In this episode we discuss the past, present & future of video conferencing, including our hot-take (known to be pretty accurate in the past) on what we think the future holds for communicating in a world of 5G, augmented reality, virtual reality, and that ever increasing march of faster Internet connections.

Sound-bytes are our shorter episodes about what we’ve been up to recently. Jalada has been playing through the second piece of DLC in the Pokémon Sword & Shield Expansion Pass; The Crown Tundra.

In this episode we start a new recurring segment where we discuss the most important and interesting games of a particular year. This episode we take a look at the games of 1985.

Games discussed:

Sound-bytes are our shorter episodes about what we’ve been up to recently. Jalada has been playing the new F2P on the block Genshin Impact. Sefran has been playing Nova Drift.

We're continuing our anime-themed Octal FM series! Sefran has watched anime for most of his life, but Jalada has watched almost none. We're changing that. This time, Jalada has been watching the western-themed cult-classic Trigun.

In this Sound-byte Sefran has the floor and continues his mini-series coinciding with his 'Anime Project 365', where he plans to watch an episode of anime every day for the whole of 2020 in an effort to catch up with shows that have passed him by.

This time, Sefran has been watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure to try and work out what the hype and memes are all about.

In this Game Club we continue our exploration of the Metroid series, which we last covered in episode 68. This time, it's the Gameboy classic; Metroid II.

Sound-bytes are our shorter episodes about what we’ve been up to recently. Jalada pre-ordered Super Mario 3D All-Stars and in this episode he gives us his hot take.

In this episode we revisit the world of eSports, a topic that has been a bit of a recurring theme at Octal FM but we haven't properly revisited for a few years. In particular we discuss:

Sound-bytes are our shorter episodes about what we’ve been up to recently. In this episode, Jalada and Sefran rag (perhaps) a little too much on the new Flight Simulator 2020, which Jalada has been playing.