Welcome to the Portable Power Podcast’s Halloween Spooktacular! This episode the guys focus on scary portable games beginning with a conversation about favorite titles that caused sleep loss and lights to burn all night from years gone by. Once the reviews start, Marc feels insecurity with Five Nights at Freddy’s for iOS. Emrys tries to recreate a society while putting the shambling dead back in the ground in Rebuild for Android. Kevin gives his review of the Pokemon Trading Card game for iPad because, really, what is more frightening than Pokemon if you think about it? Finally, Marc finishes out the episode with an Our Portable Past segment that revolves around Castlevania: Circle of the Moon.
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Episode 30: Trauma Centers, Breast Augmentation, and 5318008
This episode, Emrys kicks off the review train and solves the world’s (math) problems in Calculords for Android. Marc behaves poorly and takes a trip to bullet hell in Gemini Strike for iOS. Lightning may be unable to strike twice, but Mighty Gunvolt and Azure Striker Gunvolt both strike Kevin out of the blue. Finally, Emrys finishes out the episode with fond reminiscences of medical malpractice in Trauma Center: Under the Knife.
Episode 29: Count’s Choccy O-Rings
This episode features more games reviewed than you could drive a stake through the heart of. Kevin descends to combat the adorable armies of hell in Angel in Danger 3D for iOS. Marc pines for Titty Elf in Arcane Soul. Emrys brings about the more desirable of two outcome in Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies for 3DS. Kevin gets into gardening and arranges shrubs in Almightree: The Last Dreamer for iOS. After we launch Our Portable Past, Marc wades through the denizens of Dracula’s castle in the bite-sized Game Boy classic, Castlevania: The Adventure.
Episode 28: That is one Crazy Taxi
Rejoice, O Internet, as a bonus episode of the Portable Power Podcast arrives to enrich your life, much like the enriched flours you should avoid in your diet. Marc transports passengers in a timely manner for a fair fare in Crazy Taxi City Rush. Emrys gives his best impression of a sociopathic warlord in Free Civ for Android. Kevin wanders the halls of Naxxramas with nothing but a deck of cards and the truth on his side in the Hearthstone expansion Curse of Naxxramas. All this while the beer flows freely and your heroes become progressively less coherent.
Episode 27: Relic Lords of a City of Negativity
Welcome to the episode you’ve all been waiting for. Maybe it’s the heat and ball-sweat of the dog days of summer, or perhaps it’s the quality of the games they reviewed for this episode, but the curmudgeonly tendencies of your hosts are out in full force this episode. After delivering Marc a special message, Kevin races through ruins in Relic Rush on iOS. Emrys simulates citizens and cites stains in City Island for Android. Next, Marc is bade to review Blade Lords for iOS. Just as your heroes are about to give in to despair, the heroes in a halfshell make their appearance in the Game Boy game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan and all is made right in the world once more.
Episode 26: The Ace Attorney of Spades
Welcome back for a bonus July episode of the Portable Power Podcast. Emrys defends towers from hostile takeover in Kingdom Rush for Android. Marc simulates construction of gigantic rock formations in Mountain for iOS. Kevin covers the much-anticipated 3DS version of the retro styled gem, Shovel Knight. For the first Nintendo DS Our Portable Past, Emrys finds nothing objectionable in his review of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.
Episode 25: Fables, Myths, and Chronicles. And Pings.
Kevin tackles the fable that The Wolf Among Us is a good game. Emrys reviews the retro love fest, Ping 1.5+. Marc takes a small step in episode one of Moon Chronicles, but will he take a giant leap and continue on to episode 2? For Our Portable Past, Kevin ascends into the heavenly realms in Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters for Game Boy, but his achilles heel, hubris, brings him plummeting back to the mortal realms.
Episode 22: Power by Candlelight
In our one year anniversary episode, Marc kicks things off (and punches them, too) in the updated version of Injustice: Gods Among Us for iOS. Next, Kevin is spurred on by the gorgeous retro aesthetic of 2-Bit Cowboy, also for iOS. Emrys engineers some clever solutions in Bridge Constructor on Android. After Marc provides some quick coverage of streaming with Twitch, Kevin spits out a review for Kirby: Triple Deluxe. For Our Portable Past, Marc gives an above-par review of Mario Golf. Finally, we give some shout-outs to people who helped make our first year of podcasting a great one.
Happy first birthday, Portable Power Podcast.
Episode 19: Blowbama Mines Trozei for Tactics
Happy April Fool’s Day, and it’s no joke: The Portable Power Podcast is back with a jam-packed episode. Kevin plays matchmaker with Pokemon Battle Trozei for Nintendo 3DS. Emrys describes illicit encounters with Obama, a cow’s anus, and a hotdog in McPixel for Android. Marc chips away at the mysteries of the red planet in Mines of Mars for iOS. For Our Portable Past, your hosts get judgmental about the Game Boy Advance title Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and wrap things up with a slightly revised opinion of last month’s review for Bravely Default.
Episode 18: Default to Maniacal Laughter
In this episode, the guys focus exclusively on portable role playing games. Kevin courageously takes on multiple jobs to restore the light to the crystals and avoid Bravely Defaulting while Marc crafts epic armanents for legendary heroes with Weapon Shop de Omasse. Emrys then leads a discussion of the newly re-released Final Fantasy 6 port for Android and compares the original version with the newest remake before SNEStalgia overtakes them and they discuss favorite moments from the classic, the lovely soundtrack, and, of course, the most notorious video game villain ever, Kefka.