Explosion of Happiness

06/17/2016 - Comments, concerns, and criticism for all major E3 2016 press conferences.

06/22/2016 - The game nuts got wasted on Wasted.  Andrew's fed up with Overwatch player behavior.  Ryan sums up the simple nature of Call of Duty's competitive multiplayer.  Destiny and The Division are still boring as hell.  Ryan and Andrew share further thoughts on E3 now that a week's passed.  Some superheroes are natural picks for video game, some superheroes absolutely aren't.  Razer's throwing a new VR set at us.  tinyBuild Games is pissed off at G2A.  Mighty No. 9 did not pleasantly surprise anyone, not even Andrew.  Ubisoft got publishing rights for Star Trek games, and Ryan's not happy about that.

02/18/2016 - It's a bitter and mostly negative podcast beginning with Ryan ranting about Google's music player.  The Deadpool film is a diamond in the rough.  Fallout 4 DLC announced and immediately crapped on.  Mass Effect Andromeda is going to suck and Bioware is going to keep sucking.  Microsoft subversively announced Games for Windows Live 2.0 with Quantum Break's PC port.  Hideo Kojima's ongoing Twitter teasing is getting more and more interesting.  Warren Spector is on board with OtherSide Entertainment for System Shock 3.  A brainstorming session for video games with superior sequels.  Pokemon generation 1 is back.  Street Fighter V launches bare.  The D.I.C.E. Award for GOTY was so dumb that an extra post-wrap podcast segment had to be recorded in order for the game nuts to vent.

03/09/2016 - ARK's warming on the game nuts but still hasn't blown them away.  G2A is offering impressive discounts on digital PC games but not without repercussions.  Another Xbox development.  Capcom is still Capcom and Konami is still Konami.  Modders make everyone happy on Black Desert Online.  Target Australia's made it clear who their demographic isn't.  EVE Online infuses real life scientific research into gameplay.  Quentin Tarantino and video games.  Krystal fans are the worst of the worst and it's time for a rant.

02/06/2016 - February syndrome hits the game nuts as Ryan begins to crave junk food shooters and Andrew struggles to put his Undertale trauma behind him.  Ryan gives Battlefield 4 a shot after distancing himself from the series for 4 years.  He also jumps into Battlefront to take it in while there's still a community left.  Comparisons of Uncharted and Tomb Raider are made.  Conversations about new Doom and old Doom.  H1Z1 is splitting up.  Andrew witnesses an amusing situation on Warhammer 40k: Eternal Crusade.  Legend Maker is getting kickstarted.  Bravely Second censorship is a paradox.  Bonus 12 minute post-podcast Star Trek conversation ripped from the Undertale Audio feature recording.

06/09/2016 - In the week leading up to E3 Ryan explores Rodina and Andrew gets annoyed by how Overwatch's player-base is rapidly descending into Twitch kiddie hell.  VR might be marching the human race to infertility, but who cares?  Trailer talk about Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and Watch Dogs 2.  Ramblings about video game films.  The game nuts grieve Allison Road.  Valve permits the unofficial Battlefront 3 project (now re-titled to 'Galaxy in Turmoil') onto Steam.  Gearbox's writing is approaching Blizzard levels of cringe.  Zerg need to check their privilege. Elder Scroll fans get to buy Skyrim again.  Unenthusiastic E3 Predictions.  Agony over Half-Life 3.  Ryan remembers Jumpgate: Evolution, because if he doesn't no one will.

06/03/2016 - Ryan makes his annual return to Star Trek Online and this time he sees it through.  Blizzard is militantly issuing DMCA take downs to Overwatch porn.  EA confirms that the Battlefield audience is, in fact, young teenagers. Konami begins their ass wiping with the Metal Gear license.  Tom Clancy's name is immortal, but strictly for business.  GoG is offering a great reason to try out GoG Galaxy.  EA's getting desperate to reach appeal with The Sims 4.  Xbox One price drop.  Stupidly funny censorship from the western localization of Criminal Girls 2 and the eastern localization of Witcher 3.  E3 predictions.

05/26/2016 - Andrew's feelings on the full Overwatch release.  Ryan expresses fear of Unreal Tournament's virginity being violently taken by the Twitch crowd someday.  Rambling about various Star Trek related stuff.  Ryan hooks up his old original Playstation for the first time in almost fifteen years.  The Last Guardian is set for a 2016 release.  Super Smash Bros for WiiU is getting the Project M treatment.  Oculus doesn't want any other VR sets getting in on their action.  Minecraft's console ports are getting a PvP arena with paid maps.  New updated Xbox hardware rumors.

05/19/2016 - Andrew finally joins the Hotline Miami 2 completion club.  Ryan's Counterstrike journey continues into solo ranked competition matches.  Star Trek Online warps onto consoles.  Winning pay to win games without paying to win can offer egotistical satisfaction.  Valve's VAC Ban system is Skynet waiting to happen.  Civilization VI announced.  Windows 10 continues to take victims.  Pokken Tournament for the WiiU out-sold Street Fighter V for the PS4.  Multiplayer-only games only work when the multiplayer is good.  Japan's censorship of Telltale's Walking Dead Season 2 is hilarious, but America's censorship of Tokyo Mirage Sessions is appalling.

05/05/2016 - The long awaited Heart of the Storm roasting is here.  Comparisons are made between Blizzard and Valve.  Ryan's first ranked match of CS:GO went very south.  Andrew dances with the macro-transaction devil that is Clash Royale.  Dragaon's Lair memories and demand for nude mods.  John Romero and Adrian Carmack blast on to kickstarter with Blackroom.  Respawn Entertainment is working on a Star Wars game.  Valve updated the review system on Steam.  Bethesda's launching their own DRM.  Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's trailer is the worst received in the series.  Nintendo won't be showing anything but Zelda at E3.