This week Federico and Myke discuss a scientific study of Mario Galaxy, the merits and disadvantages of crowd-funded games, a GameBoy HDMI extension, tales of recent local multiplayer experiences and they talk about the iOS games they've been playing this week.
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Links and Show Notes
Store — Relay FM
Why I Left iCloud Reminders for Todoist – MacStories
Connected #14: The Old Mac Paladin - Relay FM
Energy-saving mode | Instant-On mode | Xbox One power modes
Valve adds new rules to Steam Early Access to ensure games don't suck | Polygon
Our Rules — Kickstarter
Glitch's Creed
The 3DS Home Menu theme competition is over ⊟ ... - Tiny Cartridge 3DS - Nintendo 3DS, DS, Wii U, and PS Vita News, Media, Comics, & Retro Junk
Slowpoke Reggae Song - YouTube
[3DS Themes] BIG Update (Nov. 21) - YouTube
Daniel Vuckovic (@VOOK64) | Twitter
Daan Koopman (@NintenDaan) | Twitter
Thimbleweed Park succeeds its $375K Kickstarter goal in six days • Eurogamer.net
Physicists call Super Mario Galaxy's scientific accuracy into question | Polygon
"Clearly, the degeneracy pressure far outstrips the gravitational pressure by eleven orders of magnitude," the paper concludes. "The outcome of this discrepancy is that if constructed, the planet would survive for only a very brief moment before violently destroying itself and any short plumbers who happen to be running about on its surface."