Essence Of Zen: After Dark

This special is exert from Episode 14. Here is a take that Andy has over the contract gamers have with the games they play. Enjoy.

Zane and Louis are back on the air — Today is a special day! It’s the Season 1 Finale! We’re going to talk about Zane’s experience with his Fold2, Apple’s plans for their next conference event, Google doing... something we guess... and AMD popping bottle after bottle celebrating the fruits of their hard labor! [ Show Notes ]

Zane and Andrew are back on the air — Cyberpunk is looking GOOD! Nintendo being Nintendo. And Bethesda under Microsoft!? SAY WHAT!? (we knew they were looking to sell) [ Show Notes ]

Zane and Louis are back on the air — Today’s episode covers a general “wtf is Walmart doing?” question that we all ask everyday, along with what Microsoft, apple, and Huawei are up to. [ Show Notes ]

Zane and Andrew are back on the air — mainly covering discussions around backwards compatibility among consoles, as well as the spicy debate around Epic vs Apple. That being said, there’s also some juicy news around Microsoft and EA. [ Show Notes ]

Zane and Louis are back on the air — this time going into topics around new mobile phones around the corner, Tesla’s beef with Rivian, and google’s horrible naming standards. What’s more, we’d like it if everyone attempted to keep their data as safe as possible! [ Show Notes ]

Zane and Andrew are back on the air — Discussing Microsoft’s strong steps in building an ecosystem that’d allow players to play whereever on nearly whatever you have. That aside - we get into the question “Should online gaming be made free?” [ Show Notes ]

Zane and Louis are back on the air — going over Apple WWDC, and Apple as a whole! Their iOS 14 Beta, Big Sur, and Apple moving to ARM! I would like to apologize for this late release, many things prevented me from applying the time I needed to edit, and once I started editing the session required extra work. [ Show Notes ]

Zane and Andrew are back on the air to dive back into discussions around Pokemon since the release of one of two highly awaited DLCs for Sword and Shield: Isle of Armor! Discussions also include recent footage and talk around Cyberpunk, as well as some unexpected shift in development for Civilization’s (the game) competiton: Humanikind. Enjoy the show! [ Show Notes ]

Zane and Louis are back on the air, this time it “WAS” live via the Essence Of Zen channel on YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook to discuss Sony’s presentation about their future of gaming and, of course, the reveal of the Playstation 5 Audio Content related to games within this episode belong to Sony and the respective teams and developers behind them. As such this episode has no advertisements from u...

Zane and Andrew are back on the air — After pushing back our session a week, we were just on time for Sony’s Future of gaming event! So we’re going to to discuss that, and how that may bode for future game confrences. Also! A very interesting concept by Andy, on the Social Contract we, as consumers, make with products and works of art! [ Show Notes ]

Debated if I was going to do something like this - and If I were, to what extent and in what format. The platforms we have are not large, and I rather not portray ill intent from such action. But I wound up wanting to add my voice to the mix, in some capacity, and here it is. If anyone has any questions or discussions wanted from these, you can find me on most platforms as @ZenOokami and other con...

Zane and Louis are back on the air — today our techy duo cover some Windows Subsystem for Linux news alongside continued effects of covid, and of course the start of Space X making history with NASA. In preparation for the release of this episode - a lot has been going on in the world, and I hope everyone is staying safe, staying sane, and staying strong through these difficult times. And, from me...

Welcoming back Andrew  to the show! Since the last time he’s co-hosted, a lot has happened around the gaming industry as a whole. So sit back as we discuss the Unreal Engine, Pricing in the industry, next gen consoles and their supposed jump in power and technology - and finally, the Last of Us II situation - and how spoilers can impact a work of art. [ Show Notes ]

Zane and Louis are back on the air — Today they cover the conversations about China wanting to make a moon research base, that just so happens to be at the southpole where something... strange resides... Microsoft is still pushing strong with their Surface line, and AMD keeps throwing out banger after banger after banger. [ Show Notes ]

Zane and Louis are back on the air — Today’s a LONG episode, too many tangents but today’s topics are around Motorola returning to normal cellphones, Nintendo account hacks, AMC’s beef with Universal, as well as the new standards for WiFi 6! [ Show Notes ]

Zane and Louis are back on the air — Today with sad news about a legend in the computer science field, as well as mathamatics. Less bad news, we are getting reports of MacOS updates bricking macbooks. On the positive side, One Plus is making waves with their new One Plus 8 and 8 Pro — even though it’s definitely not in their normal price range. [ Show Notes ]

Zane and Louis are back on the air -- stronger than 5G I might add -- discussing the growth of virtual meeting platforms such as Zoom, Skype, Teams etc, after bringing up some inner arguments at Samsung over Qualcomm vs Exynos chips. Let's not also forget Nintendo and their money printing factory that is Animal Crossing! [ Show Notes ]

Today Zane and Louis really dig deep in the discussion of virtual ownership. What does it mean to "buy" a "digital" product. What peaks this question is the events surrounding Plex and how some are attempting to push responsibility on to Plex for what users do with their product.  It's an interesting conversation nevertheless. [ Show Notes ]

Today's episode we see Zane and Andy go in depth about their perspectives on the future of gaming, along with "crowd funding" within the indie market and its place in the gaming industry! Feel free to sit back and listen to talks about Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Patreon, Kickstarter, and even Gaming events cancelled due to COVID-19.  [Show Notes]

We said we'd do an episode over Google killing off projects - well here we are! Please note - been especially busy as of late, as well as been having stomach issues so editing has been difficult and as such spent lesser time on audio control. Thanks for understanding! [ Show Notes! ]

Zane and Louis bring you updates around what's going on with Blackberry, Hummers, what Hackathons are like and why students should be interested in them, what Pablo Escobar's brother is doing, and where the future of Android is headed. We also have a short message sent in from a fellow podcaster, Stevie! Who you can find him and others over at Convrs8 and FCX -- go give em a listen! [Show Notes]

Hey! We've got a special treat! After Dark is moving to a weekly show (for the most part) with the co-host for the show filling in on the then off-week is Andy! He works in the Game Industry and will be sharing his thoughts, opinions, and passion in today's episode. Let's dive into the every-changing world of Pokemon, a potential competitor for Pokemon Games, and a general discussion on Game Delay...

Sonos back-tracks on their "recycle mode" that bricks a device "for your safety". Samsung and Apple out here leaking stuff, don't know why, they have the money for a plumber. And hope for future cancer treatments? Let's hope so! Join Zane and Louis this week as they cover these topics plus a bunch of tangents (thanks, Zane, honestly...)! And if you're curious about the notes for the show, find the...

Join Zane & Louis as they adjust to making podcasts again! Today's topics: Apple Electric Vehicles CES 2020 You can find our exact document used during the show: HERE