackberry. It's like half the industry learned something, or at least, that what Trey and Jimmy think on this week's show. 

Gaming continues to happen, and Trey and Jimmy remain interested. The short version is that Shadow of Mordor may be the best game this year, but it also has a Dark Souls streak of constant danger and more difficult combat. This transforms the Assassin's Creed format into something with real difficult that Trey specifically may not be able to handle. Also, Drive Club seems like crap. Just by Forza Horizon 2 or wait for The Crew. Finally, Trey and Jimmy stand up for anonymity despite spending a week being attack anonymously. They live in the contradiction. 

If you thought only women used Pinterest, Jimmy and the Pinterest marketing team are out to prove you wrong. They now have emails going out about manly things like steak and beer, and maybe other things as well. If Jimmy is manly on Pinterest, Trey is essentially a man child explaining why Disney Infinity 2.0 Marvel Super Heroes Edition and the Toys to Life category are not just good for his 8 year old self but his almost 30 self as well. Also, setting up networks are still awful. 

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus continue to be out and continue their status of being about the only thing that Trey will talk about. After more like four days with the device, it's still too big, but that screen size buys you the ability to access content more easily. The Plus may be the better phone, but your mileage may vary. Also, Office 365 may actually, finally, be the right mixture of Cloud usability and local power. It may have just come too late. 

Bungie's Destiny is still out, and it is still about all we want to talk about. Jimmy has gone further, but his impression hasn't changed much. He may not get much more of it in because Minecraft is starting to exert great force over him. In an effort to do "research," for the news show, Jimmy has divided into the billion dollar game. Trey, on the other hand, is more caught up in hatred of printing. It's a tragic existence really.