Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:
AppStories
Federico and John announce that AppStories is now on YouTube and discuss the Club MacStories Fall Membership Drive and listener follow-up before digging into Federico’s iPad mini review and the concept of “The Third Place.”
On AppStories+, Federico explains how he’s been revisiting and using the Apple Vision Pro.
NPC: Next Portable Console
This week, Federico and John carry on without Brendon and profess their love of all things OLED. Plus, Federico shares a shopping confession, Anbernic is back to its bi-weekly ways, we explore inventive controllers and answer a listener question about the Ayn Odin 2, before Federico tells the origin story of his Wii, which he modded to offload his game library to his collection of handhelds.
AppStories, Episode 408, ‘iPad mini Review: The Third Place’ Show Notes
Links and Show Notes
AppStories+ Pre-Show
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MacStories’ YouTube channel
Federico revisits the Vision Pro
AppStories Main Show
AppStories is Available on YouTube
The Club MacStories Fall Membership Drive
Kicking Off Club MacStories’ Fall Membership Drive with Deals and Perks
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Follow-Up
Mesh Gradient Ultimate is a very good Mac app for making gradients
Federico’s iPad mini (A17 Pro) Review
iPad mini Review: The Third Place
On AppStories+, a video experiment, I have iPad Pro follow-up, and Federico has technical follow-up and a question for listeners about streaming videogames over Wi-Fi.
We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week.
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NPC, Episode 11, ‘Still Kickin’ at the Videogame Store’ Show Notes
Links and Show Notes
The Latest Portable Gaming News
Ayn announces Odin Portal
MuOS Banana is out
Brendon’s installation guide
Federico’s Confession
Ayn Odin Mini
Hypatia texture pack for Wind Waker
Budget Controller
A less powerful RG Cube
ANBERNIC’s Upcoming Leaked Handheld Could Feature Two Displays
Pocket Play: An new iPhone controller coming soon to Kickstarter
GameSir Taratuala Pro
GameSir reveal trailer
Techno Pocket Go
A keyboard with a PC in it
Alarmo
Xbox will let you stream any game from your library
Open Source Cartridge Reader
CDRDAO
How to dump your PSX Games (for Mac)
Credits
Show Art: Brendon Bigley
Music: Will LaPorte
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.
If you’re interested in advertising on our shows, you can learn more here or by contacting our Managing Editor, John Voorhees.
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