Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories\u2019 family of podcasts:<\/p>\n
This week, Federico and John go it alone without Brendon to cover Game Pass on ARM, an avalanche of AYANEO announcements, and why the TrimUI Brick Pro has shot up their most-anticipated handheld list for 2026.<\/p>\n
On NPC XL, Federico shows off the Ayn Odin 3 and reports the results of his efforts to brute force his way to what he\u2019s using like a Steam Deck mini.<\/p>\n
Chris has a Creator Studio, Matt has a less official Creator Studio, and the whole gang shows off their Minecraft houses.<\/p>\n
On Cozy Zone, we tier list iPads. Chris has never been more in his element than in this one!<\/p>\n
This week, John escapes the big freeze and the Club comes home to MacStories \u2013 plus, TV picks and Brendon Bigley drops in to say \u201chi\u201d and share a pick.<\/p>\n
NPC, Episode 65, \u2018A Bigger Brick and AYANEO Overload\u2019 Show Notes<\/p>\n
The Latest Portable Gaming News
\nNPC XL
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NPC XL\u00a0is a weekly members-only version of NPC with extra content, available exclusively through our new Patreon for $5\/month. Each week on NPC XL, Federico, Brendon, and John record a special segment or deep dive about a particular topic that is released alongside the \u201cregular\u201d NPC episodes. You can subscribe here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Comfort Zone, Episode 85, \u2018What is This, 1995?\u2019 Show Notes<\/p>\n Main Topics For even more from the Comfort Zone crew, you can subscribe to Cozy Zone. Cozy Zone is a weekly bonus episode of Comfort Zone where Matt, Nil\u00e9ane, and Chris invite listeners to join them in the Cozy Zone where they\u2019ll cover extra topics, invent wilder challenges and games, and share all their great (and not so great) takes on tech. You can subscribe to Cozy Zone for $5 per month here<\/a> or $50 per year here<\/a>.<\/p>\n MacStories Unwind, \u2018Florida or Freeze, the Club Comes Home, and Idris Elba on Rails\u2019 Show Notes<\/p>\n Club MacStories is Now on MacStories.net John\u2019s Pick:<\/p>\n Brendon Bigley\u2019s Impromptu Pick<\/p>\n Unwind Deal<\/p>\n \ud83c\udf0a The Lighthouse is just $4.99 in the TV app.<\/p>\n Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe star in this acclaimed psychological horror from the director of The Witch.<\/p>\n Affiliate link: https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/movie\/the-lighthouse\/umc.cmc.2gh13feg8tcy7lr2fzv2q09b7?at=1001l3bhP&ct=unwind_deal<\/a><\/p>\n MacStories Unwind+<\/p>\n We deliver MacStories Unwind+ to Club MacStories subscribers<\/a>\u00a0ad-free with high bitrate audio every week. To learn more about the benefits of a Club MacStories subscription, visit our\u00a0Plans page<\/a>.<\/p>\n MacStories launched its first podcast in 2017 with\u00a0AppStories<\/a>. Since then, the lineup has expanded to include a family of weekly shows that also includes\u00a0MacStories Unwind<\/a>,\u00a0Magic Rays of Light<\/a>,\u00a0Comfort Zone<\/a>,\u00a0NPC: Next Portable Console<\/a>, and First, Last, Everything<\/a>\u00a0that collectively, cover a broad range of the modern media world from Apple\u2019s streaming service and videogame hardware to apps for a growing audience that appreciates our thoughtful, in-depth approach to media.<\/p>\n If you\u2019re interested in advertising on our shows, you can learn more here<\/a> or by contacting our Managing Editor, John Voorhees<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Enjoy the latest episodes from MacStories\u2019 family of podcasts: This week, Federico and John go it alone without…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[140061,111,139,22308,69,3800,145,33857],"class_list":["post-259862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-comfort-zone","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-npc","tag-nz","tag-podcast","tag-technology","tag-unwind"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOther Things Discussed
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\nPicks
\nFederico\u2019s Pick:<\/p>\n