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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...
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:
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...
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:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
Full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
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:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
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.
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
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.
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
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...
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.
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...
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...
Marvel dropped a new beat-’em-up and it’s straight out of the 90s 🔥🕹️
Cosmic Invasion lets you tag between TWO heroes mid-battle — Ghost Rider, She-Hulk, Storm, Rocket, Venom, Cap, Spidey and more.
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com
Full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
Cosmic Invasion lets you tag between TWO heroes mid-battle — Ghost Rider, She-Hulk, Storm, Rocket, Venom, Cap, Spidey and more.
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com
Full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Marvel dropped a new beat-’em-up and it’s straight out of the 90s 🔥🕹️
Cosmic Invasion lets you tag between TWO heroes mid-battle — Ghost Rider, She-Hulk, Storm, Rocket, Venom, Cap, Spidey and more.
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com
Full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
Cosmic Invasion lets you tag between TWO heroes mid-battle — Ghost Rider, She-Hulk, Storm, Rocket, Venom, Cap, Spidey and more.
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com
Full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
A Waymo robotaxi tried to turn straight into an LAPD stop — cops yelling “GO RIGHT!” while it calmly goes LEFT 😳🚔
It even rolled past the suspect on the ground.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
It even rolled past the suspect on the ground.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
December 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A Waymo robotaxi tried to turn straight into an LAPD stop — cops yelling “GO RIGHT!” while it calmly goes LEFT 😳🚔
It even rolled past the suspect on the ground.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
It even rolled past the suspect on the ground.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
A driverless Waymo casually drove into an LAPD stop — cops shouting at it, suspect on the ground, total chaos 😳🚔
The robotaxi did not care.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
The robotaxi did not care.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
December 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
A driverless Waymo casually drove into an LAPD stop — cops shouting at it, suspect on the ground, total chaos 😳🚔
The robotaxi did not care.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
The robotaxi did not care.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
Fortnite Season 7 = pure crossover chaos 🔥
Power Rangers, Kill Bill, and Marty McFly all on the same island… and somehow it works.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Watch more:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
Power Rangers, Kill Bill, and Marty McFly all on the same island… and somehow it works.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Watch more:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
December 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Fortnite Season 7 = pure crossover chaos 🔥
Power Rangers, Kill Bill, and Marty McFly all on the same island… and somehow it works.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Watch more:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
Power Rangers, Kill Bill, and Marty McFly all on the same island… and somehow it works.
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Watch more:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
Three screens… one device 😳📱
Samsung’s Tri-Fold turns into a full 10” tablet and looks paper thin.
Cool or too much?
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Watch the full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
Samsung’s Tri-Fold turns into a full 10” tablet and looks paper thin.
Cool or too much?
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Watch the full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
December 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Three screens… one device 😳📱
Samsung’s Tri-Fold turns into a full 10” tablet and looks paper thin.
Cool or too much?
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Watch the full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
Samsung’s Tri-Fold turns into a full 10” tablet and looks paper thin.
Cool or too much?
Featuring
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
Watch the full episode:
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
Samsung really said “why not THREE screens?” 😳📱📱📱
This $2500 tri-fold phone is INSANE.
Featuring @sorgatron @profpodpgh @dudderspgh
Watch the full episode 👉
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
This $2500 tri-fold phone is INSANE.
Featuring @sorgatron @profpodpgh @dudderspgh
Watch the full episode 👉
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
December 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Samsung really said “why not THREE screens?” 😳📱📱📱
This $2500 tri-fold phone is INSANE.
Featuring @sorgatron @profpodpgh @dudderspgh
Watch the full episode 👉
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
This $2500 tri-fold phone is INSANE.
Featuring @sorgatron @profpodpgh @dudderspgh
Watch the full episode 👉
www.sorgatronmedia.com/blog/awesome...
Rebecca Heineman was a pioneer: Space Invaders champion, Interplay co-founder, programmer behind classics like Wasteland and Wolfenstein 3D, and a fierce advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusion in tech.
We honor her legacy in AC 759 ❤️🎮
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
#GamingIcons
We honor her legacy in AC 759 ❤️🎮
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
#GamingIcons
December 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Rebecca Heineman was a pioneer: Space Invaders champion, Interplay co-founder, programmer behind classics like Wasteland and Wolfenstein 3D, and a fierce advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusion in tech.
We honor her legacy in AC 759 ❤️🎮
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
#GamingIcons
We honor her legacy in AC 759 ❤️🎮
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
#GamingIcons
Voltron nostalgia hit hard this week — daily syndication made 52 episodes feel legendary.
The Netflix reboot is great… but that old Xbox Arcade game? Gone from existence 😭
More in AC 759.
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
#AwesomeCast #Voltron
The Netflix reboot is great… but that old Xbox Arcade game? Gone from existence 😭
More in AC 759.
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
#AwesomeCast #Voltron
December 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Voltron nostalgia hit hard this week — daily syndication made 52 episodes feel legendary.
The Netflix reboot is great… but that old Xbox Arcade game? Gone from existence 😭
More in AC 759.
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
#AwesomeCast #Voltron
The Netflix reboot is great… but that old Xbox Arcade game? Gone from existence 😭
More in AC 759.
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
#AwesomeCast #Voltron
A gas line failure left us heatless for a month.
Radiator heaters + fast delivery apps = the only reason the pipes survived 😅
More on AwesomeCast 759.
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
#AwesomeCast #WinterPrep
Radiator heaters + fast delivery apps = the only reason the pipes survived 😅
More on AwesomeCast 759.
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
#AwesomeCast #WinterPrep
December 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A gas line failure left us heatless for a month.
Radiator heaters + fast delivery apps = the only reason the pipes survived 😅
More on AwesomeCast 759.
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
#AwesomeCast #WinterPrep
Radiator heaters + fast delivery apps = the only reason the pipes survived 😅
More on AwesomeCast 759.
@profpod.bsky.social @sorgatron.com @dudders.bsky.social
#AwesomeCast #WinterPrep