Shades Of Brown

It's list week! So we arbitrarily rank music and video games released in 2019. Show Notes: 00:00:04 - An Aside On Opus 00:09:22 - Cristian's Top Albums 00:31:40 - Sadiq's Top Albums 00:49:54 - Sadiq's GOTY's 01:07:39 - Cristian's GOTY's Our albums of the year Cristian's albums of the year: IGOR - Tyler, The Creator Snaxx - MNDSGN All My Heroes Are Cornballs - JPEGMAFIA When I Get Home - Solange So...

Halo Reach is a 10 year old game that by virtue of just existing has a better business model and set of content than any FPS game released this year, we talk about it for an hour. Show Notes: Halo Reach: Digital Foundry - Halo Reach PC/Xbox One Review: It's Good - But There Are Issues Sound issues Post-processing issues Frame rate > 60 causing mouse issues DF Direct: CRT Displays - Was LCD A Bi...

Sadiq and Cristian talk about having to reinstall software, super low level software, encrypted network software, and then video game streaming software. Show Notes: 00:00:05 - eGPU Follow Up 00:16:09 - Google's Attempts To Mainline Android Kernel Support 00:25:48 - DNS, DOH, and DOT 00:44:15 - Google Stadia: Officially Launched eGPU Follow Up: Izotope RX 7 Android and Linux: Google outlines plans...

Sadiq and Cristian talk about space capitalism video games, Apple finally fixing their keyboards, and take advantage of a boring Windows 10 update to Go90* about eGPUs. *Go90 is a registered trademark of Verizon LLC, used without permission Show Notes: 00:00:17 - The Outer World (Spoilers) 00:25:22 - The Outer Worlds (Not Spoilers) 00:32:25 - 16 Inch Macbook Pro 00:53:10 - Windows 10 November 2019...

Sadiq and Cristian talk about AirPods, take a big detour into audiophile land, laugh at WearOS, and ThinQ about BlizzCon. Show Notes: 00:00:34 - Notifications on iOS 00:05:42 - AirPods Pro 00:25:06 - Google Buys Fitbit 00:32:41 - BlizzCon (Part 1, Politics Discourse) 00:46:45 - BlizzCon (Part 2, Games Talk) Airpods Pro: Apple announces AirPods Pro AirPods Pro First Impressions by John Gruber Fitbi...

Sadiq and Cristian talk about the latest Google hardware products while making fun of Blizzard and exploring Sadiq's deep hatred for WiFi. Show Notes: 00:01:12 - Pixel 4 00:17:35 - Pixelbook Go 00:28:27 - Pixel Buds 00:33:36 - Nest Hardware 00:45:03 - Stadia 00:58:22 - RIP Daydream and Clips Google October Event Pixel 4: Google Pixel 4: 90Hz screen, next-gen Google Assistant, shipping Oct 24 Pixel...

Sadiq and Cristian talk some more about Destiny 2, discuss the latest Wired piece on the PlayStation 5 and then go deep into the latest macOS release. Show Notes: 00:00:33 - Destiny 2 Follow Up 00:09:36 - Sony Confirms More Information About The PlayStation 5 00:21:35 - macOS Catalina Destiny 2 Followup: Sadiq talks about Destiny 2 Wired's PS5 Article: Exclusive: A Deeper Look at the PlayStation 5...

Sadiq and Cristian talk about Microsoft's October hardware event and Destiny 2: Shadowkeep. We also fall in and out of love with eGPUs and Bluetooth headphones. Show Notes: 00:00:04 - Surface Laptop 3 00:10:19 - Surface Pro 7 00:15:56 - Surface Pro X 00:27:03 - Surface Buds 00:40:44 - Surface Neo 00:50:00 - Surface Duo 00:58:38 - Destiny 2: Shadowkeep Microsoft's Surface Event: Hands-on with Micro...

Show Notes: This week we talk about all the important new Apple OS releases and also Apple Arcade. 00:00:06 - Introduction: tvOS? 00:02:01 - iOS 13 00:42:58 - iPadOS 00:56:49 - WatchOS 6 01:06:18 - Sadiq's Series 5 01:18:57 - Apple Arcade iOS and iPadOS 13: The MacStories Review The Ars Technica Review The Verge Review Bugs, bugs, and more bugs Mail sync bugs 13.0 > 13.1 > 13.1.1 in less tha...

Sadiq and Cristian somehow manage to record while Cristian is out in the middle of the woods tethering from one bar of LTE. This week we talk about the Apple Fall iPhone Event. Show Notes: 00:00:33 - Apple Arcade 00:05:29 - Apple TV+ 00:08:46 - New iPad 00:11:54 - Apple Watch Series 5 00:24:56 - iPhone 11 00:34:54 - iPhones 11 Pro Apple Special Event Services Apple Arcade $4.99/month Sayonara Wild...

Sadiq and Cristian talk about good PC games, worry about Sakurai, talk about Animal Crossing, and go into Android 10. Show Notes: 00:01:30 - Control 00:15:12 - Gears 5 00:28:24 - Nintendo Direct 00:50:10 - Android 10 Games Corner: Sadiq talks about Control Digital Foundry on Ray Tracing in Control Cristian talks about Gears 5 Digital Foundry on the PC version Digital Foundry on the Xbox One versio...

Sadiq and Cristian talk about expensive phones, Free Software, the Open Web, and headphones. Content Warning: Jokes About SystemD Discourse, Bad Linux Jokes Show Notes: 00:00:20 - Galaxy Note 10 00:16:56 - XFCE 4.14 00:36:48 - Automattic Buying Tumblr 00:44:26 - Headphone Corner! Galaxy Note 10: The Galaxy Note 10 launches with the biggest display of the year Samsung Galaxy Note 10 announced: two...

100 Episodes in, we're still yelling about computers. We talk about Anime Games, Apple, Intel, and Samsung. Show Notes: 00:01:25 - Fire Emblem: Three Houses 00:19:16 - Apple Buys Intel's Modem Business 00:24:36 - Contractors Listening To Siri Recordings 00:29:23 - Galaxy Fold Launching In September 00:33:18 - 100 Episodes, Lets Get Sentimental chosa's anime game corner [FaZE CLAN RESPAWN SPONSORED...

Sadiq and Cristian talk about RAM, Kernel Extensions, Keyboards, and take a critical look at Cristian's new PRO GAMER lifestyle. Show Notes: 00:00:01 - New Macbooks 00:23:56 - Dropbox 00:36:05 - Nintendo Switch Lite 00:52:09 - RAZER MINUTE POWERED BY RESPAWN 01:07:29 - Overwatch's Role Queue New MacBooks Apple MacBook Air (2019) review: the new normal Apple’s new entry-level 13-inch MacBook Pro is...

Sadiq and Cristian talk about small computers, cancelled computers, and then rant about poorly designed computers. Show Notes: 00:00:37 - Raspberry Pi 4 00:10:10 - Google Canceling Tablets And Hangouts On Air 00:19:29 - Jony Ive Leaving Apple Raspberry Pi 4: The Raspberry Pi 4 brings faster CPU, up to 4GB of RAM Benchmarking the Raspberry Pi 4 lol Google: Google says it’s done making tablets and c...

Sadiq and Cristian talk about E3 2019. Fuck Todd Howard. Show Notes: 00:00:01 - Destiny 2: Shadowkeep 00:12:19 - Microsoft 00:47:46 - Ubisoft 00:52:45 - Bethesda 00:57:53 - Square Enix 01:08:36 - Nintendo E3 2019: Destiny 2: Shadowkeep Microsoft: Everything Microsoft announced at the Xbox E3 2019 conference Cyberpunk 2077’s April 2020 release date confirmed by, uh, Keanu Reeves Ubisoft: Watch Dogs...

Sadiq and Cristian spend an hour talking about WWDC 2019 this week. Content Warning: Accidental Lewd Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Swift UI / Catalyst 00:12:17 - tvOS 00:18:38 - watchOS 00:28:58 - iOS 00:34:38 - iPadOS 00:47:40 - macOS 01:02:09 - Mac Pro Videos: Keynote Platforms State of the Union Swift SwiftUI Catalyst tvOS Apple expands tvOS gaming with PS4, Xbox One S controller support watchOS Apple...

Sadiq and Cristian talk about Huawei, Playdate, and the 2019 MacBook Pros. Content Warning: Tech Politics, Vore Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Huawei 00:15:43 - Playdate 00:23:30 - 2019 MacBook Pros Huawei: Huawei’s US ban: A look at the hardware (and software) supply problems Huawei vs. Trump: all the news about the Chinese phone maker’s messy relationship with the US The US DOC gives Huawei a 90-day win...

Sadiq and Cristian talk about Microsoft Build, Google I/O, and the OnePlus 7 Pro. Show Notes: Content Warning: Slight Alcohol Talk 00:02:00 - Microsoft Build 00:24:05 - Google I/O 00:51:10 - OnePlus 7 Pro Microsoft Build 2019 Top 5 announcements from Microsoft Build 2019 Minecraft Earth Minecraft Earth goes a step beyond Pokémon Go to cover the world in blocks Google I/O 2019 Google Pixel 3A revie...

Sadiq and Cristian talk about F8, Oculus Quest, and the Valve Index. Show Notes: 00:00:33 - F8 00:28:48 - Oculus Quest 00:34:52 - Valve Index Facebook: Facebook is trying to make the word “private” meaningless Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the ‘future is private’ Facebook keeps asking whether its keynote makes people like Facebook Facebook Messenger is coming to the desktop The next version of...

Sadiq and Cristian follow up on the Galaxy Fold for the second flap, make fun of Luminary and yell about the open web, and discuss WWDC leaks. Show Notes: 00:00:32 - Galaxy Fold "Fold Up" 00:08:56 - Luminary 00:26:39 - WWDC Leaks 00:42:05 - 8 Years Of EntropyNet! Foldup After the Galaxy Fold breaks in the hands of reviewers, Samsung delays launch Samsung puts the screws to iFixit, makes it remove...

Sadiq and Cristian fold in with the Samsung Knights, yell about esports casting, make fun of Microsoft, talk about the PS5, and then bop out to Beychella. Show Notes: 00:00:33 - Galaxy Fold 00:14:28 - Overwatch Minute 00:16:59 - Google Pixel "Lite" Event 00:21:46 - Xbox One S All-Digital Edition 00:28:02 - PS5 Wired Article 00:40:29 - Homecoming Samsung Galaxy Fold: Samsung Galaxy Fold review: bro...

Sadiq and Cristian talk about Web Browsers, iTunes, Android Bubbles, and make fun of Linux. Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Preshow: Linux Blogs 00:04:18 - Microsoft Edge Chromium Builds Now Shipping 00:13:13 - iTunes Debundling 00:26:05 - Android Q Beta 2 00:31:00 - Ads In Android TV 00:37:37 - Samsung A80 Microsoft Edge with Chromium browser is now available as preview program goes live Next major macOS...

Sadiq and Cristian talk shit about Apple this week. Show Notes: 00:01:15 - Apple News+ 00:12:50 - Apple Card 00:23:35 - Apple Arcade 00:26:51 - Apple TV+ 00:31:31 - RIP AirPower 00:34:33 - MacBook Pro Keyboards 00:41:18 - Sadiq's New Tablet 00:47:15 - Desktop Linux Apple event: Apple News+: A newsstand of 300 glossy magazines for $9.99/month Apple News is also finally available in Canada Apple deb...

Sadiq and Cristian talk about AirPods, that one MSI Dragon on the gamer motherboards, and streaming video games. Show Notes: 00:00:32 - iPad Air / Mini 00:07:21 - AirPods 2 00:16:24 - New iMacs 00:21:47 - Google Stadia 00:38:49 - xCloud News At GDC Apple device announcements Apple updates $499 iPad Air, $399 iPad mini ahead of services event next week Apple’s updated AirPods are here, cost $199 wi...