TechTime with Nathan Mumm | 133: Tech’s Best of the Best for 2022 | Epic Games to pay $520 million | Airdate: 12-27-22

Today on TechTime with Nathan Mumm, We look back at the Technology of 2022 with our “Year in Review Best of the Best for 2022” ratings on computers, gadgets, and video games. Twitter restores suicide prevention features, Amazon takes to the air, and have you ever wanted to see what an asteroid can do to your home? Next, we have chip investors up in arms as consumers buy fewer gadgets this year.

Join us on TechTime Radio with Nathan Mumm, the show that makes you go “Hummmm” Technology news of the week for December 25th – 31st, 2022.

Episode 133: Starts at 1:34
— [Now on Today’s Show]: Starts at 3:24
— [Top Stories in The First Five Minutes]: Starts at 4:50

• Chip Inventories Swell as Consumers Buy Fewer Gadgets this year. Semiconductor companies slash production plans amid weak demand as the world now has a plethora of chips. – https://tinyurl.com/yjkfe6tu
• This asteroid launcher website lets you simulate an impact on your hometown – The perfect holiday event to share with the family! – Launch on over to https://neal.fun/asteroid-launcher/
• Twitter restores the suicide prevention feature taken down by the social media platform’s new owner Elon Musk.
• Amazon takes to the air with drone service being tested in two cities.

— [Pick of the Day – Whiskey Tasting Reveal]: Starts at 16:15
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— [Year in Review Best of the Best for 2022]: Starts at 19:33
TechTime’s Best of the Best for 2022 includes a review of top Video Games, Computers, and Gadgets.

Video Games:
• #3 Elden Ring , This is a fantasy action-RPG adventure set with danger and discovery lurking around every corner in FromSoftware’s most giant game to date.

• #2 Return to Monkey Island – I couldn’t ignore Return to Monkey Island. Like many my age (49), the original Monkey Island games hit at a very formative period.

• #1 Immortality – The winner is an independent studio’s release of a game about a movie (three movies to be exact) called IMMORTALITY.

Computers:
• Apple: The 24-inch iMac is an impressive all-in-one
• Windows PC: Alienware Aurora R13

Gadgets:
• RENPHO Eye Massager with Heat, Air Compression Bluetooth Music Rechargeable Eye Therapy Massager for Relieve Eye Strain Dark Circles Eye Bags Dry Eye Improve Sleep
• mClassic Plug and Play Graphics Processor Upgrade Your Old Video Game machines – Better Graphics, Better Pixels, Better Gameplay.

— [This Week in Technology]: Starts at 34:08
December 26, 1982, Time Magazine awards its “Man of the Year” award to the personal computer, calling it “Machine of the Year,” the first non-human to receive the award since its creation in 1927.

— [Marc’s Whiskey Mumble]: Starts at 39:54

— [Technology Fail of the Week]: Starts at 43:06
This Weeks Fail comes to us from Epic Games and this mainly focuses on the game Fortnite.  Epic Games to pay $520 million for privacy violations, dark patter,ns and credit card overcharges.

— [Mike’s Mesmerizing Moment brought to us by StoriCoffee®]: Starts at 48:21
Mike explains why people are so infatuated with in-game purchases as a consumer.

— [Nathan Nugget]: Starts a 50:55
The former CEO of WarnerMedia predicts only three major entertainment companies will survive in the streaming space; many consumers believe we have too many streaming services that they would instead end these services and go back to cable.

— [Pick of the Day]: Starts at 53:54
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