Saturday, April 30, 2016

Miz Sylver on PAX East and Rayquaza the Lipstick Dragon

Episode 27: The twisted twenty-seventh episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! DJ Casone sits in this week, find him online! We discuss Pokemon Shuffle's continuing wealth of specials. There's a lot of tough stuff this week, including a Xygarde Complete Forme Ultra Challenge. The Wolf Doctor misspoke, Yveltal is normally effective against Xygarde, while Xerneas is Super Effective. Azelf is a timed special stage that is tough! The Latios escalation battle is also timed stages. The Daily Pokemon is a new series, next week is the full week where you can catch each of the Pokemon so start on Monday if you haven't started yet! In addition, there's a special limited time shop with two items you can buy with jewels. There's an item that allows you to play without using hearts for an hour, and an item that refreshes your hearts more quickly over the course of a day.

There's also a lot of announcements of awesome stuff. May's legendary Pokemon is Darkrai. Free Comic Book Day is May 7th. The Kingdom Hearts Orchestra tour is on presale today, it's not coming to Boston, but is coming to Los Angeles and New York.

We also review PAX East! One of Miz Sylver's friends was an Omeganaut, we are going to make her join us on the podcast soon.

Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Do you think Mega Salamence is cool? Did you go to PAX East? Are you going to find a local comic shop for Free Comic Book Day? Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know.



Thursday, April 21, 2016

PokeProblems Presents PB&J'S Jam (SmashStudios)

Episode 26: The tasty twenty-sixth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! This episode is technically for Friday, but we wanted to bring it to you early due to PAX East! Pokemon Shuffle has a few new events this week, a new moves-based Mega Blaziken competition and a Ash-Greninja timed Great Challenge, but we are much more worked up about PAX East! Miz Sylver's panel, How to StreetPass in amiiboHeaven Pt 2, is on Friday, April 22, at 10:30am. The Wolf Doctor will be at PAX East on Saturday, trying to StreetPass everything! PAX East also brings special guests to the area, like this week's awesome guest, PB&J of SmashStudios, proprietor of one of Twitch's hottest channels and all around Smash Bros master. He tells your hosts about the challenges and rewards of running a Twitch empire. Hear about his process and why he loves Twitch and his fellow streamers and why he loves getting to interact with his fans. If you have questions for him, you can Tweet him, or, if you leave a comment here in the next couple days, we will hassle him in person to get you answers!

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Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Do you have any questions for PB&J? Will you be at PAX East? Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know.



PS: Let this podcast serve as a warning about the dangers of imbibing and recording.

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Blackbird Attic and Convention Madness with Green Mario

Episode 25: The trying twenty-fifth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast. This week, Miz Sylver and The Wolf Doctor welcome back Dr. Greg Marks aka Skerrit the Green aka Green Mario as a guest. Visit Greg Marks' FaceBook page to see more about his convention schedule and Dungeon Masters Guild to buy his (and other awesome adventure authors') work. This week's episode is mostly about cons! We do talk a little about Pokemon Shuffle, and the new special stages this week, including a Zygarde 50% Forme escalation battle with a new "angry" mechanic for skipping stages, the Landorus Therian Forme great challenge, and the return of Manaphy. Miz Sylver and Skerrit review the cons they attended last weekend, the Midwest Gaming Classic and CODCon, respectively. Miz Sylver got to see the Nintendo Playstation prototype in person! Skerrit had a good time DM'ing D&D Adventurers League content. This season's content is set in Ravenloft, the domain of punishment. If you want to go there with Skerrit, here are some options! And much later this year,
  • Arcana Rising, November 2-6 at the Cherokee Ranch and Castle, Sedalia (Denver) Colorado. Both Skerrit and Miz Sylver are part of the celebrity Dungeon Master team at this super high quality exclusive convention, limited to 50 players, with all food, drink, and entertainment included, held in a frikkin' castle. Seriously. Look at the pictures on the webpage. Castle!
This upcoming weekend is PAX East, and both Miz Sylver and the Wolf Doctor will be attending. Miz Sylver is hosting a panel, How to StreetPass in amiiboHeaven Pt 2, on Friday, April 22, at 10:30am at PAX East... There are still chances to win tickets to PAX East, like this Tuesday at Good Life Bar in Boston at their Game Night starting at 7pm... If you aren't heading to PAX East (or even if you are and are still alive Sunday night), friend of the podcast Kristen Moura is headlining a show at Monroe in Cambridge at 6:15pm on April 24th.

Are you attending PAX East? Does all this talk of Ravenloft make you want to get swirled up in the mists? Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know. Please excuse the slight technical difficulties with the recording this week, we are working on improving our Skype game!



Saturday, April 9, 2016

Miitomo Will Eat Your Soul

Episode 24: The trippy twenty-fourth episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast. This week, Miz Sylver and The Wolf Doctor talk Miitomo. But first, the legendary birds are the May Pokemon of the Month for Pokemon 20, you can receive codes to download them in the Pokemon Trainer Club Newsletter. Pokemon shuffle has calmed down from the last few weeks, this week only brings one new special stage, a competition to win a Sceptilite! Now when it comes to Miitomo, it's killing our lives and our phone batteries. The new My Nintendo rewards program has launched concurrently; it's confusing but Miz Sylver explains the different kinds of points and the kinds of prizes you can expect! Anyway, follow our twitter to see all our terrifying Miitomo Photos. We talk about a lot of cool events. Here in Boston, tonight, is the premier of the Video Game Orchestra's Capcom Live at the Berklee Performance Center. In Milwaukee, Miz Sylver is trying to go to the 42 Ale House's Smash Tournament tomorrow, Sunday, at 11am. Miz Sylver highly recommends the For the Common Good: Cards Against Humanity exhibit, at the City of Chicago Gallery in the Historic Water Tower, free and running through May 22, 2016. Miz Sylver admits that she pre-ordered the FFXV Ultimate Collector's Edition. We close by admitting that we will be at PAX East. Miz Sylver is hosting a panel, How to StreetPass in amiiboHeaven Pt 2, on Friday, April 22, at 10:30am at PAX...

Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Is Miitomo ruining your life? Is Final Fantasy XV? Will you be at PAX East? Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know. Please excuse the slight technical difficulties with the recording this week, we are working on improving our Skype game!



Saturday, April 2, 2016

Starring Greg Marks as Green Mario

Episode 23: The true-life twenty-third episode of the PokeProblemsPodcast! Our special guest this week is Dr. Greg Marks, also known as Skerrit the Green, Associate Resource Manager for Wizards of the Coast's D&D Adventurers League. (Find his adventures on http://www.dmsguild.com/ and read about the D&D Adventurers League, and follow him on Twitter: ). Pokemon-wise, April is the month of Jirachi. Pokemon Shuffle has about a zillion Special Stages this week, many of them are repeats of older events, with Kyogre, Tepig, Ho-Oh, Lugia, and a repeat of Daily Pokemon (#2): Pachirisu, Sigilyph, Tropius, Farfetch’d, Druddigon. There are new ones, too, Uxie is still ready to battle and there's Zygarde 10% Forme new this week, as well as a new Safari with Angry Pikachu, Clefairy, Clefable, Cleffa, Deerling (Spring Form), and Sawsbuck. Miz Sylver and Skerrit enjoyed playing Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge, in previews now for the Wii U and 3DS. Miz Sylver and The Wolf Doctor are starting up their Miitomo accounts... be afraid! Skerrit acknowledges his role as the master of WiiZumba. He is also running adventures next weekend at CODCon, at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois April 8-10. Skerrit will return to the podcast to tell us about new adventures he will be writing, running, or playing this year, including his work at the upcoming Arcana Rising convention, which both he and Miz Sylver will be DM'ing at November 2-6...

Thanks for listening! If you have any questions or comments, we want to hear from you. Are you getting addicted to Miitomo? Do you secretly (or not so secretly) love tabletops and want Skerrit to take over the podcast? Are you not sure if "Green Mario" is really Luigi or Bowser? Tweet, email, or comment on the blog or Facebook to let us know.