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19  août     12h35
Power Button - Episode 390: The Second Time Around
   Some video games are better the second time around when you know the plot twists and most effective strategies. On this week’s episode we’re discussing games so nice, we played them twice or three times, or four, or ten... . Download this week’s episode directly from PTB, listen with the player...
12  août     13h16
Power Button - Episode 389: Even More Grab Bag Goodies
   We’re back after an extended medical hiatus Join us as we discuss what we’ve played during our time away such as Little Kitty, Big City, the re released Aero the Acro bat, Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, and much more. Download this week’s episode directly from PTB, listen with the...
04  juin     21h45
Power Button - Episode 387: Red And Black Virtual Boy Attack (Part 1)
   When Blake Grundman visited me in April he finally had the chance to play a real live Nintendo Virtual Boy from and my collection of sixteen games, so on this week’s episode of the podcast we go game by game to get Blake’s takes on the experience. Did Galactic Pinball live up to expectations ...
20  mai     19h13
Power Button - Episode 386: Emulation Nation
   Thanks to some new legal requirements from the European Union, Apple is now required to allow emulators in its walled garden of an App Store worldwide. This opened the door for retro console emulation to the masses spanning the Atari and Commodore through Nintendo’s iconic hardware and...
06  mai     14h55
Power Button - Episode 385: May The Fourth Be With You On The Sixth
   Held over for one more weekend, it’s Blake Grundman live and in person with me at the microphone, and this episode we have some more shopping purchases to share before we tear into a topic near and dear to Blake’s heart: Star Wars. Kick back with us for a while and let’s have some fun. Download...
30  avril     14h56
Power Button - Episode 384: Super Shopping Spree
   We have an extra special episode this week Usually Blake Grundman and I record the show from our respective secretive lairs at opposite ends of the United States, but we’re celebrating the end of my twelve long chemotherapy treatments for cancer, so the time was beyond right for Blake to jump in...
24  avril     16h00
Power Button - Episode 383: All New For 2024 More Updated Re-Releases (Part 2)
   Following on from last week, back in we did a two part look Episodes and at video games remade with new or changed features such as The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening gaining a color expansion as Link’s Awakening DX. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but video game publishers are...
18  avril     16h00
Power Button - Episode 382: All New For 2024 More Updated Re-Releases (Part 1)
   Back in we did a two part look Episodes and at video games remade with new or changed features such as The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening gaining a color expansion as Link’s Awakening DX. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but video game publishers are still doing this sort of thing...
12  avril     18h09
Power Button - Episode 381: Dangerous Blake In Copyright Infringement
   I sent my international buyer, Blake Grundman, overseas to acquire some rare gaming antiquities for me. That is, he picked up some fairly priced amiibo and games that are hard to find and not so fairly priced here. This leads into a discussion on how else to play retro games whose corporate...
18  mars     18h06
Power Button - Episode 380: Yakking About Llamasoft
   We were fortunate enough to get advance access to the new Digital Eclipse Gold Master series of documentary releases, Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, so for this week’s episode of the podcast we discuss the title, its interactive exhibits, and the games and light synthesizers included. From...