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Matthew Green and Blake Grundman

One man"s opinions and commentaries on happenings in the video game industry.

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Power Button - Episode 390: The Second Time Around

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2024/08/19

Some video games are better the second time around when you know the plot twists and most effective strategies. On this week's episode we're discussing games so nice, we played them twice (or three times, or four, or ten...). Download this week's episode directly from PTB, listen with the player below, subscribe via iTunes, Amazon Music Podcasts, and toss this RSS feed into your podcast aggregation software of choice, and be sure to catch up on past episodes if you're joining us late. Remember that

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Power Button - Episode 389: Even More Grab Bag Goodies

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2024/08/12

We're back after an extended medical hiatus! Join us as we discuss what we've played during our time away such as Little Kitty, Big City, the re-released Aero the Acro-bat, Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition, and much more. Download this week's episode directly from PTB, listen with the player below, subscribe via iTunes, Amazon Music Podcasts, and toss this RSS feed into your podcast aggregation software of choice, and be sure to catch up on past episodes if you're joining us late. Remember

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Power Button - Episode 387: Red And Black Virtual Boy...

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2024/06/04

When Blake Grundman visited me in April he finally had the chance to play a real live Nintendo Virtual Boy from 1995 and my collection of sixteen games, so on this week's episode of the podcast we go game by game to get Blake's takes on the experience. Did Galactic Pinball live up to expectations? How bare bones is Mario Clash really? Does he want to flog Golf? And is Nester's bowling really so funky? Join us and find out! Download this week's episode directly from PTB, listen with the player below,

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Power Button - Episode 386: Emulation Nation

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2024/05/20

Thanks to some new legal requirements from the European Union, Apple is now required to allow emulators in its walled garden of an App Store worldwide. This opened the door for retro console emulation to the masses spanning the Atari 2600 and Commodore 64 through Nintendo's iconic hardware and beyond up to the Sony PlayStation Portable. On this week's podcast we're discussing what this means, what your options are, and why it'll be a long time before you can fire up a PlayStation 3 game natively on

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Power Button - Episode 385: May The Fourth Be With...

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2024/05/06

Held over for one more weekend, it's Blake Grundman live and in person with me at the microphone, and this episode we have some more shopping purchases to share before we tear into a topic near and dear to Blake's heart: Star Wars. Kick back with us for a while and let's have some fun. Download this week's episode directly from PTB, listen with the player below, subscribe via iTunes, Amazon Music Podcasts, and toss this RSS feed into your podcast aggregation software of choice, and be sure to catch

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Power Button - Episode 384: Super Shopping Spree

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2024/04/30

We have an extra special episode this week! Usually Blake Grundman and I record the show from our respective secretive lairs at opposite ends of the United States, but we're celebrating the end of my twelve long chemotherapy treatments for cancer, so the time was beyond right for Blake to jump in his car and come speeding across the nation to hang out at the Press The Buttons Compound for a few days. For years I've told Blake about the amazing retro indie toy, video game, and comic shops in Florida,

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Power Button - Episode 383: All New For 2024! More...

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2024/04/24

Following on from last week, back in 2018 we did a two-part look (Episodes 269 and 270) at video games remade with new or changed features such as The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening gaining a color expansion as Link's Awakening DX. I don't know if you've noticed, but video game publishers are still doing this sort of thing six years later, so it's time to take another look at the topic. This one is so large that we're breaking it into pieces; Part 1 was released last week and this is Part 2

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Power Button - Episode 382: All New For 2024! More...

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2024/04/18

Back in 2018 we did a two-part look (Episodes 269 and 270) at video games remade with new or changed features such as The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening gaining a color expansion as Link's Awakening DX. I don't know if you've noticed, but video game publishers are still doing this sort of thing six years later, so it's time to take another look at the topic. This one is so large that we're breaking it into pieces; Part 1 is available right now with Part 2 coming next week. Download this week's

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Power Button - Episode 381: Dangerous Blake In...

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2024/04/12

I sent my international buyer, Blake Grundman, overseas to acquire some rare gaming antiquities for me. That is, he picked up some fairly priced amiibo and games that are hard to find and not so fairly priced here. This leads into a discussion on how else to play retro games whose corporate ownership has turned to dust over the decades, and that's how we get into hacking devices to run emulators. Download this week's episode directly from PTB, listen with the player below, subscribe via iTunes,

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Power Button - Episode 380: Yakking About Llamasoft

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2024/03/18

We were fortunate enough to get advance access to the new Digital Eclipse Gold Master series of documentary releases, Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, so for this week's episode of the podcast we discuss the title, its interactive exhibits, and the 42 games and light synthesizers included. From Attack of the Mutant Camels to Hover Bovver to Tempest 2000, there's quite a collection of history here. Join us and find out what all the fuss is about. Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story is available now on

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Power Button - Episode 379: Hack Pack

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2024/03/04

We're strolling on the shady side of the tracks this week as we focus on some favorite retro ROM hacks and the baked-in achievements that go with them. All of this talk of emulation inevitably leads us to touch on the Nintendo/Yuzu Switch emulator lawsuit, too. Join us and bring your ROM patching tools for some new takes on old fun. ROM Hacks Mentioned In This Episode The Real Ghostbusters Remastered Sonic 3D Blast Director's Cut Mega Man X3 - Zero Project Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 Color

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Power Button - Episode 378: More Grab Bag Goodies

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2024/02/26

We have a hodge podge of smaller topics for you on this week's podcast as we touch on the recent Nintendo Direct, Microsoft taking select Xbox games to other platforms, retrogaming emulation made easy, the Borderlands movie trailer, and much more. Join us for another reach into the grab bag! Download this week's episode directly from PTB, listen with the player below, subscribe via iTunes, Amazon Music Podcasts, and Google Podcasts, toss this RSS feed into your podcast aggregation software of

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Power Button - Episode 377: The Best That 2023 Had To...

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2024/02/05

Another year done, so it's time for us to look back for our annual Game Of The Year episode. There are some surprises on this year's list as we each have a Top 6 that we're counting down, plus there's honorable mentions and a separate list for best remastered releases of the year. Join us for a supersized show! Download this week's episode directly from PTB, listen with the player below, subscribe via iTunes, Amazon Music Podcasts, and Google Podcasts, toss this RSS feed into your podcast

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Power Button - Episode 376: 2023's Biggest News...

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2024/01/29

Now that the dust has settled and 2023 is in the books, it's time for our annual look back at the video gaming industry's biggest news of the year, and folks, I hate to say it, but it's pretty dire. Lots of bad news came out of last year including layoffs, leveraged buyouts, and lesser quality games at higher prices. We're going to revisit it all over nearly ninety minutes, so get comfortable and settle in. It's going to be a bumpy ride. Download this week's episode directly from PTB, listen with

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Power Button - Episode 374: Welcome Back, Super Mario...

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2024/01/08

We're back after an extended medical hiatus, and this week we're focusing on the recently released remake of Super Mario RPG for the Nintendo Switch. Marvel as Blake Grundman explains where he hit the wall with this game and had to bail out, plus I annoy him by explaining the unexplained convoluted path to opening the hidden casino and earning the mysterious Star Egg item. I also explain where I've been in my recent medical struggles and tell the story behind my recent hospitalization over the

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Power Button - Episode 373: At Long Last Spider-Man

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2023/11/14

Way back in 2019, Blake Grundman started playing Marvel's Spider-Man for the Sony PlayStation 4 and couldn't wait to finish it. We said we would revisit the topic once he had, and he finally just completed it last week. Better late than never! And so this week we're finishing that conversation originally started in Episode 289 as well as going to the Miles Morales sequel that he also finished last week, and along the way I slip in some thoughts on Spider-Man 2 which I finished while Blake was

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Power Button - Episode 372: The Mario And Sonic...

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2023/10/31

We have a special supersized double-length episode for you this week with lots to talk about. First, I visited Verse, an augmented reality experience that uses the Microsoft Hololens to allow players to explore a surreal garden of animals and the outer reaches of our solar system. Next, Blake tackled Sega's recently released Sonic Superstars with his son and just had a terrible time of things. Third, I spent a weekend with Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. Wonder and smiled the entire time. Finally, we

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Power Button - Episode 371: Grab Bag Goodies

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2023/10/17

This week's podcast is a hodgepodge of smaller topics that don't have the structure needed for a full hour of discussion, so it's a lot more easy-going and breezy than the average show. Join us as we flit around for 75 minutes through Sea of Stars, Magician Lord, Starfield, simulators for mowing lawns, simulators for power washing, and whatever else is on our minds as we clear out some mental baggage. Also, I have an important update about my health and how it will impact the recording of upcoming

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Power Button - Episode 370: September 2023 Nintendo...

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2023/09/25

Nintendo saw fit to release a new Nintendo Direct presentation this past week, showcasing a variety of games for the Switch for the rest of 2023 and into the summer of 2024. On this week's podcast, we're discussing the announcements that interested us the most from remakes of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Mario vs. Donkey Kong to, um, remakes like Luigi's Mansion 2 HD and Super Mario RPG, and... hey, Princess Peach: Showtime and F-Zero 99 are new games! Join us for nearly ninety minutes of

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Power Button - Episode 369: September 2023 Catch-Up

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2023/09/11

We've been playing a lot of games lately as we come out of the summer season, so before the holidays hit with all of their big new releases, we're spending an hour discussing what we've been playing lately as we clear out the backlogs and sample new releases. Blake Grundman and I both have some harsh words for the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge DLC, I finished the World Tour storyline in Street Fighter 6, Blake is on his way in Starfield, and I'm just setting out in Sea of

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