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This week on MacStories Unwind, John takes an inside look at OpenAI's DevDay developer conference and how it compares to WWDC. Also available on YouTube here . Links and Show Notes John Attended OpenAI's DevDay OpenAI DevDay 2026 OpenAI DevDay 2026 OpenAI’s Dots: A First Look Conference Swag and Hardware ModRetro Chromatic Chromatic Gets OpenAI Codex Support for Creating Game Boy Color Games Media Mentioned Zelda: Soccerina of Time Mod Turns Hyrule Into a Football League With Clubs Like Kokiri FC Ted Lasso Leave Feedback for John and Federico MacStories Unwind Feedback Form Follow us on…
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Federico Viticci and John Voorhees · Tech & Science · English
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E310 · 11 Sep 2026 · 10 min
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E309 · 4 Sep 2026 · 12 min
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E308 · 28 Aug 2026 · 14 min
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E307 · 14 Aug 2026 · 18 min
Coding Agents Revive Classic Games
This week on MacStories Unwind, Federico returns from the beach, he and John discuss the explosion of classic videogames being ported to the iPhone, iPad, and Android, and they share a couple of Apple TV picks. Also available on YouTube here . Links and Show Notes AI Assisted Ports and Homebrew Drama PC ports of old console games are the new AI vibe coding battleground (PC Gamer) AI-Coded Slop, No Thanks: Animal Crossing's Native PC Port Was Made Using Claude Code (Time Extension) A Hollow Victory: 100% AI-Generated Smash Bros. PC Port Comes Under Fire (Time Extension) Pokémon Gen 1 Recomp…
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