Game & Gadget Podcast #24 – The Death of 3D, Mastodon Rise, Joys of Plex and More…

I am joined by Tony Warriner who is one of the founders of Revolution Software as we discuss more gaming, gadgets and technology both retro and modern. Topics include: - What technology did Santa bring us in 2022? - Remembering dedicated sound cards - The loss of the headphone port on phones and tablets - The 486 CPU TURBO mode switch - Swapping through multiple floppy disks in games - Broken Sword 3 and the 3D engine - James’ Christmas Eve process or bringing out retro tech before the new stuff comes along - Tony still loves his ‘portable’ Steam Deck - Missing a Sony portable gaming device - Sony trying to rule the world with countless storage formats they created - 3D televisions and cinema and its failure - Modern VR and the Metaverse - Mastodon and its recent success - The hunt for alternative social media services - Movie and TV subscriptions services, we lost the leave cable / satellite dream - The joys of Plex == WHAT IS PIXEL REFRESH? == James Woodcock is ow