One year on D&D Live goes online
A 1:1 show this time around, as Seamus thinks on one year since the show launched after D&D Live in 2019 and how that event has had to go online in 2020.
Minecraft Dungeons Review: Diablo for families in the best possible way
Here with Minecraft Dungeons, Mojang Studios and Double Eleven have built a full fledged action RPG with a gorgeous Minecraft skin.
Stifling aggregation
Market domination puts the rest of us in cultural hot water while the big players buy and sell the hot tub.
Happy International Password Day with Alex Wilson from Yubico
Alex Wilson from Yubico talks about the issues with dealing with passwords and how little physical keys like Yubikey can save us from password hell.
Gaming under a spotlight, with Grace Watkins, Click Management CEO
Grace Watkins talks to Seamus about Click Management and their effort to grow a team of Aussie gaming influencers and content creators.
Let the memes save us
Loving the memes right now, and find they help take the edge off a tricky time. But can we please stop trying to turn everything into a meme factory?
One year on... what do you think?
I started this newsletter one year ago! Well, more than… but this is the 50th issue so I feel confident I’m definitely past the one year datestamp. I just double checked: it was April 26, 2019. I wish I had something poignant or exciting to say. 50 feels like
Ross Symons, Big Ant Studios
This week I'm chatting with Ross Symons, CEO of Big Ant Studios, Australia's most prolific maker of sports video games. Cricket, AFL, tennis, rugby league,
Vivacious VR with HTC's Thomas Dexmier
Thomas Dexmier from HTC ANZ joins Jetpacks Are Overrated this week to talk about the state of VR hardware right now and where things are going next.
Virtual Insanity
From Miquela to the HTC Cosmos, the latest Byteside podcast is a walk through all kinds of virtual reality. Plus Tesla, remote work & Spot the robot.
At the speed of necessity
Progress has just had a very swift kick toward digital transformation.
Imagining the soundbar all over again with Sonos Arc
Anyone who knows me knows I'm a Sonos nut. Long time user, over a decade of digging on their various speakers and now there's one in every room of the house.
Of course Tom Cruise will make a real space movie
This week it's Tom Cruise in space with SpaceX? While Elon Musk gets louder and weirder by the minute. Plus Magic Keyboards and exercise tech.
Real-time AI event and risk detection with Dataminr
Seamus talks to Ed Pullen, Regional Marketing Director for Dataminr, to discuss how its AI helps clients learn things they didn't know they needed to know.
Oscar leaves the big screen
From Cameo to the Academy's big announcement to let streamers enter the Oscars, it's an interesting time for Hollywood. That and more on this week's show!
Interview: Ash Ringrose, SMG Studio
We talk to Ash Ringrose, Head of SMG Studio, ahead of the launch of their latest game, Moving Out. Lots of great advice for other indie game devs out there.
In the tunnel. Somewhere.
I’m seeing some of my contract workload slow down right now. Some other parts are picking up. And freelance journalism is slooooooow. So overall, it’s not entirely balancing itself out. But I know I’m still far luckier than many. My best guess is that we’re past
Esports aggregation with Ben Goldhaber, CEO of Juked.gg
Ben Goldhaber, co-founder and CEO of Juked.gg, talks about his esports aggregation site, why they've created it, and where it all goes next.
A tracking app is just fancy contact tracing
This week's podcast features a look at Australia's contact tracing app plans, Minecraft RTX, playing digital boardgames and Fortnite's next virtual concert!
Marc Rogers on CTI League's "Hackers without borders"
A fascinating chat with Marc Rogers, head of cybersecurity at Okta and long-time SecOps lead for legendary hacker conference DEFCON.
