Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:
AppStories
This week, Federico and John cover the app and agent experiments they’re both running.
On AppStories+, John explores the sort of rapid workflow iteration enabled by agents.
NPC: Next Portable Console
This week, handheld news and a nerdy look at the recomp and decomp scene that is rapidly expanding to new operating systems.
On NPC XL, the gang revisits GameNative and the extent to which it has improved.
Comfort Zone
Today’s episode is all about tier listing the contenders to be the new Euro banknotes. What will these Americans think of Europe’s next top currency?
This week’s Cozy Zone is a very fun “name that app” game as Matt trots out some of the really weird apps from his Mac’s Applications folder.
AppStories, Episode 496, ‘Summer Projects - Automation, Email, and Dictation’ Show Notes
This episode is sponsored by:
- Inoreader – Build Your Own Newsfeed and Cut Through the Noise
- Shipaton, from RevenueCat: The world’s biggest mobile hackathon for people who actually ship.
Summertime Projects
- John’s Logic to Final Cut Automation
- Federico Switches Email Clients
- Federico Retests Dictation Apps
- T3 Code
- John’s Research System
AppStories+ Post-Show
- Advancing Voice Intelligence With New Models in the API (OpenAI)
- Desert Ant Labs
- Pokémon Red & Blue mod turns the classic RPG into a sick 3D voxel game
Subscribe to AppStories+
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NPC, Episode 91, ‘Recomps, Decomps, and Playable Dioramas’ Show Notes
The Latest Portable Gaming News
- Retroid Announces Nova Shipping Dates
- Qualcomm reportedly notifies hardware partners of impending chip price hikes
The Recomp and Decomp Scene
- Pokemon Gen 1 Recompilation adds HD-2D to the original games.
- A mod team has made a recompilation of Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow.
- The Dramatic Shape Voxel Mod, which turns the game into a full 3D voxel-based experience.
- Ocarina of Time decomp on iOS
- Also Mario Kart 64 iOS decomp
Subscribe to NPC XL
NPC XL is a weekly members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon for $5/month. Each week on NPC XL, Federico, Brendon, and John record a special segment or deep dive about a particular topic that is released alongside the “regular” NPC episodes. You can subscribe here.
Comfort Zone, Episode 112, ‘Dollar Dollar Bills Y’all’ Show Notes
Things Discussed
Cozy Zone
For even more from the Comfort Zone crew, you can subscribe to Cozy Zone. Cozy Zone is a weekly bonus episode of Comfort Zone where Matt, Niléane, and Chris invite listeners to join them in the Cozy Zone where they’ll cover extra topics, invent wilder challenges and games, and share all their great (and not so great) takes on tech. You can subscribe to Cozy Zone for $5 per month here or $50 per year here.
MacStories launched its first podcast in 2017 with AppStories. Since then, the lineup has expanded to include a family of weekly shows that also includes MacStories Unwind, Magic Rays of Light, Comfort Zone, NPC: Next Portable Console, and First, Last, Everything that collectively, cover a broad range of the modern media world from Apple’s streaming service and videogame hardware to apps for a growing audience that appreciates our thoughtful, in-depth approach to media.
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