e550 — Moontella

Mashup of photo by Victor Serban on Unsplash & images-assets.nasa.gov/image/art002e009287/art002e009287~orig.jpg Published 13 April 2026 e550 with Michael, Andy and Michael – celebrating Moon Joy with the Artemis II crew, Nutella in space, AI, an isomorphic reboot of Wolf3D and a whole lot more! Michael, Andy and Michael get things started for this episode with stories Artemis II mission, recorded just a few hours ahead of the splashdown off the California coast. The Artemis II mission has captured the attention of many and reignited interest in space and space exploration. NASA has leaned into the Moon Joy and the celebration of the Artemis II crew has inspired and touched the co-hosts. Check out the Artemis II moon wallpaper, and the LunarWall shortcut courtesy of Federico Viticci. In addition to the Rise mascot floating around the Artemis capsule, the world certainly took note of the floating Nutella jar. This was not the only COTS product aboard. In addition to the photos shot on iPhone and Nikon D5, Jessica Alba’s Honest lotion also had its moment. NPR had an entertaining story about all of the Moon movies – at least those that had Moon in the title.  This of course missed examples such as the Austin Powers film (with Moon Unit Alpha and Moon Unit Zappa).  Fortunately, Wikipedia has a set of movies set on the Moon. In the AI section, which persisted throughout the episode, actually – “AI!” – the co-hosts talk about the 3D models created by Google’s Gemini.  They also take a moment to consider the reported cybersecurity vulnerability discoveries from Anthropic’s project Glasswing. Rounding out the episode for this week, the crew takes a look at the Android XR capability for turning 2D websites, apps and more into 3D experiences.  And a fun reboot of Wolfenstein 3D in  isomorphic form – though a bit of a challenge without remapping the keys. What can you think of that do not have moon in the title?  Have your bots 🤖 drop our bots 🤖 a line at @gamesatwork_biz@mastodon.social (our home for now) and let us know!  These show notes were lovingly hand crafted by a real human, and not by a bot.  All rights reserved.  That’s our story and we’re sticking to it. Selected Links Artemis II Splashdown & More Mashable article: How NASA made ‘moon joy’ a space-age catchphrase Cult of Mac article: How to put stunning Artemis II moon wallpapers on your iPhone, iPad or Mac Futurism article: Lone Jar of Nutella Drifts Around Cabin of Moon Spacecraft Nutella at Costco NPR article: The most memorable moon movies aren’t even about space Wikipedia article: Category:Films set on the Moon Games at Work e549: Dark Side of The Moon (for discussion & show notes on Artemis II) AI The Verge article: Google’s Gemini AI can answer your questions with 3D models and simulations The Verge article: A new Anthropic model found security problems ‘in every major operating system and web browser’ Le Chat by mistral.ai   3D The Verge article: You can now turn 2D apps into 3D while using the Galaxy XR headset Isowulf Wolfenstein 3D Mod Wikipedia article: Wolfenstein 3D

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e550 — Moontella is an episode from Games At Work dot Biz by Michael Rowe, Michael Martine, Andy Piper.

This episode is 23:42 long.

This episode was published on Apr 13, 2026.

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