Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:

AppStories

This week, John is joined by his NPC: Next Portable Console co-host Brendon Bigley for a conversation about Control Ultimate Edition coming to the Mac, Bluesky, a friendly interrogation about the apps and gear Brendon uses, and more.

On AppStories+, Brendon and John talk about videogame tracking apps and services.

This episode is sponsored by:

• Capacities – A novel approach to note-taking.

Ruminate

John and Robb consider the legal ramifications of telling people to drink McRib sauce, John nearly gets caught up in notebook hype, then they both discuss Sill, Bluesky, and cross-posting.

AppStories, Episode 413, ‘A Cavalcade of Nightmares’ Show Notes

AppStories+ Pre-Show

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• Apps and Services for Tracking Games and Other Media
  • Game Tracking
    • Backloggd
    • GameTrack
    • GamePal
    • GamingBuddy
  • Other Media
    • Letterboxd
    • Goodreads
    • StoryGraph
    • Sequel
    • Sofa

A Conversation with Brendon Bigley

Control Ultimate Edition Is Coming to the Mac

• Control Ultimate Edition Is Coming to the Mac Early Next Year
• Whisky
• Apple is rumored to be working on a game-specific app store

Bluesky

• MacStories Is on Bluesky
• Cross-Posting
  • EchoFeed
  • Croissant
    • Croissant: A Beautifully-Designed App for Cross-Posting to Multiple Social Media Accounts
    • Croissant: An App for Cross-Posting
  • Openvibe
• Other apps
  • deck.blue

A Friendly Interrogation

• Email: Gmail
  • Google Is Discontinuing Its Inbox Email App in March 2019
• Task Manager: Tot
  • Also mentioned:
    • Clear
    • Apple Reminders
    • Godspeed
• Writing
  • iA Writer
  • Obsidian
• Web Host
  • Pika
• RSS and Read-Later
  • Readwise Reader
  • Also mentioned
    • Feedbin
    • Matter
    • Reeder
    • Play
    • Lire
    • Unread
    • Boox Palma
• Podcasting
  • Hardware
    • Samson Q9U
    • Elgato Stream Deck+ and XLR Dock
    • Facecam Pro
  • Audio Hijack
  • Ableton Live
  • Camo Studio
  • Also mentioned: SoundSource
  • Podcast Host: Transistor.fm
  • Also mentioned:
    • Blue Yeti
    • The Worst Garbage podcast network

iOS Game Recommendations

• Domino Drop
• Afterplace

Follow Brendon’s work

• Wavelengths.online
• YouTube
• Into the Aether
• NPC: Next Portable Console
• Social Media
  • Bluesky
  • Mastodon
  • Instagram
  • Threads

Ruminate, Episode 198, ‘No Michelin Stars Here’ Show Notes

• McDonald’s Is Debuting a Ready-to-Serve Half-Gallon Jug of McRib Sauce
• I have some notes on Sam Altman’s note-taking advice
• Notepad - LEUCHTTURM1917
• A Cavalcade of Nightmares
• Sill’s new app rounds up the best links from your Bluesky and Mastodon networks
• Sill
• Ruminate Podcast (@ruminate.macstories.net)
• EchoFeed

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, Ruminate, Comfort Zone, and NPC: Next Portable Console 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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