The Explosive Alan Podcast

It's the Halloween episode that never was! We're back to our old podcast procrastinating (podcrastinating) tricks, but with good reason because we've been… well, you'll just have to listen and find out. Like dwarves in a barrel, we ride the rocky current of gaming news, views and Getting To Know Youse until we're dragged under and drown in a river of information. Trump, Switch and a fleeting menti...

We waited until just after the Nintendo Switch and Red Dead Redemption 2 reveal trailers to bring you this most topical of ExAlPods. Well, unless you're listening to this any time after 21st October, in which case it's practically an historical artefact. Adding to that tasty zeitgeistiness is a chat about Palmer Luckey's political contributions, and our reactions to Westworld, the first Logan trai...

The Fabbest Four are reunited after a staggering 22-episode gap, in which time three of them have had children, and one of them has successfully avoided having children. Have our new lifestyles transformed ExAlPod into a preachy parentcast full of nappy-changing advice and weaning tips? Only partially! There's still a little bit of time set aside to discuss the No Man's Sky advertising controversy...

HOLA! Welcome to this week's #ExAlPod coming at you directly from Sitges (that's in Spain, don't you know!). This week we've got returning LGBT episode guest Andy Grier. He was lead audio designer on Guitar Hero Live! That's pretty cool, right? So, join Simon and Andy as they recap this week's news, what they've been playing, as well as a lovely challenge about video game holiday destinations! We'...

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Didn't manage to make it to Gamescom? Neither did we, so we replicated the atmosphere by filling the office with strangers and queuing for three hours to use our own computers while eating overpriced currywurst. You won't hear any of that in this week's podcast (illegal fire hazard my arse), but you will hear two attractive-sounding men discussing their reignited love affair with GoldenEye, the ne...

Daaaaaaamn, Alan! Back at it again with the weekly episodes! That's right, current youth people, Dan and Simon return to guide you through all things gaming and royalty-free music related. We've also got ourselves a wonderful guest this week in the form of one Laurie Blake. He's a member of T.H.R.O.B, don't you know! (You probably don't know. http://bit.ly/2b1roKt  Now you do.) So sit back, relax,...

A particularly feature-rich show this week, with Dan & Simon discussing sexy cartoon characters, sharing their games du jour, analysing major gaming news, talking over the great TV that turned their frowns upside down, highlighting an incredibly interesting new game on Kickstarter and debating the merits and drawbacks of console game modding. We have opinions, and we ain't afraid to use 'em (irres...

Half the crew doesn't equate to half the fun on this week's show, as Dan & Simon (Daimon) open their mouths and let fly a golden gobful of podcasting magic. Si's still fawning over VR, Dan's obsessed with Monster Hunter AGAIN, we fantasise about miniaturised consoles, guess famous actors from Frankensteinised film titles and ask whether Pokemon GO legitimises augmented reality. Whats Makes Us Happ...

Apparently, 80 years of marriage is your Oak Anniversary, which fits our 80th anniversary of being married to this beautiful podcast perfectly because of all the inevitable Pok é mon GO chat. (Professor Oak? Pok é mon? No?) We're fortunate enough to be joined by the incredibly prolific and very funny Gav Murphy, star of IGN, Regular Features, S4C and the From Jabba to Jedi podcast. Listen in as he...

So, here we are, then. 20 consecutive episodes! WE MADE IT, YOU GUYS! But don't think we're stopping any time soon, no sir! Dan and Simon are here this week to guide you through the past 7 days of the gaming world. We've got a lot of chat about the Steam Sale, as well as a selection of questions from you guys. A lovely debate about horror games and a challenge in which we bring back 1 star Amazon...

Isn't hindsight a wonderful thing? Listen to Ash and Simon in this week's podcast as they utterly fail at discussing anything to do with sports. On top of that, we've also got our usual questions, what makes us happy, as well as a challenge about whether celebrities are older than household inventions! This is a games podcast, we swear. Enjoy, friends!   Overwatch Transmedia Article: https://kills...

This week's episode sees Simon taking the reigns to do something a little bit different. In response to something Gareth asked him on the podcast a while ago, Simon went on a bit of a journey to find out the answer to a questions he'd rather stupidly never considered. Is the LGBT community being represented enough in video games? So, sit back, and enjoy this special hour of investigation, learning...

It's E3 week! Did you catch it all? No? Well then worry not, Simon is here to guide you through the mess of information that came out during the week. Joining Simon is our L.A. games correspondent man Dan Maher, or, TV's Dan Maher to you and me. So sit back, relax and let us tell you all about those three Es.

This week's #ExAlPod is special in many ways. One, it has Dan and Simon recording outside because it was too hot in the office. As as result, special guests this episode include many airplanes and an opera singer. For real! It's also special because we've got a whole load E3 chat ahead of next week's event. Enjoy, friends!

And we're back in the room. After last week's coin-tossing shenanigans, Gareth finds himself suspended from the show for podcast truancy, while Simon gets let off because he edits the show. In this altogether more conventional episode there's talk of Doom, Starfox Zero, PKTball, Fallout 4 mods, Overwatch porn, Pikachu's controversial name change, the return of Cinemaware, the sad fate of Videogame...

We may have planned an episode in our normal way, but when Gareth has himself and idea, and Simon is easily influenced, things often go awry. SO, we present to you our first on the road episode where a coin decides our fate. Sure we discuss what we've been playing, answer some questions and do some news, but now with added coin flipping! Will Simon have a smoothie? Will Gareth assault someone? Wil...

Simon's at it again! It's another solo episode this week as the rest of the team are off being crazy busy, as a result, it's a super short episode. But something is better than nothing, right? So, yes, join Simon as he talks about what he's been playing, answers your questions a does a bit of news about Pokemon and Overwatch. Honestly, all that in 12 minutes? I can't believe it either. Normal serv...

Welcome to the 71st episode of our weekly Uncharted 4 podcast! No wait, sorry, it's a video games podcast in general, you just wouldn't know it from all the Uncharted talk this week! What else, what else, well, you've got just Dan and Simon hosting this time round with a healthy dose of Getting To Know Us Questions, a Challenge, and also a debate about whether games should have an easy mode or not...

What have learning Spanish, Star Wars, simulated sex, Rupaul's Drag Race, dislocated knees, Uncharted 4, nightmare-inducing audio and anal Rumble Pak insertion got in common? Absolutely nothing, until episode 70 of ExAlPod came along.

Are you ready for the sexiest episode yet of the Explosive Alan Podcast yet? Episode 69 is here for your sexy aural pleasure, and boy is it a good one. Sexy Dan and Simon are here to bring you up to speed on all this week's sexy gaming nonsense, from thieving copies of sexy Uncharted 4 to sexier Zelda delays, we have it all. Sex. Kickstarter Watch: Blackroom: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/n...

Did we just hit ten episodes in as many weeks? I believe we only bloody well went and did. To celebrate, we thought we'd take our new (cheap) 360-degree camera for a test run, only it all seemed to go horribly wrong and right now we have literally no idea if you'll ever see the footage we shot or the clever things we did with it. We guess that's the price you pay for being podcasting pioneers. In...

NINE WEEKS IN A ROW! Come on, double digits. We can do this! Anyway, welcome to this week's Explosive Alan podcast. It's a podcast first this week as Simon and Dan attempt their first Skype episode from their respective houses. Does it work? Can you tell? Do let us know! This week we have much chatter about Dark Souls 3, Zelda and Miitomo. Actually, we have a whole load of Nintendo chat over all b...

Episode 66 is here! IT REALLY IS! Only 34 episodes until episode 100, will we make it? Who knows. Future us knows, but that’s some Quantum Break type stuff, right there. GOOD SEGWAY! Because this week we chat all things Quantum Break as well as the usual getting to know us nonsense, a lovely musical challenge and a debate about TV in gaming. Stick around, it’s worth it, we promise.* *Not a guarant...

He’s back! The wanderer returns! Dan Maher makes his triumphant paternity return in the 65th episode of The Explosive Alan Podcast. Join the fab 4 as this week we discuss all things VR, Pokken, and how DC can save their film franchises (or whether they even should!) INTREST PIQUED? Well, check it out, it’s free after all. What Makes You Happy Links Slow Mo Guys https://www.youtube.com/user/theslow...