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Episode 34: The Pokémon Family Jewels

After your hosts share reminiscences of favorite RPG memories, Kevin begins reviews and finds Mimpi fetching. Marc bounces over boundless barrels in the Game Boy classic Donkey Kong. Then Emrys gives his take on the reworked third generation gems, Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

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Episode 33: The Fantasy Life of Aunts Waking Your Warhammer.

Nieces and nephews the world over, gather ’round for another episode of the Portable Power Podcast! Emrys plants his seed in Waking Mars on Android devices. Marc puts his effort points into downloading Warhammer 40k: Space Wolf (and wishes it truly was only 40k) for iOS. To close out the episode, Marc and Kevin tell Emrys stories of their blissful lives in Reveria in Fantasy Life for 3DS. Make sure to listen all the way to the end of this episode!

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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.

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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.

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Episode 24: Stick E3 In Your Pocket

It’s that magical time of year once again, when our fuel tanks are refilled with pure liquid hope before being dashed upon the rocks of hardware limitations and rushed schedules. That’s right, welcome to the Portable Power Podcast’s coverage of E3 2014. Marc, Emrys, and Kevin are joined by Tyler Ohlew of Stick It In Your Pocket, a fantastic blog that focuses on 3DS and Vita, to talk about the news of E3 as it relates to portable consoles, as well as a little bit about Tyler himself.

Find more of Tyler: http://stickitinyourpocket.com/

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Episode 20: The Soundtrack to our Extra Lives

Soundtracks make a huge difference in the experience of any media, and mobile games are no exception. In this episode, Emrys, Marc, and Kevin sit down together over glasses of scotch and talk about songs that were literally game-changers.

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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.

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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.

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Episode 16: Chibi Chaos and the Chamber of Shadow

This month Marc and Kevin engage everyone but each other at card battling strategy in Order and Chaos: Duels on iOS. Next, Kevin uses the cover of shadow to silently massacre his adversaries in Shadow Blade for iOS. Marc takes up scrapbooking with Chibi Robo: Photo Finder, and we finish out with a special request for Our Portable Past where Emrys enrolls at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to play the Game Boy Color version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

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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.