Pixels and Puppets

0:00IntroThe last podcast of the year!Settle in folks. We goin' long.6:28The Puppet PitThe blog! It lives!The new Oracle episode is actually out!2024 O:P wrap-upAll links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC29:16Gizmotown 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, actuallyIf 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 14What happens when tech bros make an AI companion for neurodivergent kids? Same thing that happens to everything else they doYear-end tech wrapup: What stood out in 2024?1:28:00Pixels and TokensThe Game Awards will have happened. Thoughts?A Zenimax Union! (Communication Workers of America)Your Warframe check-in with KevinOh no, XDefiant is shutting downJamie has spent some time with the newest GamePass title Indiana Jones and the Great Circle2024 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)

0:00IntroTaylor Swift is laying eggsConcert anxiety11:45The Puppet PitRIP MuppetVision3D, but Hooray Rock'n Rollercoaster featuring the MuppetsCanada Post is on strike. What this means for O:PKrampusnacht is upon us!Build streams carry onAll links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC30:13Gizmotown 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 bullshitPost-op report on the TI-99/4A1:33:30Pixels and TokensThe Blackest of FridaysValve 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 brainWe're living on Planet Balatro now FFXIV Mobile!MS Flight Sim 2024 has one of the worst launches everMusic 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)

Keep up with everything Operation: Puppet does on https://www.OperationPuppet.com0:00IntroWe back! Again!Sleep scorespink cocaine huh?7:01The Puppet PitHalloween builds are done!Special Halloween Build Stream happening Wednesday Oct 30, 10am ET!It all started 5 years ago in NYCAll links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC20:30Gizmotown 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 updateIs it time for Andrew to get on the AYN Odin bandwagon?PS5 Pro talk -- againMiSTERclass! Jamie needs to talk about FPGA gaming!1:17:19Pixels and TokensDiablo 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 circleCellar Door Games releases their lauded roguelike Rogue Legacy's source code on its 10th year anniversaryMusic 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)

Keep up with everything Operation: Puppet does on https://www.OperationPuppet.com0:00IntroPodcast is on schedule despite periodontal surgeryContent warning: Kevin talks about dentistry from 3:26 to 11:00Summary: Don't do meth and talk to your dentist14:10The Puppet PitHalloween builds: Slight detour but two were done with more to come!Andrew was hunted by ravensCommissions are now closed for the rest of the yearAll links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC22:29Gizmotown The Deck Nook.Legion Go Gen 2 and Lite LeakedLegion Go is on sale for $650cdn ($250 off), open box is $500MisterPi looks good!Kevin still undecided about PS5 Pro. As part of that discussion let's talk about PCs vs Consoles from our personal perspectivesKevin'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 FOMO1:15:50Pixels and TokensWarframe is now Deck-and-PC login friendly!Wither Ubisoft?In Fucktendo news, Nintendo kills RyujinxNew 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)

Keep up with everything Operation: Puppet does on https://www.OperationPuppet.com0:00IntroTron is goodThe kids are OKAlso retro computers are OK. Shoutout https://retrorewind.caThe digital dark age is a comin'Anyway, it's my birthday. PLUG25:16The Puppet PitBuilds: Disco Dracula and custom hooman done! Commissions finished!Shoutout to Eric, designer of Wolfgang and Disco Dracula. Listen to Eric's podcast The Pop Trash Museum Podcast: https://poptrashmuseum.comThere will be a Halloween build! What? Dunno!All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC43:06Gizmotown The Deck Nook. GTA V multiplayer now borked on the Deck and Linux in generalOr is it?https://store.steampowered.com/app/993090/Lossless_Scaling/Kevin has tested PSVR2 on PCPS5 Pro: Tepid Takes!EVE is going on the blockchain? Of course it is. Another crypto scam, or an actual reasonable application? https://www.evefrontier.com/en/faqSure why not https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/20/energy/three-mile-island-microsoft-ai1:43:40Pixels and TokensKevin rolled credits on Outlaws. Still playing? Is there a future for the game? Discuss.Hey did you know there are other Star Wars games that are also pretty good? Kevin's trying out Jedi Survivor.Everything's going to be okay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCmDF0NqZQc&t=331sDestiny isn't finished, we swear! Bungie roadmaps the future of Destiny 2 for the first timeJamie has enough trouble in actual reality and now he has added virtual reality on top of it!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)

Keep up with everything Operation: Puppet does on https://www.OperationPuppet.com0:00IntroIt's goblin timeSunday? What?8:11The Puppet PitBuilds: Unplanned Ogre and Missy SippyWill this years' Halloween builds happen? Shrug emoji!All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC21:30Gizmotown The Deck Nook.The Steam deck hits 16000 verified/playable games!Previously online only handheld manufacturer Ayaneo starts selling two handhelds in US Best Buy stores!PS5 Pro stuffsBambu Printer updateEmudeck is making a minipcPSVR2 goes on sale everywhere. Related: Amazon is stupid52:41Pixels and TokensWarframe eh?Astro Bot Sept 6!Sony's Concord has launched to crickets on PC and the internet only wants to dance on its grave.Gearbox has managed to raise the community ire with their first Risk of Rain DLCBlizzard finally gives some sign of the Diablo III armory returning to Diablo IV!Diablo IV is also going to be getting rid of World Tiers and replacing them with a difficulty system like Diablo III!It's time. To talk. About Star Wars.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)

Keep up with everything Operation: Puppet does on https://www.OperationPuppet.com0:00IntroTogether again!Jamie was in Disneyland and at D23!25:43The Puppet PitBuilds: Commissions! A lady gator for the good folks at Keepsake YouTube channel! Give them a follow!New Oracle has been released!Hall of Fame page is up! https://www.operationpuppet.com/hall-of-fame/No, O:P won't be involved in Reality TV thingAll links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC42:09Gizmotown The Deck Nook.Is SteamOS about to go wide release?Or maybe you'd like Windows on your DeckRelated: Valve confirms upcoming support for ROG Ally in SteamOSSony blew it again Ed note: or did they?Andrew bought a watchKevin's getting a Thing. For Reasons.1:19:01Pixels and TokensOne for the anglophiles: Thank Goodness You're HereEA gonna EA with Dragon Age addonsAndrew is playing Case of the Golden Idol, fresh DOOM remake, D4S5Jamie has re-Warframe’dKevin got a thing. For Reasons. (PSVR2)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)

Keep up with everything Operation: Puppet does on https://www.OperationPuppet.com0:00IntroBusy summer schedules continueAndrew went to San Diego!17:18The Puppet PitBuild streams are on pause, some probably changes comingEtsy gets a "loyalty" program. lol, lmao GAME CHANGER. Anyway, Etsy is bad, don't use it.Commissions!New Oracle coming soon! Honest!Kevin will be shooting tutorial videos, send in your requests to admin@operationpuppet.com!All links on https://www.operationpuppet.com. Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/3zPqDcGJAC36:14Gizmotown The Deck Nook.ROG Ally X impresses reviewers and Retro Game Corps has a dual boot guide: https://youtu.be/H4226yq0ZwY?si=mAHG_4pOyQ8M1rTRGoogle pulls AI adPSVR2 "sale", price drop maybe?Spend 20K on a TV, get a Super Bowl ticketRetrotech: The first TI-99/4A stream has happened! Kevin Kenny Interviewhttps://puppet.zone/w/e4fdDQfVYeMmuu22QmmxkkBlogging. It's the hot new trend. https://kevinblades.com/1:15:34Pixels and TokensIt's the Bung-pocalypse. Again.People show brains, hold their money for Switch 2 Diablo IV Season 5 unleashes the horde.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)