Top 5 with the Explosion Network

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, 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...

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

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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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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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...