Episode 095 — The Backlash Has Arrived

Exponent

Ben Thompson / James Allworth

Technology

4.6 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2016

⏱️ 70 minutes

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0:00.0	Hi, James. Ben, how are you? Sheepish. Sheepish. Why are you sheepish, Ben?
0:08.2	We are recording a couple hours late. It's very late, because I had very serious matters to attend to.
0:16.8	Which serious matters were those, Ben? Well, I happen to be in New York for 24 hours, and I went to dinner with a friend.
0:23.9	And as I was walking back, I was walking down 48th Street, and I didn't realize there was a Nintendo store there.
0:30.6	And there was a very long line outside the Nintendo store because apparently the Nintendo Mini went on sale at midnight.
0:39.6	So naturally, I was like, well,
0:45.4	that'd be interesting. I stepped in line. And anyhow, we are now recording two hours late.
0:51.7	And I have a Nintendo Mini. You're preparing to keep yourself occupied in the virtual world for the next four years, huh? Oh, man.
0:54.6	Yeah, it was a, um, it was probably an unfortunate decision.
0:58.2	But hey, uh, I can play 30 classic Nintendo games on my TV.
1:02.3	There's no arguing with that.
1:03.8	I'm a little hungry right now.
1:05.3	So if I get a little cranky for whatever, I'm blaming it on the hunger.
1:09.5	Oh, man.
1:10.1	I can't believe you didn't the hunger. Oh, man. I can believe you didn't even eat.
1:11.4	Oh, man.
1:11.7	Now I feel even guiltier.
1:14.0	It's all good.
1:14.9	It's all good.
1:15.5	Like, priorities.
1:16.5	Like, you did the right thing.
1:18.3	Shut up.
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