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#300: Dessert

October 1st, 2020 · 97 minutes

To celebrate episode 300 we bring on some special guests from the Relay FM family, and taste test Brach's god-awful Thanksgiving Dinner candy corn.

#299: Pre-Order Season

September 24th, 2020 · 43 minutes

Xbox pre-orders opened up this week… did they go better than the pre-orders for the PlayStation 5 did? NO! Then, it's what's happening with TikTok in the exact moment we recorded this episode. Oh, and Microsoft acquired Bethesda. Cool!

#298: PlayStation 5 TikTok Arm Nvidia Apple

September 17th, 2020 · 91 minutes

In a super-size show, we cover every big announcement from the last week and a half: PlayStation 5 details, an Apple Event (no new phones yet though), the TikTok deal with Oracle and the Nvidia deal with Arm. Phew.

#297: 30 Year-Old Golden Girl

September 10th, 2020 · 65 minutes

Today on Rocket, we update you on the latest episode of our favorite soap opera, Apple Vs Epic, and then on a bunch of video game stuff! The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S are coming out soon(ish).

#296: The Godfather

September 3rd, 2020 · 55 minutes

Folding phones are back for round two: this time it's Samsung's Z Fold 2 and Microsoft's Surface Duo. Then, Mike Piontek, the creator of the app Deliveries, pops in to talk about why they went with a subscription model.

#295: Supreme Court AU

August 27th, 2020 · 55 minutes

The next episode of our favorite soap opera, Epic vs. Apple, is HERE! Followed by a look back at TikTok's momentous second year and latest lawsuit against the U.S. government.

#294: Apple Bluster

August 20th, 2020 · 62 minutes

The dramatic saga of Epic vs. Apple continues, with all the updates since our emergency episode last week and a Hefty discussion of the importance of Unreal Engine. Then, author Lauren Beukes joins us to discuss her latest book, Afterland.

#293: Emergency Epic Cast

August 14th, 2020 · 33 minutes

In a Rocket first, late-breaking news was so Rocket worthy, we had to record a bonus episode.

#292: Sick of the Slab

August 13th, 2020 · 47 minutes

Microsoft declares war on Simone by launching a "sexy" phone, and Uber and Lyft are forced to appeal a California judge's decision. Plus, did Christina unbox her gamer chair?

#291: Big Decisions

August 6th, 2020 · 58 minutes

There are NEW MACS and a lot of government-type developments in the world of tech. TikTok is potentially being bought by Microsoft and Christina has NO COMMMENT, and also a post-mortem of last week's antitrust hearings.