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Episode 17: Breakfast Time with PPP

The Portable Power Podcast returns for a bonus February episode. First, Emrys delivers his review of Heroes of Order and Chaos, the mobile MOBA for Android. Marc roleplays roleplayers and polishes off goblins as well as bags of chips in Knights of Pen and Paper on iOS. Kevin shares a tragic personal story, then assigns a mark to Glyph Quest for iOS. Marc finishes the episode by taking a trip down memory lane and reviewing the Game Boy version of the classic puzzler Qix for Our Portable Past.

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Episode 15: Existentialism, Outer Space, and Pink Blobs

With lots of games to cover this episode and no time to waste, Kevin gets classy with the Bravely Default demo. By listener request, Marc reviews Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, which leads to an argument about the Monster Hunter series as a whole: is Monster Hunter a hardcore experience or frustrating tedium? Kevin searches for love in deep space with the game Space Chicks for iOS while in another part of the galaxy, Emrys becomes deeply involved in interstellar commerce with Space Traders on Android. To wrap up current reviews, Marc waxes philosophic in Continue?9876543210 for iOS and Kevin returns from space to lead an Our Portable Past covering Kirby’s Dream Land for the Game Boy.

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Episode 14: Josh Presseisen

The Portable Power Podcast welcomes in the new year with a special guest: Josh Presseisen, founder of Crescent Moon Games. Crescent Moon is a developer and publisher of games such as Pocket RPG, Rimelands, Paper Monsters, Ravensword, Space Chicks, MIMPI, and Optical Inquisitor. Josh shares about the origin of Crescent Moon, game creation, publishing, collaboration, and his love of Metroidvania style games.

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Episode 12: The Frozen Land of Death and Rebirth

This month, Emrys kicks things off with a preview of Blizzard’s upcoming CCG, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. Kevin then recounts his experiences with nameless units and no strings attached in Rebirth of Fortune 2. Next, Emrys kills opposing armies in cold blood in Frozen Synapse for Android and Marc finds a softer side of the planet destroying weapon in Tiny Death Star. Finally, Kevin reminisces about Mario slapping aliens in the face with his superballs in Super Mario Land. This is the episode that will make all your Whipped Dreams come true.

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Episode 11: The Great Emulation Debate

Per listener request, the PPP guys debate the pros and
cons of emulation on mobile platforms and beyond. As an added bonus, Kevin
reviews Mega Man X for iOS.

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Episode 9: Christopher Arnold

For our first interview ever, we talk to Christopher Arnold, lead programmer for Nami Tentou Mushi, about his Ping series, video game development in general, and, of course, poop.

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Episode 8: A Beginner’s Guide to 3DS

In lieu of reviewing Hot Wheels: World’s Best Driver, Marc, Emrys, and Kevin do a special overview of Nintendo’s 3D handheld for the people coming on board with this holiday season’s killer apps. Conversations include favorite apps, features, eShop games, and retail titles. A debate breaks out over whether or not 3D matters. Bonus: socks as a tool for storing pornography.

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Episode 7: The Ping Radar Dream Force

The Portable Power Podcast returns for a bonus September episode. With Emrys’ return, he delivers two reviews starting with his love for playing with 8-bit balls in Ping for Android and Pokemon Dream Radar for 3DS. Kevin delves deeper into the dream world without assistance from Christopher Nolan in Mario and Luigi Dream Team and Marc wraps things up with Star Wars: Force Collection, which can have a powerful influence on the weak-minded.

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Episode 6: Plants vs. Viking Hedgehogs

In Emrys’ absence, Marc and Kevin split his share of the libations between themselves and conduct an iOS only episode for current reviews, covering Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage and Plants vs. Zombies 2: It’s About Time. A debate breaks out regarding whether mobile gaming devalues traditional video games and then Marc shifts into high gear with Our Portable Past to discuss Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble for the Sega Game Gear.

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Episode 5: Dr. Wily’s Dumb Organ Zone

This month, Emrys recounts his bloody journey along the Organ Trail, Kevin reveals several adorably gory Dumb Ways to Die, and Marc ponders the questionable fan service of Project X Zone. Later, we pay tribute to Kevin’s Mega Man skills as he takes on the GameBoy classic, Dr. Wily’s Revenge.