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

Visit AppStories.com to learn more about the extended, high bitrate audio version of AppStories that is delivered early each week and subscribe.

• MacStories’ YouTube channel
• Federico revisits the Vision Pro

AppStories Main Show

AppStories is Available on YouTube

• AppStories’ YouTube podcast

The Club MacStories Fall Membership Drive

• Kicking Off Club MacStories’ Fall Membership Drive with Deals and Perks
• Join us today at 11 AM Eastern U.S. time for a special live event in the Club MacStories+ Discord channel

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

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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.

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