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Gamers on the Go
by Chase Koeneke
A podcast archive of handheld games old and new Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Episode 94: Top 25 Game Boy & Game Boy Color Games
Chase and Matt “Giggysan” Giguere have one final era of Nintendo handheld consoles to rank, and it's the ones that started it all. Listen in as we run through our favorites and build our list of the best 25 games you can play on these portables. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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Episode 93: Playdate (Week 1-2)
Download the episode here or listen on SoundCloud Matt Giguere and Bobby Pease join GOTG this time as we’re all excited about Panic’s new yellow fun dispenser, the Playdate. We cover our overall impressions of the hardware, the first two weeks of official games for it (including Whitewater…
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Episode 92: Top 25 Game Boy Advance Games
Matt “Giggysan” Giguere is back for another ranking of handheld games, this time for Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance. From scrolling shooters to turn-based strategy games to…whatever you call WarioWare, we look back on a console packed with incredible games and try to narrow down to the best of the...
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Episode 91: Analogue Pocket (And Game Boy Baseball, Tennis & Golf)
Co-host of The Casual Hour Johnny Amizich returns to GOTG as we talk about a very cool new piece of tech for fans of handheld gaming: the Analogue Pocket. We give our early impressions of the hardware and talk about the possibilities it represents for portable retro gaming. And since we also…
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Episode 90: Metroid: Samus Returns
Download the episode here or listen on SoundCloud Happy Metroid Dread day for all the 2D Metroid fans in the house. To celebrate, Matt “Giggysan” Giguere joins as we look back on Nintendo and MercurySteam’s previous foray into the series - Metroid: Samus Returns. Is it the best remake of Metroid...
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Episode 89: Pokemon X & Y
Co-host of The Casual Hour, Bobby Pease joins Chase to talk about the first mainline Pokemon games released on the Nintendo 3DS: 2013’s Pokemon X and Y. From the French-inspired Kalos to the brand new Wonder Trading and everything in-between, enjoy this mega-evolved episode! Show Notes:We didn’t...
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Episode 88: Her Story
In this episode six years in the making, Pierce Courchaine joins us to talk about the mysterious and innovative 2015 game Her Story. We compare notes, discuss its calculated writing and attempt to uncover the truth. Note that we do spoil the hell out of the game eventually, but there is quite a…
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Episode 87: DS Retrospective & Top 25 Games
Download the episode here or listen on SoundCloud We had so much fun doing the 3DS Retrospective with Matt Giguere, we decided to bring him back to do the same with the Nintendo DS. From the hardware revisions to the best “DS” subtitle, we dive deep into this weird and wonderful system and the...
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Episode 86: GOTY 2020
It’s time for Gamers On The Go’s annual end of year wrap up, and that means East Coast Correspondent Matt Giguere is back. But with 2020 being such a weird year, we’re doing things a little differently. Instead of ranking games and picking a definitive winner, Matt and Chase just have a chill...
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Episode 85: Pushmo, Crashmo & Stretchmo
The Casual Hour’s Johnny Amizich returns to the show to push, crash and stretch our knowledge of Intelligent System’s string of the 3DS and Wii U puzzle games. While we mainly focus on “the good one,” that being the original Pushmo, we do take a look at the entire franchise. Plus, we talk about…
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Episode 84: 3DS Retrospective & Top 25 Games
Matt “Giggysan” Giguere is back this episode to help us pay tribute to the 3DS, a system that has all but finished its run as Nintendo’s last dedicated handheld console. We’ll take a look back at the machine and its features, its successes and failures, its quirks and its lasting legacy. And then...
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Episode 83: PAX East 2020
Matt Giguere is back for our annual recap of PAX East. Matt was at the show and played a ton of games (and went through a ton of hand sanitizer), and he’s ready to report on which ones should be on your Switch eShop radar. We also chat about wrestling card games, Mario speed runs and the…
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Episode 82: Pokemon Black & White 2
Casual Hour co-host Johnny Amizich is back on GOTG to discuss a surprising low point of the Pokemon series with Pokemon Black & White 2. Johnny and Chase discuss what we think went wrong with this one, while also picking out the handful of good things still to be found. And Chase somewhat softens...
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Episode 81: Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale
We’re kicking off 2020 with a look back to 2013 as East Coast Correspondent Matt Giguere returns to GOTG to talk about Millennium Kitchen’s serene adventure game, Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale. In this episode we’ll cover the rest of Guild series of games, Friday Monsters influences...
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Episode 80: GOTY 2019
As we wave goodbye to 2019 and the end of the 2010s, GOTG's East Coast Correspondent Matt Giguere joins us to discuss the state of handheld video gaming and the best portable games of the year. But if listening to a three hour podcast is not your thing, we'll be posting our individual written top...
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Episode 79: Fire Emblem Three Houses Spoilercast
Frequent flyers on the GOTG program, Matt Giguere and Bobby Pease join Chase for this spoiler-filled episode on the newest entry in Nintendo's ongoing strategy franchise, Fire Emblem Three Houses. We've each selected a different house and come together to compare and contrast the stories we...
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Episode 78: Photographs
From The Casual Hour and Lumberjacksmack, Bobby Pease joins the podcast to talk about the new game from studio EightyEight Games, Photographs. Spoilers abound as we break down the five games and five stories that make up this short and fascinating mobile anthology. Hosted on Acast. See...
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Episode 77: PAX East 2019
East Coast Correspondent Matt Giguere is back to report on PAX East 2019, giving his first-hand impressions of a number of games including My Friend Pedro, Bloodstained, Katana Zero and more. We’ll also talk about Spider-Punks, four-day long conventions and what the hell was up with that Gearbox...
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Episode 76: Super Mario 3D Land
Download the episode or listen to it on SoundCloud. Johnny Amizich makes his GOTG debut to talk about 2011’s Super Mario 3D Land. We discuss the merits of 2D vs. 3D Mario games, how 3D Land bridges the gap between the two and how much better Nintendo EAD was before their restructuring (y’know, if...
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Episode 75: GOTY 2018
Download the episode here or listen on SoundCloud GOTG's East Coast Correspondent, Matt Giguere returns for our 5th annual Game of the Year show. We take a look back at the year in handheld gaming (specifically, how the Switch has really affected what counts as a handheld game in 2018) then run...
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Episode 74: Pokemon Black & White
The Casual Hour’s Bobby Pease is on a journey to catch up on 20 years of Pokemon history. And with his completion of Pokemon Black & White, Chase has brought him on to discuss the fifth generation of games. How does this late-era DS game stack up to the rest of the series? How does the…
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Episode 73: Kirby Games 2016-2018
We’ve got a trio of hosts to discuss a trio of handheld Kirby games as Matt Giguere and Pierce Courchaine return for this podcast featuring Kirby Planet Robobot, Kirby’s Blowout Blast and Kirby Star Allies. From the 3DS to the Switch, we’ve got your Kirby fix right here. Hosted on Acast. See...
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Episode 72: PAX East 2018
East Coast Correspondent Matt Giguere is back again to give his full, on-the-ground report of the PAX East 2018 convention. We talk about upcoming Switch games, what is new with Capy’s eternally in development Below and what it’s like to spend four days in Boston’s convention center on the bay....
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Episode 71: Tiger Electronics And The Internet Archive's Handheld History Collection
Jason Scott from the Internet Archive and Ryan Holtz from the MAME Development Team join Chase to talk about the new Handheld History Collection being hosted at the Internet Archive. We talk about how the collection got started, how the initial batch of games were chosen and what it takes to…
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Episode 70: SteamWorld Dig 2
East Coast Correspondent and Gamers On The Go Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Matt Giguere makes his return to GOTG to talk about one of the best Switch games that came out last year. No, not Zelda or Mario, we’re talking about SteamWorld Dig 2! Show Notes: Want more SteamWorld? Listen to GOTG...
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Episode 69: Oxenfree
GOTG Frequent Flyer Pierce Courchaine and relative newcomer to the show Bobby Pease drop by to have a spirited discussion about Oxenfree, a game that leaves us rather mixed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 68: Game of the Year 2017
Another year has passed, and that means another Game of the Year episode of Gamers on the Go. Frequent guests Matt Giguere and Pierce Courchaine return to run down the best handheld games of 2017, pour one out for the Vita and welcome the Nintendo Switch into our handheld lives. Look for…
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Episode 67: Nick Suttner
Former EGM/1UP.com writer and developer relations manager for both Sony and Oculus, Nick Suttner sits in on our 67th episode of Gamers on the Go to talk about his career so far. We wax poetically about our mutual love for Drop7, explore indie developers’ love for the Vita and discuss the...
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Episode 66: Iron Marines
On this episode of Gamers on the Go, we’re talking about Ironhide Games’ newest release, Iron Marines. And we’ve got Ariel Coppes and Manuel González from Ironhide to give us some insight on the game and its development. We talk about the gaming culture in Ironhide’s home of Uruguay, the history…
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Episode 65: Monument Valley
With the surprise release of Monument Valley 2 earlier this year, there’s no better time to talk about the entire franchise. Joining Chase is his Casual Hour co-host, Bobby Pease. Listen in as we talk about the game’s influences, creation, design and legacy. And here Chase opine about Echochrome…
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Episode 63: Guacamelee!
Pierce Courchaine is back and, slowly but surely, is working through the Vita’s catalogue of classics (even if he cheated and played the PS4 version for this one), and Chase is happy to oblige. So this time we chat about 2013′s Dia de los Muertos inspired action platformer, Guacamelee! Hosted on...
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Episode 62: PAX East 2017
We’re back in Boston (”we” being Chase and East Coast Correspondent Matt Giguere) for PAX East 2017. We played a lot of games, met a lot of great people and even went to a half-birthday party for Danny O’Dwyer’s Noclip. We talk about a ton of stuff this episode: Devolver Digital, Adult Swim…
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Episode 61: Pokemon Regional Championship - St. Louis/Collinsville
I traveled with my friend (and previous GotG guest), Sam Chandler as he competed in the video game side of the Pokemon Regional Championship in Collinsville, Illinois. It was both of our first times at an event like this, and it was way different than either of us thought it would be. I talked to…
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Episode 60: 2016′s Best Vita & Mobile Games
Longtime guest, new Vita owner and Android enthusiast Pierce Courchaine joins Chase to talk about all the great ports games that came to Sony’s semi-forgotten portable as well as the a completely non-comprehensive look at what we played from the App Store and Google Play (do you know how many…
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Episode 59: 2016′s Best 3DS Games
Our east coast correspondent, Matt Giguere is back to chat with Chase about the best games to grace Nintendo’s handheld in 2016, a semi-comprehensive year-in-review if you will. Matt also made his list of the top five handheld games of the year. You can read that here. And to see all of Gamers on...
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Episode 58: SteamWorld Heist
Just in time for GOTG’s 2016 Game of the Year, frequent guest Pierce Courchaine returns to the show to talk about last year’s GOTY winner, SteamWorld Heist. How does the game hold up now that it’s out on vita and iOS devices? Tune in and find out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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Episode 57: Nintendo Switch
GOTG East Coast Correspondent Matt Giguere is back once again, this time to talk about Nintendo’s newest console announcement, the Nintendo Switch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 56: Spelunky
Now that Pierce Courchaine is married (and more importantly, has a Vita thanks to Chase’s wedding present), we can talk about a very good and important game: Spelunky! Though not originally a handheld game, it’s hard to argue the Vita version isn’t the best way to play this fantastic game. We dig...
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Episode 55: Pokemon Black & White
We have made it to the fifth generation of Pokemon games at Gamers on the Go, so it was time to bring back Ty Frahm to talk about it. Get ready for a lot of talk about why this generation isn’t as good as the previous ones (we’re old men who like old Pokemon games.) Hosted on Acast. See...
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Episode 54: Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright & Conquest
Danielle Doerr makes her podcasting debut to discuss one (two, maybe even three?) of the best games of 2016, Fire Emblem Fates. We discuss both the Birthright and Conquest paths of the game, but if you’re looking for some dirt on the culminating path of Revelation, you won’t find it here. What…
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Episode 53: PAX East 2016
Chase, along with Pierce Courchaine and Matt Giguere give their firsthand accounts from the showfloor at this year’s Penny Arcade Expo from Boston. We played a good amount of stuff (both handheld and not) and highlight what’s worth checking out and keeping tabs on now that the show is over.…
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GOTG Micro 4: Crashlands
We didn’t have to look far to find the topic of GOTG Micro 4: St. Louis’ own, Crashlands from developer Butterscotch Shenanigans. Ryan Dampf from Living the Nerd Life is back again to speak to this interesting take on the open world crafting genre. Be sure to listen to our last Micro episode on...
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GOTG Micro 3: Don’t Starve
Once more into the darkness we go as Living the Nerd Life’s Ryan Dampf is back again to speak to another mobile game: Don’t Starve for Vita, iOS and pretty much any other console you can think of. And Chase makes an impassioned speech for another Klei title, Mark of the Ninja, to be ported just…
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Episode 52: Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Like Zach Fleeman before him, Matt Giguere is back to discuss one of the games that made his top five list of the year…except it’s from his top five list from 2014, Kirby: Triple Deluxe. If you don’t remember our episode on Kirby’s Dream Land 2 (it was our fourth episode after all), we give a...
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GOTG Micro 2: Ridiculous Fishing
Living the Nerd Life’s Ryan Dampf returns for another GOTG Micro episode. This time, we’re tackling a true iOS classic in Vlambeer’s Ridiculous Fishing. We also get into a discussion about game cloning and how it affects developers, consumers and the industry at large. Hosted on Acast. See...
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GOTG Micro 1: Lara Croft Go
Welcome to a new feature from Gamers on the Go. As the name implies, “Micro” are to be shorter episodes (~30 minutes) and focused on mobile and bite-sized play experiences. For the debut of GOTG Micro, we’ve got the founder of Living the Nerd Life, Ryan Dampf, to talk with Chase about 2015′s Lara...
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Episode 51: Titan Souls
After seeing Titan Souls on Zach Fleeman’s top five handheld games of 2015 list, Chase wanted to get him back to talk about this interesting little adventure. We chat about its overt references to games like Shadow of the Colossus and The Legend of Zelda, Chase’s certain love for an oft-forgotten...
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Episode 50c: Favorite Nintendo Platform Handheld Games of All Time
The final part of our three-part 50th episode epic. This section focuses on our favorite games on Nintendo handhelds. Zach had to duck out last episode, so it’s just Chase and Matt for this one. Thanks for supporting GOTG over the years. We’ll be posting more content in 2016 and beyond! Part 1…
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Episode 50b: Favorite Non-Nintendo Platform Handheld Games of All Time
Matt and Zach are back for Part 2 as we discuss our favorite non-Nintendo platform handheld games of all time. Not the most elegant name, but this gave us some interesting restrictions to make our lists. Zach ends up having to duck out a bit early so he shares his favorite Nintendo handheld games...
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Episode 50a: 2015 Games of the Year
Matt Giguere and Zach Fleeman are back again to discuss our favorite handheld games of 2015. This is the first part of our three-part 50th episode blowout and covers each of our personal games of the year. Part 2 will be released on Thursday and the final part comes out on Saturday. These will...
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A podcast archive of handheld games old and new
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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