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This week on Magic Rays of Light, Sigmund and Devon highlight new Apple Original bilingual comedy series Land of Women, discuss latest with regards to Apple and the Digital Markets Acts, and recap The Big Cigar.
Niléane tests the gang on their French knowledge (it goes great…), Chris adds some goblins to this productivity system, and Matt tries to connect to the other side.
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This week, Federico and I look back at the first half of 2024 and pick our favorite TV shows, movies, videogames, music, and gadgets.
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Magic Rays of Light, ‘Land of Women and Interoperability’ Show Notes
Opening Chat
Apple TV Go: How a USB-C Mod Spiraled into an iPad-Based tvOS Workstation
Highlight
Follow-Up
Apple TV app adds new ‘Catch Up’ feature for live streaming sports in MLS Season Pass | 9to5Mac
Apple Says It Won’t Ship Major New OS Features in the EU This Fall Due to DMA Uncertainty
European Commission Preliminarily Finds That Apple Has Violated the Digital Markets Act
Apple TV News
Pill Dude Returns
SwitchBot Universal Remote
Final Cut Pro 2 for iPad and Final Cut Camera Released
Final Cut Camera
Final Cut Pro for iPad
Final Cut Pro for Mac
App Store Collection: Amazing Mac Games—on Sale Now!
ALVR
Supercut 1.2
Trailer Talk
Fly Me to the Moon
Yo Gabba GabbaLand!
Releases
Warped Kart Racers Spatial
Play Together in New Ways on Arcade
WondLa
My Divo
Extras
Camp Snoopy — Snoopy’s Guide to Beagle Badges
Land of Women — An Inside Look
Treadmill with Emily featuring Olympic Medallist Meb Keflezighi
Recap
Up Next
We Grown Now
The Pop Out: Ken & Friends
Problemista
A Family Affair
Ezra
The Watchers
The Beekeeper
Out of Darkness
In a Violent Nature
The Bear
The First Slam Dunk
The League
Devon’s Appearance on iPad Pros Episode 200
The Hunger Games
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Comfort Zone, ‘I’m Making It Cold’ Show Notes
Weekly Topics
Bartender
Lenovo Legion Go
FotMob
Other stuff we discussed
iBar
Hidden Bar
Vanilla
Steam Deck
Goblin Tools
SpiritTalker
Naturalisation en France
Follow the Hosts
Chris on YouTube
Matt on Birchtree
Niléane on Mastodon
Comfort Zone on Mastodon
MacStories Unwind, ‘Mid-Year Top Picks’ Show Notes
Best Mid-Year Picks
Our Mid-Year 2024 Top Media Picks
TV
John
Fallout Season 1 on Amazon Prime
Dark Matter on Apple TV+
– The Gentlemen
Criminal Record
Federico
Young Sheldon, final season
Games
Federico
Dragon’s Dogma II
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
John
Animal Well
Hades II
Balatro
Pepper Grinder
Movies
John
Godzilla Minus One
Music
Federico
Howl Howl Gaff Gaff (Revisited) by Shout Out Louds
POST HUMAN: NeX GEn by Bring Me the Horizon
I Made You a Mixtape
John
The Sweater Club by Jelani Aryeh
No Shame No Fame by Kindsight
Gadget
Federico
Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses
John
11” iPad Pro
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