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Get Upgrade+. More content, no ads.#174: The 2017 Upgradies
January 1st, 2018 · 133 minutes
Presenting the Fourth Annual Upgradies! In this episode Myke and Jason discuss their favorites of 2017 across many categories, with important input provided by you, the Upgradians! Only the finest will walk away with the title of Upgradies Award Winner.
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Nominations:
Best Overall iOS app
Best Newcomer iOS App
Best Overall Mac App
Best Newcomer Mac App
Game of the Year
- Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
- What Remains of Edith Finch
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)
iOS Game of the Year
- Flipflop Solitaire
- Inside
- Life is Strange
- Jackbox Party Pack 4
- Monument Valley 2
- Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
Favourite Movie:
Favourite (Upgrade) Myke at the Movies
Favourite Book
- Borderline by Mishell Baker
- Turtles all the Way Down, by John Green
- The Caledonian Gambit, by Dan Moren
- Artemis, by Andy Weir
Favourite Apple Product
Favourite Non-Apple Product
Worst Gadget/Most Disappointing Tech
Favourite Tech Story
- HomePod Firmware Leak
- Overreaching smartphones: Essential Phone and Red Hydrogen One
- Mac Roundtable
- Net Neutrality
Favourite Tech Screw-Up
Most Life-Changing Hardware
Favourite Tech Podcast
- Canvas
- Connected
- The Talk Show
- Welcome to Macintosh
- Lifetime Achievement Award: ATP
Favourite Non-Tech Podcast
- The Adventure Zone
- Dragon Friends
- Hello Internet
- Do by Friday
- Reconcilable Differences
- Lifetime Achievement Award: The Flop House
Favourite Podcast Newcomer
- The McElroy Brothers Will Be In Trolls 2
- S-Town
- What Trump Can Teach us About Con Law
- Unmade
- Download