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.

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...

This episode, the Portable Power Podcast joins the Mega May celebration with in-depth reviews of Mega Man’s portable adventures. Kevin and Marc travel to the year 20XX and send rebuilt robot masters to the scrap heap in Mega Man II-IV. In Mega Man V, Kevin battles the menace of the Star Droids, a threat so dire that Dr. Wily totally isn’t behind it all (yes, he is). Once the blue bomber’s adventures on the green screen are wrapped up, Emrys wall jumps through a dystopian future and gives a...

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....

There may not have been a space odyssey in 2001, but the Game Boy’s successor, the Game Boy Advance, arrived and completely changed portable gaming that year. Your beloved hosts at the Portable Power Podcast have many fond memories of the device. With newly released Game Boy Advance games on the Wii U Virtual Console and more on the way, a full-length Our Portable Past episode seemed apropos. Listen as your hosts talk about games that are timeless despite their advanced age.

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.

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...

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 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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In this episode, the guys sit down with craft beers and discuss battling Cthulu monsters in Elder Sign on Android and staving off an undead apocalypse in Dead Trigger on iOS. Then they delve into an in-depth review on the finer points of governing cute little creatures in Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Finally, Emrys reminisces about Advance Wars for the Gameboy Advance before hops-enhanced belligerence sends them spiraling off into tangents.

In this special episode, the guys discuss E3 and WWDC. Download this bonus episode and thrill to their alcohol-soaked opinions of news you’ve already read.

With significantly less alcohol in their systems, the guys delve into a broad variety of game genres with Mario & Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move for 3DS, Pinball Arcade on Android, and Dungeon Hunter 4 on iOS. Later, Marc extols the virtues of Samus Aran’s sophomore outing on the Gameboy and a discussion arises about games so good that even console elitists would find it hard not to love them.

In our first episode, Kevin sucks at Luigi’s Mansion for 3DS, Emrys manages feces with Tamagotchi LIFE for Android devices, and Marc battles through one of the 52 multiverses in Injustice for iOS. Later, Link’s Awakening becomes the focus of much beer weeping and Emrys shares tips on using Pokémon to get girls.