The Unwind starts its new, short format, focusing on one topic and broadcasting live. This kicks off a 4 part series on future UI/IO. Part 1 is all about Voice Assistants – where they are today, how we use them, and what we hope the future has in store for them.

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Quick fire topics:

• Mass Effect Andromeda  vs Horizon
• PS Now coming to PC w/o PS4 requirement
• (RED) iPhone, new iPad $329 for 32 Gb (Apple falls to 3rd place in schools)
• Dolphin can access eShoppe
• Ads in Win 10
• Iron Fist …. No Netflix recommendation

Main topic:

What console should Josiah buy? – Switcherooo

Quick fire topics:

• Gtx 1080ti ($700)
• psVR sales
• iPhone 8 rumors
• S8 press image

Change up:

What do you subscribe to?

Main topic:

Subscription services

• Youtube subscription service
• Xbox game subscription

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The Unwind Podcast –

Quickfire topics:
PewDiePie dropped
Mass Effect: Andromeda NOT OPEN WORLD… DON’T FREAK OUT
Zelda DLC announced… internet loses its shit
Fox sports go shows Super Bowl for free. Doesn’t show commercials 
Chance the Rapper first steaming only album to win a grammy
Caavo

Change up:
What are you playing?

Main topic:
Josiah joins the PC Master Race

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The Unwind Podcast –

Quick fire topics:
RE 7 first full VR game?
M$ removes SNAPing on Xbox
Gears of War adding cross platform
FBI releases Gamers Gate info
Snapchat video full screen

Change up
What property would you like to see rebooted / relaunched?

Main topic:
Phone plans…

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The Unwind Podcast – Nintendo Switch

Quick fire topics:
Zuckerberg for president 2021?
Zenimax / Oculus whaaaaat?
Trump still using his own Twitter
Obama commutes Chelsea Manning sentences

Change up
What are you playing?

Main topic:
Nintendoooo Switch

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The Unwind Podcast – Predictions for 2017
The guys see how well they did in last year’s predictions and go over what they’re excited for in 2017.

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The Unwind Podcast – 2016 in Review

Best Movie

Best Show

Best Game

Best Discovery or New Thing

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The Unwind Podcast –

Quickfire:
• Mobile Digits
• Amazon register less grocery store
• Apple Music – 20M subscribers
• Single sign on is gimped
• Netflix top Grossing iPhone app
• Playstation Experience
○ Last of Us 2
○ Death Stranding trailer
○ Marvel vs Capcom 4
○ Sony going to release mobile games… parapa the rappa
○ Ni no Kuni 2
• Mechwarrior 5
• 4000 games on steam in 2016
• Fitbit buys Pebble… status / thoughts on wearables?
• Trump using Twitter

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The Change Up – What old game would you want on mobile

Topic – Oculus Touch has arrived!

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The Unwind Podcast –

Quickfire:
• No man’s sky foundation update
• Star Citizen public timeline
• Final Fantasy 15
• Pokemon breaks sales record
• iCloud Calendar Spam Invites
• iPhone 6s Battery
• Apple Pay

Topic – Cutting the cord update
• Direct TV
• Sling – DVR
• PS Vue – lost viacom
• CellCom (Israeli cable)

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The Change Up – Biggest video game debacle?

Topic – Bethesda no longer sending out review copies
Does it matter that were leaving “criticism” up to bloggers?

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The Unwind Podcast –

Quickfire:
• Doctor Strange
• Surface Dial and ruler
• Surface Book review
• Google Photoscan
• Backdoor in Chinese manufactured phones
• Snapchat spectacles

Topic – Games Journalism is growing up. Are readers growing up with it? (WAYPOINT)

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The Change Up – Would you buy a handheld console?

Topic – WhatsApp to have video chat

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The Unwind Podcast –

Quickfire:
• NES re-release – $60 (Sega too) – R
• Razer S my D tweet – R
• Last Pass now free… why you no use??? – J
• PS4 Pro is out
• Overwatch
• Vs paladins
• Google on voting day

Topic – SAG AFTRA does VO matter?

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The Change Up – Favorite NES Game

Topic – BlizzCon
• What you watch esports ??
• Announcements
• New characters
• Overwatch league (regions and salaries)
• Diablo 1

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The Unwind Podcast –

Quickfire:
• IBM Cost Savings
– Macbook Pro (old) Vs Lenovo – $273 – $543 saving
– Device Management, Labor, Help Desk
• Vine is dead – whomp whomp
• Xuaomi Mi Max
• Airpods delayed – January now???
• Surface Studio
• Rumored streaming services – TimeWarner & Hulu?

Topic – Comments, can we fix them?

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The Unwind Podcast –

Quickfire:
Nintendo Switch
DYN DDOS attacks
ATT buys Time Warner
Tesla announcement

Topic 1 – Microsoft Event

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The Change Up – Favorite card game?

Topic 2 – Apple Event
• TV app – aggregator for what you’re watching on Apple TV… coming soon… along with single sign on
• Macbook Pros – faster, thunderbolt 3 (USB C), OLED Touch Bar

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The Unwind Podcast –

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The Unwind Podcast –

Quickfire:
RDR2
Bill Belichik hates tablets
Hillary email hacks
Dash controversy
Note 7 is dead

Topic 1 – Google Pixel Reviews

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The Change Up – What would you want to learn / study online?

Topic 2 – Online Learning

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The Unwind Podcast –

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The Unwind Podcast –

Quickfire –
– Oculus Connect
– Apple Watch update

Topic – Google Pixel event

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The Unwind Podcast –

Quickfire – Rob beat Witcher 3
– Shawn goes back to the Division
– Destiny Rise Iron
– Soma turns profit after 1/2 million sold
– Drake 1 billion streams

Topic 1 – Palmer Luckey politics

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Topic 2 – Android Wear v Apple Watch

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The Unwind Podcast –

Topic 1 – “Racist” & “Sexist” emoji

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Topic 2 – 4k tv and gtx 1080 thoughts
• Consoles
• Ps vue
• Gtx 1080

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The Unwind Podcast –

Topic 1 – Sony Event
PS4 Pro

Good
○ 4K gaming (although it sounds upscaled or something. Need to clarify)
○ Will improve PSVR
○ Will likely upscale older games not made for the PS4 Pro
○ $399 and coming out in November
○ Similar in size to the original PS4

Bad
○ Does NOT play 4k Blu Rays. I assume that this can be patched in, but it’s only possible if they use a Blu Ray drive capable of reading dual layer BDs
○ Looks a bit ugly
○ Still unsure if it’ll be THAT much faster. Unlikely to play regular PS4 games at high framerates

Not Sure
○ Have yet to see if this is worth the extra $100

Nice that all PS4s will get HDR support soon.

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Topic 2 – Apple Event
Apple Watch
Good:
○ New internals make it faster
○ Pokemon Go
Note how odd it is that a company partially owned by Google is so intertwined with Apple
○ Waterproof
○ GPS

Bad
○ Same design (debatable if this is a negative) and size
○ No statement on battery life, which implies that it’s no better than last generation
○ Movement away from luxury brand (no gold version, focus on features over celebs and fashionable aspects)

iPhone
Good
○ Dual Camera (only for 7 Plus)
Adding real time bokeh effect is amazing if it works well
Weird that the bokeh effect won’t be available at launch.
○ IP67 Water resistant
○ MARIO! (not sure if it’s exclusive)
○ Starting storage size is finally 32 GB. Also, all storage sizes above that are doubled

Bad
○ Identical design to the 6/6S, which ruins the tick tock cycle. Also, the 10th iPhone is next year. Will it be the 7S?
○ Only slight battery improvements
○ Overall, feels very much like an 6S-S
○ NO HEADPHONE JACK (so much to unpack)
Comes with Lightning Earpods and a 3.5mm to Lightning dongle.
Despite the removal, the iPhone itself is no thinner
Airpods
• Reminds me of old bluetooth headsets
• Uses bluetooth despite all marketing about “W1” chip
• Sound quality similar to regular Earpods
• Pairs really easily
• 5 hr battery life
• Can switch between Apple devices seamlessly and easily
• $159
• Looks easy to lose

Not sure yet
○ Home button isn’t mechanical anymore (it uses Taptic feedback like the Macbook)
○ Retina HD display (why label it HD if you’re not increasing resolution?)
○ Jet Black Color is likely going to be the “must have color” but it scratches easily and only comes in 128 GB and up

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The Unwind Podcast –

QuickFire:
• No man’s sky released
○ Mediocre early reviews
○ Two players found each other
• Fan made pokemon game released – pokemon uranium
• Snapchat…. RACIST????
• Disney buys stake in BAMTech (MLB Streaming)… ESPN on the way?
• Walmart buys Jet.com… Amazon beware?

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Topic – GenCon Debrief

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The Unwind Podcast –

QuickFire:
• Pokemon go update
• What’s a computer?
• No man’s sky leaks
• NHK 8k streaming
• Windows 10 Anniversary http://lifehacker.com/all-the-coolest-features-of-windows-10s-anniversary-upd-1784698775
○ Cortana updates (lock screen)
○ Windows Hello integration
○ Edge extensions
○ Xbox updates (background music, cortana)
○ Android/mobile notification syncing
• Xbox One S
• Insta-steals-stories

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Topic – Tech companies top 5 market cap

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The Unwind Podcast –

QuickFire:
• New shows / movies announced @ comic con
○ Where any comic books announced???
○ Shows: Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Defenders… Super Girl on CW
○ Movies: Justice League & Wonder Woman… Dr. Strange & Black Panther

Topic – Architecture of Shows meant to be streamed

The Change Up brought to you by Green Man Gaming (use COMMEN-TIST20-GAMING for 20% off!) – What are you reading?

Topic – Mobile Game Genres…
• match 3, tiny tower, CCG, now… Geocaching?

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The Unwind Podcast –

QuickFire:
• GTX 1060 benchmarks
• Twitter bans milo

The Change Up brought to you by Green Man Gaming (use COMMEN-TIST20-GAMING for 20% off!) – What are you watching?
• News Room – Rob
• Mr. Robot – Shawn
• Penny Dreadful – Josiah

Topic – Nationalism and tech

Topic – Does Pokemon use AR well?
• Pokemon go numbers
• VR cool down

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The Unwind Podcast –

QuickFire:
• No Man’s Sky goes gold
• Nvidia GTX 1060 – July 19 – $250 – “15% faster than RX 480”
• Update on youtubers being paid

The Change Up brought to you by Green Man Gaming (use COMMEN-TIST20-GAMING for 20% off!) – What pokemon would you want in real life?

Topic – Pokemon Go!
• How to play…
○ Game mechanics
○ What’s working…
○ What’s broken…
○ What’s needed to keep this going?
• Stats / Impact
○ $$$ & users
○ Sponsored stops
○ Social… making friends, walking more, pop culture

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The Unwind Podcast – Episode 83 – Steam sale, apple patent, AMD 480, Kickstarter, Youtubers

QuickFire:
• Steam sale stats
• Apple patent – prevent camera recording at events
• AMD 480 – Crossfire benchmarks & Power draw bug
• Kickstarter – VG down / BG up

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Topic – YouTubers – payola

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The Unwind Podcast – Episode 82 – Racism in Voice Acting, Tech impact on politics, Rx 480 benchmarks

Topic 1 – Racism in Voice Acting

Topic 2 – Tech impact on politics

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Topic 3 – Rx 480 benchmarks

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The Unwind Podcast – Episode 81 – Android, Removal of headphone jacks, Tencent is worth more than 10 cents

Topic 1 – Android

Topic 2 – Removal of headphone jacks

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Topic 3 – Tencent is worth more than 10 cents

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The Unwind Podcast – Episode 80 – E3 Review, Who won E3?, WWDC

Topic 1 – E3 review

Topic 2 – Who won E3?

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Topic 3 – WWDC

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The Unwind Podcast – Episode 79 – E3 preview/hype, Artificial Intelligence, App developer’s cut for subscriptions

Topic 1 – E3 preview/hype

Topic 2 – Artificial Intelligence

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Topic 3 – App developer’s cut for subscriptions

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The Unwind Podcast – Episode 78 – VR is here!, Do your game avatars look like you?, Redefining movies as a medium

Topic 1 – VR Baby!!!
• Tech specs
• Experience
○ Games
○ Josey / Throw up test
○ What do you want next?

Topic 2 – Game avatars… look like you or fantasy

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Topic 3 – Redefining movies as a medium – Disney: Marvel & Star Wars
Interwoven stories

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