What is this? - Super Exploding Zoo

Welcome to our new zoo!  All the animals are exploding, but they're knowingly sacrificing themselves in order to fend off an alien menace.  Please don't tell PETA.

EXP Podcast #395: Patch Patrol

New in v1.027: nerfed Gronk's hamstring

Almost all modern games share something in common, regardless of genre and style: patches!  Whether it's a single-player sci-fi epic like No Man's Sky or an annual sports franchise like Madden, the game released on launch day is often significantly different than the one we play a week, month, or even year later.  In this episode we talk about the good, bad, and wacky sides of version updates.

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Show Notes:

- Runtime: 31 mins 35 sec
- Music by Brad Sucks

Tricky Towers: Sick trick bro

When the magic of physics meets wizardly magick, you know things are about to get tricky.

EXP Podcast #394: PAX, Poochy, and Picross News

Calling it right now: GoTY

Before we head into the busy fall season, we're wrapping up summer with a relaxing news update.  Well, it was relaxing until we stumbled upon Miyamoto-san's secret time travel abilities.  How else can you explain Nintendo's plans to put out a Mario Maker game that doesn't allow you to upload courses to the Internet?  Clearly 1987 Miyamoto-san has usurped his modern self and taken over Nintendo.  Also: Picross 3D is back, baby!

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- Listen to the podcast in your browser by left-clicking here, right-click and select "save as link" to download the show in MP3 format, or click play below.

Show Notes:

- Runtime: 34 mins 33 sec
- Music by Brad Sucks

No Man's Sky: Freaky-faced fauna, killer crabs, and radical gender

After encountering the Atlas, we go on an exploration mission to find strange new worlds, seek out new life, and then harvest it for heridium.

EXP Podcast #393: The Hanjo Dilemma

"I made this hood myself."

This week on the EXP Podcast, Kotaku's Nathan Grayson has us exploring the very depths of Overwatch's elo hell. Down there in the cold, dark abyss, one man sought to lower his rank to zero. And like some mortal man who sought to count himself among gods and demons, he achieved his dream. What does that mean for us? And what does it tell us about the worst fans of Overwatch? All this and more!

- Here's the show's stand-alone feed
- Listen to the podcast in your browser by left-clicking here, right-click and select "save as link" to download the show in MP3 format, or click play below.

Show Notes:

- Runtime: 32 mins
- "The Guy With The Lowest Possible Rank in Overwatch," by Nathan Grayson via Kotaku
- Music by Brad Sucks

Overwatch: We Hanjo

In way, aren't we all Hanjo? On the inside?