ExpiredXP - A Podcast For Retro And New Gamers

Legend of Zelda, the 80s classic, impacted the gaming industry in many ways, here TwitchyMax discusses a few of them in this mini episode.

TwitchyMax goes solo to talk about the great game Cult of the Lamb by Massive Monsters.

This week we talk to Brad Allen - a Games Artist who has worked on some iconic titles whilst at Respawn and Infinity Ward.

This week we talk to Jason Sussman - Art Director at Bungie Studios. Jason has 22 year in the gaming industry and spills the beans on how they made Destiny and what it means to be an Art Director.

We continue our chat with Benson and cover off his involvement in the classic game The Last of Us

Benson Russell led the design of the famous Omaha Beach level in the classic Medal of Honor game. In this first part of a two part special, Benson tells us about how he got into making games and the design process for Medal of Honor. Part 2 explores The Last of Us.

Listen to our industry expert guests talk about where they think gaming is going and what they are excited about. TwitchyMax get the obligatory BOTW reference into the pod, as always :-)

We discuss our experience of Star Wars themed gaming, cover off some of the 100 titles, discuss General Grievous in a bikini and TwitchyMax talks about why he wants Ewan McGregor to suffer.

This week we delve into the good and evil of the Xbox360 classic Fable 2 and find out why it was such an influential game (hint: because it's good). Also: Lightsabers! In our fortnite update we talk star wars, blasters and fun!

Jay spills the beans on how game characters are created, how he got started in the industry, what it was like building Gears of War and Fortnite and why his Dad flushed a dollar bill down the toilet when he was a kid (hint - it's got to do with the game Gauntlet)

This week we talk about the beauty that is Ghost of Tsushima and the classic Amiga game, Simon the Sorcerer, which is yet another masterpiece from 1993. We also talk easter eggs in Fortnite and our existential angst about building.

We talk about the new Nintendo Switch Kirby game through the eyes of a 6 and 44 year old and revisit the classic Playstation 2 game, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which is now 20 years old... We also break new ground by not mentioning Zelda: Breath of the Wild once.

What happens when DOOM inspires you to get into games? What happens when John Romero helps you with your career? How do you interact with gaming communities when you are a games developer?  We find out through our interview with Tara, exploring her fascinating career that has sent her to many countries and companies over her long career.

We talk chapter 3 of Fortnite and explore Aloy's world of Horizon Forbidden West . HFW has a great story, impressive game mechanics and a compelling protagonist. Could this be the game that topples Breath of the Wild?

We talk to David Johnson (DJ), mulit-VES winner, owner of Undertone FX who worked on Halo 3 and Call of Duty. Ever wonder how they made the infamous airport scene? DJ was in the team that did it....

We felt compelled to do a bonus about Elden Ring. It has had rave reviews but we don't believe that is the whole story. TwitchyMax and UselessVikingNZ talk about why the game sucks. 

We're back! Season 2 kicks off with an interview with Mike Porter, Professor of Video Game Level Design at SMU Guildhall, Texas. We talk to Mike about how he got into the industry, the games he's worked on and what make a good level design.

The team talk Fortnite Winterfest and play a festive questions game with their squad members, Marcus and Chris.

Our season 1 finale, recorded in the New Zealand rainforest, explores 20 years of xbox, compares the Series X and S with the PS5 and Useless Viking extols to virtues of the new Guardians of The Galaxy game.

The team go back to 1990 to reminisce about the handheld that changed everything, UselessViking gives the Fortnite update and TwitchyMax talks Super Lucky Tales.

Useless Viking talks Hot Wheels Unleashed and the team are joined by their ZX Spectrum Correspondent, Angry Marcu, to talk about 1984's Battle Cars

We do an early review of the beautiful Kena:Bridge of Spirits, talk season 8 of Fortnite and our featured game is The Great Gianna Sisters

We revisit the amazingly innovative C64 game Wizball, exploring why it was so special. The team talk past and upcoming video game movie and TV adaptions, discovering that UselessViking missed the StreetFighter movie and TwitchyMax can't pronounce Kylie Minogue.

TwitchyMax and UselessViking explore the strange world of streaming and Useless Viking remembers a classic football game.

TwitchyMax and Useless Viking give their regular Fortnite shenanigans update and talk TMNT, the 4 player classic arcade game.