Episode 109 – Phone Floppers

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Michael and Michael get together this week to muse over how students can address college debt via gaming, thanks to a link from co-host Phaedra. We also look at how the Internet Archive is saving games from digital extinction, while reminiscing about some of our favorite old-school games. This brings us to a deeper discussion on how newer games with server components and digital rights management, may be disabling this preservation to continue. We end-up musing about use cases for Apple’s upcoming Watch announcement and how the smart-watch ecosystem may become yet another lock in play for the mobile ecosystem. What do you think? Are you excited for this brave new world?

Show Links:
Pay off Student Debt with gaming
Ken Jennings
Saving old games at the Internet Archive
Old MSDOS Games
Archon – 1984
SimCity DRM Disaster
Every thing is awesome on the Mac – Lego Game
Haptic tap for Apple Watch

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Episode 108 – Oops

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This week’s show had some major audio difficulties, so we won’t be posting an edit. However we did talk about Leonard Nimoy’s passing, Google AI that learns and plays computer games, cool innovations in automotive with Elio Motors, the Golden Age of podcasting, and Michael M’s latest game he’s playing Alto’s Adventure.

Show Links:
Google Masters Video Games
Elio Motors
Podcast’s golden age
Alto’s Adventure

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Episode 107 – Do Nothing

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Michael and Michael talk about the latest IFTTT (IF-This-Then-That) incarnation on iOS, where they are rebranding to “IF” and release some cool new ways to get more and more people engaged with the IFTTT ecosystem. If you are in Las Vegas the Week of Feburary 22nd thru 26th, stop by and see your co-hosts Michael Rowe and Phaedra Boinodirs at the IBM InterConnect conference! We also look at the iOS App WorkFlow and ask for any listener who has tested the pizza button to give us a review of how that worked for you. Michael R also orders a $59 WinBook Tablet. Here’s a review he found on line:

Show Links:
IF-This-Then-That
Do App
Workflow for iOS

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Episode 106 – Stick it on your face

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Face Computer from CES

Face Computer from CES


The Michaels are back for a fun show talking augmented reality and the future of the Microsoft Hololens. We look at VR vs. AR, Oculus vs. Hololens, and what is Google’s play with the reboot of Glass? We also look at a great game you can play at the Air & Space Museum. Could that game benefit from Hololens? And finally we decide to take some downtime from our mobile devices, thanks to the team at New Tech City and their Bored and Brilliant challenge.

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Show Links:
Microsoft Hololens
It’s no joke
History games at Air and Space
New Tech City – Bored and Brilliant
Moment
Utopia Limited
IBM InterConnect 2015
Lego Movie Game

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Yelp Monocole
Glass Back to the Drawing Board
TechQuest
@newtechcity
On The Media Podcast
On The Media on Facebook

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