Episodes

  • Episode 34: It's a Small World After All (Part 2)
    Sep 25 2020

    Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and most other podcasting platforms. If you'd like to support Mana Break, visit our Patreon!

     

    Admit it, it's stuck in your head now (sorrynotsorry). In this episode of Mana Break, the systems might be small, but the scale certainly isn't, as we continue our look at handheld gaming systems and Nintendo's worldwide dominance!

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    30 mins
  • Episode 33: The Whole World in Our Hands, Part 1
    Sep 17 2020

    Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and most other podcasting platforms. If you'd like to support Mana Break, visit our Patreon!

     

    We're thinking small on this episode of Mana Break, as we look at the world of handheld gaming in another 2-parter! Join me as we explore the early development of video games that can fit in your pocket wherever you go!

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    24 mins
  • Episode 32: Mini Break - The First Easter Egg
    Sep 10 2020

    Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and most other podcasting platforms. If you'd like to support Mana Break, visit our Patreon!

     

    Welcome to the first of Mana Break's Mini Breaks! These are going to be slightly shorter, more specific episodes where I talk about important moments in the history of gaming; starting with the very first Easter Egg as we know them!

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    12 mins
  • Episode 31: Exploring Castle Zagyg, Part 2
    Sep 3 2020

    Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and most other podcasting platforms. If you'd like to support Mana Break, visit our Patreon!

     

    Today on Mana Break, we're finishing up our look into the life of Gary Gygax, seeing how it all went wrong at TSR, and how the father of RPGs made his mark outside of the D&D world!

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    26 mins
  • Episode 30: Building Castle Zagyg, Part 1
    Aug 27 2020

    Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and most other podcasting platforms. If you'd like to support Mana Break, visit our Patreon!

     

    We're returning to the D&D sphere with today's episode, looking at the life and times of the most important man in its history - Gary Gygax. Join me as we walk through his early days and the founding of TSR, the company that would change the face of gaming!

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    19 mins
  • Episode 29: Finding your Path
    Aug 20 2020

    Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and most other podcasting platforms. If you'd like to support Mana Break, visit our Patreon!

     

    Today on Mana Break, I make an even more atrocious pun than normal in the title! We're looking at the history of Pathfinder, the biggest competitor to D&D and the new king of the rules-based RPG.

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    19 mins
  • Episode 28: Warhammer is Jesse's Girl
    Aug 13 2020

    Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and most other podcasting platforms. If you'd like to support Mana Break, visit our Patreon!

     

    Today, we're rounding off our Warhammer exploration with a brief interview with Jesse, a good friend of the podcast and overall Warhammer 40k enthusiast extraordinaire. Join us as Jesse talks about his experiences over half a lifetime in the Warhammer community, and all the changes, joys and sorrows of Games Workshop's magnum opus.

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    30 mins
  • Episode 27: IP as old as time, reboot that has gone wroooooong!
    Aug 6 2020

    Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and most other podcasting platforms. If you'd like to support Mana Break, visit our Patreon!

     

    Today, in the wake of an unfortunate interview illness, we're looking at Warhammer: Age of Sigmar - Games Workshop's ill-fated attempt at rebooting Warhammer Fantasy that proves that even the most dedicated of fanbases won't accept everything!

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    12 mins