Intro

• Intro. Are we a sports podcast now?
• Tron Ares!
• Coping Mechanism! Andrew's: Garth! Kevin's: QTCC

42:46

The Puppet Pit

• Recent builds: Two Hoomans and Antifa Frogs!
• Antifa frog huh?
• Build streams (almost) continue!
• All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

53:13

Pixeltown

• Deck Nook. Bad news: ROG Ally X is good hardware and bad OS. Good news: It runs Bazzite just fine.
• AWS is down? No sleep for you!
• Let the internet grade your poop
• Fallout day! Hooray!
• You Definitely want an AI OS right? Yeah, you do.
• The Next Xbox (which is everything, remember) will be expensive and "curated" (whatever that means) Also, New Old Halo! (and they moved the game pass logo)
• No Man's Sky update AGAIN?
• Waframe check-in: The Vallis Undermind update is live, Nokko is adorable, The Pixels and Puppets Clan isn't. However shoutout GreatBardini and the College of Bard

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

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Intro

• Intro, old men complain about weather and brains
• movie round up including One Battle After Another and a note about Fronkensteen
• Coping Mechanism: How We Beat the Fascists Last Time by J Draper
• Steve Marsh
• https://youtube.com/@steve-marsh?si=nTXWmyU6H69F6ezN

48:38

The Puppet Pit

• Recent builds: my first sloth! And more commissions. And a delayed foam shipment.
• Build streams continue! Ever see a man shave a sloth?
• All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

1:11:36

Pixeltown

• Deck Nook: yay more tariffs
• Bluesky CEO Posts Through It. Result: the Fediverse gets another round of escapees. A sumary and why Bluesky is "decentralized" in name only.
• Game Pass. Lol. Lmao.
• Reflections on 1 year of Warframe. Also The O:P Clan is open!
• Assassin's Creed: Post Civil War? Yeah, nah
• VR is back baby! New Samsung XR, and Valve is rolling too
• Related: we may have reached a decision in the "keep the PS5?" choice

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

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Intro

• Remote recording? On a Sunday? MADNESS!
• Coping Mechanism: Words Unraveled by Rob Watts and Jess Zaffaris ; Nick Lutsko

13:30

The Puppet Pit

• After a week off it’s time for Spooky Season!
• Build streams continue! Sorta!
• All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

23:04

Pixeltown

• Lenovo Legion Go 2 preorders exceed supply ROG Xbox Ally is officially priced, many are re-evaluating the MSI Claw (Intel based)
• Steam Deck goes on sale until Oct 6!
• It wasn't Kevin's cup of horny tea but props to Larian for making a Linux native port of Baldur's Gate 3
• Xbox gets yet another price increase while Costco dumps it completely
• Gamer's Nexus adding Linux benchmarking
• Is EA going private for $50B? Sure why not
• Kevin has been spending a lot of time in virtual spaceships, and a review of the amazing history of the first Elite game.
• The new Balatro is out, and it's a hit
• Warframe check in! Update imminent!

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

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Intro

• Folow-up thoughts on negativity bias
• The brilliant Some More News episode on toxic nostalgia
• Coping Mechanism: Kevin has ben enjoying a delightful No Man's Sky streamer/creator, Captain Steve

16:37

The Puppet Pit

• Tariffs follow-up and the road ahead
• A call for collaborators!
• We regret to announce that the O:P TikTok is back
• Recent builds: A rod arm monster and protoyping new designs.
• New Oracle Episode is out!
• Build streams continue! Sorta!
• All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

38:05

Pixeltown

• Yes, we will in fact Talk About The Thing
• No Man's Sky check-in and an update on the PS5/PSVR2 decision
• Star Citizen Squadron 42 in 2026? Maybe, maybe not
• Apple! Nah. Well, maybe live translation on AirPods Also, Meta's Hypernova! Cooool
• Our plummet into New Puritanism hits large(r) YouTubers with "Restricted Mode"
• AI bullshit: Classic Indian movie gets ending changed. A feature length AI film! French Lara Croft performance was murdered
• In Fucktendo news: Nintendo granted a ridiculously broad patent for “summoned companions who battle for you” in video games
• Also Nintendo Direct featured 30 games, 26 were sequels or ports. Also a Virtual Boy shell to put your switch 2 in to play those. DQ7 Reimagined looks great tho (it's on all platforms lol)
• Last: A week(ish) of Pixels and Puppets streams! Including tabletop!

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

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Intro

• Carnies: the pioneers of enshittification
• New segment? Coping Mechanism: stuff that has inspired, interested or distracted us. This time: Kevin learned the most wholesome and uplifting story in... heavy metal? Raj Against The Machine: Bloodywood. And the follow up: Expect a Riot. And do watch the video for Jee Yeeray.
• For comfort watching Andrew reccomends Baumgartner restorations

34:57

The Puppet Pit

• Recent builds: A goblin, two Sonks and almost a rod arm monster.
• Tariffs, eh?
• Build streams (sorta) continue, plus new tutorial video! Boning! Expect jokes.
• All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

59:56

Pixeltown

• 7 Years of Proton, a literal game changer
• Commodore is back!
• Is the tide finally turning for the "AI" bullshit bubble? Never mind, the scammers are already shifting to "quantum"
• Toxic Avenger remake buys medical debt! Now THAT'S marketing
• How about that 3 hour documentary from Gamer's Nexus on the AI GPU black market? Nevermind, it got Bloomberg'd. (side note about youtube essays in general)
• Hollow Knight: Silksong turns into the indie GTA6
• Vivaldi (Kevin's browser of choice) takes a stand against adding AI chatbots.
• Kevin's PS5 saved by No Man's Sky update. Or has it?
• Did we pay any attention to Gamescom? Kevin: No. Andrew: kinda

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

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Intro

• Media check!
• The problem with "canon" and how that relates to... Arthurian literature and the Bardic traditions? What?

27:49

The Puppet Pit

• Recent builds: Two Greeblees, Two Smols, A Hooman, Two Sonks and a rainbow fur live hands monster! Whew!
• Build streams continue!
• All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

41:05

Pixeltown

• Ghost 6.0 released with full Fediverse support, meaning every publication based on Ghost (eg 404 Media) can be followed from any Fediverse-connected account (like Mastodon). https://ghost.org/changelog/6/
• Surgical takedown of a "neutral" AI vision of the future
• We can back up your brain! It will kill you!
• A really nice article about a font
• OK one more bad AI story, Meta AI flirts a guy to death
• Is it time for Kevin to divest of his last console? Discuss
• Playing games that aren’t (a) Warframe or even (b) video games: it can be done! Coming Soon on the Pixels and Puppets video channels: Tabletop For One
• But Warframe is still good. Check-in. (shout-out Savaal Enclave in general and Great Bardini in particular)

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

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Intro

• So, about the podcast ending...
• Andrew traveled
• Kevin did not

26:36

The Puppet Pit

• Recent builds: a lot!
• Etsy continues to suck
• Kevin's episode of Fireside Fedi: https://video.firesidefedi.live/w/kXyX7zXzkzwuLNJyaA56G3
• Build streams continue
• New video series: Tips, Trick and Tutorials
• All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

52:01

Pixeltown

• Deck Nook-ish
• Tech check-in: what have we been tinkering with?
• The Great Linux Experiment is no longer an experiment
• ALL THE TECH NEWS DURING OUR BREAK
• LOL nah but is Intel going to die? Plus VR headsets are dead but AR is back baby, AI is going to kill us,
• Game check-in: what have we been playing? Spoiler alert: Kevin's playing Warframe
• Hey some movies are actually good!

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Pixeltown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).

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Our gang has aft agley. Thank you everyone! Onward!

Hi everyone, Kevin here with a bittersweet announcement. After some discussion we've decided it's time to retire this iteration of the podcast. Nothing dramatic, just where we're at currently. But before you click that unsubscribe button, I enjoy podcasting too much to stop outright, so I'm confident something else will arise, and when it does this will be the feed.

Meanwhile Pixels and Puppets continues with game streaming and Frankie Play, and I even have one or two ideas for some more produced video work in the gaming and tech space, so there's plenty more to come. And of course Operation: Puppet itself continues unabated.

Thanks to everyone who listened, this was the most successful podcast we've done yet, and I hope you all join us for what comes next. As always, operationpuppet.com for all the links, join the Discord, and like a certain frog once said, life's like a movie, write your own ending, keep believing, keep pretending.

Music Credit:

Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.

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0:00

Intro

• We're back! Ish!

8:03

The Puppet Pit (just the puppet stuff)

• Tri weekly puppet build & stream round-up: Two Greeblees, two Smols and an Ogre, plus an experimenty build stream!
• We missed mentioning it on the previous podcast but our condolonces to Adam Kreutinger's family & friends
• FYI Facebook sucks and is bad and don't use the OP: Facebook page

All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

22:13

Gizmotown (tech & tech culture)

• The Deck Nook. Rog Ally X2 might be the Xbox machine? Maybe?
• Something something Switch2, something. Whoooo boy.
• Linux Kernel 6.14 released including a Valve merge for the Legion GoS driver for SteamOS. Details.
• Frankie Play came back for real with a full Warframe stream and was delightful and almost glitch-free. And then Kevin streamed it too, two days in a row! Unthinkable!
• This (last) Week in Enshitification: GPT-4o can rip off Ghibli, and it's fucking everywhere
• This (last) Week In De-Shittification: Kevin's trying out Fastmail

1:26:05

Pixels and Tokens (gaming)

• Kevin played games that aren't Warfame! Gasp!
• Jamie hasn't played any games!
• Andrew's back on his mobile game bullshit
• Ark: Aquatica is revealed with AI garbage
• Battletech: Gothic is real
• Your tri-weekly Warframe round-up.

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).
• Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)

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0:00

Intro

• Jamie and Kevin went to a rock and/or roll show and met a very nice young person named Kim

12:42

The Puppet Pit (just the puppet stuff)

• Bi (tri) weekly puppet build & stream round-up. A furry live hands monster with eyebrow mech, a Neef, and two Nurnies. And some build streams!

All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

27:26

Gizmotown (tech & tech culture)

• The Deck Nook.
• XBox handheld rumors are strong, will ASUS be making it?
• AssCreed: Shadows will be Deck-friendly
• Hours played on Steam Deck were up 64% in 2024
• Video Card MSRPs are bullshit now!
• The Great Linux Migration: check-in. Editor's note: it turns out the issue was Audacity, not Bazzite. Bazzite good. Audacity jank.
• Xbox Series XX in 2027? Sure why not
• AI still sucks and is always bad

1:15:18

Pixels and Tokens (gaming)

• Jamie has been lost to Avowed
• Kevin is returning to Vermund to revisit Dragon's Dogma 2
• Oh no, Star Wars Hunters died
• Andrew checks in on Destiny 2
• Your bi-weekly Warframe round-up. Spoilers: is still good.

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).
• Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)

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Keep up with everything Operation: Puppet does on https://www.OperationPuppet.com

0:00

Intro

• Remote time! Andrew gives us a vacation roundup and kindly avoids getting us sick.

11:37

The Puppet Pit (just the puppet stuff)

• Bi-weekly build & stream roundup. There were no build streams because reasons but there were puppets!
• Funky fabric in store for next week
• Build streams still scheduled for thursdays 10am ET but thanks to reasons may move around. Keep you on your toes!
• Against all odds there is a new Oracle episode brewing!

All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

20:25

Gizmotown (tech & tech culture)

• The Deck Nook.
• The Verge has a roundup of the handheld gaming space
• Kevin has been running Bazzite as his daily driver: report. Related; this really is the year of Linux on the desktop
• The new Nvidia launches have been, um, poor
• Nvidia kills support for older games with PhysX with their new line of GPUs
• Oh no, the Humane AI pin is dead
• Netflix uses AI to have murder victim read their own diary
• The Pixles and Puppets Owncast server is up!

1:04:43

Pixels and Tokens (gaming)

• Bungie talked Naughty Dog out of Last Of Us Online
• TMNT x COD = are you kidding me
• KOTOR 1 and 2 are free on Epic!
• Marvel Rivals layoffs may NOT be clear cut
• Avowed is out! It's good! It was almost something else!
• Your bi-weekly Warframe round-up. Yes, more good vibes.

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).
• Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)

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Keep up with everything Operation: Puppet does on https://www.OperationPuppet.com

0:00

Intro

• We are two
• Kevin learns about DJs

12:40

The Puppet Pit

• Bi-weekly build & stream roundup: Aliens have invaded
• Coming eventually: The Aye Aye
• Speaking of aliens (and cryptids), how about a tangent?

All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

40:11

Gizmotown 

• The Deck Nook.
• Is it a first? Are we nookless? NO! Ayn suspends all shipping to the U.S.
• Will there be a Steam Console? (spoilers: probably not)
• Fediverse shout-out to Elena Rossini
• Speaking of the Fediverse, thanks to Mr Funk E Dude for pointing Kevin to a chat integration tool called SocialStream Ninja, the Owncast server is (probably) coming back.

1:06:32

Pixels and Tokens

• Against all odds The Sims and The Sims 2 have been re-released!
• Kevin might have got his Diablo IV groove back
• Jamie has been playing Indiana Jones and the Great Circle as a Diablo palette cleanser an is LOVING it
• Kevin avoids talking about Warframe: Music Lesson. Also Kevin is (probably) going to TennoCon. Genius link for We All Lift

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).
• Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)

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0:00

Intro

• Nothing happened this week. Are we clear?

6:04

The Puppet Pit

• Bi-weekly build & stream roundup
• In puppet-related news Robert Eggers set to direct a Labyrinth sequel

All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

23:15

Gizmotown 

• The Deck Nook.
• No FSR? No problem! Maybe.
• You can get an MSI Claw 8 AI+ for only HAHAHAHAHA
• Deck sales drop as Ninten-do. (Turns out this was a bug in the Steam charts that reported the Deck at 47 instead of 4)
• Andrew got a thing but it's not here yet
• Unnecessary fridge screens get shut down by manufacturer $200 mil for shitty ad tech
• Pixelfed/Loops is having a moment
• Bambulabs hops the express train to Enshittiville
• Jamie got a Genki ShadowCast 2
• To round out the collection, Pixels and Puppets is now on Twitch as well and we'll definitely use it at some point

1:18:05

Pixels and Tokens

• XBox Developer Direct 2025 came outta nowhere
• Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 won’t be a PS6 exclusive, producer promises is an actual headline
• Sony cancelled a bunch of live service games. Good?
• Director of Witcher 3 has a new Vampire Action RPG that looks very cool
• You got to pick up every stitch. Oh no. Must be the Season of the Witch... craft... in Diablo IV
• Kevin avoids talking about Warframe (spoilers: fails)

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).
• Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)

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Keep up with everything Operation: Puppet does on https://www.OperationPuppet.com

0:00 Intro

• It’s a new year! Yay? Maybe?
• Kevin had a non-restful holiday (spoilers: Mom-in-law is fine)

7:52 The Puppet Pit

• You cannot predict puppets
• Build streams are now Thursdays at 10am ET
• The O:P Facebook page is no more

All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

24:28 Gizmotown 

• The Deck Nook.
• It's retro nook time as Kevin uncovers his old PSPs and jailbreaks them
• Various CES things, including: AMD announces the Z2, Acer's giant, Tencent's giant, Atari's corpse
• SteamOS officially coming to more devices
• The Switch 2 motherboard leaks(?) BREAKING: Leaker says announcement Jan 17, launch March 3, CAD $400
• The Pixels and Puppets YouTube Channel is a thing! Also on PeerTube!
• Kevin's blog: Not Dead
• How's the Mister Pi treating us?

1:29:10 Pixels and Tokens

• Falling off the Live Service Games & Kevin tries to avoid (and fails) talking about Warframe. Shoutout Spectrum Syndicate
• Aztecross likes it
• Activision spent TWO BILLION DOLLARS on three Call of Duty games
• Andrew finally played a game
• DOOM CAPTCHA

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).
• Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)

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0:00

Intro

• The last podcast of the year!
• Settle in folks. We goin' long.

6:28

The Puppet Pit

• The blog! It lives!
• The new Oracle episode is actually out!
• 2024 O:P wrap-up

All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

29:16

Gizmotown 

• The Deck Nook.
• We're Number One! We're Number One! (etc)
• OLED refurb SteamDecks are on the menu!
• MSI Claw 2! I mean, 7 and 8, and also ZOTAC Zone ($799 USD, 7" AMOLED, Ryzen 8840U), AyaNeo Pocket EVO (~$399 USD, SD G3X Gen 2, 7" 165Hz OLED), OneXFly F1 ($1499 USD Ryzen AI 9 HX370 7"144Hz OLED) ...
• They call me MISTER... Pi.
• Intel's new cheaper GPUS are good, actually
• If you're in Canada, I hope you didn't buy a game console on Black Friday since we're all getting a GST/HST holiday on Dec 14
• What happens when tech bros make an AI companion for neurodivergent kids? Same thing that happens to everything else they do
• Year-end tech wrapup: What stood out in 2024?

1:28:00

Pixels and Tokens

• The Game Awards will have happened. Thoughts?
• A Zenimax Union! (Communication Workers of America)
• Your Warframe check-in with Kevin
• Oh no, XDefiant is shutting down
• Jamie has spent some time with the newest GamePass title Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• 2024 Gaming wrap-up: We played some games. And then talked about them. And Kevin gets weirdly emotional about them. Content Warning: human feelings.

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).
• Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)

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0:00

Intro

• Taylor Swift is laying eggs
• Concert anxiety

11:45

The Puppet Pit

• RIP MuppetVision3D, but Hooray Rock'n Rollercoaster featuring the Muppets
• Canada Post is on strike. What this means for O:P
• Krampusnacht is upon us!
• Build streams carry on

All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

30:13

Gizmotown 

• The Deck Nook.
• There's a white one now!
• Console streaming is heating up. PS Portal gets Console-less Streaming. Xbox GamePass Gets Console-full Streaming
• CHOO CHOO! Everyone on the MiSTer Train!
• Steam Controller 2? Part of VRalve (ValveR? ugh)
• Andrew is SUPER PISSED about this AI bullshit
• Post-op report on the TI-99/4A

1:33:30

Pixels and Tokens

• The Blackest of Fridays
• Valve released a GIRTHY 20th anniversary documentary on Half Life 2 that was a fantastic watch!
• Valve also lays down law on Season Pass sales
• Warframe has finally fully infected Kevin's brain
• We're living on Planet Balatro now
• FFXIV Mobile!
• MS Flight Sim 2024 has one of the worst launches ever

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).
• Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)

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0:00

Intro

• Andrew got a new... bed frame!
• Oh, hey, America...

28:34

The Puppet Pit

• Shop builds are on, and prep for the Holiday season
• Krampus, eh?
• Build Streams continue

All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

42:09

Gizmotown

• The Deck Nook.
• Shit has apparently gone down with the "official" Steam Deck subreddit
• AYN Odin 2 Portal or Retroid Pocket 5? Will Andrew buy one? We still don’t know!
• Stuff wot is happening on the MisterPi front
• Deck-adjacent news: Steam video recording is out of Beta, and is very, very good.
• PS5 Pro: Did Kevin get one? Thoughts? REVEALED! Stay tuned for a shocking twist!
• Kevin has performed surgery on a TI-99/4A. The retro journey continues!
• Jamie has stepped foot into the world of Android trackers (similar to AirTags)

2:02:24

Pixels and Tokens

• Diablo IV is good, actually
• Nintendo sues streamer for streaming, uhh, "pre-release" games
• Kevin cold bought Dragon Age: Veilguard. Thoughts.

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).
• Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)

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Keep up with everything Operation: Puppet does on https://www.OperationPuppet.com

0:00

Intro

• We back! Again!
• Sleep scores
• pink cocaine huh?

7:01

The Puppet Pit

• Halloween builds are done!
• Special Halloween Build Stream happening Wednesday Oct 30, 10am ET!
• It all started 5 years ago in NYC

All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

20:30

Gizmotown 

• The Deck Nook.
• Valve re-iterates that a Steam deck 2 is still waiting for a "sea change" in hardware, they won't do a version bump just to refresh the SKU.
• SteamOS gets hearty update
• Is it time for Andrew to get on the AYN Odin bandwagon?
• PS5 Pro talk -- again
• MiSTERclass! Jamie needs to talk about FPGA gaming!

1:17:19

Pixels and Tokens

• Diablo IV expansion launches and proves we were right all along!
• Jamie has been reading Jason Schreier's Play Nice about the Rise and Fall(?) of Blizzard Entertainment! Watch Jason's interview with Adam Conover here.
• Destiny is... Saved? The NetEase-developed Destiny: Rising has an announce trailer that shows... Stuff.
• Vampire Survivors goes full circle
• Cellar Door Games releases their lauded roguelike Rogue Legacy's source code on its 10th year anniversary

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).
• Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)

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0:00

Intro

• Podcast is on schedule despite periodontal surgery
• Content warning: Kevin talks about dentistry from 3:26 to 11:00
• Summary: Don't do meth and talk to your dentist

14:10

The Puppet Pit

• Halloween builds: Slight detour but two were done with more to come!
• Andrew was hunted by ravens
• Commissions are now closed for the rest of the year
• All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC

22:29

Gizmotown

• The Deck Nook.
• Legion Go Gen 2 and Lite Leaked
• Legion Go is on sale for $650cdn ($250 off), open box is $500
• MisterPi looks good!
• Kevin still undecided about PS5 Pro. As part of that discussion let's talk about PCs vs Consoles from our personal perspectives
• Kevin's been consolidating domains and reassessing needs. One conclusion: We've retired the Owncast server but the Peertube server remains and may be expanding, along with the presence of this podcast!
• Hungry for cash, Mozilla dives head first into shallow pool filled with rusty metal. Kevin and Jamie have been trying out Vivaldi as their new daily driver browser and may have thoughts?
• Lego's site was hacked to pimp LegoCoin, quickly fixed Crypto Hackers feed on FOMO

1:15:50

Pixels and Tokens

• Warframe is now Deck-and-PC login friendly!
• Wither Ubisoft?
• In Fucktendo news, Nintendo kills Ryujinx
• New Destiny Episode vs Diablo Expansion!
• Andrew saw a movie! A bad movie!

Music Credits:

• Opening Music/Stinger: Funk Babe by emiliomerone. Audiojungle Broadcast License.
• Gizmotown: kiddpark, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License).
• Pixels and Tokens: Kagateni, Freesound.org (Creative Commons 0 License)

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.