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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: The Techland Show, Episode 8 [Watch (HLS stream): The Techland Show, Episode 8](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/oDPn8YcP.m3u8) (5:37)  _Published 2010-01-22. Techland's Peter Ha and Lev Grossman discuss how an 11-year-old schooled them at Halo 2, tablet rumors ahead of Tuesday's Apple event, and gaming apps coming to the Kindle in this week's episode_ --- Jul 27, 2023 1:18 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Techland's Top Five: Tron, March Madness and More](/video/h8TyNIe6/) ### Techland's Top Five: Tron, March Madness and More [Techland's Hands-On With Apple's iPad](/video/TvBlsebY/) ### Techland's Hands-On With Apple's iPad [The Techland Show, Episode 4](/video/Oe51l37v/) ### The Techland Show, Episode 4 --- ## Transcript >> So, welcome to the Techland Show, Episode 8. >> I'm Peter Ha. >> I'm Lev Grossman. >> And we'll try to make ourselves feel better while playing a Modern Warfare 2. >> Yeah, it's really consoling. >> Considering the fact that we both got our asses handed to us yesterday by a 11- year old in Halo. That was pretty humbling. >> I felt like less than a man after an 11- year- old beat me 10 to nothing. >> Yes! >> Did he tag you? Did he tag real poison? Did you hit him? >> I hit him like once or twice maybe. I thought I-- I thought you killed him yesterday once. >> No. I didn't. I didn't. >> So, this little kid, little poison, he's 11. I think he's from Long Island. And he's actually going for a Guinness Book of World Records. >> Guinness Record, yeah. >> And he's attempting to score the most points in Madden 10 in one quarter, and like pro level or whatever it is. >> He was a nice kid, though. >> He was. He was-- >> I mean, polite. >> he was for 11- year- old. >> Respectful? >> Yeah. I figured a really good gamer at the age of 11, I would be really cocky and sort of a little asshole. >> I was suspecting [ unk ] punk. >> Can I say that? Yeah. But he wasn't. He was super quiet. So, Apple tablet rumors kept-- >> Yeah. >> coming out. The week leading off to any Apple event is just filled with so much crap. >> Yeah. >> But this crap happens to come from the Wall Street Journal. So, John Gruber said a couple of weeks ago that the [ unk ] iPad iTablet would not have a webcam. >> Yeah. >> But Wall Street Journal is saying that it will have a webcam and that it will have some sort of facial recognition software. So-- well, this is whole notion that you shared amongst family members. >> Right. >> So, the camera will just recognize you and then you'll just sort of go about your business. >> Should it say " I see you ?" like in Avatar? >> It could be something creepy like that. >> Yeah, that'll be cool. >> Oh, crap why do I have this? You know, and then the-- this whole thing would-- like virtual sticky nuts. >> Yeah. >> What do you think about that? >> I don't know. I remember seeing like it seems kind of '90s. >> But, you know, the question remains, what operating system is this thing that they're on? >> Yeah. And didn't we decide it was just a jumped up version of the-- of the sort of iPhone? [ unk ] >> I think it's gonna be some sort of iTunes like interface. >> I know, and they're not just like a bizarre [ unk ] theory. >> That's crazy, right? >> iTunes is not OS. >> I know it's not an OS, but I'm saying like-- Fine. -[ unk ] very limited-- there are not, you know, array of things you can do in that environment. Prove me wrong. >> I will. >> We should make a bet. >> Okay. Let me show him that. >> I'll be you-- I'll bet you bet you 50 bucks-- >> Yeah? >> that it's not the iTunes-- that iTunes is not the tablet OS. >> Okay. What is? Or is that a-- you're just gonna bet me 50 bucks that it's not iTune? >> No. It's just-- it's an LSX kernel. >> Oh, no. I mean, I don't doubt that it's an LSX kernel. >> Oh. And what are we talking about then? >> What it's gonna look like. >> Oh, what's it's gonna like-- oh-- >> Yeah. >> the gooey. >> Yes. >> Oh. >> It's not gonna be iPhone. >> Uh- uh. >> Can you imagine a ginormous icon? Like-- like kind of like this. Do you think it-- that's what it's gonna look like? Like that. Like that. >> Yeah, I think that's what it's gonna look like. >> That's such bullshit. -[ unk ] >> Do you think it's gonna look like that? >> Yeah, I do. What do you think it's gonna look like? Like iTunes? >> Not like that. >> Oh, okay. You gotta-- you gotta put your marker down or something. And iTune is like gooey? Is that what you're putting your marker? >> Yes. >> Yesterday, Amazon opened up the Kindle platform with their third party developers. >> Right. >> Now they're saying that it's basically gonna lead to an appstar. Like a Kindle appstar. >> Right. >> But the biggest thing that I noticed in the press release was EA Mobile. >> Yeah? Are they making the Kindle a gaming platform? >> They're making it a tablet. >> No, I don't what kind of whack ass-- >> Tetris. >> apps would it-- would a Kindle run. I mean, that screen is so slow. [ unk ] >> Right. >> What could you do? >> Tetris. >> Yeah. >> I-- the whole thing with the EA Mobile is really like [ unk ] >> Show me some punk thing Tetris on his Kindle, and I will punch that punk because that is so lame. >> I will do that. >> Yeah. >> Okay? >> Okay. >> Do you like their posters? >> What are they of? I don't understand what that is. >> Bethesda. So this new game they have coming out called Brink, they sent us some fancy posters. Actually, I like that one the most. 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