The Maltyverse by Dez and Marco

The Maltyverse by Dez and Marco

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  • 502 - Baby Tech Part 2

    Beer of the week

    Dez - Fierce Beer Iron Brew - scotland

    Marco - Rye River Brewing Co - Coastal IPA - Ireland


    Part 2 of our Grand Return!


    Marco discusses the last thing which really helped his journey into parenthood and then its all downhill with all the tech that didn't make the grade or actually made things worse!

    A candid, practical episode about modern tech, real life, and adapting fast—without the gimmicks. This time we review our beers!🍺📱👶

    31 min
  • 501 - Baby Tech Part 1

    Beer of the week

    Dez - Fierce Beer Iron Brew - scotland

    Marco - Rye River Brewing Co - Coastal IPA - Ireland


    This week we crack open a couple of standout beers, then dive into life-changing news: becoming a parent and how tech suddenly matters a lot more. We answer listener mail on which phone to buy right now, explore why some gadgets become essential overnight (and why others are absolutely useless), and talk about gaming, AI, and media in a world where free time comes in unpredictable bursts. A candid, practical episode about modern tech, real life, and adapting fast—without the gimmicks. 🍺📱👶

    34 min
  • 11 - Year In Review
    Beer - 
    Dez - St Bernardus Christmas Ale, Belgium
    GADGET  
    AI may be the talk of the town but did it make any gadget indispensable in 2025?
    Flighty app
    GAMES
    - Steam Replay
    - Helldivers 2
    - Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty (most time),
    - Balatro
    - Ghost of Tsushima
    - Robocop: Rogue City!
    TV SERIES
    Tv maybe better than cinema nowadays?
    So many to choose from, but did some shine brighter than others?
    MOVIES
    Did anyone go to the cinema to watch a sequel this year? We Did! Were any of them worth it?
    - Inside Out 2
    - Despicable me 4
    - Dune Part 2
    - Deadpool vs Wolverine
    - Gladiator 2
    - Civil War (NOT A SEQUEL!)
    SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE
    Like it or not we own nothing and everything is a subscription. We all have some, but some are more worth it than others and we really should be more ruthless with cutting these.
    - Spotify
    - Prime Video/Amazon
    - Disney
    - Netflix
    - Cloud gaming: Geforce Now vs Boosteroid!
    46 min
  • 10 - The Gladiator Movies

    Beer of the week:

    Dez - Hip Hop IPA Italian Pale Ale - Target 2000 Riccione Italy

    Marco - chamomile vanilla and manuka honey tea

    Main:

    Original Gladiator review:

    Best movie ever? .

    Gladiator 2 review:


    How can a sequel 24 years later live up to the original and the hype?


    Discussion:

    - Can Ridley Scott keep up his youthful energy and focus at 87?

    - How much do we care or should we care about historical accuracy in movies?

    40 min
  • 09 - Enter Tayon, A Robocop and Terminator Love Story

    Beers

    Dez - Robert The Juice IPA, C*ld Town - Lab, Scotland

    Marco - Trappist Westvleteren 12, Trappist Westvleteren, Belgium

    News -

    • AI Artist Is Unironically Mad That People Are Stealing His AI Artwork - link
    • Terrible Glasgow Willy Wonka event - link
    • FIVERR, latest victim of AI?

      • MAIN

      Two movie franchises with similar trajectories

      Robocop and Terminator

      Once groundbreaking and almost lost to ridicule after the umpteenth remake.


      BUT enter TAYON!!!

      Can new life be brought back into classic franchises?


      53 min
    • 08 - An episode about nothing. (but also everything)

      Beers

      Dez - Session IPA, Mahou, Spain

      Marco - Aero, Birrificio Granda, Italy

      Weird

      - Who is Joe Crombie?

      -Borderlands movie flop?

      News

      - SpaceX Polaris Dawn

      - Annapurna Interactive staff walk-out -

      https://www.eurogamer.net/annapurna-interactive-sees-exodus-of-entire-staff-as-negotiations-break-down

      - Concord - Sony’s 250 million dollar failure

      - Sony ps5 Pro - is it worth 800dollars

      - Apple fall event

      - Samsung event

      - Pixel event


      52 min
    • 07 - New 90s animation

      Beer of the week

      Dez - Cerveza - Mexican Lager with Lime - Fierce, Scotland

      Marco - Quaffzilla - To Ol - Hazy Session IPA - Denmark

      News

      Boeing in trouble - Brief and inaccurate conversation on the recent aviation and space woes of the once mighty Boeing!

      Bonus Easter Egg - did you spot the hidden reference? Hint - Remember the 90s

      Main:

      X-Men ‘97 - Disney+

      - Sequel of original Animated Series from the 90s

      Batman: Caped Crusader - Amazon Prime

      -New animated series from creators of legendary, Batman The Animated Series, and new influential producers



      40 min
    • 06 - The Retro Future

      The Retro Future

      Beer of the week:

      Dez - Hop On Board - Rudgate Brewery for LNER, Golden Ale, UK

      Marco: Korenwolf - Gulpner - Wheatbeer, NL

      News:

      - The new n1 Podcast platform

      -AWESOME TRAILERS

      Metroid Prime 4

      Gladiator 2

      MAIN

      - Retro gaming is becoming Expensive - Collectable, Scalpers, or genuine rarity?

      - Hardware vs software emulation

      - Analogue Pocket mini review

      - Playdate by Panic! Mini review

      DISCUSSION

      - Lot of modern tech Retrograding

      - Rise of dumbphones

      - ipod modding community and the return of monotasking products



      49 min
    • 05- AI or A WHY? (omg what an original pun, I bet nobody else came up with that!)!)

      Beer of the Week

      Dez - Pear of Peaches - Avery Brewing Co - Imperial Hazy IPA - USA

      Marco - Pear of Peaches - Avery Brewing Co - Imperial Hazy IPA - USA

      Main:

      -Everyone’s doing AI? Is it any good? Is it the seismic shift we expect?

      -AI devices to replace smartphones? Are we on the verge of a new shift?

      -Humane AI Pin

      -Rabbit R1

      - Next gen devices incorportatining Gemini/OpenAI etc

      - Real use cases of AI



      48 min
    • 04 - Fallout and Civil War

      Beer of the week:

      Dez - Che Guava, Radical Lager - Williams Bros Brewing, Scotland

      Marco - Levensgenieter - Kompaan - NEIPA - NL

      News

      RIP Google Podcasts ?Long live Youtube Music

      Main

      -Fallout Tv Series

      -Fallout Games

      -Civil War


      46 min

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