Author: Mike

Show #41 – Mike? Mike? Miiiiikkkkkeeeee!!!

A little came called Metal Gear Solid 4 came out this week. You may have heard of it. So thrill as Ajguy discusses… the third game. Yes, he finally beat it. Mike gets in a good amount of time with Snake’s (possible) last outing, and both brothers reactivated their World of Warcraft accounts in the lull before the game’s release. May NPDs are here with a few interesting surprises. Plus, plenty of juicy rumors pervade the news. Did someone say Mega Man 9? Yes, please!

The Exploding Barrel Podcast Show #41

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Show #40 – Natural 40!

Man, have we got loads to talk about! First of all, games! We’ve played a bunch. Purchases, rentals, demos, the whole shebang. The brothers Minotti quite enjoyed Civilization Revolution, Ajguy didn’t care much for Ninja Gaiden II, and they both had their first experience with Dungeons and Dragons. Listen to the chilling tale! In news, we’ve got more Xbox Bluray rumors, Lucas Arts layoffs, and a new force unleashed in Soul Calibur IV.

The Exploding Barrel Podcast Show #40

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Show #39 – A Hill of Silence

Perhaps it’s the calm before the MGS4 storm, but there isn’t a whole lot this week. We do have an exciting Steam announcement, Ajguy and Mike get their feet wet in Silent Hill 2 (yes, the old one), and Ajguy swoons to the news of Jimmy Buffett coming to Rock Band. Also, be sure to watch Ajguy fail at the second edition of the Great American Ajguy Gaming Quiz.

The Exploding Barrel Podcast Show #39

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Show #38 – Diet Pepsi Maxed

After a busy weekend of selling Diet Pepsi Max, Ajguy is back home and enthusiastically ready to go over a week of gaming news and experiences with Mike. This time, we talk about the Penny Arcade game, On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. Also, the Great American Ajguy Gaming Quiz makes its debut, we ponder what the best Star Trek game ever is, and go over all of the latest gaming news.

The Exploding Barrel Podcast Show #38

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Show #36 – It’s Mario Kart! Maaarrrriooo Kaaarrrtt!

Guess what game we’re playing this week? If you said GTA, you’re right! But we’re also playing Mario Kart Wii while wondering what everyone’s complaining about. It’s great! Beyond that, we talk some ESA/E3 madness, great moments at E3, and talk about how E3 would have been starting up at about this time had it not become the bastardized form it is now.

The Exploding Barrel Podcast Show #36

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Show #35 – Take Two

GTA is in the house! And that’s not all, there are other games that we actually cared about before Tuesday. Join us as we discuss some other open world games, Chrono Trigger and Phoenix Wright, and a test of your own hardcoreness.

The Exploding Barrel Podcast Show #35

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More Mario Haiku

I’m a bit confused.
Super Mario World
was on an island?

Remember Geno,
From Mario RPG?
I miss him. He’s cool.

Jeez, captured again?
Peach should be locked in a cage.
A nice, cozy cage.

A bumble bee suit.
What could possibly be next?
Do bees live in space?

Leave Sunshine alone.
It’s not as bad as you say.
You all are stupid.

After Mario
The Wii will be still, silent.
Three months until Smash.

I just realized;
Where’s my collectible coin?
An injustice served.

I went to Gamestop.
There I met my great sadness.
The kiosk was dark.

The stars abundant.
Get a hundred and twenty
Play as Luigi.

A plant of fire.
White and red look oh so good.
Retro in style.

– Mike

Presented by 411mania

The Exploding Barrel podcast has just become a more official member of the 411mania network, more specificaly the gaming zone. This is pretty good news, since I’m sure it will mean more exposure for us. It’s also good for you listeners, since we’ll hopefully be getting some other 411 writers to join the podcast from time to time. Variety is the spice of life, right? Anyways, this is a good step forward for our still young podcast.

 – Mike

On Final Fantasy Tactics and FFVIII

Obviously, I will go into more details about both of these games in the next podcast. I just wanted to let you guys know that I picked up Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions the other day. So far, I’m enjoying it immensely. The job system is very similar to Final Fantasy V’s, which is a very good thing.Now, for clarification’s sake, Tactics has nothing to do with my Final Fantasy quest to beat every game in the series. That quest only entails the main entries (minus XI, because I have a life. Not a very busy one, but still). So I’m not making any promises that I’m going to beat this one. Still, if I keep enjoying it as much as I currently am, I think I just may.

Final Fantasy VIII has yet to really click with me. Part of the problem may be that I haven’t had a chance to really sit down and play a good 3+ hour session with it. There are definitely some impressive things going on, but the pace thus far has been pretty slow. But I’m confident it will pick up soon.

Anyways, we should be recording the podcast later today, and then it should go up on Saturday. I know you’re all waiting anxiously.

-Mike