Summary: It’s a holiday sized helping of digitalSoup this week as the guys cover everything from the OnePlus 5T phone, the largest digital camera in the world and backflipping robots all before getting into a great discussion about smartwatches for kids and the pros and cons of owning versus subscribing your software. Of course no Soup is complete without a dash of movie and gaming talk, a little Justice League and Animal Crossing fit the bill this week, and a mesmerizing weekly garnish will, as always, leave you geek hunger satisfied! ----more---- Weekly Riddle: I pass before the sun, but leave no shadow. What am I? **Be sure to send in your riddle answers to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and don’t be shy, send in that audio so we can hear more of our amazing Souper Friends! Don’t forget to try to Stump the Soup Star Wars Battlefront 2 backs down The pressure put on by fans became too hot, now it’s a game of finger pointing as Disney/LucasFilm and EA try to blame each other for the outrageous microtransactions. But of course the internet goes too far by sending death threats to game developers. iPhone X patched and ready for the cold...maybe While the pleas for our #AppleCiderDongle went unanswered it seems Apple may have patched up the iPhone X and has fixed the cold unresponsive screen issue. OnePlus 5T Anyone know much about this phone that is getting great reviews? For Android lovers it could give you the ultimate bang for the buck. Robot doing backflips In a move to show robotics getting more awesome, check out the latest with a robot comfortably doing plyometric moves, jumps and backflips. Largest digital camera in the world No this isn’t the next big selfie camera, this one is made to photograph space and may have some pretty awesome implications in the further study of “Parts Unknown” https://www.lsst.org Smartwaches for kids, should they be banned? German officials feel they should be destroyed and banned because they are a huge safety risk and also an illegal spying device that can record people without their knowledge. DISCUSSION: Owning Vs. Leasing Software What are the advantages and disadvantages of leasing software (subscription based software like Office 365, Photoshop CC etc.) vs. owning the software outright? Justice League struggles at the box office Coming in with a total of $96 million it seems people aren’t sold on DC after the success of Wonder Woman. But is it a result of the movie or a result of timing? Harrison Ford-Always the hero Be it as Indiana Jones, Han Solo or just himself, it seems Harrison Ford just can’t stop himself from being a hero! Animal Crossing coming to iOS and Android Launching this week, the popular game from Nintendo is set to hit the mobile market and likely proceed to suck up huge quantities of time for many players. The Weekly Garnish Wave Cinemagraphs In a mesmerizing style, you need to check out the photography and cinemagraphs made of some massive waves. Seriously, you’ll be staring at these for hours and feeling completely satisfied doing it. Subscribe on iTunes Listen on Google Play Music Listen on TuneIn Subscribe on Stitcher Be sure to subscribe to us on iTunes and leave a review, lets us know what you think. You can reach us at the digitalSoup podcast website, Facebook or on Twitter @thedigitalsoup. We are also on Instagram so follow us for extra bonus material and show highlights! Have a follow up thought to anything we discussed or have an idea on what we should talk about in a future episode then drop us a message on Twitter or our Facebook page or better yet record the message on your computer or phone and email it to jason@digitalsouppodcast.com and we will play it on the air. Thanks for listening!! What the guys are doing outside the podcast: Jason - http://www.youtube.com/GameGuru jason@digitalsouppodcast.com Adam - https://twitter.com/StarfieldEscape adam@digitalsouppodcast.com Dave - http://www.davidszweduik.com/ dave@digitalsouppodcast.com
