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Tech banter and news from the nerds that do nerd things in nerd ways from Pittsburgh, PA. Join us Tuesdays 7 PM ET on Facebook Live
Operation Bluebird wants to reclaim Twitter's 'abandoned' trademarks for a new social networkThe startup claims X Corp. 'legally abandoned its rights' to Twitter's brand.
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Operation Bluebird wants to reclaim Twitter’s ‘abandoned’ trademarks for a new social network
Will Twitter finally return?
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December 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Operation Bluebird wants to reclaim Twitter's 'abandoned' trademarks for a new social networkThe startup claims X Corp. 'legally abandoned its rights' to Twitter's brand.
www.theverge.com/report/84199...
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🚀 The new AwesomeCast Newsletter is live!
From Robosen’s wild self-transforming Shockwave 🤖 to Apple’s glass-crafted TV intro 🍎 to GameStop’s chaotic “Trade Anything Day,” AI gas-station news, creepy robot dogs, & more — Episode 761 delivered 😅🔥
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From Robosen’s wild self-transforming Shockwave 🤖 to Apple’s glass-crafted TV intro 🍎 to GameStop’s chaotic “Trade Anything Day,” AI gas-station news, creepy robot dogs, & more — Episode 761 delivered 😅🔥
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AwesomeCast Weekly — Issue #761
“Buff Judge Elvis & Other Questionable AI Things”
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December 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
🚀 The new AwesomeCast Newsletter is live!
From Robosen’s wild self-transforming Shockwave 🤖 to Apple’s glass-crafted TV intro 🍎 to GameStop’s chaotic “Trade Anything Day,” AI gas-station news, creepy robot dogs, & more — Episode 761 delivered 😅🔥
👉 Read : open.substack.com/pub/awesomec...
From Robosen’s wild self-transforming Shockwave 🤖 to Apple’s glass-crafted TV intro 🍎 to GameStop’s chaotic “Trade Anything Day,” AI gas-station news, creepy robot dogs, & more — Episode 761 delivered 😅🔥
👉 Read : open.substack.com/pub/awesomec...
The AwesomeCast 761 Patreon After Show is LIVE! 🎥🔥
We talk film careers, live production, starter gear, casting wrestlers in student films…
AND we react to the most horrifying robot dogs ever created (they poop Polaroids 😳).
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We talk film careers, live production, starter gear, casting wrestlers in student films…
AND we react to the most horrifying robot dogs ever created (they poop Polaroids 😳).
Unlock it on Patreon → www.patreon.com/posts/145546...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The AwesomeCast 761 Patreon After Show is LIVE! 🎥🔥
We talk film careers, live production, starter gear, casting wrestlers in student films…
AND we react to the most horrifying robot dogs ever created (they poop Polaroids 😳).
Unlock it on Patreon → www.patreon.com/posts/145546...
We talk film careers, live production, starter gear, casting wrestlers in student films…
AND we react to the most horrifying robot dogs ever created (they poop Polaroids 😳).
Unlock it on Patreon → www.patreon.com/posts/145546...
This is wild: a fan lined up all the Robosen Transformers—Optimus, Bumblebee, Grimlock, the trailer and more—and fired off one giant synchronized transformation sequence. 🤖🔥
Sorg: “If I win the lottery… there will be signs.”
Full episode:
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Sorg: “If I win the lottery… there will be signs.”
Full episode:
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December 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This is wild: a fan lined up all the Robosen Transformers—Optimus, Bumblebee, Grimlock, the trailer and more—and fired off one giant synchronized transformation sequence. 🤖🔥
Sorg: “If I win the lottery… there will be signs.”
Full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
Sorg: “If I win the lottery… there will be signs.”
Full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
Sorg shows off Robosen’s newest masterpiece: a self-transforming Shockwave robot from the classic Transformers era. 🤖💜
It transforms, responds to voice commands, is fully programmable… and doubles as a working Bluetooth boombox.
Full clip + episode:
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It transforms, responds to voice commands, is fully programmable… and doubles as a working Bluetooth boombox.
Full clip + episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
December 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Sorg shows off Robosen’s newest masterpiece: a self-transforming Shockwave robot from the classic Transformers era. 🤖💜
It transforms, responds to voice commands, is fully programmable… and doubles as a working Bluetooth boombox.
Full clip + episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
It transforms, responds to voice commands, is fully programmable… and doubles as a working Bluetooth boombox.
Full clip + episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
The team dives into the Buzz Lightyear programming robot and why it might be the coolest STEM toy of the year — even if cheaper drones still win for beginners 🚁🤖
Full episode:
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Full episode:
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December 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The team dives into the Buzz Lightyear programming robot and why it might be the coolest STEM toy of the year — even if cheaper drones still win for beginners 🚁🤖
Full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
Full episode:
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December 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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🚍 Automated cars not stopping for buses?
👶 Babies being born in an automated car?
Discussing these wild Waymo cars stories and more on the AwesomeCast podcast! 🚗⬇️
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👶 Babies being born in an automated car?
Discussing these wild Waymo cars stories and more on the AwesomeCast podcast! 🚗⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nN...
AwesomeCast 754 LIVE
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December 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
🚍 Automated cars not stopping for buses?
👶 Babies being born in an automated car?
Discussing these wild Waymo cars stories and more on the AwesomeCast podcast! 🚗⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nN...
👶 Babies being born in an automated car?
Discussing these wild Waymo cars stories and more on the AwesomeCast podcast! 🚗⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nN...
📺 Netflix and Warner Brothers deal.
Discussing this LIVE on the podcast! ⬇️
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Discussing this LIVE on the podcast! ⬇️
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AwesomeCast 754 LIVE
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December 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
📺 Netflix and Warner Brothers deal.
Discussing this LIVE on the podcast! ⬇️
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Discussing this LIVE on the podcast! ⬇️
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😂 Do you like Butts on Things...
Want to learn more? Tune in to the AwesomeCast podcast RIGHT NOW! ⬇️
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Want to learn more? Tune in to the AwesomeCast podcast RIGHT NOW! ⬇️
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AwesomeCast 754 LIVE
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December 10, 2025 at 12:27 AM
😂 Do you like Butts on Things...
Want to learn more? Tune in to the AwesomeCast podcast RIGHT NOW! ⬇️
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Want to learn more? Tune in to the AwesomeCast podcast RIGHT NOW! ⬇️
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🚀 Fully automated Buzz Lightyear... Toy Story IRL?
We are discussing this and MUCH MORE on the AwesomeCast podcast ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nN...
We are discussing this and MUCH MORE on the AwesomeCast podcast ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nN...
AwesomeCast 754 LIVE
YouTube video by AwesomeCast
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December 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
🚀 Fully automated Buzz Lightyear... Toy Story IRL?
We are discussing this and MUCH MORE on the AwesomeCast podcast ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nN...
We are discussing this and MUCH MORE on the AwesomeCast podcast ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nN...
We are live on the AwesomeCast podcast discussing everything awesome NOW ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nN...
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AwesomeCast 754 LIVE
YouTube video by AwesomeCast
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December 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
We are live on the AwesomeCast podcast discussing everything awesome NOW ⬇️
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Cloud gaming is now the new “early Netflix vs HBO vs Fire TV” problem 🎮☁️
Every platform is split across incompatible devices — Luna, GeForce Now, Xbox Cloud, Samsung exclusives… it’s a mess.
But surprisingly? The tech works. Sorg has played full titles entirely in the cloud.
Every platform is split across incompatible devices — Luna, GeForce Now, Xbox Cloud, Samsung exclusives… it’s a mess.
But surprisingly? The tech works. Sorg has played full titles entirely in the cloud.
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Cloud gaming is now the new “early Netflix vs HBO vs Fire TV” problem 🎮☁️
Every platform is split across incompatible devices — Luna, GeForce Now, Xbox Cloud, Samsung exclusives… it’s a mess.
But surprisingly? The tech works. Sorg has played full titles entirely in the cloud.
Every platform is split across incompatible devices — Luna, GeForce Now, Xbox Cloud, Samsung exclusives… it’s a mess.
But surprisingly? The tech works. Sorg has played full titles entirely in the cloud.
Netflix Games is doing some interesting stuff 🎮📱
From 12 Seconds to couch-party games with QR controllers — and now a Stranger Things puzzle game that uses story clips to catch you up before Season 5.
Stages unlock every 12 hours, which… keeps you coming back.
From 12 Seconds to couch-party games with QR controllers — and now a Stranger Things puzzle game that uses story clips to catch you up before Season 5.
Stages unlock every 12 hours, which… keeps you coming back.
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Netflix Games is doing some interesting stuff 🎮📱
From 12 Seconds to couch-party games with QR controllers — and now a Stranger Things puzzle game that uses story clips to catch you up before Season 5.
Stages unlock every 12 hours, which… keeps you coming back.
From 12 Seconds to couch-party games with QR controllers — and now a Stranger Things puzzle game that uses story clips to catch you up before Season 5.
Stages unlock every 12 hours, which… keeps you coming back.
Samsung’s Z TriFold will debut in Korea on Dec. 12, priced at just under 3.6 million KRW (~$2,500 USD) 🇰🇷📱
U.S. release: Early 2026.
And because tech pricing is chaos, many components (like RAM) can’t even be quoted until purchase time.
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
U.S. release: Early 2026.
And because tech pricing is chaos, many components (like RAM) can’t even be quoted until purchase time.
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Samsung’s Z TriFold will debut in Korea on Dec. 12, priced at just under 3.6 million KRW (~$2,500 USD) 🇰🇷📱
U.S. release: Early 2026.
And because tech pricing is chaos, many components (like RAM) can’t even be quoted until purchase time.
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
U.S. release: Early 2026.
And because tech pricing is chaos, many components (like RAM) can’t even be quoted until purchase time.
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Remember floppy disks? Now imagine them heated inside your PC… and releasing the smell of BLOOD 😳💾🩸
We also get Intern Tony trying to understand 1.44 MB storage and why this idea would’ve made every computer permanently smell weird.
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@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
We also get Intern Tony trying to understand 1.44 MB storage and why this idea would’ve made every computer permanently smell weird.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Remember floppy disks? Now imagine them heated inside your PC… and releasing the smell of BLOOD 😳💾🩸
We also get Intern Tony trying to understand 1.44 MB storage and why this idea would’ve made every computer permanently smell weird.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
We also get Intern Tony trying to understand 1.44 MB storage and why this idea would’ve made every computer permanently smell weird.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Pittsburgh might be the toughest AV test city in the country 🚗❄️🤖
Waymo cars in Lawrenceville, Uber’s old test fleet, random mapping rigs, plus Emotional & Aurora gathering data today.
With snow + hills + chaotic road layouts, Pittsburgh is truly black diamond difficulty for self-driving tech.
Waymo cars in Lawrenceville, Uber’s old test fleet, random mapping rigs, plus Emotional & Aurora gathering data today.
With snow + hills + chaotic road layouts, Pittsburgh is truly black diamond difficulty for self-driving tech.
December 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Pittsburgh might be the toughest AV test city in the country 🚗❄️🤖
Waymo cars in Lawrenceville, Uber’s old test fleet, random mapping rigs, plus Emotional & Aurora gathering data today.
With snow + hills + chaotic road layouts, Pittsburgh is truly black diamond difficulty for self-driving tech.
Waymo cars in Lawrenceville, Uber’s old test fleet, random mapping rigs, plus Emotional & Aurora gathering data today.
With snow + hills + chaotic road layouts, Pittsburgh is truly black diamond difficulty for self-driving tech.
Pittsburgh has been a robot car playground for years 🚗🤖
Waymo, Aurora, Uber ATG, TomTom-style mappers — all gathering data here because our roads, weather, and intersections are chaos-level hard mode.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Waymo, Aurora, Uber ATG, TomTom-style mappers — all gathering data here because our roads, weather, and intersections are chaos-level hard mode.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Pittsburgh has been a robot car playground for years 🚗🤖
Waymo, Aurora, Uber ATG, TomTom-style mappers — all gathering data here because our roads, weather, and intersections are chaos-level hard mode.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Waymo, Aurora, Uber ATG, TomTom-style mappers — all gathering data here because our roads, weather, and intersections are chaos-level hard mode.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
A Red Dead Redemption thumbnail on the App Store is… something Apple normally wouldn’t feature so prominently 😳📱
Meanwhile, Netflix Gaming just nuked casting support — unless you still have a first-gen Chromecast lying around.
Meanwhile, Netflix Gaming just nuked casting support — unless you still have a first-gen Chromecast lying around.
December 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A Red Dead Redemption thumbnail on the App Store is… something Apple normally wouldn’t feature so prominently 😳📱
Meanwhile, Netflix Gaming just nuked casting support — unless you still have a first-gen Chromecast lying around.
Meanwhile, Netflix Gaming just nuked casting support — unless you still have a first-gen Chromecast lying around.
Amazon is testing 30-minute delivery and the pricing is wild 📦⚡
And Walmart? Katie says it now feels more like a warehouse than a store — workers + gig shoppers everywhere, regular customers almost nowhere.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
And Walmart? Katie says it now feels more like a warehouse than a store — workers + gig shoppers everywhere, regular customers almost nowhere.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
AwesomeCast 760: Samsung’s Insane Tri-Fold Phone, Fortnite Chaos & Red Dead on Netflix! — Sorgatron Media
Snow can’t stop the geekery. This week, Michael Sorg , Katie “Dudders” Dudas and Dave Podnar settle into the Sorgatron Media Studio (with interns Tony and Mac on the couch) to unpack a packed sla...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Amazon is testing 30-minute delivery and the pricing is wild 📦⚡
And Walmart? Katie says it now feels more like a warehouse than a store — workers + gig shoppers everywhere, regular customers almost nowhere.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
And Walmart? Katie says it now feels more like a warehouse than a store — workers + gig shoppers everywhere, regular customers almost nowhere.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Lara Croft is now a DOUBLE Guinness World Record holder 🙌🎮
Best-selling female character + 2,300 magazine covers (!!).
Also: Assassin’s Creed’s Netflix adaptation is shaping up — Toby Wallace attached, ancient Rome confirmed.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Best-selling female character + 2,300 magazine covers (!!).
Also: Assassin’s Creed’s Netflix adaptation is shaping up — Toby Wallace attached, ancient Rome confirmed.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Lara Croft is now a DOUBLE Guinness World Record holder 🙌🎮
Best-selling female character + 2,300 magazine covers (!!).
Also: Assassin’s Creed’s Netflix adaptation is shaping up — Toby Wallace attached, ancient Rome confirmed.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Best-selling female character + 2,300 magazine covers (!!).
Also: Assassin’s Creed’s Netflix adaptation is shaping up — Toby Wallace attached, ancient Rome confirmed.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Smell-O-Vision is REAL and our childhoods were NOT ready 😂👃
From D&D satanic panic to He-Man’s Stinkor to Strawberry Shortcake scent trauma…
Why did everything in the 80s have a smell?!
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
From D&D satanic panic to He-Man’s Stinkor to Strawberry Shortcake scent trauma…
Why did everything in the 80s have a smell?!
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Smell-O-Vision is REAL and our childhoods were NOT ready 😂👃
From D&D satanic panic to He-Man’s Stinkor to Strawberry Shortcake scent trauma…
Why did everything in the 80s have a smell?!
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
From D&D satanic panic to He-Man’s Stinkor to Strawberry Shortcake scent trauma…
Why did everything in the 80s have a smell?!
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Hideo Kojima once wanted floppy disks that released the smell of blood during gameplay 😳🩸
His 1988 cyberpunk game Snatcher almost had Smell-O-Vision before VR was even a thought.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
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His 1988 cyberpunk game Snatcher almost had Smell-O-Vision before VR was even a thought.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Watch more:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
December 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Hideo Kojima once wanted floppy disks that released the smell of blood during gameplay 😳🩸
His 1988 cyberpunk game Snatcher almost had Smell-O-Vision before VR was even a thought.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Watch more:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
His 1988 cyberpunk game Snatcher almost had Smell-O-Vision before VR was even a thought.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Watch more:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
Smell-O-Vision is back… but for VIDEO GAMES 😳👃
Plus a VR haptic suit at Best Buy that lets you feel hits, vibration & even sound waves.
The future of immersion is getting strange.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Watch more:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
Plus a VR haptic suit at Best Buy that lets you feel hits, vibration & even sound waves.
The future of immersion is getting strange.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Watch more:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
December 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Smell-O-Vision is back… but for VIDEO GAMES 😳👃
Plus a VR haptic suit at Best Buy that lets you feel hits, vibration & even sound waves.
The future of immersion is getting strange.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Watch more:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
Plus a VR haptic suit at Best Buy that lets you feel hits, vibration & even sound waves.
The future of immersion is getting strange.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Watch more:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
Cloud gaming is better than ever — and yes, Stadia walked so others could run ☁️🎮
If your network can handle it, you might not need to download games again.
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@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Watch the full convo:
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If your network can handle it, you might not need to download games again.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Watch the full convo:
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December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Cloud gaming is better than ever — and yes, Stadia walked so others could run ☁️🎮
If your network can handle it, you might not need to download games again.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Watch the full convo:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
If your network can handle it, you might not need to download games again.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Watch the full convo:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...