Category Archives: 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.

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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 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 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.

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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 13: Two Zeldas and a Year in Review

In the final episode of 2013, Kevin gives his review of The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. Marc travels back through many ages and seasons to review The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons for Our Portable Past. To wrap up the episode, the guys give out their first ever end of year awards and reminisce about the great year of portable gaming that 2013 was. On a purely tangential note, adult babies receive verbal abuse and the guys give The Year of Luigi a special sendoff.

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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 10: The Pokey Men

Lucky! This month you get three perspectives on the same insane game. Yes, we’re referring to Pokémon X/Y. Later, Emrys reviews Pokémon Red/Blue, the game(s) that kick-started a series inspiring multiple generations to become obsessive, hoarding freaks.

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