For The Podcast

On this episode, Jason talks a lot (as usual). Also, we return to the more traditional podcast format:

• Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
• TV Remakes
  • X-Files
  • Fuller House
• For The Podcast’s lost and “special” episodes
• Virtual Reality is almost here!
  • Mike’s Oculus preorder
  • Oculus vs. Samsung Gear VR vs. HTC Vive and Playstation VR
• Jason tries out Android (again)
  • Nexus 6P and Android impressions
  • Third-party keyboards and security concerns
• Jason’s home bar
  • Will’s tips on bar essentials
  • Studio Neat’s Simple Syrup Kit
  • How (not) to make an Old Fashioned
• Apple vs. FBI

Jason chats with his former law school classmate, Arnab, to discuss Making a Murderer, Apple’s stance on encryption, the unexpected passing of Justice Scalia, and some politics. So pretty much just like any other FTP episode.

We’re trying something new this week. We recorded ourselves playing a game called “Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes,” where only one of us (Jason) can see a bomb on his screen, and Mike and Will try to help him defuse it by using a bomb defusal manual.

Watch on YouTube

Sorry for the long layoff (“producer” issues), but we finally posted a new episode! Here’s what we discussed:

• No follow-up!
• Video Games
  • Fallout 4 impressions (or not)
    • Bethesda’s random name database
  • Star Wars Battlefront
  • Nintendo Direct
    • Twilight Princess HD for Wii U
    • Hyrule Warriors
      • Linkle, the female version of Link
    • Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow available on the Nintendo eShop
    • Super Smash Bros. gets Cloud from Final Fantasy
• Sonos TruePlay
  • Ghostbusters P.K.E. Meter
• TAG Heuer Connected smartwatch
  • “Connected to Eternity” trade-in program
• Alienware Steam machine
  • More like “Steam”-ing pile of crap
• iPad Pro impressions
  • Is it a laptop replacement?
  • Yao Ming-Verne Troyer commercial
  • Pencil impressions

On this week’s episode:

• No follow-up!
• Video games
  • Halo 5
  • Xbox One Elite controller
  • Halo 5 drops split-screen support
    • Online multiplayer vs. same-room multiplayer
  • New Xbox One Experience
    • Xbox Games with Gold doubles number of free games
    • Problems with existing Xbox One experience
  • Fallout 4
    • Amazon’s terrible pre-order policy for digital games
    • Playstation 4 vs. Xbox One
    • Fallout: New Vegas
    • Polygon review
    • Mike remembers he already pre-ordered the game
• Apple TV
  • Apple TV is a radical rethinking of your relationship with the hardware and games you own
    • Would this help on consoles?
  • Our favorite Apple TV apps
  • Impressions and complaints
  • Cord-cutting
  • CEC support
  • Master of None
• Steve Jobs movie
  • Flops in box office
• Apple
  • iPad Pro available on Wednesday
• Surface Book
  • Mike has lost interest due to reports of hardware crashes 🙁
• Normal “Bear” Questions
  • Overcast app has changed Will’s life
    • Favorite podcasts
    • Will can count (confirmed)
  • Our workspaces
    • Standing desks
• We have a producer!?