Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories’ family of podcasts:
Comfort Zone
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
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
Picks
- John’s Picks:
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Magic Rays of Light, Episode 163, ‘Quests, Both Mythic and Side’ Show Notes
Highlight
Streaming TV Boxes
Apple Original News
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
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
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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.
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