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After 263 episodes and six years it's time for a break. We're going to take some time out to think about what we want to do next.
Octal FM has first and foremost always been about hanging out and spending some time together, which we're still going to do. But this means we take away the pressures of researching, producing, and editing a podcast along with it.
Thanks for listening, we'll be back soon!
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In this episode we peel back the curtain behind ranking and recommendation systems. How does that top 100 list on MyAnimeList work? Why does Amazon recommend me weird stuff? Those questions answered, and more!
Some further technical reading for you:
Collaborative FilteringWhat are content-based recommenders? -
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In this episode we discuss the growing momentum behind the Right to Repair movement.
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Sound-bytes are our shorter episodes about what we’ve been up to recently. Some more new games this week - Sefran has been playing Satisfactory and we've both been playing 20 Minutes Till Dawn.
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In this episode we take a deeper dive into the history of the Elder Scrolls games. It's a big-un!
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We're continuing our anime-themed Octal FM series! Sefran has watched anime for most of his life, but Jalada has watched almost none. We're changing that. This time, Jalada has been watching another recommendation of Sef's; Honey and Clover, or Hachimitsu to Kurōbā.
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Sound-bytes are our shorter episodes about what we’ve been up to recently. Jalada caught COVID and cheered himself up in isolation by buying Spelunky 2 on Switch.
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We think you can probably guess what this episode is all about! Jalada tries to convince Sefran to dust off his Pokéballs one more time...
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Sound-bytes are our shorter episodes about what we’ve been up to recently. Microsoft and Riot have announced a Game Pass partnership.
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In this episode we continue our recurring segment where we discuss the most important and interesting games of a particular year. In episode 139 we covered 1989. This episode we take a look at the games of 1989.
Games we discuss:
Super Mario World & F-Zero, for the SNES launchFire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of LightMetal Gear 2: Solid SnakeWing CommanderCommander Keen -
Sound-bytes are our shorter episodes about what we’ve been up to recently. Some news from Sony's State of Play...
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In this episode of Octal FM we do a bit of a 'bluffers guide' to blockchain. Cryptocurrency, NFTs, smart contracts, video games, and Octal FM hot takes. It's all here!
Further reading:
The Web3 FraudMoxie Marlinspike: My first impressions of web3Web3 is going just great /sDavid Rosenthal's talk @ Stanford -
Sound-bytes are our shorter episodes about what we’ve been up to recently. Jalada got a chance to try out a kitted out sim-racing setup in VR, and that got us thinking...
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In Game Club, we pick a game to both play separately that we've never played before, and then come together on the show to discuss our thoughts. This time, we play the latest installment in a series very close to our hearts; Age of Empires IV.
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Sound-bytes are our shorter episodes about what we’ve been up to recently. Sefran has picked up the sequel to the game that defined 'Rogue-lite'. But is Rogue Legacy 2 a worthy successor to the OG?
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We continue our recurring segment of breaking down the games that we feel define a genre. This time it's another chunky genre; racing games. We even have to define what a racing game actually is.
Games we discuss include:
Out RunF-ZeroSuper Mario KartGran TurismoNeed for Speed: Underground 2Forza Horizon -
Sound-bytes are our shorter episodes about what we’ve been up to recently. Jalada has been checking back in with No Man's Sky after the latest Outlaws update. What does he think?
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It's been a while since we last had a guest host join us; but today we're joined by Martyn for the first time. Martyn is a friend of the show and agreed to come on to discuss getting started with role-playing games. Not the video game ones, the real-life ones. We discuss how to get started, recommended games, different types of RP, DMing, LARPing, and more!
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Sound-bytes are our shorter episodes about what we’ve been up to recently. We've been watching Elden Ring's sales and wondering...what makes Elden Ring so different to its siblings?
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In our retrospective episodes we take a look at the mammoth multiplayer first-person shooter series that is Counter-Strike. We'll start right at the beginning with the beta mod, look at the troubled development of Condition Zero, where it's at now and our relationship with it. And finally add some classic Octal FM hot takes about the series' future.
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