In this, the eighteenth episode of ⁠our podcast⁠, Cat, Will and Iwan get together to discuss the news of the sudden disappearance of Marvel Snap in North America.

Geopolitics aside, the team also chat about the evolution, and persistence, of genres like strategy, survival and fighting, while also touching on mobile gaming both old and new.

In this, the seventeenth episode of our podcast, Cat, Will and Iwan get together to discuss a selection of news stories as well as their thoughts on AI companions in games.

In addition to that they discuss a recent Penn State University research paper that targets mobile advertising, titled "Five ways ‘fake’ mobile games fail to meet advertised expectations".

In this, the sixteenth episode of our podcast, Cat, Will and Iwan get together to discuss a selection of news stories as well as their thoughts on the forming retro-revival.

Recent observed resurgence of interest in popular PS1 genres (survival horror, jRPG, etc) brings to team to speculate on the generational nature of gaming and also heavily discuss the absence of the 'polygonal'-retro style we're starting to see punch through on more traditional platforms. That as well as discussing game structures, from the open-endedness of mobile through to classic new game+ and more.

All that after a quick run through of some recent news stories, including plenty of tangents on anime, Assassin's Creed and everything in-between.

For this, the fifteenth episode of our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠long running podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠Pocketgamer.com⁠'s Cat, Will and Dann get together to discuss the games that they hope to spend the new year playing.

As the very nature of mobile games is incredibly cyclical, the conversation quickly moves from trading card games and regular faces onto a wider discussion of the industry's live-ops nature. Specifically, they dive into iterations, sequels (including Goat Simulator 2) as well as concepts like Early Access and Soft Launch no longer meaning the same as they once did.

For this, the fourteenth episode of our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠long running podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠, Pocketgamer.com's Cat, Will and Dann get together to discuss the games that they've played throughout the year, and any genres that those games have steered them towards as a result. But, not before they spend a minute dealing with technical issues!

From Clash of Clans to Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket, the team have been playing everything from strategy to CCG throughout the year, and how better to celebrate that than a grand ol' discussion? Dann manages to subconsciously steer the conversation and evangelise about Suzerain and Cassette Beasts, however the conversation also drifts to the survival genre and minigames.

For this, the thirteenth episode of our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠long running podcast⁠⁠⁠, Pocketgamer.com's Cat, Will and Dann get together to discuss the games that they're still playing at the end of the year following an amazing year of mobile games.

That means that that we spend a lot of time discussing the length and nature of mobile games in 2024 as well as missable content and how video games have become more of a lifestyle - and modern live-ops fill the hole originally carved out by early MMOs.

It's the twelfth episode, of arguably our second series, of our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠long running podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. This week brings Dann, Catherine, Iwan & Will together to discuss mobile games and more.

The team discuss how the mobile industry has, or hasn't, adapted to the vast, and fast moving, spectrum of mobile hardware on the market. They also touch on latest Hybrid-Casual hit Capybara Go and discuss RTS games on mobile - stopping off to discuss tangents ranging from D&D to LotR.

It's the eleventh episode, of arguably our second series, of our ⁠⁠⁠⁠long running podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠. This week brings Dann (Editor in Chief of Pocket Gamer Brands), Catherine (Reviews Editor), Iwan (Staff Writer) and Will (Plucky Freelancer, Panda Disliker) together to discuss mobile games and more.

The team discuss games aging out of the ever-moving goalposts of operating systems, the fantastic Pocket Gamer Connects events series, Debt Collectors and much much more. Heck, we even discuss some mobile games in there too, all while having an extended conversation about 'soulslike' and 'adventure' design along the way.

Note: We do suffer a couple of technical issues here, but most of it has been minimised by editing.

It's the tenth episode, of arguably our second series, of our ⁠⁠⁠long running podcast⁠⁠⁠ this week with a skeleton staff of Dann and Iwan chatting about mobile games and more.

What is mobile first design? If you ask certain big publishers then they have a very different answer than the likes of Capcom - who regularly outsource their mobile works. Mobile, for many publishers means casual or hybrid casual, while for others its a lesser, but more complex platform.

Capcom's partnership with TiMi Studios might actually be placing them in a great position - as the first member of the old guard that treats mobile like a mature platform.

The ninth episode, of arguably our second series, of our ⁠⁠long running podcast⁠⁠ returns this week with Dann, Will, Catherine and Iwan gathering to discuss mobile games and more.

This episode kicks off with the team discussing Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket, The Pokemon Company's latest phenomenon. We discuss the juice and the feel of the game before seguing into discussing the concept of collecting and assembling in both physical and digital games.

We stop off at a whole bunch of different topics along the way, ranging from Video Game Urban Legends, the AR dream and Jimmy Space before discussing artificial scarcity, update-exclusive content and beyond.