(S04-S05 Interlude) Special 1Right to Repair has become a mainstream movement. Bills have been drafted all around the United States with a common goal: being able to fix your things....It's just a shame it all had to go down like this.

Apple's Tumbl(r)ing Chain Reaction [SEASON FINALE]

Mar 11th, 2022 14m 4s

(Season 4) Episode 12Happy New Year! Or, well, Mediocre Concerning New Year might be more accurate, for you. It's 2022 (by the time we are recording this)- and it's finally time to say goodbye to Season 4! And, what better way to say goodby

How to React to Change [Blizzard & Apple Updates]

Mar 4th, 2022 5m 40s

(Season 4) Minisode 11Well, some big names in that title. Apple has recently announced a big change to their opinion on right to repair! Meanwhile, Blizzard... .. ... wow guys, are you okay?Sources can be found on our website, as always.--

How to React to Change [Blizzard & Apple Updates]

Mar 4th, 2022 5m 40s

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Pokemon's Fall From Grace

Feb 25th, 2022 12m 31s

(Season 4) Minisode 10You all know the game about catching them all and... animal fighting rings? Well, the last couple of Pokemon generations have been... disappointing, to say the least- so let's see exactly how far they've fallen.Source

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Pokemon's Fall From Grace

Feb 25th, 2022 12m 31s

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Pokemon's Fall From Grace

Feb 25th, 2022 12m 31s

We Wish Nintendidn't

Feb 18th, 2022 13m

(Season 4) Episode 9We told you, we'd be back with this. Nintendo has made some pretty strange choices as of late. Well... actually, they've always had a few awful approaches to things. So let's get right into it, let's talk about the worse s

The Ongoing Sanitization of the Internet

Jan 29th, 2022 18m 40s

(Season 4) Episode 11Things have been... happening lately on the internet. No, we don't mean your local favorite meme (but man it was funny, wasn't it?) What we mean is.. sanitization, across the board. Come on in, and find out which corporat

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A Framework for Right to Repair (Updates)

Jan 21st, 2022 5m 30s

(Season 4) Minisode 9Things in the Right to Repair world keep heating up! The framework laptop has arrived to change the landscape of the industry, and even some bigger companies seem to be buckling under their pressure. ...and of course, som

The State of the Video Game Industry (in 2021)

Dec 17th, 2021 24m 5s

(Season 4) Episode 8[Gaming Arc 6/6]The Video Game Industry is going through an… interesting phase. Pre-orders are pushed, games are released unfinished, and even (some) major publishers seem to be dropped the ball left and right- whether it

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UPS, But Not the Shipping Company

Dec 10th, 2021 5m 43s

(Season 4) Minisode 8Uninterruptible Power Supplies! Little boxes that... might not be so little. They're heavy, you can plug things into them, but what makes them so important?Sources can be found on our website, as always.--Website: htt

Emulating Your Predecessors

Dec 3rd, 2021 11m 50s

(Season 4) Episode 7[Gaming Arc 5/6]Emulation. The path to play your old favorite games, even if you're missing the associated console! But, how does it even work?As always, sources are available on our website.--Website: https://techth

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We'll USB-C You Later, Apple

Nov 26th, 2021

(Season 4) Minisode 7Okay, the Apple in the title is just rubbing it in their faces- this minisode is about USB-C! It's a compact connector you may have seen on your smartphone (if you don't have an iPhone), laptop, and/or tablet. And just re

A (Meta) Crisis

Nov 19th, 2021 13m 20s

(Season 4) Episode 10Meta... like the concept? Meta, like metaphysical? Meta... like... a Facebook rebrand. Well, you know them, you know we don't love them, but let's talk about all of the changes that have come with this rebrand.As alway

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Samsung's Best Run at Planned Obsolescence

Nov 12th, 2021 6m 58s

(Season 4) Minisode 6Getting right into it, it's been a while since we've ragged on a company for making something explicitly.. well, planned-to-be-obsolete. So we're gonna talk... Samsung.Sources can be found on our website, as always.--

Breaking Your Promises, Apple Style

Oct 29th, 2021 16m 47s

(Season 4) Episode 5We interrupt your regularly-scheduled gaming-arc to bring you BREAKING NEWS: Apple-- no wait hold on- we complain about Apple a lot, but (this time especially) we have a point. Apple's been touting itself as the best choic

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UNLIMITED POWER-(LINE)

Oct 22nd, 2021 5m 11s

(Season 4) Minisode 5[Home Networks Extension]We've talked about home networks at length, and even why you should try to stick to wired connections when possible. When you don't have a clear way to route that cable, do you switch to WiFi? O

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Arcade Cabinets... at Home?

Oct 15th, 2021 15m 34s

(Season 4) Episode 5[Gaming Arc 3/6]Arcade Cabinets? They might seem a little... niche, but some people have even been putting them in their homes as of late! Come along with us for a little journey into some (light) history, and more import

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The Death of the Classic Handheld

Oct 10th, 2021 8m 48s

(Season 4) Minisode 4[Gaming Arc Minisode Extension]The venerable handheld video game console is officially a dying breed. The term "portable" has been stretched to mean bigger and bigger devices, and "true" handheld portable consoles are,

Generational Crawl

Oct 1st, 2021 19m 36s

(Season 4) Episode 4[Gaming Arc 3/6]We finish off our (very not) short history lesson, starting with the Seventh Generation of game consoles! Included in this episode: the Wii, Xbox 360, PS4, and mountains of complaints.As always, sources

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Minor Pitfalls From AMD

Sep 24th, 2021 5m 4s

(Season 4) Minisode 3[Intel & AMD Duopoly Mini-Arc]We've yelled at Intel, now we'll yell at AMD to be fair. AMD has been innovating left and right in the PC space: their Ryzen CPUs have been displacing Intel's hold of the market, and their (

8̶ 1̶6̶ 3̶2̶ Bit More Console History

Sep 17th, 2021 17m 39s

(Season 4) Episode 2[Gaming Arc 2/6]The video game crash of 1983 nearly destroyed the video game market, so how did we get to a world where the latest consoles are always in high-demand? Find out as we continue our history lesson, starting w

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How To Get (Intel) Ahead Without Trying

Sep 10th, 2021 3m 30s

(Season 4) Minisode 2[Intel & AMD Duopoly Mini-Arc]Oh, Intel. Once a powerful CPU manufacturer... okay, they still are- but Intel has historically not tried terribly hard to improve their products. Does that sound harsh? Well, we here at Te

Not Your Grandpa's Console (Gen 1-2)

Sep 3rd, 2021 16m 25s

(Season 4) Episode 2[Gaming Arc 1/6]Here we are, starting off Season 4 (y'know, without that update episode taken into account) with a bang, it's time... for GAMERS. Welcome to the gaming arc, where we're starting with a little history lesso