Category: Podcast

It’s been 5 years of the Exploding Barrel Podcast! And to celebrate, we’re introducing a new segment. Join us as we play the first 20 minutes of the original Time Splitters. We also get a good, in-depth look at the excellent Guild Wars 2, Rock Band Blitz, and the PSOne emulation on the Vita.

This week’s first ever music break is “Baby Mario and Papa Yoshi” by Brentalfloss. Check out more of his excellent work here.

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Mike and AJ have a good ol’ fashioned shout match about Valve’s documentary about DOTA 2 players. Plus we played New Super Mario Bros. 2, Team Fortress 2’s Mann vs. Machine update, Counter Strike: GO, and all sorts of fun things!

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Mike and AJ get into one last discussion about the Penny Arcade Kickstarter. And if you’re a fan of Valve and/or Team Fortress, you’ve probably been having a pretty good week. Plus Sony did some exciting things at Gamescom vis-à-vis the Vita. Ah how I love auditory alliteration.

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Mike and AJ have burned their dread with Persona 4 Arena. When not duking it out, they’ve been spending time in the PS3/Vita music platformed Sound Shapes. This week in Everyone Calm Down, we look at the happenings of Bioshock Infinite developer Irrational, the state of the Last Guardian, and the EA v. Zynga lawsuit.

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Mike and AJ are here with Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance. I leave it to you to decide if our imaginary Ouya Kingdom Hearts title is dumber. We’re leaving for Las Vegas now. Good bye.

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Mike and AJ are back after a hiatus (it’s Mike’s fault). But we’ve got the goods, as it were. There’s heady discussion about Valve, Linux, Fez, Mario, and the 3DS. Mike played the futuristic city builder Anno 2070 after picking it up during the Steam Summer Sale. Meanwhile, AJ has had his mind blown by Dyad.

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Mike and AJ are joined by the always delightful Pete Davison this week. We take a look at the success of the Ouya Kickstarter, discuss the Penny Arcade Kickstarter, and Pete gives his impressions of Funcom’s new MMO, The Secret World, which is not a Kickstarter.

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See, the title is like the Beatles song A Hard Days Night. Get it? Eh, anyways, Mike and AJ are here to talk about Theatrhythm Final Fantasy (boy is that a pain to type), Quantum Conundrum, and a host of news and topics including the Ryan Perez madness.

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Mike and AJ have extended thoughts on Mass Effect 3’s Extended Ending DLC. If you want even more spoilers, stick around for after the show. We also have a ton of other games to talk about. The Amazing Spider-Man, Skyrim’s Dawnguard DLC, the Kingdom Hearts 3DS demo, and The Act on iOS are all on the docket.

The music during the break for this episode comes from the highly talented Malukah of YouTube fame. Check out her channel to listen to the Mass Effect inspired Reignite along with her other tracks (including some amazing Skyrim pieces).

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Mike and AJ get all heady in this week’s episode. Join us as we discuss a wide range of topics including the new Microsoft tablet, the Surface, ludonarrative dissonance, and the Diablo 3 real money auction house.

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