The Maltyverse by Dez and Marco

Dez & Marco

Pop culture, tech and beer! Casual, brutally honest and hoppy talks about everything.

  1. 502 - Baby Tech Part 2

    Feb 7

    502 - Baby Tech Part 2

    Beer of the week Dez - Fierce Beer Iron Brew - scotland Marco - Rye River Brewing Co - Coastal IPA - Ireland Part 2 of our Grand Return! Marco discusses the last thing which really helped his journey into parenthood and then its all downhill with all the tech that didn't make the grade or actually made things worse! A candid, practical episode about modern tech, real life, and adapting fast—without the gimmicks. This time we review our beers!🍺📱👶

    31 min
  2. 501 - Baby Tech Part 1

    Jan 31

    501 - Baby Tech Part 1

    Beer of the week Dez - Fierce Beer Iron Brew - scotland Marco - Rye River Brewing Co - Coastal IPA - Ireland This week we crack open a couple of standout beers, then dive into life-changing news: becoming a parent and how tech suddenly matters a lot more. We answer listener mail on which phone to buy right now, explore why some gadgets become essential overnight (and why others are absolutely useless), and talk about gaming, AI, and media in a world where free time comes in unpredictable bursts. A candid, practical episode about modern tech, real life, and adapting fast—without the gimmicks. 🍺📱👶

    33 min
  3. 11 - Year In Review

    01/18/2025

    11 - Year In Review

    Beer -  Dez - St Bernardus Christmas Ale, Belgium GADGET   AI may be the talk of the town but did it make any gadget indispensable in 2025? Flighty app GAMES - Steam Replay - Helldivers 2 - Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty (most time), - Balatro - Ghost of Tsushima - Robocop: Rogue City! TV SERIES Tv maybe better than cinema nowadays? So many to choose from, but did some shine brighter than others? MOVIES Did anyone go to the cinema to watch a sequel this year? We Did! Were any of them worth it? - Inside Out 2 - Despicable me 4 - Dune Part 2 - Deadpool vs Wolverine - Gladiator 2 - Civil War (NOT A SEQUEL!) SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE Like it or not we own nothing and everything is a subscription. We all have some, but some are more worth it than others and we really should be more ruthless with cutting these. - Spotify - Prime Video/Amazon - Disney - Netflix - Cloud gaming: Geforce Now vs Boosteroid!

    46 min
  4. 10 - The Gladiator Movies

    12/07/2024

    10 - The Gladiator Movies

    Beer of the week: Dez - Hip Hop IPA Italian Pale Ale - Target 2000 Riccione Italy Marco - chamomile vanilla and manuka honey tea Main: Original Gladiator review: Best movie ever? . Gladiator 2 review: How can a sequel 24 years later live up to the original and the hype? Discussion: - Can Ridley Scott keep up his youthful energy and focus at 87? - How much do we care or should we care about historical accuracy in movies?

    39 min
  5. 09 - Enter Tayon, A Robocop and Terminator Love Story

    10/12/2024

    09 - Enter Tayon, A Robocop and Terminator Love Story

    Beers Dez - Robert The Juice IPA, C*ld Town - Lab, Scotland Marco - Trappist Westvleteren 12, Trappist Westvleteren, Belgium News - AI Artist Is Unironically Mad That People Are Stealing His AI Artwork - link Terrible Glasgow Willy Wonka event - link FIVERR, latest victim of AI? MAIN Two movie franchises with similar trajectories Robocop and Terminator Once groundbreaking and almost lost to ridicule after the umpteenth remake. BUT enter TAYON!!! Can new life be brought back into classic franchises?

    52 min
  6. 08 - An episode about nothing. (but also everything)

    09/28/2024

    08 - An episode about nothing. (but also everything)

    Beers Dez - Session IPA, Mahou, Spain Marco - Aero, Birrificio Granda, Italy Weird - Who is Joe Crombie? -Borderlands movie flop? News - SpaceX Polaris Dawn - Annapurna Interactive staff walk-out - https://www.eurogamer.net/annapurna-interactive-sees-exodus-of-entire-staff-as-negotiations-break-down - Concord - Sony’s 250 million dollar failure - Sony ps5 Pro - is it worth 800dollars - Apple fall event - Samsung event - Pixel event

    52 min
  7. 07 - New 90s animation

    09/14/2024

    07 - New 90s animation

    Beer of the week Dez - Cerveza - Mexican Lager with Lime - Fierce, Scotland Marco - Quaffzilla - To Ol - Hazy Session IPA - Denmark News Boeing in trouble - Brief and inaccurate conversation on the recent aviation and space woes of the once mighty Boeing! Bonus Easter Egg - did you spot the hidden reference? Hint - Remember the 90s Main: X-Men ‘97 - Disney+ - Sequel of original Animated Series from the 90s Batman: Caped Crusader - Amazon Prime -New animated series from creators of legendary, Batman The Animated Series, and new influential producers

    39 min
  8. 06 - The Retro Future

    07/20/2024

    06 - The Retro Future

    The Retro Future Beer of the week: Dez - Hop On Board - Rudgate Brewery for LNER, Golden Ale, UK Marco: Korenwolf - Gulpner - Wheatbeer, NL News: - The new n1 Podcast platform -AWESOME TRAILERS Metroid Prime 4 Gladiator 2 MAIN - Retro gaming is becoming Expensive - Collectable, Scalpers, or genuine rarity? - Hardware vs software emulation - Analogue Pocket mini review - Playdate by Panic! Mini review DISCUSSION - Lot of modern tech Retrograding - Rise of dumbphones - ipod modding community and the return of monotasking products

    49 min
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