Podcast Rewind: Cozy Sports, Wallpaper Wars, Southern Cooking, and Bad Bunny

Niléane gets sporty and frosty, Chris is drowning in new Apple products, and Matt oversees the battle for the nicest iPhone wallpaper (where everyone wins).

MacStories Unwind

This week, Federico tries to recover from a rough week, John brings some Southern cooking to the show, Federico has a long backlog of videogames to attend to, and John has an Apple TV+ show and an album to share.

Magic Rays of Light

Sigmund is joined by 9to5Mac editor-in-chief Chance Miller to highlight Paul Greengrass’s emotional California fire triumph-over-disaster movie, Apple Music’s next Super Bowl half-time show headliner, and the indefinite postponement of The Savant.

Comfort Zone, Episode 69, ’Nice’ Show Notes

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Main topics

Apple Sports comes to more countries

FotMob

Frosty

Everything Apple announced in September

Other stuff we talked about

Tapback wallpaper set (🚨 WARNING, downloads may not work…)

Chris’s wallpaper (alt link)

Briar Rose wallpaper

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MacStories Unwind, ’Nights, Weekends, and Holidays’ Show Notes

Links and Show Notes

Links and Show Notes

Unplugged

Southern Cooking

Pecan Pie

Pimento Cheese Dip

Fried Okra

Picks

Federico’s Pick:

Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

Triple Click Tactics episode

Hades II

Donkey Kong Bananza

Hollow Knight: Silksong

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond

Pokémon Legends: Z-A

Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart

Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

Despelote

Mika and the Witch’s Mountain

John’s Pick:

Slow Horses, Season 5 on Apple TV+

Michigander by Michigander

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Magic Rays of Light, Episode 186, ‘The Lost Bus, Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl, and The Savant’s Postponement’ Show Notes

Special Guest Co-Host Chance Miller
* 9to5Mac
* 9to5Mac Daily
* 9to5Mac Happy Hour

Highlight
* The Lost Bus
* Paradise by Lizzie Johnson

Apple Audio
* Beats Fit Pro
* MKBHD’s AirPods Pro 3 Review

Trailer Talk
* Knife Edge: Chasing Micheline Stars
* Loot S3
* Down Cemetery Road
* Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost

Apple Original News
* Global sensation Bad Bunny to perform at Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show | NFL
* Schmigadoon! Is headed to Broadway | Entertainment Weekly
* The Hunt First Look
* The Savant Postponed | Deadline

Releases
* The Sisters Grimm
* Immersive: Elevated — Maine

Apple Arcade Releases
* Dominoes: Classic Tile Game+ by MobilityWare
* Piffle+ by Hipster Whale
* Thomas & Friends: Let’s Roll+ by StoryToys

Extras
* Chief Of War — The Olowalu Massacre | Apple TV+
* Chief of War — Another Take with Temuera Morrison | Kahekili Fights Kūpule Scene | Apple TV+
* Chief of War — Another Take with Jason Momoa | Cliff Fight Scene | Apple TV+
* Highest 2 Lowest — Spike Lee & Denzel Washington’s Collaborative History | Apple TV+
* Foundation — Foundation, Fact, or Fiction | Apple TV+
* Platonic — Season 2 Bloopers | Apple TV+
* Pluribus — Taking Out the Trash | Apple TV+
* Slow Horses — See London the Slow Horses Way | Apple Maps

The Watchlist
* Rabbit Trap
* Caught Stealing
* Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
* Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
* The Toxic Avenger
* The Naked Gun
* Bring Her Back
* Shell
* Steve
* The Threesome
* Twinless
* One Day in October

Up Next
* Abbott Elementary
* Chad Powers