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Techland's Peter Ha and Lev Grossman discuss Google Buzz, sitting down with Steve Jobs and the iPad, Lev's new bladeless fan and what to expect from BioShock 2 in this week's episode_ --- Jul 27, 2023 1:19 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 >> Welcome to Episode 10, 11 of the Techland Show? >> Episode X. >> Episode X. >> X equals 10 or 11. >> I'll just leave that part point man. I'm Lev Grossman. Are we talking about camera? I'm gonna talk but you can talk alone. >> I'm Peter Ha. >> I'm Lev Grossman. >> Lev is back. >> Yeah, I went away and now I'm back. >> How was it? >> It was good. I was [ unk ]. >> Yeah. >> And I wrote about the article. That was good. >> Really? >> Yeah. >> In two weeks? >> Yeah. >> it's really impressive. Can you tell us what you're writing about? >> It was called the Magician King, it was a sequel to this book in addition that was last year and it's due in October, probably it will come out next fall. >> Have you tried that? Have you've been buzzed? >> It's the new Google way. >> Yeah, it is actually. >> I mean, you know, I opted in and-- >> And nearly it was-- I got a lot of really [ unk ] information about people who have no idea who they were and then I followed them all and they're pretty much-- it brings up the present day. How about you? >> It sort of an invasion of privacy because now you can see all of their Gmail, like other people can see your Gmail contacts. It's-- it was funny to see on the first day on my Nexus One in Google Maps to see all these different buzzes across Manhattan. >> Yeah. >> Like it was really just strange to see all these people that I didn't know and then certain people I did know. >> Yeah. >> 'Cause I would just rain them like click on little buzz bubbles on the maps. >> Yeah. >> And see what they're doing whether [ unk ] them like, " God, this is really creepy ." Well, it's a typically Google production. I mean it's incredibly powerful feature- wise and just totally toned app in terms of like the actual social interaction and [ unk ]. >> You know, how I know you're a big deal? You got to sit down with Steve Jobs last week. >> Yeah, I did. >> All right. I heard [ unk ] doesn't it? >> Yeah. You know, he came to TIME and it did sort of like off- the- record chat and he walked us through the [ unk ]. >> And this is the first time you've seen him in person. >> Yeah. >> What did you think of that? >> I was surprised by-- well, it was lovely. It looks like it does, it looks like a giant iPod touch, which is cool. Who doesn't want a giant iPod touch. >> I don't. >> You don't? >> I do not want. Well, it's gonna destroy the Kindle, the book- reading app was fantastic. It was a bit heavier than I expected. I mean-- >> It's quite that big glass screen. >> If you're gonna hold it and, you know, for a long [ unk ] time and read books. >> Yeah. >> I don't see there's a content creation device, but, you know, in terms of taking in, you know, [ unk ] and books. >> Yeah. >> It was great, you know, if you can afford it, if you could have it. >> I don't wanna let the whole show go and buy over that mentioning my fan, or was that I have to call it, my air multiplier. You might notice something about it Peter. >> It's bladeless. >> It has no blades. >> Uh- hmm. >> It's a new fan from Dyson and I guess when you turn it on and it blows air much like a fan and yet there's no blade. I don't really-- I mean, these are just have a fan in the base and then it's blowing through-- >> Yeah, there's a little turbine over at the-- so it's not exactly bladeless. It's the sort of blades, interior blades. >> Yeah. >> Did you activate its swiveling power? >> I didn't know-- I actually kind of like it because I'm gonna put it in my daughter's room and it's a fan and so what she cannot stick her little vulnerable fingers and-- >> Right. >> have them cut off. >> Which she can't do the Darth Vader voice, the Darth Vader voice. Didn't you ever stand in front of a fan and like talking to it? >> It makes the Darth Vader voice? >> You've-- wait, you've never talked into a fan? >> No, I don't understand. >> 'Cause we're into Rapture for a little bit. Yeah, so you beat BioShock 2? >> Yes. >> It's impressive man. >> Were you harvesting or were you rescuing? >> You know, without giving anything away, I think at this point everyone have purchased them or playing it. So there's-- it makes a bigger difference in this one whether you harvest or whether you rescue little sisters. >> Really? >> Yes, I think so 'cause when you get towards the end and you save who you were supposed to saved. >> Uh- hmm. >> She basically, so it was like, I was watching everything you're doing. >> Uh- hmm. >> Etcetera, etcetera. And then if you think about you're a big daddy so your relationships with little sisters are even more like it's a little bit stronger than it was in the last one. >> Yeah. >> Or you were some dude. >> Right. You're bonded with the specific little sisters. >> It's kind of a weird thing. >> Yeah. >> It's pretty hard. It's pretty hard. A couple of times I had that-- did I got that little prompt that says, you could change difficulty settings and options and I was like, " Screw you ." >> You did not. There's no option. That doesn't happen. >> Yeah, I got a little-- >> Did you really? >> Yeah, 'cause I was having such a hard time with the second gather of Adam, I was getting killed so many times in a row. 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