SyrupCast

This week on the SyrupCast, Brad Shankar and Brad Bennett are joined by Chris Brown, a friend of the site, to discuss the 2024 Game Awards.This is a big year for MobileSyrup since Brad Shankar has been able to get us onto the jury at the awards. This meant we got to participate in the voting for all the awards, and on his own, Brad Shankar even went to the show in person.If you want to hear what it's like to vote, how we got into the jury and more behind the scenes Game Awards talk make sure to check out this week's Syrupcast on your podcast app of choice or on YouTube.

After a long hiatus, the SyrupCast is back. We're still ironing out our production, but we're excited to be back, and this week, we're talking about the best tech and games of the year. In the new year, we're aiming to release a new episode every two weeks. If you have any feedback, let us know on social media or by emailing us at Community@moblesyrup.com.The next episode will be in two weeks and will be focused on the Game Awards since Brad Shankar was a judge this year.

What a week! This has been a WWDC for the books with the announcement of Apple's foray into the AI space. That said, there's also a ton of other news to cover for every operating system under the Apple umbrella, so I had to call in some help this week. Joining me are special guests Drew Kozub from Canada's Breakfast Television and KissFM radio. Alongside him is TikTok star Brett Turner, who most of you likely know as Brett.Tech on social media. You can find Drew on Twitter here - https://x.com/DrewKozubAnd make sure to check out Brett's accounts here - https://www.tiktok.com/@brett.tech

This is a special edition episode of the SyrupCast and the SyrupArcade Cast, where Dean Daley and Brad Shankar speak to Black industry professionals about their experiences in the technology industry, including Fūnk-é Joseph (Focus Entertainment), Enobong Etteh (Boredatwork.com), and Kadeem Dunn (Google) (Diaspora Games).

On the latest episode of the SyrupCast, Patrick O’Rourke, Brad Bennett, and Dean Daley discuss Mobile World Congress 2024 (MWC) and everything Dean saw at this year's event in Barcelona, Spain.This includes checking out the TCL Ray Neo X2s, Samsung's Galaxy Ring, a lot of weird robotic AI contraptions and the highlight of the show for him, the Humane AI Pin. Afterward, the three talk about the recently announced M3-powered MacBook Air and Brad's and Patrick's experience with the new laptop.

On the latest episode of the SyrupCast, Patrick O’Rourke, Brad Bennett, Dean Daley and Chris Brown discuss Samsung's new Galaxy S24 series. Both Dean and Chris outline what the vibes were like at this year's Unpacked, break down their first impressions of the Galaxy S24 Ultra (including an at-even recording of an unboxing) and discuss Samsung's new Galaxy AI features.Are new AI features like 'Circle to Search' just a fancy gimmick gimmick? or is this functionality Galaxy S24 users will actually find useful? Listen to our latest episode to find out.

The Game Awards 2023 have taken place, so the Syrup ArcadeCast crew, including, Dean DaleyBrad Shankar, and Chris Brown, alongside special guest, Steve Vegvari, breakdown this year's event. The podcast team talks about the awards winners, including Baldur's Gate 3, Alan Wake 2, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and more. They also discuss the controversy surrounding the awards ceremony and the developers who should have had far more time to speak.

Ahead of The Game Awards, co-hosts Dean Daley and Brad Shankar are joined once again by Blue Ant Plus’ Chris Brown to discuss our thoughts on the nominees. Of course, a lot of this episode is dedicated to the six Game of the Year nominees: Baldur’s Gate 3, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Resident Evil 4 and Alan Wake 2. But we also look at several other big categories, including Best Narrative, Best RPG, Best Performance and, perhaps most controversial this year, Best Indie.