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	Reviews Blog New Apps Price Drops Top 148 Our Favorites Howto Feeds About The Portable Podcast, Episode 175 By Carter Dotson on February 19th, 2013 Tweet Find discussion of exploding cats and barfing dragons on this week's episode, hosted by Carter Dotson. It's actually a lot more intelligent a conversation than you might think. Tacocat! On This Episode: Carter chats with Ken Wong, creator of Hackycat, about the origin of his game, and why gaming excels as an auteur medium. Carter talks with East Side Games about their newest free-to-play title Dragon Up, why they think it fits their “indie freemium” ethos, and the analytics of dragon barf. Episode Cast: Host: Carter Dotson Guest: Ken Wong, independent developer Guests: Jim Wagner and Josh Nilson, East Side Games Music: “Beatnes7 (Theme to The Portable Podcast)” by The Eternal – Download on iTunes here: “Nanocarp” by The Eternal How to Listen: Click Here to Subscribe in iTunes: Click Here to Subscribe via RSS. Listen Here: Podcast: Play in new window \| Download Apps From This Episode: $0.99 Hackycat + Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad Released: 2013-02-14 :: Category: Games FREE! Dragon Up iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad Released: 2013-02-04 :: Category: Games Posted in: Blog, Portable Podcast Tagged with: Dragon Up, East Side Games, Games, Hackycat, Ken Wong, podcast, The Portable Podcast Related Posts The Portable Podcast, Episode 185 The Portable Podcast, Episode 184 The Portable Podcast, Episode 183 The Portable Podcast, Episode 182 The Portable Podcast, Episode 181 The Portable Podcast, Episode 180 The Portable Podcast, Episode 179 The Portable Podcast, Episode 178 The Portable Podcast, Episode 177 The Portable Podcast, Episode 176 Review disclosure: note that the product reviewed on this page may have been provided to us by the developer for the purposes of this review. 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