AwesomeCast 764: Animal Crossing 3.0 Changed Everything?! + Final Cut Updates, Premiere AI, and ChatGPT Health

This episode is packed with cozy gaming, creator tools, and big AI platform shifts—hosted by Michael Sorg, Dave Podnar, and Katie Dudas.

⭐ Special Report: Animal Crossing 3.0 Update (from Charlotte)

Katie shares a hands-on update report with her niece Charlotte, digging into what’s exciting in Animal Crossing 3.0—especially the appeal of “slumber islands,” fast experimentation, collaboration, and why the update makes island design feel instantly more flexible. 

📱 App spotlight: “Are You Dead?”

Dave brings a story about a top-paid iPhone app built around daily check-ins. Miss a check-in and it alerts your chosen contacts—an idea aimed at supporting people who live alone or far from family. The conversation turns into a real talk moment about staying connected (and why silence can be stressful). 

🎮 Cozy “chore games” and the oddly satisfying genre boom

From organizing puzzles to cleaning sims, the crew explores why these low-stress, high-satisfaction games work so well—and why PowerWash Simulator keeps pulling players in. 

🎬 Creator workflow: Apple Creator Studio + Adobe Premiere AI

We break down Apple’s Creator Studio conversation—what it bundles, who it’s for, and the kinds of features (like beat detection and montage helpers) that could speed up editing. 

We also talk about Adobe’s AI-powered video features and the practical benefit: saving time on tedious tasks like masking/tracking so creators can focus on decisions that actually matter. 

🤖 AI platforms: OpenAI age prediction + Sora weirdness

OpenAI’s push toward age prediction comes with real tradeoffs and potential failure modes, and the crew digs into why it’s complicated. 

And yes—Sora gets weird (in a good way) with Mattel + Skeletor experiments.