The Impromptu is a weekly podcast, hosted by Michael Norton and Alex Knight. It’s a multi-faceted show discussing how technology, art, design and equality converge on topics that matter most to us. From gaming culture to film, and other forms of media, we examine the creative process and how the decisions we make, shape our perceptions and lives.
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Last Friday Michael and Alex did a precursor to iPhone 7 launch discussion. Of course we’re now posting it after the event, so it may be interesting to hear what stuff actually came true.
Listen Now "54: Precursor to iPhone 7"Michael and Alex delve into the extremely disappointing game: No Man’s Sky. Why did it fail and what does it mean for games driven entirely by procedural events?
Listen Now "53: No Man’s Refund"Michael talks to Alex about what a future would look like with an Apple Car subscription service. Tap to subscribe and get a ride anywhere you need, via autonomous Apple Car. Also, will the government ever step in and demand that we, as a society, must abolish human piloted vehicles?
Listen Now "52: Apple Car: Tap to Subscribe"Special guest, K. Tempest Bradford (Sci-Fi & fantasy author) joins The Impromptu for a discussion about Twitter’s continued reluctance and/or inability to provide the necessary tools to users to combat harassment and abuse. Since the recording of this episode, Twitter has announced the addition of some tools that will hopefully help a lot of people manage their timeline. A link is provided in the show notes to their announcement.
Listen Now "51: The Twitter Catalyst"For some reason it didn’t occur to us before, but the Nintendo NX should really be called Game Boy. For so many reasons, based on the almost certain to be design, it’s a next generation console that doubles as a portable device. We talk about this, in-depth, and so much more. Also on the podcast this week: More discussion about the PS 4.5 and how Sony really need to do something significant with the PlayStation’s UI/UX, how Microsoft is better at software, and finally, is the iPhone 7 going to have a purely cosmetic asymmetrical speaker grill?
Listen Now "50: The Nintendo NX… No wait, Game Boy"