Flipping Tables
151 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsThe most interesting, entertaining, and table-flip worthy show about technology and gaming you'll hear each week.
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Episodes
150 - Sunset Robot
December 20, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBThe final episode of Flipping Tables. Join Mike and Lyons for some reminiscing, their favorite episode titles, and a last minute foray into recklessly predicting the future.
149 - Under The Thumb of Big Cookie
December 13, 2016 09:00 - 59 minutes - 41.5 MBThe penultimate episode of Flipping Tables! Pebble is dead! Amazon Go wants to replace your teenager's job as a clerk! And Miyazaki has lost hope for humanity!
148 - Losing The Precision That A Big Fat Meat Finger Gives You
December 06, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 46.6 MBNetflix adds (some) offline playback. Last Of Us Part II revealed. And Final Fantasy XV might actually be good.
147 - I Always Wanted Pajamas On My Face
November 29, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBAssassin's Creed II was always terrible. Lyons experiences Daydream VR. And Google is brilliant at getting us to feed it's AI yet again with Quick, Draw!
146 - Who Do I Punch To Advance The Story?
November 22, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBFinal Fantasy XV doesn't pique Lyons' interest. clickclickclick.click seems like a way better investment. And Apple releases a paper book for... reasons.
145 - Cocaine Straws and Metal Frisbees
November 15, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBA little more Macbook Pro follow-up sneaks in before a reminder of some basic steps you can take to secure your online life.
144 - If I Can't Say It We Can't Do It
November 08, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBMike returns to share his thoughts on new Macbooks Pro, the Surface Studio, and why 'pro' shouldn't be interchangeable with 'difficult'. And can we be done with DST and timezones please?
143 - Kermit The Frog Unlocked My Phone
November 01, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBMatt of Bits & Pieces guests to talk the Google Pixel, Microsoft Surface Studio, New Macbooks Pro, and live streaming pizza.
142 - Give Me Sharesheet or Give Me Death
October 25, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBWill Twitter eventually just be bots talk to other bots about politics? And the Nintendo NX, now Nintendo Switch, was officially announced! Lyons hasn't been this excited with Nintendo in years!
141 - Do I Unlimited Trust Them?
October 18, 2016 09:00 - 52 minutes - 37.1 MBGoogle Daydream VR. The Note 7 is officially legally dead. And is Dropbox screwing itself out of supremacy?
140 - I Want A Magic Robot
October 11, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBLyons returns to talk Samsung Galaxy Note 7 woes, Spotify Malvertising, and the Made by Google event. His pre-ordered Pixel is of course, Quite Black.
139 - Whack-a-mole Alarm Clocks
October 03, 2016 09:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBDavid Lyons is STILL GONE. Mike's wife Shelby guest hosts as they discuss email etiquette, waterproof consumer expectations, whether Airpods are sexy, and the latest Hollywood reboot film, The Magnificent Seven.
138 - I Can Remote Hack The World
September 27, 2016 09:00 - 39 minutes - 37.2 MBDavid Lyons is STILL GONE. Mike's brother Justin hops on the show as they discuss iOS 10 papercuts, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and the merits of 'small' open world games. Also: Oliver Stone's Snowden film.
137 - Thanks, MomOS
September 20, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBWhat happened to David Lyons? Mike is joined by guest host Marc Mueller as they discuss Internet of Things fragmentation, anti-paparazzi clothing, the future of gaming consoles, and the difference between reading and listening to an audiobook.
136 - There's No Way To Make That Attractive
September 13, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 51 MBWe had no interest in recapping the Apple Event, so instead we talked about the interesting parts; space age ceramics and the wireless future.
135 - You Suck At The Internet
September 06, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBCanceled Lego Universe. WhatsApp sharing data with Facebook. And Lyons buys an Electric Vehicle.
134 - Please Don't Tell Me About Your Dreams
August 30, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 47 MBNo Man's Sky is an unusually fiery hype train crash. And the backspace nav controversy continues with a guest appearance by Matt of Bits & Pieces.
133 - I Have To Be At The Seaport By Two
August 23, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBEveryone got the Microsoft Golden Key story wrong including us! Autonomous vehicles are coming (for your jobs). PowerShell comes to Linux. And Chrome no longer foolishly uses backspace for browser navigation. Rejoice!
132 - This Is An Abraham Lincoln Situation
August 16, 2016 09:00 - 56 minutes - 39.8 MBMicrosoft proves how dumb backdoors keys are, a 3DS game's trailer soundtrack reminds us of the ghosts of internet memes past, and Spotify shows us a mixed bag of gaming soundtracks that can be streamed. Also, is No Man's Sky a harbinger of gaming's procedurally generated future?
131 - Nothing's Gonna Happen In The Next Five Years
August 09, 2016 09:00 - 58 minutes - 41 MBThe nostalgia goggles are definitely on as we talk Sonic Mania and Nintendo Power. And can Microsoft make Surface as a Service along with Windows 10 as a Service?
130 - This Is Too Stupid To Document
August 02, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBMike returns to talk SDCC and his undying love of attending conferences. Lyons finally gets to talk about Pokémon GO.
129 - Sometimes It's a Stupid Reason
July 26, 2016 09:00 - 59 minutes - 41.5 MBMatt of Bits & Pieces guests to talk about the permanence of internet storage, and the dream of Chromebooks connected to cloud services.
128 - We're All Consumer Whores
July 19, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 49.3 MBSusan of Eclectic Readers fame guests this week to talk with Lyons about all the things wrong with streaming and subscription media services.
127 - Go Find Me In The Alps
July 12, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBComcast does something nice? And Lyons is counting the seconds until he can move back to Android. Fingers crossed for a great 2016 Nexus.
126 - Morons Are Exploding Things
July 05, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBComcast end-of-life's Mike's very much alive modem. Email is a thing you can control, sort of. And Apple versus Spotify.
125 - Once Upon a Time an App Was Loading
June 28, 2016 09:00 - 58 minutes - 41.1 MBComcast strikes again. And a deep discussion on perceived UX versus the functional reality. Also doors, doors, and more doors.
124 - I'm Gonna Do Six Calculators
June 21, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBMike and Lyons get Google Cardboard. Mike's mom tries VR for the first time. And Nintendo showed Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild at E3 complete with male Link, then made asses of themselves when asked about a female Link.
123 - False Dichotomy Land
June 14, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 69.7 MBWWDC 2016 happened and we have lots of words to say about it.
122 - I Hate The Word Dongle
June 07, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBLyons got hurt and Mike bought a new bag. Microsoft shows customers how they feel about their autonomy with Windows 10 upgrade tricks. And VR was finally experienced in person.
121 - The Person With The Scalpel Will Realize I'm Serious
May 31, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBOur subreddit for discussing episodes has launched so come chat! Could a phone be usable with a truly edge to edge screen? Pebble pivots to focus on fitness. And Mike sings Uncharted 4's praises.
120 - I Want To Touch This Giant Screen
May 24, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBGoogle I/O 2016 happened. Moar messaging apps, Google Home, and Android on ChromeOS. And somehow Lyons finds a way to still talk about his iPhone SE.
119 - Burned a Whole Episode on the iPhone
May 17, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBLyons' iPhone SE arrived and the following is a recording of that event. The Good, The Bad, and if you're Mike; the Stockholm syndrome.
118 - The Satisfaction of Desktop Man
May 10, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBLyons buys an iPhone SE (that hasn't arrived yet.) The shift from desktop to mobile has largely happened. And Mike shares insights on spec work inspired by CGP Grey's recent job ad.
117 - They're Not Even Friends in a Fantasy Universe
May 03, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBTalkshow.im is texting in public, but is it worth doing? And Square Enix is finally learning that people will pay money for classic style JRPGs like Bravely Second and I Am Setsuna.
116 - We're All Insane And Hate You
April 26, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBThe Slacklash continues! Is threaded messaging enough to make Slack into a 'real' collaboration tool? And the radical plan to use a calendar and time marking system based on logic and not which ruler most recently invaded your country.
115 - I Don't Hate PowerPoint
April 19, 2016 09:00 - 54 minutes - 38.4 MBThe trailer for Rogue One is out and looks really promising. Mike vents about Microsoft Office Updater updating with huge updates after it updates itself. And could Google make Swift a first-class language on Android?
114 - Let's Not Assume It's A Masculinity Thing
April 12, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBThey just don't make Final Fantasy like they used to. And if the future is APIs and the Internet of Things we should probably figure out some ground rules.
113 - The Future Is Catsuits And Donut Hats
April 05, 2016 09:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MBWe're done reporting on Apple vs the FBI! Tons of followup about funding OSS. The Bash shell comes to Windows. And Miitomo is totally maybe the future of social networking but probably not.
112 - Doing The Stupid Jedi Thing
March 29, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBThe term 'holoportation' may never catch on but hopefully th technology does! Microsoft isn't just about hololense though, they also made an (accidentally) bigotted AI named Tay. And our spoilerific discussion of 'Batman v Superman'.
111 - How Many Axe Murderers Will It Take To Change Your Mind?
March 22, 2016 09:00 - 58 minutes - 40.8 MBInstagram joins Twitter in embracing algorithmic timelines, Steve Wozniak admits the fabled garage of Apple's origins is a myth, and Napter's Sean Parker is back with an idea to bring theatrical release movies to home on release day, with support from Steven Spielberg, JJ Abrams and Peter Jackson. NOTE: We recorded this episode before the breaking news of the FBI's near total withdrawal from their All Writs Act order against Apple.
110 - Second Banana For Scale
March 15, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MBMaybe we're too hard on the Internet of Things. And maybe they still mostly suck and are kind of dumb. And home servers! Remember those? Some crazy people still use them. Like Lyons.
109 - Fall Asleep Drooling on Myself
March 08, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 50.3 MBThis probably won't be the last console generation but we're definitely in the home stretch. PS4 Remote Play is coming to PC and Mac. Xbox could be upgraded like a PC (but not really). And the Amazon Echo Dot, Tap, and reversing course on encryption. Twice.
108 - This Feels Skeevy
March 01, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBAds come to the Windows 10 lockscreen and Pocket, luckily some mobile games are doing ads right. And will AMP and Facebook Instant Articles destroy the web? Yeah probably not.
107 - A Giant Cabal of Supervillains Tenting Their Fingers
February 23, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 80.9 MBThe great big Apple vs the FBI episode. This is an important topic and we give it the time it deserves.
106 - I Won't Let You Completely Control Me
February 16, 2016 09:00 - 58 minutes - 41.2 MBTwitter went algorithm just like they said they wouldn't. Amazon releases AAA game engine Lumberyard for free. And the future of storytelling, movies, and videogames.
105 - I Have A Zune Tattoo
February 09, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 45.6 MBTwitter breaking the timeline is a bad thing for everyone (except advertisers.) Never fear though, Lyons solves the problem and he's giving the idea away for free!
104 - Cut the Rabbit
February 02, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MBWe celebrate TWO YEARS of weekly Flipping Tables episodes by discussing how podcasting has changed - for us personally as well as a whole. Also: a rundown of intriguing new podcast tools aimed at making the medium more accessible to those interested in getting started.
103 - You Miss 100% of The Likes You Don't Ask For
January 26, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBLyons tries to do Social Media right. Medium might not be the best place to write. And journaling apps, can they actually make your write more?
102 - Warsh Yer Brah
January 19, 2016 09:00 - 1 hour - 48 MBLyons is back with followup on smart bras and conversational UIs. VR sure wants to be a thing, but it doesn't have a killer app even in gaming. Will Portal 3 be it?
101 - No One Would Describe Me As A Patient Person
January 12, 2016 09:00 - 55 minutes - 39 MBWill conversational UIs displace search and traditional UI? Will you buy a smart bra? Also: why special guest host Shelby switched back from a Surface to a MacBook.