Podcast Rewind: Vibe Coding, Scrobbling, Mythic Quest, and Switch 2 Game Tech

Matt has built an Obsidian plugin with a fun name, Niléane is keeping the scrobbling dream alive, and everyone tries to find a great new Raycast extension.

MacStories Unwind

This week, the latest on the NVIDIA tech driving the Switch 2 and a new Donkey Kong game brings back podcast memories, plus Indiana Jones and the Great Circle and a super-slim Qi battery pack for your iPhone.

Magic Rays of Light

Sigmund and Devon highlight new Apple Original anthology series Side Quest and recap the recently wrapped season of its parent series Mythic Quest.

Comfort Zone, Episode 43, ‘Maybe I’m Scrobbling and Don’t Even Know It’ Show Notes

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Weekly Topics

Ghosty Posty

Last.fm

Other Things Discussed

The “”meh key”“

Nintendo Today is Chris’s new “”calendar”“

Ulysses

Sleeve

Quanta

Doppler

Obsidian Raycast extension

Menubar Weather

Parcel

PopClip

Lutron Aurora Smart Bulb Dimmer Switch

Follow the Hosts

Chris on YouTube

Matt on Birchtree

Niléane on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Mastodon

Comfort Zone on Bluesky

MacStories Unwind, ‘Switch 2 Tech, Games, and Cutting-Edge Battery Packs’ Show Notes

Links and Show Notes

Nintendo Switch 2 and NVIDIA

Nintendo Switch 2 Leveled Up With NVIDIA AI-Powered DLSS and 4K Gaming NVIDIA Blog

Nvidia confirms the Nintendo Switch 2 has DLSS and real-time ray tracing

Donkey Kong Bananza

Trailer

Bonanza on Relay

Picks

John’s Picks:

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

PS5 version

OnePlus Slim Magnetic Power Bank 5000mAh

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Magic Rays of Light, Episode 163, ‘Quests, Both Mythic and Side’ Show Notes

Highlight

Side Quest

Streaming TV Boxes

Who’s the laggard? Comparing TV streamer boxes | Six Colors

Apple Original News

First Look at WondLa Season Two

First Look at Chief of War

Releases

VIP: Yankee Stadium

‎Katamari Damacy Rolling LIVE

‎SpaceInvaders InfinityGene EVO

‎puffies.

‎RollerCoaster Tycoon® Classic+

‎The Game of Life 2+

‎Sesame Street Mecha Builders+

Extras

The Studio — The Oner

Severance: Season 2 Original Soundtrack

Music To Refine To: A Remix Companion to Severance | Odezsa

Music To Refine To: A Remix Companion to Severance on Vinyl

Severance — Inside the Balloon Installation in London

Behind the Mac: Editing Severance

How the mind-splitting world of Severance comes together on Mac

The Making of ‘Someday,’ a film by Spike Jonze

Recap

Mythic Quest

TV App Highlights

Black Bag

Opus

The Colors Within

Paddington in Peru

Becoming Led Zeppelin

The Monkey

Game Changer

The Handmaid’s Tale

Up Next

The Residence

Dying for Sex

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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.