This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John share their favorite videogames of 2022.

The Best Videogames of 2022

Joint Picks:

• Pokémon Legends: Arceus
• Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
• Vampire Survivors

Federico’s Picks:

• Elden Ring
• Cyberpunk 2077

John’s Pick:

• Stray
• Rollerdrome

Games We Want to Return to Later:

• Horizon Forbidden West
• God of War: Ragnarök

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This week, Federico and John share their favorite TV shows and movies of 2022.

The Best TV Shows and Movies of 2022

Joint Picks:

• TV Shows
  • Severance
  • Loot

Federico’s Picks:

• TV Shows
  • Better Call Saul
  • For All Mankind

John’s Picks:

• TV Shows
  • Stranger Things
  • Slow Horses
  • Bad Sisters
• Movies
  • Everything Everywhere All At Once
  • Top Gun: Maverick
  • The Batman

Club MacStories Member Recommendations:

• TV Shows
  • Andor
  • Peacemaker
  • House of Dragon
  • The Bear
  • Acapulco
• Movies
  • The Northman
  • Nope
  • Prey
  • The Banshees of Inisherin

This week on MacStories Unwind, we kick off the first of our annual ‘best of’ Unwind recaps with the best music releases of 2022.

The Best Music of 2022

Federico’s Pick:

• English Album of the Year:
  • Asphalt Meadows by Death Cab for Cutie
• Italian Album of the Year
  • c@ra++ere s?ec!@le by thasup
• Other Favorites:
  • Midnights by Taylor Swift
  • Fix Yourself, Not the World and Is This What It Feels Like to Feel Like This? (EP) by The Wombats
  • Unwanted (The Antidote Edition) by Pale Waves
  • Being Funny in a Foreign Language by The 1975
  • The Hum Goes on Forever by The Wonder Years
• Honorable Mentions
  • New Preoccupations by Caracara
  • Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind by Coheed and Cambria
    • The Amory Wars
  • Kings of the New Age by State Champs
  • Will of the People by Muse
    • Ghosts (How Can I Move On) [feat. Elisa] by Muse
  • Alpha Games by Bloc Party

John’s Pick:

• Album of the Year
  • House by Shout Out Louds
  • Other Favorites
  • Midnights (3am Edition) by Taylor Swift
  • Wet Leg by Wet Leg
    * C’mon You Know by Liam Gallagher
    • Down By The River Thames by Liam Gallagher
  • Expert in a Dying Field by The Beths
  • You’re Good (EP) by Kayleigh Goldsworthy
  • Asphalt Meadows by Death Cab for Cutie
• Singles of the Year
  • Sidelines by Phoebe Bridgers
  • All To Well (Sad Girl Autumn Version) [Recorded at Long Pond Studios] by Taylor Swift
  • October Passed Me By by girl in red
  • New Gold (feat. Tame Impala and Bootie Brown) [Dom Dolla Remix] by Gorillaz
• Honorable Mentions
  • Dropout Boogie by The Black Keys
  • Surrender by Maggie Rogers
• More Recommendations
  • Two Ribbons by Let’s Eat Grandma
  • Dream Machine by Lucy Daydream
  • Past Life by Daywave
  • You Have Got to Be Kidding Me by fanclubwallet

Because Club MacStories now encompasses more than just newsletters, we’ve created a guide to the past week’s happenings along with a look at what’s coming up next:

MacStories Weekly: Issue 346

The Twelve South HoverBar Tower.

• A review of the HoverBar Tower iPad stand
• A collection of photo project apps for holiday gift giving
• Plus:
  • App Debuts
  • Highlights from the Club MacStories+ Discord
  • Interesting links from around the web
  • A sneak peek at what’s next on MacStories’ podcasts
  • and more

MacStories Selects Town Hall

• On Tuesday, we held a special MacStories Selects Town Hall in the Club MacStories Discord community where we talked about preparations for MacStories Selects 2022, shared some of the things on which we’ve been working, and took questions from Club members.

This week on MacStories Unwind, I recommend Atari 50, and Federico shares the tools he uses to discover new music.

Links and Show Notes

John’s Pick:

• Atari 50
  • Trailer

Federico’s Picks:

• Websites
  • Chorus.fm
  • Pitchfork
• Apps
  • MusicHarbor
  • MusicSmart

This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John kick off the MacStories Selects awards season with nominations for the Readers’ Choice award before taking a first look at Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.

Links and Show Notes

• MacStories Selects Readers’ Choice award
  • Coming Soon: The Fifth Annual MacStories Selects Awards, Readers’ Choice Award, and Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Club MacStories members can find a link to nominate their favorite app in MacStories Weekly, Issue 345
• Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico loves God of War Ragnarök, and John recommends Isle of Arrows.

Links and Show Notes

Federico’s Pick:

• God of War Ragnarök
  • Trailer

John’s Pick:

• Isle of Arrows
  • Trailer

This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John talk about the new Apple TV 4K, changes to the TV app, and Taylor Swift’s latest album, Midnights.

Links and Show Notes

• Apple TV 4K
• Apple TV app now hides ‘Up Next’ row, making it harder to find what you want to watch
• Midnights (3 am Edition) by Taylor Swift

This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico is rewatching Breaking Bad having recently finished Better Call Saul, and I share what the Metal 3 frameworks could mean for Mac gaming having tested Resident Evil Village, the first Metal 3 game released on the Mac App Store.

Links and Show Notes

Federico’s Pick:

• Breaking Bad

John’s Pick:

• Resident Evil Village, Featuring Metal 3, Debuts on the Mac App Store
• Details on Metal 3
• Resident Evil Village on the Mac App Store