Top 5 with the Explosion Network
Top 5 with Nick ran for two seasons and 20 episodes, with Nicholas Prior and guests counting down their top five picks across gaming and pop culture. Season one focused on all things gaming, while season two celebrated the best of 2018 in movies, games, music, and TV. đź“… First Episode: 07/03/2018 đź“… Final Episode: 01/01/2019 Though the series has now concluded, the archives remain for anyone who wants to revisit the debates, lists, and #NicksMiniReview energy that made Top 5 with Nick a staple of the Explosion Network lineup.
Episodes
Join Dylan and Ashley as they go over the Explosion Network's Top 5 games of 2018, pulled from the official Top 10 of 2018 list put together by the team. Make sure to check out the Top 10 article when you're done listening to the show as well.
Hosts: Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley
Top 10 Article: https://explosionnetwork.com/articles/top-10-video-games-of-2018
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Join Dylan, Ashley, Ciaran and Cherie as they discuss the Top 5 Video Game Sub-categories the Explosion Network have given out for 2018. Those categories are the best writing, best art direction, best ongoing games, best esports title and best score.
Hosts: Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley Ciaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingo Cherie Henriques: https://twitter.co...
Join Dylan and Ashley as they go over in more detail the Top 5 movies from the Explosion Network's Top 10 Movies of 2018 article in this special podcast and then be sure to check out the article for more on our Top 10.
Hosts: Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley
Top 10 Article: https://explosionnetwork.com/articles/top-10-movies-of-2018
Intro Music by: Dylan Blight
Join Dylan, Ashley and Nicholas as they go over the Explosion Network's Top 5 Movie awards for best actor, director, sequel, trailer and streaming service original in this special podcast. They break down why each winner is special and discuss some of the best film things to come out of 2018.
Hosts: Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley Nicholas Prior: https://twitter.com/Lord...
Join Dylan and Ashley as they dive deeper into the top 5 winners from the Explosion Network's Top 10 TV Shows of 2018 list and explain what makes each one unique in this special podcast.
Hosts: Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley
Top 10 Article: https://explosionnetwork.com/articles/top-10-tv-shows-of-2018
Intro Music by: Dylan Blight
Dylan and Ashley break down the Explosion Network's Top 5 TV Sub-categories in this special episode of Top 5. The categories are best new series, best episode, best actor in a series, best streaming service show and best returning series.
Hosts: Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley
Intro Music by: Dylan Blight
It’s been a great year for music and we’ve put together a great Top 10 albums list here at the Explosion Network. But let’s dive in a bit further and discuss the Top 5 of that albums list and what we like so much about them that they fall into our Top 5 Albums of 2018 list.
Hosts: Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley
Top 10 Article: https://explosionnetwork.com/articles/top-10...
As part of our Best of 2018 awards, we have put together some mini-categories to go alongside our main Top 10 articles and on this episode of Top 5, Dylan, Cherie and Ashley discuss the Top 5 Songs & Top 5 Artists of 2018 as decided by the Explosion Network.
Hosts: Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley Cherie Henriques: https://twitter.com/Cheriacorno
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Dylan and Ashley break down the Top 5 of the Explosion Network's Top 10 Online Media list and explain some of the choices made. Each going over what they like about this year's winners.
Hosts: Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley
Top 10 Article: https://explosionnetwork.com/articles/top-10-online-media-of-2018
Intro Music by: Dylan Blight
Dylan & Ashley discuss the winners of the Explosion Network’s Top 5 Online Media sub-categories, which include top 5 podcasts; streamed events; Youtube channels & streamers.
Join them in a celebration of some of the best online content in 2018, as decided by the Explosion Network.
Hosts: Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley
Intro Music by: Dylan Blight
In this final episode of Season 1 , we discuss Licenced Games. What immediately comes to mind are the shovel-ware movie tie in games of the past. But some of the best games made are also in fact licenced games. Here are some of our favourite. Hosts: Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil Nicholas Prior: https://twitter.com/LordNPrior
Music: Dylan Blight
Email: dont@explosionnet...
Multiplayer. It's what seemingly drives the video game market today. But for every moment where you scream in anger and blame lag, there are other shining moments that just evolve and wouldn't happen in single player.
Nick is joined by BanterLab's Sam Nicholson and Ben Storrier to discuss some of their favourite multiplayer moments.
ArmA: Airborne Invasion article: http://dslyecxi.com/articles_wp/the-airborne-invasion-of-north-sahr...
Franchises are the driving force behind the modern games industry, but they've always been around.
In this episode Nick and his guests name their top 5 franchises from recent times to old.
Hosts: Ashley Hobley: https://twitter.com/ashleyhobley Nicholas Prior: https://twitter.com/LordNPrior Ciaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingo
Music: Dylan Blight
Email: dont@explosionnetwork.com
All Episodes: https://explosionnetwork.com...
Without these men and women, we wouldn't be sitting here today. Joined by special guest Ryan Betson of The PopCulturists we discuss Developers. They are the creative minds and workforce behind the games we love, from the early greats of Miyamoto and Nintendo, to Hideo Kojima who treats the whole process as part of the meta game. Hosts: Nicholas Prior: https://twitter.com/LordNPrior Dylan Blight: https://twitter.com/vivaladil Speci...
Can you imagine a world without Mario? The Last Of Us without Joel and Ellie? Well that's what we discuss on this episode. The characters that make games what they are and what they mean to us. Joined by a very special guest from The House of Mario podcast, Drew Agnew.
Hosts: Nicholas Prior: https://twitter.com/LordNPrior Ciaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/YaboyRingo Special Guest: Drew Agnew: https://twitter.com/iDrewby
Music: D...
Stories in video games, are what is widely considered one of the major foundations of what makes a great game. Great stories stay with you for a long time and makes you reminisce of your time spent participating in those games. Joined by special guest Paul James of Player2.net.au fame, we rank our Top 5 Stories on this rainy day episode.
Hosts: Nicholas Prior: https://twitter.com/LordNPrior Ciaran Marchant: https://twitter.com/Yabo...
First Person Shooters. They're an undeniable and seemingly unstoppable force in the gaming industry. They range from hardcore and realistic where each shot could be your last; to super arcade-like where you have powers and ultimate powers.
This episode, Nick and his guests reveal their Top 5 FPS games that they enjoy playing, which helped bond with their families or that developed new interests in the events the games were inspired...
Nick is joined by Ciaran and Dylan discuss this episode's topic: peripherals. Peripherals are often considered gimmicks, but there are some completely outstanding devices that changed the way you interface with games forever. Email: dont@explosionnetwork.com
This week's cast: Ciaran Marchant @YaBoyRingo Dylan Blight @vivaladil Nicholas Prior @LordNPrior
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