The Exploding Barrel Podcast

Mike and AJ take a look at the demo for Final Fantasy 7 Remastered, the dragons updated to Hearthstone: Battlegrounds, and Mike's early experience with Dragon Quest 11.

Mike and AJ check out the newest Sega Ages releases of Sonic 2 and Pyuo Pyuo and examine what may be the best episode of Picard yet!

Mike and AJ take a look at the cross-save update to The Witcher 3 on PC and Switch, find out what happens when your Stadia Pro subscription expires, and dig into episodes 4 and 5 of Star Trek: Picard.

Mike and AJ saw the Sonic movie, and it was pretty good! We also talk about Mike's next raid in WoW Classic, AJ's experiences with Scourgebringer and Children of Morta, and wonder why Activision Blizzard hates cloud computing.

Mike and AJ talk about how Geforce Now could be about to make Stadia look bad.  We also discuss why it might be time for a World of Warcraft break. Also, sorry for the audio in the first portion of the show. I, uh, forgot to actually plug in the mic. :P

Mike and AJ wonder what happened to Warcraft 3: Reforged, discuss just what the heck Google is even doing with Stadia, talk about our experiences with the Oculus Quest, and check out this latest episode of Star Trek: Picard.

Mike and AJ gush about the premiere of Star Trek: Picard. Join us as we analyze the premiere and find out how it ties into one of The Next Generations' greatest episodes, Measure of a Man. We also check out the new updates to Hearthstone and World of Warcraft, and find out if a $35 tablet can play Xbox games.

Mike and AJ close out the years 201X in the most futile way we know how. We pick the top 5 games of the decade. We also out a few other superlatives. And of course, we couldn't let the new of a Pokemon expansion pass go by, so we talk about that too. It's wild.

Mike and AJ wrap up 2019 by discussing the highs and lows of gaming. Discover our top five games, the stories that mattered, and the ones that didn't.

Mike and AJ give their spoiler filled thoughts on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. If you want to skip the spoilers and here us chat about some video games and parenting, skip to 25:10.