This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico recommends Simple Plan’s latest album, Harder Than it Looks and takes listeners back to 2005 for the band’s one song show in Viterbo, Italy, while I revisit the Tomb Raider trilogy on the the Xbox Series X.

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Federico’s Pick:

• Harder Than It Looks by Simple Plan
• Also Mentioned:
  • Still Not Gettin’ Any by Simple Plan
  • Welcome to My Life by Simple Plan
  • XKCD comic
  • I’m Just a Kid TikTok Challenge
  • Dutty Rock by Sean Paul
  • Sum 41
  • American Idiot by Green Day
  • That time Simple Plan played one song in Viterbo

John’s Pick:

• Tomb Raider: Definitive Survivor Trilogy

This week on MacStories Unwind, John recommends the latest album from The Black Keys and Federico has a single from My Chemical Romance and an update to Pokémon Home to share.

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John’s Pick:

• Dropout Boogie by The Black Keys

Federico’s Picks:

• The Foundations of Decay by My Chemical Romance
• Pokémon Home

This week on MacStories Unwind, John recommends Apple News Audio stories and Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Alex Guyot makes a special guest appearance to suggest a classic iOS game, Nanuleu.

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John’s Picks:

• Apple News Audio
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land
  • Reviews mentioned:
    • Nintendo Life
    • Kotaku
    • Polygon

Alex’s Pick:

• Nanuleu
  • Game Day: Nanuleu

This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico recommends Alpha Games by Bloc Party and John suggests the skateboarding videogame OlliOlli World.

Links and Show Notes

Federico’s Pick:

Alpha Games by Bloc Party

John’s Pick:

• OlliOlliWorld by Roll7
  • Official Gameplay Trailer

This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico recommends VGC Guide for anyone interested in learning about competitive Pokémon, and John shares The Batman, the latest reboot of the caped crusader series.

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Federico’s Pick:

• VGC Guide

John’s Pick:

• The Batman
  • Official trailer

This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico and John dig into Severance, the Apple TV+ show that is one of their favorite shows of 2022 so far.

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Federico and John’s Joint Pick:

• Severance on Apple TV+
  • Official Trailer
  • John’s appearance on Magic Rays of Light

This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico recommends WeCrashed on Apple TV+, and John has had the new Wet Leg album on repeat since its release a week ago.

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Federico’s Pick:

• WeCrashed on TV+
  • Official Trailer

John’s Pick:

• Wet Leg by Wet Leg
  • Wet Leg’s Self-Titled Debut is the Sneeringly Sarcastic, Relentlessly Catchy Post-Punk Record the World Has Been Fiending For

This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico provides a detailed look behind the making of Placebo’s latest album, Never Let Me Go, and John recommends the podcast Magic Rays of Light and the Apple TV+ show Slow Horses.

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This Week on MacStories Unwind

Automation April Update

• Automation April Shortcuts Contest

Federico’s Pick:

• Never Let Me Go by Placebo
• More about Never Let Me Go and Placebo
  • Placebo speak out on “brutal” return with new album ‘Never Let Me Go’
  • Placebo Are Done With Being Fetishised

John’s Picks:

• Magic Rays of Light hosted by Sigmund Judge and Devon Dundee of Screen Times
• Slow Horses on Apple TV+
  • Slow Horses Official Trailer

This week, Federico explains the many ways to play the PS5 remotely, and John recommends Microsoft’s All-Access Pass as an entry point into the Xbox universe of videogames.

Show Notes

• Introducing Automation April: A Month-Long Community Event About Automation, Featuring Shortcuts, Interviews, Discord Workshops, and a Shortcut Contest

Federico’s Pick:

• PS Remote Play
• PS Remote Play Mac and Windows apps
• Chiaki, open source PlayStation Remote Play

John’s Pick:

• Xbox All-Access