Bomb Squad

Welcome to the official Bomb Squad garage. We have everything you could ever need: prams, Pimm's fantasy novels , GameBoy colours and anime discussion. But is it anime? Andrew talks us through a very suspect episode of an ‘anime' that he has watched recently. We also discuss the state of cheap British snacks, HBO's The Last of Us, our first impressions of PSVR2 and Robin Hobb's excellent books. SIDENOTE: Hey, Chris here. I'm editing this podcast about 4 days after we recorded it and just felt like I needed to apologise for the first 23 minutes or so.

Bonjour! This time on Bomb Squad we discuss a range of odd topics (as usual). Our main focus is on new smash hit M3gan, the excellent black comedy/social satire Triangle of Sadness (later nominated for best picture at the Oscars after recording!) and the charmingly hilarious anime Kaguya Sama: Love is War! Oh Chris also brings up WWE for a fair bit. Sorry about that one. Oh and then he also brings up Starship Troopers and the ethics of adapting books.

Strap in everyone! There is quite a large tangent here about nose bleeds that takes up the first five minutes of the podcast. In fact, the whole podcast seems to be one large tangent at the moment! However, we do manage to talk about the 2022 Video Game Awards and some of the amazing announcements made there. Positive vibes only. Topics include: Hades 2, Ken Levine's Judas, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Star Wars Jedi Survivor, Earthblade, Death Stranding 2, Baldur's Gate 3, Diablo 4, Horizon Forbidden West Expansion, Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden, Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty, Armored Core VI Fires of Rubicon and, inevitably, Final Fantasy XVI. No cap.

Welcome to episode 50 of Bomb Squad! For this special episode, we invited a few of our best friends to come and recommend some of their favourite things to you. Recommendations include: FLCL, Colt Express, Don Broco, Railbound, Boss Monsters, Band of Brothers, The Realm of the Elderlings, Dogtooth, Soju, Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon, Dragon Age: Origins, couples massages, Inscription, Aubergines and The Cosmere by Brandon Sanderson. Thanks so much to any of you out there listening, it means so much to us. Chris and Mugs

Boo! Sorry if that scared you, but it is the season to be spooked after all! This time on Bomb Squad we have a number of high profile game announcements including Resident Evil 4 and approximately 53 Silent Hill games! Scary indeed! We also discuss some of our favourite horror movies and franchises including: The Mummy, Paranormal Activity and ASMR youtube videos. Oh, Chris also has a big moan about Gotham Knights. Our anime suggestion this week is the marvellous Made In Abyss.

This time on Bomb Squad, we get musical. Thank you for the music, the songs we're singing. Let's get musical, musical. We went to the incredible Royal Albert Hall to see Distant Worlds perform some of the most incredible pieces of Final Fantasy music from years past. We discuss some of our favourite musical moments in gaming as well as the tragic news of the death of Stadia.

SPOILER WARNING! In this episode we discuss episodes 1-5 of BOTH Amazon's The Rings of Power as well as Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon. PODCAST SPOILER WARNING! We do not like one of those shows. At all. Not one bit. FURTHER SPOILER WARNING! It's The Rings of Power. We don't like it. Sorry. We also discuss the phenomenal Breaking Bad prequel: Better Call Saul but with NO SPOILERS! Much love.

Grand Theft Auto 6 has been leaked! Well, sort of. We discuss what we know, our views on the leak and what our experience is with previous GTA games. There was also a big Playstation State of Play in which we saw Team Ninja's new title as well as a huge God of War Ragnarok trailer. Have you ever been bemused by anime titles? We play a short game with some of anime's weirdest names!

Summer Games Fest has come and gone leaving us…actually pretty excited for games again! Just, not for PlayStation games. The Xbox event knocked it out of the park and we talk in detail about two major titles including Diablo 4 and Bethesda's long-awaited space RPG Starfield! There was also the little matter of Final Fantasy 7's 25th anniversary event where we finally got a glimpse of Remake Part 2: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. We promise we will cool it with the Final Fantasy chat for a while now…

HBack again so soon! This time it is an all out PlayStation State of Play discussion with games including: Resident Evil 4 Remake, No Man's Sky (AGAIN), The Callisto Protocol, Stray and a massive deep dive into the new Final Fantasy 16 info. We also discuss what the best method of flushing a toilet is.

Happy June! Before all the Summer gaming news and announcements get underway we decided to talk about what has really gone wrong for us and our interest in gaming recently and what could potentially galvanize our excitement in the near future! We talk about the amazing multiverse movie that was released recently…no, not Doctor Strange… Our ‘Anime of the Episode' this time is Death Parade!

Welcome back to Bomb Squad! This time the guys talk about their impressions of Cyberpunk 2077 now that the game is (finally) playable on current gen consoles. Matt Reeves' The Batman arrived earlier this year and there is a spoiler discussion of the movie. This weeks' ‘suggest an anime' (trademark pending) is all about Jujutsu Kaisen!

So... It's been a while! Bomb Squad is back and things are a little bit different. Instead of splitting up our content between two podcasts (one on games and another on film and TV), everything will now be rolled under the Bomb Squad umbrella. This time, we discuss: Horizon Forbidden West's launch, 12 Minutes, Cyberpunk 2077's re-launch, Amazon's Rings of Power, Attack on Titan and more! Thanks for listening!

Episode 40 is finally here! This time Andy and Chris look forward to what 2021 has in store for Playstation fans. Games discussed include: Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade, Kena Bridge of Spirits, God of War 2, Horizon Forbidden West, Returnal and more!

The time has come to crown Bomb Squad's Game of the Year for 2020. In what was a really tough year for everyone, at least we weren't let down by our beloved video games!...weren't we?!? Games discussed include: Ghost of Tsushima, Doom Eternal, The Last of Us Part 2, Spiderman Miles Morales, Final Fantasy 7 Remake and the (NON-PS5 GAME) Hades. We also have the awarding of the Hogwarts Quidditch House Cup! Can Hufflepuff pull it out of the bag on the final episode, catch the golden snitch and snatch victory from out of Gryffindor's nose?

Oh boy. Obviously the main talking point for this episode of Bomb Squad is the ginormous heat death of the universe that has been Cyberpunk 2077’s launch. If you can call it. a launch?!? We also give our impressions on all the announcements from the recent Game Awards and at half-time Andy’s wife drops in to breathe new life into the show. (There’s a Sony/Latin joke in there somewhere by the way).

On this episode of Bomb Squad Chris and Andy give their impressions on Astro’s Playroom having both been absolute legends and got the platinum trophy for it! The main discussion revolves around the topic of open world games and ways in which the genre has grown stale and needs to evolve. Games discussed include: Miles Morales, Ghost of Tsushima and Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. We also see the return of everyone’s favourite metacritic game: Review Bomb!

Episode 36 of Bomb Squad is a short little number we cobbled together on the UK release night of the PlayStation 5! We talk about our views on the look of the console, set up, UI and the launch games! We also see if the plucky Hufflepuffs can start to claw their way back into the Bomb Squad house cup!

This time on Bomb Squad we had a few audio issues which is frustrating so sorry about that! Chris won’t sound quite as sultry and sensual as usual but he can still be heard! The guys get very jealous as recording took place on the day of the PS5 launch…everywhere in the world apart from Europe! They discuss the launch line-up of games and how it compares to the PS4’s launch back in 2014.

We’re back! This time on Bomb Squad the guys discuss all the latest details about the PS5 including: next-gen game prices, PS5 vs Xbox Series X and the launch line-up. Andy tests Chris’ knowledge on all the Playstation Final Fantasy metacritic scores and the guys give their opinions on the Final Fantasy 16 trailer and what they hope to see when the game is released!

The PlayStation 5 has a price and a release date! We recorded our reactions to both of these details as well as giving our thoughts on all the exciting games announced at the event. Those cheeky rascals Jez & Tom joined us once again to give their thoughts on the PS5 vs. Xbox Series X (and S!) as well as their most anticipated games of next gen! Games discussed include: Final Fantasy XVI, Spider-Man Miles Morales, Resident Evil Village, Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War and God of War 2/5/Ragnarok!

We are recording on the eve of the (supposed) Playstation 5 price and date reveal event! So naturally, we get down and dirty discussing all of the Xbox news from the last week. How can Sony compare with the incredible pricing of the Xbox Series S? How much will the two Sony consoles cost us? When will it be released? All this and more!

On the 31st episode of Bomb Squad Andy and Chris talk through some of the biggest Playstation related news from the last couple of weeks including the recent State of Play, the PS5 trailer, Ghost of Tsushima multiplayer, all of the rumours surrounding both Gotham Knights and Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad game as well as the controversy surrounding Remedy’s Control on next-gen consoles. We also have the return of Trophy Wife for the mid-way entertainment! Will Andy be able to find the rarest collectible trophy on offer? Finally, the guys talk all about the sensation that is Fall Guys Ultimate Knockout. Including some of their favourite moments playing the game so far!

This episode of Bomb Squad is split into two sections. The first half has the guys putting together their roster for a potential Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale 2 game as well as the settling of bets at half time. The second half is the spoiler discussion for The Last of Us Part 2. Obviously, if you don’t want the entire game spoiled for you, play it first then come back!

With Suckerpunch’s Ghost of Tsushima right around the corner, Andy and Chris discuss some of the biggest news in gaming including: Sony buying into Epic, Pro Evo no more?, Ubisoft showing off and news of the Uncharted movie finally filming?!? Also the return of Review Bomb for the midpoint game and then the guys discuss which games they would love to go back and experience again for the first time!

The Last of Us Part 2 is finally out and both Andy and Chris are about 10 hours into the game and give their first impressions! There’s also a bit of love shown for Playstation Allstars Battle Royale, news of a brand new Crash Bandicoot game the guys discuss the potential Suicide Squad game that Rocksteady is working on and Cyberpunk 2077 is delayed again. Just a heads up, you might want to skip to about ten minutes in for any mention of video games. Fans of club biscuits and Attack-a-Snacks will love the first ten though…

Finally! After months of waiting and hype Sony delivered the PS5 reveal event. In this episode of Bomb Squad Andy and Chris go through their thoughts on the box, how this event differed from the reveal of the PS4 as well as giving their impressions on all the games revealed at the show. Games include: Horizon Forbidden West, Gran Turismo 7, Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, Resident Evil 8, Spider-Man Miles Morales and many many more!

Two huge deep dives into the remaining Playstation exclusive games have happened in the form of The Last of Us Part 2 and Ghost of Tsushima. The guys talk in-depth about these two in the second half of today's podcast. There is also the debut of a new mid-podcast game dubiously entitled 'Cocking Your Tail'. Also, have you ever wanted to run around Shrek's Swamp collecting onions while listening to Smashmouth? Of course you have! Listen in to find out where you can make that Dream(!) a reality.

This time on Bomb Squad: Chris tells a harrowing tale, Andy gives his thoughts on the Stanley Parable as well as more on the Last of Us 2 leaks. Also the guys discuss the absolute snoozefest that was the recent Inside Xbox event.

Both the guys have finally finished the Final Fantasy VII Remake and give their thoughts! Is it a remake worthy of the groundbreaking original? Chris decides to test Andy’s knowledge of Timothée Chalamet for some unknown reason. The guys talk about those Last of Us Part 2 leaks (no spoilers) as well as Outer Wilds, A Plague Tale and Tales of Bereria!

This time on Bomb Squad we finally have a glimmer of the upcoming PS5 through the reveal of it's controller: the DualSense! Do we like the new design? What does the look remind Andy of? Listen in to find out more. Also, the guys take a look at the four biggest upcoming, current-gen releases and have a bet on what Metacritic score they will end up on!

Doom Eternal is finally out and Andy gives us his early impressions on the game. Chris has been slogging his way through the epic Dragonquest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age as well as dipping his toes into a bit of Team Ico’s legendary Shadow of the Colossus. The big news discussed this week is the reveal of the upcoming Playstation 5’s internals. How does it stack up compared to the Xbox Series X?

Ghost of Tsushima (finally) gets a release date, a new Amnesia game is announced and The Last of Us gets a big-budget HBO series- leading us to discuss who we would love to see play Joel. This week we also introduce our new segment ‘This week InDreams…’ in which we highlight an excellent creation from Media Molecule’s Dreams. Our main topic is the Final Fantasy 7 Remake demo which causes a new level of hype and excitement (if that was possible…). Finally, listen out for two free pieces of wisdom from Bomb Squad’s own Chris Sloan. We discuss what we would like to see from the PS5 as well as getting into an incredibly in-depth discussion about Pokemon!

Our good friends Jez and Tom (Registered Trademark) are back with us today as we celebrate our twentieth episode! We discuss what we would like to see from the PS5 as well as getting into an incredibly in-depth discussion about Pokemon!

Bomb Squad is back! This time around Chris and Andy discuss all the delays to 2020's biggest releases, Andy finally introduces his wife to the listeners and Bomb Squad goes visual? Find out which house will win the first bet of 2020, will Gryffindor start this decade as they finished the last? Or will Hufflepuff come back fighting?

Which game will be crowned Bomb Squad’s game of the decade? Will Chris and Andy’s friendship last this horrific ordeal? What happened to all the fun times? Find the answer to all these questions and more on this episode of Bomb Squad.

We’re back for round 2. This time Chris and Andy go head to head and we find out the results of the round of 16 for the best games of the last decade. There are a couple of absolutely crazy decisions in there! Tune in for the final part next week.

Well, here it goes. Andy and Chris have each brought their ten favourite games from 2010-2019 to do battle and find out which one was truly the greatest game of the last decade? Will your favourite game be there? Listen to the first part of Bomb Squad’s game of the decade to find out!

Here at Bomb Squad we are still revelling in the festive spirit and so we present to you a special podcast we recorded with some of our good friends. We decided that to end the year we would just get together and play some of our favourite games including: Boss or Dross, Review Bomb and Santa’s Sack! Jez & Tom have been travelling and vlogging their way around Asia with some brilliant laughs along the way. Please subscribe to their YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNRoFyCpPWBzqxcq76Yp6UA Oh, also, Will was there too.

The time has come to decide what the best game of 2019 was. Will it be Minecraft? Will it be San Andreas? Will it be Cuphead? Those are all unlikely as they were not released in 2019. It is also time to crown the 2019 Hogwarts Quidditch House Cup champions! Who will be victorious: Hufflepuff or Gryffindor? Listen to find out!

As 2019 draws to a close Andy and Chris take this opportunity to look forward to all the releases Playstation fans can expect to see in 2020. Which games are they most excited about? The guys have a VERY special guest for a half-time Christmas themed game (apologies in advance for the immature scrotal humour), Finally, the Untitled Goose Game released on PSN this week and both of the lads had a chance to complete it and discuss it here! Merry Christmas from InDreams Club! x

This time on Bomb Squad Andy and Chris discuss all of the gaming news coming out of the recent Game Awards including a new trailer for Ghost Of Tsushima and more. Andy tests Chris on his knowledge of video game tag lines and the guys discuss what games they have been playing including Jedi: Fallen Order, Death Stranding and Life is Strange 2.

This time on Bomb Squad, Chris and Andy talk about the latest Playstation related news including: the Blizzcon 2019 announcements, a potential Resident Evil 3 remake, shakeups at Playstation and a new Crash Bandicoot game? Also, the guys discuss the Dualshock 5 leaks and what a good THICC boy it will be, Review Bomb is back at half-time and we find out whether or not Gryffindor can restore some pride against the mighty Hufflepuff in the bets.

This time Chris and Andy take a break from the news to discuss their favourite boss battles in video games. Each of them has brought 5 bosses (as well as some honourable mentions). Somehow, Chris managed to make 40% of his picks from the Arkham games… Also, Andy tests Chris on his knowledge of the Final Fantasy series and we get up to date with the Gryffindor/Hufflepuff war of 2019.

In this episode of Bomb Squad, Chris and Andy defuse the news which involves the discussing the upcoming Playstation 10, the day all games got delayed and what Chris wants from Dragon Age 4. Boss or Dross is back again in spooky fashion, Death Stranding reviews are out and it seems to be dividing critics across the board, which leads to Chris and Andy assessing the merits of assigning a score to a piece of art and how worthwhile reviews are in this day and age.

Bomb Squad is back for season 2 so hop on the Battle Bus and get ready to mine some ore (or something). Bomb Squad will now officially be InDreams Club’s Playstation news and discussion podcast going forward! Blizzard have decided to finally out themselves as a communist company! Chris and Andy have a discussion about what this means for the future of their company. They also talk at length about their love for The Last Of Us and what to expect from the upcoming sequel.

In this episode of Bomb Squad, Chris and Andy defuse the news which mostly just descends into a discussion on Juventus’ summer transfers. Also, the return of the half-time game Review Bomb where Chris must guess what games Andy is reading the 0/10 Metacritic user reviews from! Finally, will team Gryffindor finally get off the mark in the Bomb Squad bets series? Listen to find out!

In this episode of Bomb Squad, Chris and Andy give their own personal top 10 games shown off at E3 2019! Also, the guys become teachers and grade each major press conference, they spoil at least 3 major game releases of the past 5 years and they discuss which game should be crowned as Bomb Squad's first ever game of the show for E3 2019. Keanu Reeves. That is all.

In this episode of Bomb Squad, Chris and Andy run through all the main conferences at E3 and discuss what we think we will see. With Sony not attending, will Microsoft seize the opportunity and run away with the show? Will they show the next Xbox? Expect hundreds of game announcements over the coming week and maybe some console reveals! Listen in to hear our thoughts and expectations.

In this episode of Bomb Squad, Chris explains his love for Persona and Andy talks about a mobile game. We also discuss the games announced at the latest Playstation State of Play, a zero gravity shooter, Playstation and Xbox cosying up together for cloud computing, Minecraft turning 10 and becoming the biggest selling game of all time and a potential leak regarding the new Rocksteady game. VR games? We got you covered as always with the best games we've played to date on PSVR.

In this episode of Bomb Squad, Andy and Chris discuss VR Stuart Little, video game film nightmares, Japanese games on sale and potential PS5 launch titles. We also love Moss. A lot.