Explosion of Happiness 062 Wake Me Up

01/27/2017 - Ryan and Andrew finally get around to playing NuDoom.  Ryan shares a personal story about how his head got stopped from going up his own ass back in 2010.  An unexpected tangent leads to a discussion about the film No Country for Old Men (spoiler heavy).  Ryan's late opinion on Inside.  Titanfall 2 revisited and declared dramatically underrated in the 2016 year in review.  Favorite tidbits of Nintendo's Switch presentation highlighted.  The Uncharted series is alright.

Explosion of Happiness 061 Back to Basics

01/11/2017 - New year, new podcast, new porn talk.  Andrew's 3 games for Ryan to play.  Ryan completed Shadow of the Colossus.  As a throwback to episode 1, both hosts together revisit the complete EA's Star Wars Battlefront experience.  Scalebound cancelled and with it Ryan's final reason to hold onto his Xbox One.  Steam's controller UI has entered beta.  Eternal Darkness trademark renewed by Nintendo.  The Super Mario Bros. movie is getting a special Blu-ray hardcover edition.  No Man's Sky Collector's Editions just now shipped.  Elite Dangerous and frightening aliens.  Lights out, guerilla radio.

Explosion of Happiness 060 Year in Review 2016

12/28/2016 - Cup of Noodles product placement in FFXV.  Announcing a trilogy before starting it is a death sentence.  The depth of Resident Evil 7's demo deepens, as does Ryan and Andrew's respect for it.  No Man's Sky revisited once more for the December update.  Every major game discussed on the podcast during 2016 is revisited and the year as a whole is put into retrospective.

Explosion of Happiness 059 Award Shows are Dumb

12/11/2016 - Andrew's initial thoughts on Final Fantasy XV.  Ryan's conclusive thoughts on Titanfall 2.  Looking back on the entire Sonic the Hedgehog franchise.  The last word on Gears of War 4.  The Resident Evil 7 demo deepens.  The new Death Stranding trailer stoked excitement.  The 2016 Game Awards are picked apart category by category.  The 2016 Playstation Experience brought some neat announcements.  Latest batch of Nintendo Switch leaks and news.

Explosion of Happiness 058 No Longer Alive

11/26/2016 - Andrew's final thoughts on Bravely Second and initial thoughts on Pokemon Sun & Moon.  Nintendo Switch launch title speculation and Beyond Good & Evil 2.  Ryan's finally free of CS:GO, but now held hostage by Battlefield 1.  A pronunciation lesson with Denuvo.

Explosion of Happiness 057 Donkey Show

11/11/2016 - Plenty of talk about alcohol, bestiality and dehumanization.  Pokemon GO is getting better.  Andrew's opinion on Bravely Second and the localization.  Ryan's thoughts on Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's campaign, Modern Warfare Remastered and early impressions on Gears of War 4.  A discussion on Hatred, why it deserves to exist and what a game like it should offer.  Every entry of Grand Theft Auto brings strengths and weaknesses.  Skyrim Remastered and the mod divide.  Activision decided to screw the PC port of Call of Duty even more than usual this year.  Ryan talks about the Metro series.  No optimism for Mass Effect.  Plenty of optimism for One Punch Man season 2.

Explosion of Happiness 056 To Be a Kid Again

10/28/2016 - More Nintendo Switch details trickle down.  Respawn's talking up Titanfall 2's singleplayer campaign.  Doom 64 is getting brutal.  Pokemon Go's scars haven't healed yet.  Digimon and Tamagotchi were things.  Memories of early 90's Nickelodeon.  Hopes of Sleeping Dogs 2 have been put to sleep by United Front's closure.  NSFW stuff happens post-podcast.