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AppStories
This week, John is joined by his NPC: Next Portable Console co-host Brendon Bigley for a conversation about Control Ultimate Edition coming to the Mac, Bluesky, a friendly interrogation about the apps and gear Brendon uses, and more.
On AppStories+, Brendon and John talk about videogame tracking apps and services.
This episode is sponsored by:
Capacities – A novel approach to note-taking.
Ruminate
John and Robb consider the legal ramifications of telling people to drink McRib sauce, John nearly gets caught up in notebook hype, then they both discuss Sill, Bluesky, and cross-posting.
AppStories, Episode 413, ‘A Cavalcade of Nightmares’ Show Notes
AppStories+ Pre-Show
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Apps and Services for Tracking Games and Other Media
Game Tracking
Backloggd
GameTrack
GamePal
GamingBuddy
Other Media
Letterboxd
Goodreads
StoryGraph
Sequel
Sofa
A Conversation with Brendon Bigley
Control Ultimate Edition Is Coming to the Mac
Control Ultimate Edition Is Coming to the Mac Early Next Year
Whisky
Apple is rumored to be working on a game-specific app store
Bluesky
MacStories Is on Bluesky
Cross-Posting
EchoFeed
Croissant
Croissant: A Beautifully-Designed App for Cross-Posting to Multiple Social Media Accounts
Croissant: An App for Cross-Posting
Other apps
deck.blue
A Friendly Interrogation
Email: Gmail
Google Is Discontinuing Its Inbox Email App in March 2019
Task Manager: Tot
Also mentioned:
Clear
Apple Reminders
Godspeed
Web Host
Pika
RSS and Read-Later
Readwise Reader
Also mentioned
Feedbin
Matter
Reeder
Play
Lire
Unread
Boox Palma
Podcasting
Hardware
Samson Q9U
Elgato Stream Deck+ and XLR Dock
Facecam Pro
Audio Hijack
Ableton Live
Camo Studio
Also mentioned: SoundSource
Podcast Host: Transistor.fm
Also mentioned:
Blue Yeti
The Worst Garbage podcast network
iOS Game Recommendations
Follow Brendon’s work
Wavelengths.online
YouTube
Into the Aether
NPC: Next Portable Console
Social Media
Bluesky
Mastodon
Instagram
Threads
Ruminate, Episode 198, ‘No Michelin Stars Here’ Show Notes
McDonald’s Is Debuting a Ready-to-Serve Half-Gallon Jug of McRib Sauce
I have some notes on Sam Altman’s note-taking advice
Notepad – LEUCHTTURM1917
A Cavalcade of Nightmares
Sill’s new app rounds up the best links from your Bluesky and Mastodon networks
Sill
Ruminate Podcast (@ruminate.macstories.net)
EchoFeed
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.
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