A weekly talk show ruminating on exactly what is wrong in the world of Apple and related technologies and businesses. Nothing is so perfect that it can't be complained about. Hosted by John Siracusa & Dan Benjamin.
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Episode 76: 76: Selling a Dream
John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin discuss the OUYA Android-based TV gaming console Kickstarter project, the unprecedented Penny Arcade Kickstarter project to remove ads from its web site for a year, and the Kickstarter phenomenon itself. Also, check the show notes to find a poll about doing an episode all about the PlayStation 3 game Journey.
Links for this episode:
- The reality of the OUYA console doesn’t match the hype: why you should be skeptical - The PA Report
- Tweet from Minecraft creator Markus Persson about Minecraft on OUYA
- Penny Arcade's Kickstarter
- Community Guidelines - Kickstarter
- Penny Arcade's comic for The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- Poll: Journey on Hypercritical?
- At $152 in cost, Google’s Nexus 7 leads way for cheaper tablets - Mobile Technology News
- Hypercritical duration trend (scatter plot)
- Hypercritical duration spreadsheet
- The Pipeline #30: Markus "Notch" Persson
- Hypercritical Length - 2000 Nickels
- OUYA: A New Kind of Video Game Console - Kickstarter
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