AwesomeCast 765: Snowed-In Home Studio Test! iPhone Pro Camera Apps (PhotonCam + Blackmagic)
When Pittsburgh snow turns travel into hard mode, you build a home studio and hit “Go Live.”
In AwesomeCast 765, Sorg and Dave Podnar prove you don’t need a full studio to make a show happen—just solid Wi-Fi, some clever routing, and the right tools. The highlight is a practical deep-dive into camera apps that make your phone feel like real production gear, followed by a lively news sprint across gaming, movies, AI, and local tech sightings.
Awesome Things of the Week
PhotonCam (Dave’s Awesome Thing): A camera app for people who want iPhone photos that feel less over-processed, with film-inspired looks, built-in editing, and optional frames/metadata.
Blackmagic Camera app (Sorg’s Awesome Thing): Pro-style controls and a workflow-friendly approach to iPhone video—plus the clean HDMI trick that helped make this snowed-in episode happen.
The week’s stories
Ubisoft’s big reset in the Video Game Minute: reorgs, cancellations, and delays.
Trailer chat: Masters of the Universe and a new Super Mario movie preview.
A stunning LEGO Animal Crossing island build that’ll make you want to redesign your own map.
Waymo in Pittsburgh—and why snow is the ultimate real-world test.
Microsoft Paint AI coloring books and what it means for creators/teachers.
TikTok USA platform turbulence and outage fallout.
Artemis II talk: what launch windows mean and why the next crewed lunar mission is a big deal.
And yes… a tiny TMNT II trading cards unboxing, because being snowed in changes the vibe.
Show notes links used in this episode
Blackmagic Camera: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/blackmagiccamera
PhotonCam: https://photon.cam/ • App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6470341051
Mario trailer story: https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/tv-movies/yoshi-and-birdo-arrive-in-new-trailer-for-the-super-mario-galaxy-movie-along-with-an-earlier-release-date-154455021.html
LEGO Animal Crossing build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcBpo7iVUak
Microsoft Paint AI coloring books: https://www.engadget.com/ai/you-can-now-create-ai-generated-coloring-books-in-microsoft-paint-163512527.html?guccounter=1
Waymo photo proof: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1458255942336297&set=pcb.1458256012336290
TikTok outage story: https://www.engadget.com/social-media/a-tiktok-us-power-outage-caused-a-cascading-systems-failure-leading-to-multiple-bugs-173426490.html
Masters of the Universe trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmEx7wQI6RY
