Skylanders: Portal Casters

IN THIS EPISODE Mia, Holly, and special guest star Crystal Blazier reflect on the Skylanders mobile games - everything from Battlegrounds to Battlecast and more! ________________________________________ ABOUT SKYLANDERS: PORTAL CASTERS Skylanders: Portal Casters is a passion project podcast hosted by two Skylanders content creators who cherish the franchise. Come join us as we reminisce about the...

IN THIS EPISODE GFDitto, Trioxen, and special guest stars Inklander and David Rodriguez reflect on the production and writing process of Skylanders: Swap-Force in commemoration of its 10 year anniversary. ABOUT SKYLANDERS: PORTAL CASTERS Skylanders: Portal Casters is a passion project podcast hosted by two Skylanders content creators who cherish the franchise. Come join us as we reminisce about th...

IN THIS EPISODE GFDitto and Trioxen discuss the horrors that are the Nightmare difficulty across the Skylanders franchise. ________________________________________  ABOUT SKYLANDERS: PORTAL CASTERS Skylanders: Portal Casters is a passion project podcast hosted by two Skylanders content creators who cherish the franchise. Come join us as we reminisce about the characters, world, and stories of...

IN THIS EPISODE GFDitto and Trioxen are joined by returning guest star I-Wei Huang, the Character and Toy Director from the Toys for Bob Skylanders team, to discuss the character design process for Skylanders Giants!  ________________________________________  LINKS FROM I-WEI Skylanders Concept Art: https://crabfu.artstation.com/projects/ZGQ2G0Make Good Art Video: https://crabfu.artstati...

IN THIS EPISODE GFDitto and Trioxen discuss the various ways to enjoy a Skylanders game, including Speedruns, Collectathon Completion Playthroughs, and even Challenge Runs.

IN THIS EPISODE GFDitto and Trioxen discuss the various Guest Characters across the Skylanders franchise, the elements that were considered for them, and the possibilities of what might've come next, as well as what could've been done differently.

IN THIS EPISODE GFDitto and Trioxen, along with guest star Inklander, discuss the differences between the dungeon crawler aspects of the franchise in opposition to the platforming aspects of the franchise, what worked, what didn't, and how they performed when combined.

IN THIS EPISODE Inklander and GFDitto celebrate Christmas and reflect on all of the collectibles from across the Skylanders series including Soul Gems, Wish Stones, Story Scrolls, and more, and discuss which ones they feel were executed well and which ones could have been improved. This episode also serves as the final episode featuring Inklander as a co-host of Skylanders: Portal Casters. | PORTA...

IN THIS EPISODE GFDitto and Inklander celebrate Halloween and rank the Skylanders games by their storytelling. Which game will be at the top of each of their lists and which game will be at the bottom? Find out in this spooky episode of Skylanders: Portal Casters! | PORTAL CASTERS SOCIAL MEDIA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeE54wh7OMABmMJas4RdnkQ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SLportalca...

IN THIS SEGMENT Inklander, GFDitto, and Chill Bill, conclude their walk down memory lane with special, 10th anniversary themed segments of Legendary Treasure Hunt, Dreadyacht Destinations, Arkeyan Arena, and Brock's Baddies! | PORTAL CASTERS SOCIAL MEDIA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeE54wh7OMABmMJas4RdnkQ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SLportalcasters Website: https://portalcasters.wix...

IN THIS SEGMENT Inklander, GFDitto, Chill Bill, and special guest stars, Lou Studdert (Production Coordinator), Ray West (Level Designer), Toby Schadt (Skylanders Combat Designer), Andy Salvo (Cinematics Animator), and Daniel Ikeda (Environment Artist), take a walk down memory lane to discuss why the Skylanders were released in waves, how new and unique level ideas came about, how the Skylanders m...

IN THIS SEGMENT Inklander, GFDitto, Chill Bill, and special guest star, Jeff Murchie (the Concept Artist behind many of the trappable villains, Doom Raiders, Senseis, elemental bases, and Imaginator parts), take a walk down memory lane to discuss the process of creating a trappable villain and the Doom Raiders, how the Imaginator elemental base designs came to be, what the concepting process was l...

IN THIS SEGMENT Inklander, GFDitto, Chill Bill, and special guest star, Dave Huddleston (an Animator on the TFB Skylanders games and Lead Animator on Imaginators), take a walk down memory lane to discuss the process of animating a character in-game, the difficulty of animating any possible combination of parts for the Imaginator Skylanders, and much more! | PORTAL CASTERS SOCIAL MEDIA YouTube: htt...

IN THIS SEGMENT Inklander, GFDitto, Chill Bill, and special guest star, Alessandro Briglia (the 3D Character and Toy Modeler for the TFB Skylanders games), take a walk down memory lane to discuss the problems with Chain Reaction's beard, Ninjini's development cycle, how the villain figures came to be, and much more! | PORTAL CASTERS SOCIAL MEDIA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeE54wh7OM...

IN THIS SEGMENT Inklander, GFDitto, Chill Bill, and special guest star, Alex Ness (the Narrative Lead on the Toys for Bob Skylanders games and voice of the Chompy Mage, Chill Bill, Broccoli Guy, Noodles, Drill-X, Drobot, Lightning Rod, Tae Kwon Crow, Brawlrus, and Double Trouble), take a walk down memory lane to discuss how Alex wrote for the Skylanders games, what story elements he wishes he coul...

IN THIS SEGMENT Inklander, GFDitto, Chill Bill, and special guest star, Robert Leyland (the Creator of the Portal of Power), take a walk down memory lane to discuss Robert's favorite portal designs, how lightcore came to be, just how the Swap-Force and trap slot work, and much more! | PORTAL CASTERS SOCIAL MEDIA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeE54wh7OMABmMJas4RdnkQ Twitter: https://twi...

IN THIS SEGMENT Inklander, GFDitto, Chill Bill, and special guest star, I-Wei Huang (the Character and Toy Director on Skylanders), take a walk down memory lane to discuss some of I-Wei's favorite designs, how the variant color schemes were decided upon, which characters I-Wei looks back on that he wishes he could change, and much more! | PORTAL CASTERS SOCIAL MEDIA YouTube: https://www.youtube.co...

IN THIS SEGMENT Inklander, GFDitto, Chill Bill, and special guest star, Paul Reiche (the creator of Skylanders), take a walk down memory lane to discuss how the idea of Toys to Life came to be, scrapped game concepts, Paul's time voicing the Wilikin, and much more! | PORTAL CASTERS SOCIAL MEDIA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeE54wh7OMABmMJas4RdnkQ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SLportalc...

IN THIS SEGMENT Inklander, GFDitto, and Chill Bill take a walk down memory lane with some of the most prominent Skylanders YouTubers, Twitter artists, and Twitch streamers, to discuss some of their favorite memories, characters, levels, and story moments from across the Skylanders franchise. | PORTAL CASTERS SOCIAL MEDIA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeE54wh7OMABmMJas4RdnkQ Twitter: ht...

IN THIS EPISODE, THE SEASON FINALE, GFDitto, Inklander, and special guest star Matt Sonnenberg reflect on the challenges of collecting, from figuring out what trap and creation crystal sculpts were coming out when, the perplexing release of Buzz Wing and Thrillipede, the disappearance of Heartbreaker Buckshot, and more! | PORTAL CASTERS SOCIAL MEDIA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeE54w...

IN THIS EPISODE GFDitto and Inklander discuss the most well known minigame in the Skylanders franchise, Skystones, and how it changed across the games and became more and more like Hearthstone as the series progressed. | PORTAL CASTERS SOCIAL MEDIA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeE54wh7OMABmMJas4RdnkQ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SLportalcasters Website: https://portalcasters.wixsite.c...

IN THIS EPISODE Inklander and GFDitto discuss the foils for Kaos - Glumshanks, the Arkeyan Conquertron, Kaos's Mom, the Doom Raiders, the Darkness, and Brain - and how each brought out a different part of his personality. | PORTAL CASTERS SOCIAL MEDIA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeE54wh7OMABmMJas4RdnkQ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SLportalcasters Website: https://portalcasters.wixsit...

IN THIS EPISODE GFDitto and Inklander discuss their favorite Kaos moments from across the franchise, including his invention of the Wilikin, how using a portal on himself accidentally gives him a major advantage, his decision to attack the Portal Master themselves in Trap Team, and much more! | PORTAL CASTERS SOCIAL MEDIA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeE54wh7OMABmMJas4RdnkQ Twitter: h...

IN THIS EPISODE GFDitto and Inklander discuss their favorite Flynn moments from across the franchise, including the meditations on boom, his relationships with Cali and Tessa, his status as an unreliable narrator, and much more! | PORTAL CASTERS SOCIAL MEDIA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeE54wh7OMABmMJas4RdnkQ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SLportalcasters Website: https://portalcasters...

 IN THIS EPISODE Inklander and GFDitto discuss their favorite and least favorite non-playable characters across the Skylanders games, from Flynn, Cali, Tessa, Kaos, Hugo, Master Eon, and many more! Oh, and who can forget about Rufus? | PORTAL CASTERS SOCIAL MEDIA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeE54wh7OMABmMJas4RdnkQ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SLportalcasters Website: https://por...