The TouchArcade Show – An iPhone Games Podcast

We have a sponsor for this episode! We are eternally grateful for Tursiops Studios, who you may remember as the creators of the awesome “wreck ’em up" The Day We Fought Space a few years ago, for sponsoring our podcast this week. Their new game is called Primrows, it’s one we’ve talked about before [https://toucharcade.com/2024/07/25/primrows-announcement-and-trailer/], and it’s available now on mobile and desktop. I give some of my early impressions about the game about halfway through this week’s show, but the game is free to play with a one-time premium unlock so there’s really no reason not to just go try it out for yourself. Head over to the game’s website using this link here [https://www.tursiopsstudios.com/primrows/touch-arcade] to learn more and find links to all platforms. Oh, and here’s the trailer. Primrows is such a lovely little game, thanks again Tursiops Studios! As for this week’s show, well, it was a hectic one. Internet issues caused us to split the recording into two parts with the first half recorded yesterday and the second half recorded today. It all worked out in the end, though. Topics include the Nintendo Switch 2, the Mario Kart Direct from yesterday, the PlayDate Season 2 announcement, retro handheld stuff, and much more. Oh, and we finally catch up on listener emails going all the way back to January. Don’t forget to shoot us emails with any questions, feedback, or anything else relevant or irrelevant to podcast@toucharcade.com [podcast@toucharcade.com]. We read ’em all, and love decoding messages written entirely in emoji. As always, you can listen to us with the links below… And if you like what you hear, please subscribe and/or drop us a review in iTunes. Much appreciated! As a companion to this audio podcast, we also do a video version of the same show that is exclusive to Patreon [http://patreon.com/toucharcade] which allows you to see us playing the games we’re talking about. Backers can view the most recent video episodes of the TouchArcade show by clicking here [https://www.patreon.com/toucharcade/posts]. Be sure you’re logged in to see the latest content. For everyone else who is curious, you can check out our public patreon posts [https://www.patreon.com/toucharcade/posts] to see older episodes of the video podcast. If you like what you see, consider becoming a TouchArcade Patreon backer [http://patreon.com/toucharcade]. Stitcher: The TouchArcade Show [http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/toucharcade/the-toucharcade-show-2] via Stitcher Radio for Podcasts RSS Feed: The TouchArcade Show [http://toucharcade.com/?feed=podcast] Direct Link: TouchArcadeShow-613.mp3 [http://tapodcast.s3.amazonaws.com/TouchArcadeShow-613.mp3]

Hark, a new podcast is afoot? ‘Tis true, and it has been A WHILE, friends. Ten weeks to be exact. How have you been? I love what you’ve done with your hair. How about this weather we’re having? Ok, enough small talk, let’s get into this latest episode. Eli and I discuss what the hell we’ve been up to for the past two and a half months, and spoiler alert: It’s nothing terribly exciting. Just damned busy and/or sick. We also talk about our latest retro handhelds. I personally am having a love affair with the Retroid Pocket 5, and also picked up a Miyoo A30 just as an extremely cheap and extremely pocketable option. Eli has to GBA SP-alikes, the Miyoo Flip and the Anbernic RGXSomething or another (their naming conventions are pretty terrible). Next we share our thoughts on the controversial reveal of the Switch 2 and finish things off with some good old fashioned VR discussion. Sorry for the long wait, but it feels great to be back. Don’t forget to shoot us emails with any questions, feedback, or anything else relevant or irrelevant to podcast@toucharcade.com [podcast@toucharcade.com]. We read ’em all, and love decoding messages written entirely in emoji. As always, you can listen to us with the links below… And if you like what you hear, please subscribe and/or drop us a review in iTunes. Much appreciated! As a companion to this audio podcast, we also do a video version of the same show that is exclusive to Patreon [http://patreon.com/toucharcade] which allows you to see us playing the games we’re talking about. Backers can view the most recent video episodes of the TouchArcade show by clicking here [https://www.patreon.com/toucharcade/posts]. Be sure you’re logged in to see the latest content. For everyone else who is curious, you can check out our public patreon posts [https://www.patreon.com/toucharcade/posts] to see older episodes of the video podcast. If you like what you see, consider becoming a TouchArcade Patreon backer [http://patreon.com/toucharcade]. Stitcher: The TouchArcade Show [http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/toucharcade/the-toucharcade-show-2] via Stitcher Radio for Podcasts RSS Feed: The TouchArcade Show [http://toucharcade.com/?feed=podcast] Direct Link: TouchArcadeShow-612.mp3 [http://tapodcast.s3.amazonaws.com/TouchArcadeShow-612.mp3]

Welcome to the latest episode of The TouchArcade Show! We were short on time this week so it’s a bit of a short one, but we really wanted to discuss Nintendo announcing the Switch 2. Yes, if you haven’t seen yet they’ve officially unveiled the Switch successor’s hardware in a new video, and it looks pretty sweet. There’s also LOTS we don’t know yet so it’s fun to kind of speculate what we’ll be in store for when it launches this year. Don’t worry though if the new Switch isn’t your thing, we also talk about a handful of totally random topics just like we always do. Don’t forget to shoot us emails with any questions, feedback, or anything else relevant or irrelevant to podcast@toucharcade.com [podcast@toucharcade.com]. We read ’em all, and love decoding messages written entirely in emoji. As always, you can listen to us with the links below… And if you like what you hear, please subscribe and/or drop us a review in iTunes. Much appreciated! As a companion to this audio podcast, we also do a video version of the same show that is exclusive to Patreon [http://patreon.com/toucharcade] which allows you to see us playing the games we’re talking about. Backers can view the most recent video episodes of the TouchArcade show by clicking here [https://www.patreon.com/toucharcade/posts]. Be sure you’re logged in to see the latest content. For everyone else who is curious, you can check out our public patreon posts [https://www.patreon.com/toucharcade/posts] to see older episodes of the video podcast. If you like what you see, consider becoming a TouchArcade Patreon backer [http://patreon.com/toucharcade]. Stitcher: The TouchArcade Show [http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/toucharcade/the-toucharcade-show-2] via Stitcher Radio for Podcasts RSS Feed: The TouchArcade Show [http://toucharcade.com/?feed=podcast] Direct Link: TouchArcadeShow-611.mp3 [http://tapodcast.s3.amazonaws.com/TouchArcadeShow-611.mp3]

Oh hello there. Yes, we ARE still alive, thank you for asking. We took an unintended month-long hiatus due to me starting my new job as well as the holidays being as hectic as they always are, but we’re back and with any luck we should be able to settle into a mostly regular recording schedule from here on out. I know I’ve said that before, but here’s to hoping! At any rate, this week’s show is mostly just me and Eli catching up after not really talking for an entire month, but we do keep things slightly on topic by talking about some Apple Intelligence stuff and the latest games that I’ve been playing on Steam Deck lately. It’s good to be back, enjoy the show! Don’t forget to shoot us emails with any questions, feedback, or anything else relevant or irrelevant to podcast@toucharcade.com [podcast@toucharcade.com]. We read ’em all, and love decoding messages written entirely in emoji. As always, you can listen to us with the links below… And if you like what you hear, please subscribe and/or drop us a review in iTunes. Much appreciated! As a companion to this audio podcast, we also do a video version of the same show that is exclusive to Patreon [http://patreon.com/toucharcade] which allows you to see us playing the games we’re talking about. Backers can view the most recent video episodes of the TouchArcade show by clicking here [https://www.patreon.com/toucharcade/posts]. Be sure you’re logged in to see the latest content. For everyone else who is curious, you can check out our public patreon posts [https://www.patreon.com/toucharcade/posts] to see older episodes of the video podcast. If you like what you see, consider becoming a TouchArcade Patreon backer [http://patreon.com/toucharcade]. Stitcher: The TouchArcade Show [http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/toucharcade/the-toucharcade-show-2] via Stitcher Radio for Podcasts RSS Feed: The TouchArcade Show [http://toucharcade.com/?feed=podcast] Direct Link: TouchArcadeShow-610.mp3 [http://tapodcast.s3.amazonaws.com/TouchArcadeShow-610.mp3]

In this week’s TouchArcade Show we’re all over the map, as usual. We kick things off with my experience going on the Polar Express train ride thing, as well as my experience rewatching the Polar Express movie for the first time in 20 years. We then dip into some Apple Vision Pro discussion, and Eli tips me off on a very cool pair of AR glasses called the Even G1. This leads into some Apple Intelligence talk, as I have only just now upgraded my Mac and signed up to enable the Apple Intelligence stuff on my Apple devices. I’m living on the cutting edge over here! We then jump into a couple of reader emails before talking about an actual video game for once; in this case it’s Mario & Luigi: Brothership on the Switch. All that and more! Don’t forget to shoot us emails with any questions, feedback, or anything else relevant or irrelevant to podcast@toucharcade.com [podcast@toucharcade.com]. We read ’em all, and love decoding messages written entirely in emoji. As always, you can listen to us with the links below… And if you like what you hear, please subscribe and/or drop us a review in iTunes. Much appreciated! As a companion to this audio podcast, we also do a video version of the same show that is exclusive to Patreon [http://patreon.com/toucharcade] which allows you to see us playing the games we’re talking about. Backers can view the most recent video episodes of the TouchArcade show by clicking here [https://www.patreon.com/toucharcade/posts]. Be sure you’re logged in to see the latest content. For everyone else who is curious, you can check out our public patreon posts [https://www.patreon.com/toucharcade/posts] to see older episodes of the video podcast. If you like what you see, consider becoming a TouchArcade Patreon backer [http://patreon.com/toucharcade]. Stitcher: The TouchArcade Show [http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/toucharcade/the-toucharcade-show-2] via Stitcher Radio for Podcasts RSS Feed: The TouchArcade Show [http://toucharcade.com/?feed=podcast] Direct Link: TouchArcadeShow-609.mp3 [http://tapodcast.s3.amazonaws.com/TouchArcadeShow-609.mp3]