The Fork In Your Ear Podcast

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Welcome to The Fork In Your Ear Podcast! A bi-weekly topical conversational show. Join Host, Author, Podcaster and Gamer Tim K.A. Trotter. Along with co-host Nate Foo and occasionally spectacular guests! We are a topical podcast covering Gaming, Life Stories, Entertainment and Technology on a rotating basis. What will each episode be about? Jump in and find out!!!
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The Fork In Your Ear Ep#225 N7's Lament
Episode 225
Saturday, 7 November, 2026

The Fork In Your Ear Ep#225 "N7's Lament" - Podcast Show Notes & Summary 11-7-26 Quick Summary Tim and Nate roll into recording on N7 Day with the usual Discord pop-out chaos, a new macOS update, and Nate's youngest daughter in the background (somewhat clothed, cheekily sticking her tongue out). Tim is wearing his Ocarina of Time shirt because the remake dropped the day before, and they declared a company holiday for it. The ring lands on Video Games immediately. Tim is deep into Castlevania: Belmont's Curse (around 75%) and raving about the combat while complaining about obtuse puzzles and hidden foreground objects. They dig into the Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake (gorgeous, realistic, with warbling invisible walls and hum/whistle ocarina mode), GTA 6's confirmed November 10 pre-load at a brutal 220 GB, and Nate showing off the tiny Xbox Controller Nano (pocketable, clicky, no haptics). They close on Apple's new M6 MacBook Pros (including the touchscreen "Pro Lead"), the updated iPad mini (OLED but base model complaints about ProMotion, camera bump, and storage), and Nate admitting the new intro still isn't sticking for him. Detailed Show Notes 🔥 Life / Setup Chaos Nate's youngest is in the background (t-shirt only, sticking her tongue out at Tim on camera). Discord pop-out window finally works correctly after last episode's disaster. New macOS point update and Discord refresh. Nate's recent tech rough patch (Windows update timing, internet, audio home) is mostly resolved. Tim is still working through the old Fork archive transcription project (high 80s/early 90s). 🕹️ Video Games N7 Day / Mass Effect: Recording on November 7. Developers posting combat VFX demos (bubble shield that properly wraps geometry). Original Mass Effect composer rescored the leaked trailer and released an 8-minute extended version of "Uncharted Worlds" on streaming platforms. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Remake: Dropped the day before. Tim and co-founder took the day off (employee was salty about not getting a company Switch 2). Extremely realistic and gorgeous. Invisible walls now warble like a puddle when touched. Microphone mode for humming or whistling ocarina songs. Tim has his original official ocarina in a garage box somewhere. Castlevania: Belmont's Curse: Tim is ~75% through and loving the combat (grapples, instant attacks, daggers, summons, magic, parry shield that also unsolids walls). Less happy about the puzzles and hidden foreground objects that require investigation with no classic Castlevania telltale signs. Reaching for guides more than he likes. Tarot-card boss silhouettes and environmental clues. GTA 6: Pre-loading confirmed for November 10 at 220 GB. Tim still hasn't pre-ordered; waiting on Digital Foundry before deciding Xbox Series X vs PlayStation. Xbox Controller Nano: Nate shows the tiny, pocketable controller. Extremely thin, good ergonomics for the size, clicky face buttons and D-pad, small joysticks. No rumble/haptics. Better build feel than the 25th Anniversary edition in some ways. Tim prefers something this size over Backbone or second set of Switch Joy-Cons for phone/cloud gaming in bed. 💻 Technology Apple M6 & MacBook Pros: New chips and MacBook Pros announced. The "Pro Lead" is a regular MacBook Pro with a full Apple touch screen (doesn't yoga or detach). Reviewers calling the screen the best laptop display they've seen. Lots of "Steve Jobs said never" commentary. iPad mini refresh: First OLED mini. Tim is a lifelong mini guy and still prefers the curved edges and flush camera of his older model for comic reading. Complaints about base model lacking ProMotion (120 Hz), the camera bump, and low storage options. Apple Pencil marketing is misleading (older minis already supported it). Nate is also looking at Android gaming tablets in the ~8-inch range. 🍿 Entertainment / Show Business Nate has given the new intro a fair shot across a couple of episodes and still isn't jiving with it (feels like a 976/1900 operator). Tim notes Nate was originally one of the more positive voices. Nate asks listeners to email if he's wrong. Tim put the old intro back in this week. Running gag about finally killing the WWE theme after years. Key Quotes & Memorable Moments "Oh, what a drag it is getting old." — Nate "I am the only Tim. You are a less Tim." — Tim (on other Tims) "This is what you would have got if it wasn't for corporate greed." — Nate (on Mass Effect combat VFX) "I think the game is more brilliant than my ability to figure out its puzzles." — Tim on Castlevania: Belmont's Curse "I feel like I'm going to be spending nine and eight and a minute listening to the podcast." — Nate on the new intro "Get forked." 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