Playing With Power: A Mature, Unofficial Nintendo Power Retrospective Podcast

Ben's back at the helm with Mike!  Bass Masters Classic Pro Edition is by far some of the most entertaining coverage we've seen in quite a while in Nintendo Power.  It's pure gold and results in much hilarity from our hosts.  Oh yes there's also this thing called the Nintendo 64 coming out soon...

Mike is joined by Ivan and John again for part deux!  John starts the episode off by sending Mike a NSFW eel photo.  The Epic center is up with Dragonheart for Game Boy, Sword of Hope for Game Boy, and continued coverage of Lufia II for SNES.

Moving on, there's even more coverage of Mohawk and Headphone Jack, Counselor's Corner, Toy Story for Game Boy, 

It's a Ben-less podcast, but fear not!  Mike has brought frequent guest Ivan back, who dragged along former host John who had no plans on a Friday night!  As you can imagine, the conversation immediately devolves into mature joke territory.

The boys slog through the player's pulse before digging in on the N64 previews, classified information, Summer Olympic Games for SNES, Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings, and more!

Hosts Ben, Mike, and repeat guests Dylan and Ivan are BACK to reveal the Nintendo Power Award winners for 1995.  And who will be our Playing With Power Nesters Champ???  Tune in to find out.

We then continue the issue to dig into the Epic center (yes, more Super Mario RPG) and "stellar" games like the cancelled Lobo from the DC universe.

We're back with a rousing episode with Mike and Ben, who is recording from his parent's garage from a gaming headset!  We discover the tantalizing,  titilating world of a former Nintendo Power reader at awaken-your-life.com and quickly get distracted by her...testimonials?

Moving on, we pick out our favorite made up names from the team rosters on Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run.  Then we discuss the wacky Mohawk and Headphone Jack, the cancelled DC comics spinoff fighting game Lobo, and drive each other crazy of course!

Tune in to part deuce where Mike and Ben talk Lufia, Super Mario RPG, Tactics Ogre, Civilization, Pocahontas for Game Boy, and College Slam for Game Boy, before Nintendo Power reheats some leftovers and features A Link to the Past again. We cover the usual sections at the back of the magazine and end on a desperate note. Join us!

Ben and Mike preview Shadows of the Empire for N64, review Power Piggs of the Dark Age, MORE Killer Instinct II Arcade coverage, The Smurfs, Kirby's Block Ball for Game Boy, MORE Earthworm Jim 2 codes, and more shenanigans as usual.

Greetings true believers!  We're back at ya with the second half of issue 82 from March of 1996.  Mike and guest Ivan pick things up at the Epic Center to talk Super Mario RPG, Tales of Phantasia, and P.T.O. II.  Later on here them blaze through NHL '96 for Game Boy, Smurfs for Game Boy, and much, much more.  Also: name change announcement for the Ultra 64!

BOOM we immediately kick things off with guests Dylan and Ivan to vote on the '95 Nester Awards. Then we dig in on Player's Pulse, NBA Jam knockoff College Slam, Frantic Flea, the horror that is Cutthroat Island, Super Mario Kart again (96 has been a slow year for Nintendo so far), Digipen student projects, the godawful Tetris 3-D for Virtual Boy, a Ken Griffey Jr. interview, and more! Phew. It's a jam packed first half of the issue. Don't miss out! Download now.

Part DEUX of issue 81 has Mike and Ben talking about Breath of Fire II, Dragon Quest VI, Nester's Funky Bowling for Virtual Boy, Prehistorik Man, Ardy Lightfoot, and Sink or Swim. Still looking for a sports correspondent by the way! They finish up the issue by walking through the Now Playing and Pak Watch sections. Have a great weekend folks!