This week on MacStories Unwind, creative people we’d love to interview, desert island game systems, a brainy puzzle game and a TV show about an equally brainy chemist.

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Unplugged

• If you could interview one creative person, who would it be?
  • Shigeru Miyamoto
  • Phoebe Bridgers
• If you could play games from just one console maker, which would it be?
  • Nintendo
• Also mentioned:
  • Analogue is making a 4K Nintendo 64
  • Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
  • Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Media Picks

• Federico’s Pick:
  • Cocoon
    • Trailer
• John’s Pick:
  • Lessons in Chemistry on Apple TV+
    • Trailer
    • Book

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In this month’s special AV Club edition of MacStories Unwind, Federico, John, and Jonathan discuss Season 3 of the Hulu Original, Only Murders in the Building.

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• Watch
  • Season 3 Trailer
  • No one roasts Conan O’Brien like Martin Short
• Read:
  • Why We Keep Putting Up With Martin Short
  • Martin Short Defended by Fans and Celebrities After Critic Calls Him ‘Desperately Unfunny’
• Additional recommendations:

• Federico - The Greatest Showman on Apple TV

• Jonathan - Steve Martin & Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life on Netflix

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This week on MacStories Unwind, I recommend an Irish family drama on Apple TV+, while Federico has been out exploring new corners of the tech world.

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John’s Pick

• Flora and Son, on Apple TV+
  • Trailer

Federico’s Pick

Federico recording AppStories using the XREAL Air.

• XREAL Air
• XREAL Beam
• Also mentioned:
  • Genki Convert Dock Mini

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This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and I compare road trip notes and somehow wind up talking about Federico’s fascination with casinos, before turning to the latest content updates to Apple Podcasts from Music and News.

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Road Trips

• 

  Charlotte to Philadelphia and back

• 

  Rome to Barcelona

• Federico, Pittsburgh, and The O.C.
  • Anna from The O.C.
  • University of Pittsburgh, Digital Narrative and Interactive Design
• Sanremo Music Festival
• Casino Sanremo
• Apple Music in Podcasts
  • The Matt Wilkinson Show
  • Alt Ctrl Radio

John’s Pick:

• Apple News in Podcasts
  • News Today
  • News+ Narrated
  • News In Conversation

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This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico preps for some serious downtime by planning a mod of his ASUS ROG Ally handheld gaming PC and I listened to Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros on a drive from Philadelphia back to North Carolina.

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Federico’s Season of Sci-Fi and Tech:

• Tech:
  • ASUS ROG Ally Z1 Extreme
  • ASUS ROG XG Mobile external eGPU
• Media:
  • Starfield
  • Foundation, Season 2
  • For All Mankind, Season 4
  • Light Bringer by Pierce Brown
• Other Games Mentioned:
  • Sea of Stars

John’s Pick:

• John’s Downtime Plans:
  • Home Assistant Yellow
  • Games
    • [Dave the Diver]https://store.steampowered.com/app/1868140/DAVE_THE_DIVER/)
    • Super Mario Bros. Wonder
• Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Audiobook version on Apple Books)

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On this week’s special AV Club edition of MacStories Unwind, John and Jonathan share their all-time favorite movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark and Memento.

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• John’s Pick
  • Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark:
  • Watch the Trailer
  • Watch in the Apple TV App
• Jonathan’s Pick
  • Memento:
    • Watch the Trailer
    • Watch in the Apple TV App
    • Read Memento Mori (Short Story written by Christopher Nolan’s brother Jonathan, upon which the film was based.)

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This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico explains his UVC device journey that naturally ended with using a Game Boy Camera as an iPad webcam, and I embrace the South by cooking grits, and I recommend Plane, a 2023 action-thriller movie.

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Federico’s Game Boy Webcam for iPad

• I Used a Game Boy Camera for FaceTime Video Calls in iPadOS 17 and It Was Glorious
  • Game Boy Camera
  • Analogue Pocket
  • Analogue Pocket Dock
  • Elgato Cam Link
  • Capture Pro: UVC Viewer

John’s Picks:

• Grits
• Plane
  • Trailer

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This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico is back from Spain, unbeknown to each other, Federico and I buy the same new audio gear, and I want you to join him in his Run Across America.

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• Simultaneous Invention, but for shopping
  • Audient EVO 4
• Ticci’s Travels
  • Formentera
  • Ibiza
  • Cala Sant Vicenç, Mallorca
• John’s Pick:
  • Run Across America
    • App Store
    • Website
    • How I Tricked Myself Into Liking Running
    • Anyone interested in forming a Run Across America team, get in touch on Mastodon or Threads.

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This week, John is joined by Alex Guyot to talk about old gadgets and handmade tech accessories, plus a movie and TV show.

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John’s Old Tech Pick:

The Danger Hiptop aka T-Mobile Sidekick.

• Danger Hiptop
  • T-Mobile Sidekick retrospective (photos)
  • The History of the Sidekick: The Coolest Smartphone of All Time

Alex’s Old Tech Pick:

• Review: Apple iPod shuffle (Fourth-Generation)
• Behold, the iPod shuffle Curtain:

John’s Media Pick:

• Blackberry

Alex’s Media Pick:

• Swagger

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