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The Giant Bomb discusses the latest video game news and new releases, answers listener questions, and sometimes gets wildly off-topic in this weekly podcast. Featuring Jan Ochoa, Jeff Grubb, and Jeff Bakalar.

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The Boys are Back in Town | Giant Bombcast 890: UPPIES

13 maj 2025 | 143 min

We're back! We've got a Fab 5 here assembled to talk about the current state of ownership and updates with the website, impressions on Doom: The Dark Ages, Death Stranding 2, Drop Duchy, kicking it in Despelote, and our time so far with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33! We also recap all of the biggest gaming news in the past week along with all of your lovely emails!

Support Giant Bomb by signing up at giantbomb.com/join

889: PAX East 2025

12 maj 2025 | 59 min

We're BACK and with some big news! Giant Bomb has new owners and it's US! Giant Bomb is now fully independent and we get into the deets of how that happened at PAX East 2025. Join us as Grubb, Bakalar, Dan, Jan, and lil cameo from Mike Minotti explain the situation happening at Giant Bomb.

Help support Giant Bomb by going to: https://giantbomb.com/join

887: Burgertory

22 april 2025 | 120 min

There's a new Oblivion remaster and we recapped the news that came from the Bethesda stream this morning! We chat about The Hundred Line: Defense Academy being extremely up our alley, some older SNES games, the Lunar Collection, and even more hot news and game talk this week on the Giant Bombcast!

886: Plate of Spaghetti

15 april 2025 | 110 min

We've got more Blue Prince on the brain as we continue to explore and unlock more rooms, but we've also been rolling around in Katamari Damacy, strategizing some advanced tactics in Warside, and playing with balls in PegIdle! We also chat about Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered screenshots getting leaked, PS5 prices getting increased in certain regions, details on Marathon, and more!

885: Quarterbawk

8 april 2025 | 154 min

With their powers combined, Niki and Shawn attempt to bring you The Jan Experience™ in a podcast about video games(?) featuring Grubb, Dan, and Mike. There's a lot of Blue Prince, a lot of Switch 2 news, and a lot of the Costco Guys, because of course there is.

884: REVENGEANCE | Switch 2 Event Report

4 april 2025 | 74 min

Dan and Jan are back from the Big Apple to chat with the rest of the gang about their time at the Nintendo Switch 2 event!

884: Yassified Villains

1 april 2025 | 106 min

We've gathered our own group of fools to chat about a grip of old games like Bomberman Hero, Crazy Taxi 3, Grim Fandango, and a good ol' twist on Mario 64 with the romhack BAZR! We also chat about Nubby's Number Factory, High Seas High Profits, and Disney Villains Cursed Cafe, the upcoming Switch 2 Direct, and other stories popping off!

883: REVENGEANCE | Favorite Memories with the Switch

28 mars 2025 | 88 min

We've got a full house on the podcast today as we chat about some fond memories of the Nintendo 64, finishing up Avowed, and maybe bouncing off of Assassin's Creed Shadows. We also spend the rest of the podcast fondly remembering our time with the Nintendo Switch before we see the Nintendo Switch 2!

883: ET Championship Edition DX

25 mars 2025 | 126 min

This week we chat more about Assassin's Creed Shadows, getting down and dirty in Wreckfest 2, Disney Extreme Skate Adventure, trying to find cool mechs in Xenoblade Chronicles X, getting onto the speedrun charts of ET, and seeing if Mother 3 still holds up in 2025! We also chat about the possibility of two Nintendo Direct in the next week, a spinoff God of War game, Geoff Keighley starting a new publication, and many more stories and emails!

882: Revengeance w/ Mike Drucker

25 mars 2025 | 69 min

We've got Mike Drucker on BCR today to chat all about his new book "Good Game, No Rematch" and to also determine the Mt. Rushmore of First Levels.

882: Wu-Tong Group

18 mars 2025 | 125 min

This episode, we chat about the week's biggest release: Assassin's Creed Shadows! We also chat about Nubby's Number Factory, R.E.P.O., Star of Providence, and Little Nemo the Dream Master. We also chat about the biggest news stories of the week and get to your emails! Wu-Tang is Forever!

881: Revengeance | Mt. Rushmore of Co-Op Games

14 mars 2025 | 104 min

Jan and the GBKidz are in the house to chat about card games, whether or not UNO rules are terrible, and we crown the Mt. Rushmore (or... Hokage Rock?) of co-Op Games!

881: No Tabby Touchy

11 mars 2025 | 134 min

We've got some news to share this week! This Thursday we're unveiling the Power Block, a block of streams throughout the week along with a new name for Game Mess Mornings: Game Breaking News! Hope to see y'all there! But this week we got Jeff Bakalar joining the podcast to talk about playing Split Fiction with Dib, continuing hunts in Monster Hunter Wilds, Mike finding out about Mario Picross, and more games! We also recap the biggest news stories that have popped up in the last week along with your emails.

880: Theatre Kid Energy

4 mars 2025 | 132 min

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 is real and so are other video games! We talk about Split Fiction, Everhood 2, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, and even more games! We also catch up on the news like Acclaim coming back with the help of our friend Jeff Jarrett, Activision misusing AI, the cancelled PS5 Twisted Metal game, and other stories for your Tuesday enjoyment.

879: REVENGEANCE | Monster Hunter Wilds, The Thing Remastered, and YuGiOh!

1 mars 2025 | 85 min

We end the week talking about The Thing Remastered and where games could have deviated, the insanity that is the whole YuGiOh franchise, some more thoughts on Monster Hunter Wilds, and Men's YuGiOh as well!

879: East Coast Sweatpants

25 februari 2025 | 148 min

This week we're hunting monsters in Monster Hunter Wilds, checking out a whole bunch of demos from the Steam Next Fest, Driving is Hard, and going back to skating in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2. We also chat about the very real rumblings now of a Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3+4 game coming out, news revolving around WB Games selling off or shutting down some studios, Assassin's Creed Shadows leaks, and more!

878: Pasta Straw

18 februari 2025 | 134 min

This week we continue to gush about Avowed, chat a bit more about Split Fiction, Mike describes his time with Elden Ring Nightreign and going back to Maniac Mansion, and Grubb takes us to the Aloha state with Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. We also recap a bit of Nintendo news, Ubisoft's strategy moving forward, and much more!

877: Revengeance | Avowed, Split Fiction, and more w/ Nathan Grayson

15 februari 2025 | 77 min

Grubb, Dan, Tam, and Niki assemble to discuss their time with Avowed and the upcoming Split Fiction! They're joined by Aftermath's Nathan Grayson, who also discusses his new book about Twitch, Stream Big!

Pre-order Stream Big here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Stream-Big/Nathan-Grayson/9781982156763

877: Spirit Age

11 februari 2025 | 112 min

This week Grubb breaks down for us whether you at home need an RTX 5080, how Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is sitting with us, a bit of the Monster Hunter Wilds BETA, and some Tales of Graces F Remastered. We also chat about what could pop up at tomorrow's State of Play, Patapon marching its way back to PlayStation, GTA 6 is on track for Fall 2025, and more stories!

876: The Catholic Quota

4 februari 2025 | 137 min

The whole gang is here ready to chat about Civilization 7, Grubb hitting up Grim Fandango for the first time, Jan navigating space in Citizen Sleeper 2, Lonely Mountains: Snow Riders, and a bit of Eternal Strands as well. We also cover a grip of Nintendo Switch 2 news, shakeups at PlayStation leadership, how tariffs could affect the games industry, and a bunch more stories and emails.

875: Revengeance | Best Video Game Music of 2024

31 januari 2025 | 98 min

Finally 2024's Game of the Year season hass ended! Today part of the crew gets together to listen to some tunes and crown Best Video Game Music of 2024!

Listen to all the music featured in this episode here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXlhzeWIuTHJI5uambgz2iHlkiRBK4-wG

875: Uniqueness of Your Digit

28 januari 2025 | 135 min

Jan's out on assignment, so Grubb is joined by co-captain Shawn, slamma jamma Mike, and an injured Dan to talk about retro gaming, Indiana Jones, Ninja Gaiden, and more! After that, news of the week and your emails! (What IS Coworker...?)

874: Revengeance | Fantasy Critic Draft 2025

25 januari 2025 | 68 min

We got the whole gang together to draft our own lists for Fantasy Critic 2025!

874: Gravy Train

21 januari 2025 | 160 min

The Nintendo Switch 2 is real and so is this podcast! We chat about Pokemon Cards, going back to Star Wars Outlaws, Blade Chimera, the greatness of Bowser's Fury and tripping out in Soundself. We also chat about all the details we know of the Switch 2, Sony cancelling games, Marvel Snap getting taken down, and even more!

873: METAL GEAR DAY

14 januari 2025 | 113 min

While new releases are a bit slow we chat about Red Dead Redemption 2, Airborne Empire, Parking Garage Rally Circuit, and the fan-made Sonic Galactic. We also cover all of the newest Switch 2 rumblings abound as well as some trademarks and patents in the works. The question is also raised of whether more people know about Metal Gear or Persona!

872: Revengeance | Fantasy Critic Draft Results & More

10 januari 2025 | 58 min

We recap 2024's Fantasy Critic Draft and see the major winners and losers of last year! We also find time to chat about Rolling Stones' Top 50 Games of all time.

872: Retroactively Applying Thoughts

7 januari 2025 | 124 min

We're back with the podcast in the new year! We talk about what we did during the holiday break and all the degreaser we accidentally consumed. We also chat about a whole slew of games that occupied our time, the few bits of news that popped off, and even all of your emails!

Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2024 | Day 4

2 januari 2025 | 155 min

THIS IS IT. THE WHITE SMOKE IS COMING OUT OF THE STUDIO! We go back to our roots as we throw math out the window and get down and dirty to determine our Top 10 and Giant Bomb's GAME OF THE YEAR!

Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2024 | Day 3

31 december 2024 | 114 min

Welcome to Day 3 of Game of the Year! We have a whole new slate of cateogries to discuss. Today we cover Best New Character, Best Compilation or Collection, Funniest Game, Horizon Presents Game That's Most Not For Us, Hitman Presents Game That's Most for Us, and Minigame of the Year! It's the episode right before we determine Giant Bomb's Top 10!

Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2024 | Day 2

26 december 2024 | 95 min

Game of the Year continues to roll on! We have a whole new slew of categories today including: Best Button, Best Input, Best Hitting, Best Game We Streamed, Best Depressing Game, and Best Moment or Sequence! We also manage to sneak in a Secret Santa drawing where nothing goes wrong!

Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2024 | Day 1

24 december 2024 | 126 min

Right after the Game Awards, we huddled together to record our own award show! We start our Game of the Year season with a bunch of categories such as: Best Hole, Best Walkin' Around, Best Old Game, Best Bot in Astro Bot, Best Map, and Most Satisfying Thing!

Giant Bomb @ Nite | The Game Awards 2024

18 december 2024 | 261 min

We brought the couch to hang out with our friends the night before The Game Awards 2024! We chat about being in and out of the industry, pizza, and what we're expecting from the big show!

Segment 1: Karen Han, Brian David Gilbert, Elyse Willems, James Willems, Emma Fyffe, and Ify Nwadiwe

Segment 2: Danny Peña, Riana Manuel Peña, Briana White, Robbie Daymond, Jordan Minor, and Gabe Durham, Eric Van Alen

Segment 3 - WARFRAME 1999: Ben Starr, Neil Newbon, Amelia Tyler, Melissa Medina, Elsie Lovelock, Trieve Blackwood-Cambridge, Keving Afghani, Alpha Takahashi

Segment 4: Rebb Ford, Wout van Halderen, Celia Bee, Parris Lilly, Jurge Cruz-Alvarez

Segment 5: John Drake, Mary Kish, Michael Higham, Harris Foster, Alix Wilton Regan, Ronnell Crawford

Segment 6: Shawn McDowell, Mike Monitti, Dan Ryckert, Jeff Bakalar, Lucy James, Tamoor Hussain, Niki Grayson, Jan Ochoa

871: Shoot Sandwiches

17 december 2024 | 88 min

We're back from The Game Awards and a week away in Los Angeles to recap GB@Nite, the Countdown to TGAs, and other miscellaneous shenanigans we had together! We also find some time to talk about all of the announcements from last week and your emails!

870: Sanctuary

10 december 2024 | 96 min

We got together before we're actually all together in Los Angeles to chat about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Marvel Rivals, and a handful of other games. We also chat about more Switch rumors resurfacing, LEGO Fortnite updates, and even more news until the Game Awards dominates the news cycle later this week!

869: Halo with Chips

3 december 2024 | 126 min

Jan is back and sharing his adventures in Japan checking out Monster Hunter Wilds! We also chat about revisiting a couple other games from earlier in the year like Lorelai and the Laser Eyes, Vampire Survivors, Dragon Quest III HD-2D, and more! After that, the biggest stories from this past week along with your emails.

868: Aladdin Land

27 november 2024 | 151 min

Tam's back in the hosting seat while Jan's on assignment to talk with Grubb about his newfound love of Disney, Mike about his continued love of Disney, and Shawn about the most Disney thing of all: Motorcycles. After that, plenty of games, news, and of course... EMAILS!

867: PG Spray

19 november 2024 | 126 min

We're doing the Bombcast a bit early because this is gonna be a funky week! We chat about all of the nominations to come out of The Game Awards and a couple other news stories. We also chat about Black Ops 6, Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake, Diablo IV, and more games! Hope you have a great Deek Week.

866: Jimmy Carter Coded

12 november 2024 | 123 min

The Bombcast is all rested up after the three day weekend to chat about enjoying Black Ops 6, Kingdom Hearts II in 2024, hanging out in Webfishing, the power of the PS5 Pro, and solving mysteries in Rise of the Golden Idol! We also recap the hottest news that's happening around gaming and read your lovely emails.

865: Essence of Jalapeno

5 november 2024 | 128 min

Tam's back in the hosting seat and joined by Grubb, Dan, and Mike to tell him all about Giant Bomb's wild Extra Life 2024 stream and give their updated thoughts on Black Ops 6, the latest Jackbox games, and Pokémon TCG Pocket. After that: News from Nintendo, PlayStation, and more, and YOUR emails!

864: NO MIZ NO MIZ

29 oktober 2024 | 152 min

This week we go back to the year 1991 with Black Ops 6 and Indie Horror game Fear the Spotlight, we chat about our brief time with Dragon Age: The Veilguard and the Monster Hunter Wilds Beta, as well as another Metaphor: ReFantazio check-in. We also recap the hottest and biggest news popping off like PlayStation shutting down Firewalk Studios, the developers behind Concord.

863: REVENGEANCE | Mt. Rushmore of Scary Games

25 oktober 2024 | 55 min

This week we crown the four games that are the SCARIEST! Is a creepy mansion and a dog bursting through the window enough to keep a game on Mt. Rushmore?

863: Drown Harder

22 oktober 2024 | 136 min

This week we've got a SPOILERCAST for Nintendo's Alarmo, a whole bunch of Steam Next Fest Demos like Star Vaders and Ballionaire, grappling rockets and clouds in Echo Point Nova, and punching dudes in Batman Arkham Shadow. We also recap the latest situation happening with the team behind Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, a grip of Nintendo Switch 2 stories, and many more!

Visit https://bit.ly/GBXL24 if you'd like to sign up to stream for Giant Bomb's Extra Life team this year or make a donation towards Children's Hospitals!

862: Hole of the Year

15 oktober 2024 | 126 min

We have ourselves a little party as Dan tells us all about Mario Party Jamboree, Grubb attacking and parrying the GOTY backlog with Nine Sols, jumping and gliding in Europa, examining holes in Silent Hill 2, and a couple more games as well! We also examine metaphors in Metaphor: ReFantazio and dive into all of the newest video game news!

861: REVENGEANCE | Metaphor: ReFantazio Reviewcast (No Major Spoilers)

11 oktober 2024 | 54 min

Our friends Lex Luddy, Jessica Cogswell, and Michael Higham join Shawn and Jan to chat all about Metaphor: ReFantazio as they skate on swords and destabilize governments!

861: The Goku Option

8 oktober 2024 | 126 min

This week we select the all of the Gokus when given the Goku option in Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, Mike and Jan gush over Metaphor: ReFantazio, Grubb hits the balls with Pinball Spire, and a handful of other games too! We also recap this week's top stories and the best emails!

Dan's impression of Mike "Jimming the camera" at every innuendo: https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/153/1530215/3635508-danjimming.gif

860: REVENGEANCE | Silent Hill 2 Remake Impressions

4 oktober 2024 | 57 min

We cap off the week by tying up some loose ends with a couple games and talking about our time with the long awaited Silent Hill 2 remake from Bloober Team!

860: Child Gang War

1 oktober 2024 | 143 min

We've got Jason Schreier on the podcast today to chat about his upcoming book, Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment!

We also talk about Dan's adventures at the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, Japan, the gang enjoying more of their time in Echoes of Wisdom, going through a bullethell in Kill Knight, and Mike starting a child gang war in Frostpunk 2. We also find time to answer an email and talk about the week's biggest news stories!

Preorder Jason's book here: https://www.hachetteboo

859: REVENGEANCE | The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Impressions

27 september 2024 | 67 min

We have Lex Luddy on the show to talk about Startmenu starting a Patreon! We also chat about Balatro on mobile, some PS3 gems, and building bed bridges in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom!

859: Mickey Morality Meter

24 september 2024 | 158 min

This week we chat about the new Epic Mickey remaster, Shawn tells us his thoughts after finishing Astro Bot, some visual novel shenanijans, and we gab about our favorite titles from UFO 50. We also catch up on all of the news around the industry like the 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro, Concord's bloated budget, and much more!

858: REVENGEANCE | Dragon Age: The Veilguard Preview

20 september 2024 | 53 min

Our dear friend Tam joins us for a spell to chat about his preview impressions of Dragon Age: The Veilguard and then the gang plans their attack on the rest of the year's video game releases.

858: Toploading

17 september 2024 | 143 min

Lucy James joins us today to chat about Fields of Mistria and Farewell North, while we also chat about Plucky Squire, Wild Bastards, I Am Your Beast, Yars Revenge, and a whole lot of other games! We also talk about rumblings that the Switch 2 may just be called the Switch 2, Skate launching into early access next year, EA revisiting Battlefield, and even news stories!

857: 699 US DOLLARS

10 september 2024 | 160 min

Most of the usual crew is out this week, so guest host Tam brings in Shawn, Niki, and Mike to run you through the wealth of PlayStation-related news, including the PS5 Pro's official announcement! They also talk about how much they love Astro Bot, Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection, and the Dreamcast, and respond to your emails!

856: REVENGEANCE | ASTRO BOT REVIEW

5 september 2024 | 61 min

Turns out Astro Bot is pretty good and we talk about it! Don't worry about it, we keep it pretty spoiler-free!

855: REVENGEANCE | PAX West 2024

4 september 2024 | 64 min

Join and listen to the gang recount their tales of visiting PAX West 2024 and swim in the waters as they do the most Seattle thing and decide on the Mount Rushmore of Gaming FISH!

856: BALSA WOOD BOYS

3 september 2024 | 128 min

The Blight Boys are back from to chat about their adventures from PAX West, we talk about the dramatic updates happening with Concord just weeks after its release, more of our time with Star Wars: Outlaws, and so much more!

855: Pink Carpet

28 augusti 2024 | 151 min

We are BUZZING here on the Bombcast this week as we have our dear friends Niki Grayson and John Warren from VGBees on! We chat about more of our adventures in Germany while attending Gamescom, Star Wars Outlaws, Tactical Breach Wizards, and other games that we checked out at Gamescom. We also catch up on all of the news from last week and answer all of your lovely emails!

854: REVENGEANCE (Spooky Characters Draft)

23 augusti 2024 | 42 min

Grubb, Shawn, Niki, and Emma are rounding out AAAAHHHGUST! on Giant Bomb by chatting about Emma's pickups from her recent trip to Japan, evaluating a peculiar ruling during the Pokémon World Championships, and doing a draft of SpOoOoOky video game characters!

854: ENGLISH

20 augusti 2024 | 84 min

Bailey, Mike, Dan, and Jan are coming to you LIVE from a hotel room in lovely Cologne, Germany to recount their tales of getting yelled at, eating copius amounts of chocolate, and attending Opening Night Live 2024 before the full week of Gamescom kicks off!

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853: REVENGEANCE (Borderlands Movie Review)

14 augusti 2024 | 45 min

Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa sat through and experienced the Borderlands movie and share their collective trauma and dismay about the movie!

853: Touch the Pod

13 augusti 2024 | 122 min

This week, Bailey Meyers joins the podcast as we chat about yet another card game in Dungeons and Degenerate Gamblers, Doom + Doom II, Fields of Mistria and a little bit of Stardew Valley, and Grubb's time with Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster! We chat about all of the biggest game news like Meta shutting down Ready at Dawn, Tango Gameworks getting saved and acquired by Krafton, more Borderlands, and all of your lovely emails!

852: GrandMah-Jong

6 augusti 2024 | 144 min

This week the Blight Boyz have returned from their wrassling excursion, Jan gets invited to an underground Mahjong den, Mike relives the wonder of the Beyond Good & Evil remaster, SteamWorld Heist 2 is stealing our attention, and the Tomba! remaster is a pleasant package. We also recap all of the biggest video game news in the past week such as the layoffs at Game Informer, a rumored new Yakuza spin-off, and much more!

851: REVENGEANCE (Fantasy Critic Recap)

2 augusti 2024 | 60 min

We got a two man pod today as Shawn and Jan chat about the layoffs at Game Informer, the retro phone games that Shawn is playing, and they recap where everyone stands so far in this year's Fantasy Critic league!

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851: Weinerville

30 juli 2024 | 132 min

This week we continue the spurring Liquid Death discourse as Jan recounts his travels to San Diego Comic-Con, Dan explains the intricacies of Demon Slayer Sweep the Board, Mike talks about his Star Wars Outlaws preview, and we all gush about Thank Goodness You're Here. We also talk about the biggest news in gaming like the WoW team unioninzing, SAG-AFTRA calling for a strike against video game companies, Astro Bot controller getting revealed, and much more!

850: REVENGEANCE (The Mount Rushmore of Mario Party Minigames)

26 juli 2024 | 66 min

Grubb, Dan, Mike, and Shawn are finishing the week by talking to y'all about their time with Marvel Rivals, Final Fantasy VI, and Nintendo World Championships. After that, they decide the Mount Rushmore of Mario Party minigames!

849: REVENGEANCE

24 juli 2024 | 57 min

This week on Bombcast Revengeance, we discuss our initial impressions of Nintendo World Championships NES Edition and draft teams of the best video game animals!

850: POTENT

23 juli 2024 | 166 min

We're well-travelled this week as Jan recounts his travels in Japan and Shawn talks about his time going to EVO 2024! The gang talks about the NYT Mini crossword, Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition taking over lives, and Concord being simply okay. We also talk about the biggest stories in video game news and all of your emails! JEANS!

849: Government-Mandated Mario

16 juli 2024 | 149 min

Grubb, Dan, Mike and Shawn are here to talk to you about getting into FromSoftware games, the return of weird Capcom, and almost losing to a baby in Mario Party. After that, good discussions about a slow news week, and your emails!

848: REVENGEANCE (Concord Beta Impressions)

12 juli 2024 | 46 min

This week on Bombcast Revengeance, we discuss our initial impressions on our short trip through Concord!

848: Lil Bangboo

9 juli 2024 | 123 min

Hello to our lil bangboos! Dan and Grubb are back! We talk about vacationing, getting our faces scooped out, hot pulls in Zenless Zone Zero, Star Wars Hunters, odd naming conventions in Super Monkey Ball, Hollow Knight, and Psychonauts! We also catch up on all the hot video game news and all of your emails!

For all your Metal Gear Scanlon rewatching needs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXlhzeWIuTHLfGvMnnWLJK3DRLQwcTpwd

847: The Old Castle

2 juli 2024 | 131 min

Everything is breaking down but the Bombcast persists! We chat about Until Then, Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, Dragon Age: Inquisition, a little bit of Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, and some more Shadow of the Erdtree! We also get through today's top stories in games such as the Dead Rising remaster, Switch 2 woes, a new Crazy Taxi, and more!

846: LITTLE CLOWN BOY

25 juni 2024 | 128 min

We're back and refreshed to chat about our current adventures in Shadow of the Erdtree, disassociating in 1000x Resist, and Lucy shares a whole slew of impressions on various games (This Bed We Made, The Alters, Still Wakes the Deep, and Fallen Aces). Grubb breaks down all of the hottest stories in video games and also all of your lovely emails!

845: REVENGEANCE (Shadow of the Erdtree Mini-Review)

21 juni 2024 | 49 min

We're rounding out the week by bringing in Tam to talk about Shadow of the Erdtree and Lucy to talk about Tales of the Shire! After that, the Mount Rushmore of British game studios (innit)!

845: Elmo Particles

18 juni 2024 | 167 min

This week, Bakalar, Grubb, Dan, Mike and Shawn get together to tell you all about their time exploring Pinball Spire, blowing up balls/nuts/nards in Sniper Elite 5, and playing a whole slew of Steam Next Fest Demos. After that, their full thoughts on the latest Nintendo Direct, more news, and EMAILS!

Giant Bomb @ Nite | Day 3 (2024)

13 juni 2024 | 97 min

Jeff Grubb has brought the GB at Nite couch again to sunny Los Angeles, but this time we put it on a stage in front of a live audience! We've assembled some surprises, fun, and some heavy hitters for these segments on the couch!

Segment 1: Brad Shoemaker, Mary Kish, Jason Schreier, John Drake, Patrick Klepek, Matt Rorie
Segment 2: Parris Lilly, Elyse WIllems, Ify Nwadiwe, Alanah Pearce
Segment 3: Tom Caswell, Lucy James, Tamoor Hussain, Emma Fyffe, Mike Minotti, Niki Grayson, Bailey Meyers, Jan Ochoa

Giant Bomb @ Nite | Day 2 (2024)

13 juni 2024 | 229 min

Jeff Grubb and the whole Giant Bomb crew have brought a couch to Los Angeles for Summer Game Fest! Let’s fill it with friends and shenanigans in and around the industry.

Segment 1: Simon Dasan, Seth Rosen, Sam Winkler
Segment 2: Jake Steinberg, Jason Fanelli, Mark Medina, Taylor Cocke, Geuillermo Leoz
Segment 3: Dash Oshry, Casper Van Dien, Celia Bee, David Kim, Ash Thukral, Trey Powell
Segment 4: THE NASTY BOYS - Charlie Wacholz, Jesse Vitelli, Alex Van Aken, Eric Van Allen, Moises Taveras, Kenneth Shepard, Michael Higham, John Carson, Ryan Tatum
Segment 5: Louise Blain, Crista Castro, Bryan Singh, Jurge Cruz-Alvarez, John Warren, Rayme Vinson
Segment 6: Greg Miller, Tim Gettys, Blessing Adeoye Jr., SnowbikeMike, Andy Cortez, Dan Ryckert, Mike Minotti

Giant Bomb @ Nite | Day 1 (2024)

13 juni 2024 | 251 min

WE'VE LOADED UP THE COUCH WITH NOTHING BUT SUPERSTARS TO HELP CELEBRATE GEOFF KEIGHLEY'S SUMMER BIRTHDAY OF GAMES!

Segment 1: and Mike Minotti, Lucy James, Tamoor Hussain | BACK ROW: Niki Grayson, Dan Ryckert
Segment 2: Tom Caswell, Jake Dekker, Lexi Luddy | BACK ROW: Jill Grodt, Kurt Indovina
Segment 3: Emma Fyffe, Wout van Halderen, Tom Ohle | BACK ROW: Del Walker, Ronell Crawford
Segment 4: Ash Parrish, Alex, Joey Ferris | BACK ROW: Peter Hunt Szpytek, Diego Arguello

844: REVENGEANCE (Summer Game Fest Previews)

12 juni 2024 | 71 min

Grubb, Dan, Mike, and Niki got hands-on (and off) previews of Astro Bot, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and more at Summer Game Fest, so Shawn joins them to get all the juicy details just for you!

844: Mike Minotti's Hotel

12 juni 2024 | 2 min

We'll have a BCR later this week to properly discus the games that we saw at Summer Game Fest! For now we're going to rest up and recuperate from the wild weekend of Nite SHows!

843: Worked Wish

4 juni 2024 | 142 min

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https://bit.ly/gbatnite

We also chat about Mike's time with the Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree impressions, Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip, some more time with Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, and more games! We also go over our hopes and predictions over what's coming this week during Summer Game Fest and the other happenings in games right now.

842: The Harada Line

28 maj 2024 | 119 min

This week we recount Jan's misadventures backpacking for the first time, TurboShawn tells us all about his journey at Combo Breaker this year, we chat about Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, bumping our heads as we figure out Lorelei and the Laser Eyes, the hottest news in games, emails about side hustles and more!

841: Fair Use Brad Garrett

21 maj 2024 | 150 min

This week we're all getting little sweet treats of ice cream while we chat about Cryptmaster, Dread Delusion, checking out the PC port of Ghost of Tsushima, and we get into our feelings on Senua's Saga: Hellblade II. We get all the way into news like GTA 6 coming out with a timeline, 2K bringing back a beloved franchise, Xbox reportedly greenlighting Ninja Theory's next game, and much more!

840: Tom Braider

14 maj 2024 | 168 min

This week we continue learning about the community's passion for Disc Golf, get into why Mike broke his wrist, and finding out about Jeff Bakalar's most important animals. We chat about Animal Well, Mullet Madjack, Little Kitty Big City, and the Braid, Anniversary Edition! We also take the time to answer your emails and breakdown today's top stories in videogames.

839: REVENGEANCE

10 maj 2024 | 79 min

Let's end the week by talking about some fun indie games that popped off this week. We chat about Crow Country, Animal Well, a little bit of Indika, and some of Shawn's secret projects! This week we also crown the MOM OF THE YEAR!

839: Weird Bird Prison

7 maj 2024 | 158 min

This week we start with the news with Microsoft shutting down the studios behind Redfall and Hi-Fi Rush, several Nintendo related stories like an upcoming direct, The Witcher 3's official mod editor launching, and more stories. We also wax poetically about Hades II, Abiotic Factor, Surmount, and Manor Lords!

838: Hibachi Enthusiasts

30 april 2024 | 148 min

We've got a full five stack today as we chat with Bailey about her continued adventures in Fallout, Michael Higham's time with SMT V: Vengeance and Sand Land, Jan finishing Stellar Blade, and Jeff Grubb fixing a Switch Lite. We also recap the news about Garry's Mod takedowns, Microsoft making moves as a publisher, and we answer all of your lovely emails!

837: REVENGEANCE (Stellar Blade Review w/ Imran Khan)

26 april 2024 | 56 min

Our dear friend Imran Khan stops by to chat with Jan, Grubb, and TurboShawn about Stellar Blade and the Mount Rushmore of Character Action Games!

837: R1 to Brood

23 april 2024 | 140 min

This week we've got a whole pile of games to chat about as we talk about our time with Tales of Kenzara: Zau and how it stacks up to other Metroidvanias, Eiyuden Chronicles, Children of the Sun, playing games on your phone, the Hades II Tech Test, and more! We also chat about Embracer splitting up, PlayStation trophies heading to the PC, the ESA not defending libraries, more news stories, and YOUR lovely emails. Hobbit holes!

836: Grey the Hedgehog

16 april 2024 | 139 min

This week we chat about some more previews from Tales of Kenzera: Zau, Jan's time with Harold Halibut, Shawn's secret projects, Treasure Planet for the PlayStation 2, and trying to get into Fallout. We also chat about the reality of the PS5 Pro coming, a slew of Final Fantasy related news, Nintendo skipping Gamescom, and more!

835: REVENGEANCE

12 april 2024 | 89 min

Grubb, Mike, Shawn, and Niki are here to tell you about their time so far in Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, The Rogue Prince of Persia, and Helldivers 2! After that, they run through the games they're most looking forward to in the rest of 2024!

835: Smack Blood Punch Wet

9 april 2024 | 158 min

With Jan out on assignment, Host Bakalar and Producer Grubb are joined by Shawn and Niki to talk about the Stellar Blade demo, Children of the Sun, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and more! After that, discussions about a possible new SOCOM game, Xbox moving towards new processors, and Persona fans' obsession with a bucket of green paint!

The now-infamous Persona pic: https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/153/1530215/3567575-p25thspraypaintart.png

834: REVENGEANCE

5 april 2024 | 66 min

Grubb, Mike, Shawn and Niki talk about their time in Dragon's Dogma 2, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, and Content Warning! Afterwards, they do a console "fantasy draft" to craft the best "team" of PS1 games!

Vote for your favorite of the 4 drafted consoles here: https://twitter.com/JeffGrubb/status/1776340289818431532

834: Velvet Sack

2 april 2024 | 140 min

This week we hit the green in a major way with Mario Golf! We also talk a bunch about Slice and Dice, the Stellar Blade Demo, more adventures in Dragon's Dogma 2, a grab bag of games from Shawn, and DIB going pro in Fortnite. We also give you the top headlines in video game news like Hollow Knight: Silksong reemerging, Silent Hill 2 getting rated, and more!

833: REVENGEANCE

29 mars 2024 | 79 min

Join us in celebrating the end of the quarter as we (Jan, Grubb, Mike, and a little bit of Bailey) crown the Game of the Year, so far! We also chat about South Park: Snowday, the Stellar Blade Demo, and more stories in Dragon's Dogma 2.

833: CUTTER SLADE

26 mars 2024 | 144 min

We're back from PAX East unscathed and ready to talk about South Park Snowday, Princess Peach Showtime, Outcast: A New Beginning, and our brief time with Dragon's Dogma 2! We also recap the hottest news like potential GTA 6 delays and read YOUR electronic mails!

832: Upgrade Your Balls

19 mars 2024 | 137 min

We've got Mike Minotti and Bailey Meyers joining the pod this week while we talk about the Sandland and Pepper Grinder demos, another casino roguelike in Bingle Bingle, Bailey's time at sea with Skull & Bones, and Mike's continued quest on the Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub Zero speed running charts. We also chat about PS5 Pro leaked details, Steam Families, Xbox Dev Kits popping up, and even more!

831: REVENGEANCE

15 mars 2024 | 63 min

Dan, Jan, Grubb, and Mike get into the virtual squared circle to decide what occupies the Mount Rushmore for best wrestling games! We also chat a bit about Mario Golf, Star Wars Battlefront Classic Collection, and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown.

831: Hi-Rizz Vest

12 mars 2024 | 149 min

This week on the podcast we chat about our first two hours in Rise of Ronin, WWE2K24 being a pretty okay game, spinning yoyos in Penny's Big Breakaway, brief thoughts on Unicorn Overlord, and HotDog controllers! We also chat about the news from Mario Day, WB's insane business plans, and more!

830: Muddy Buddies

6 mars 2024 | 152 min

This week, Jan, Bakalar, and Grubb are joined by Polygon & The Besties' Russ Frushtick to talk more about their adventures through Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Balatro, and Expeditions: A Mudrunner Game! Following that, they cover the updates on the Nintendo vs. Yuzu case, EA's continued turmoil, a whole bunch of other news and of course, your emails!

829: Fantasian

28 februari 2024 | 168 min

This week we chat extensively about more Balatro and some more talk about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth! We also squeeze in some Arzette and Unicorn Overlord chat as well. On top of that we cover the recent layoffs at Sony, a quick recap over the Pokemon Direct from this morning, and a whole slew of more news and emails!

828: REVENGEANCE

22 februari 2024 | 87 min

We've got a full house today to chat about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth! Don't worry, because we dodge spoilers as Jeff Grubb, Lucy James, TurboShawn McDowell, Tamoor Hussain, Mike Minotti, and Emma Fyffe give their impressions on the game as a whole!

828: Like A Roll of Toilet Paper

20 februari 2024 | 132 min

Jan's out for this one, so Host Bakalar and Producer Grubb join forces with Dan and Shawn to talk about cool indie games, the Switch 2's potential release window, and the glory of Baja Blast.

827: REVENGEANCE

16 februari 2024 | 71 min

We got our dear friend from VGC News, Jordan Middler, on the podcast today to chat about games, the Switch 2, and whether or not Cloud Strife is popular!

827: Urn-ergy

13 februari 2024 | 129 min

The Bombcast is for lovers! We chat about cards in Balatro, Bakalar's time with the dioramalike Harold Halibut, and how much we've been enjoying Helldivers 2! Grubb also explains the news such as Xbox's podcast, Switch 2 leaks, and even more news stories.

826: Whimsical Skips

6 februari 2024 | 155 min

Let's all give Grubb a warm welcome back to the pod as he graces us with swift skips in the morning. We're also graciously joined by KindaFunny's SnowBikeMike as we dive deep into a whole bunch of Xbox and other Microsoft news! We chat about playtime in games, a bit about Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, and Jan gets into poker trouble.

825: REVENGEANCE

2 februari 2024 | 75 min

It's all Persona 3 Reload today as we had a deep chat and a mini "review" of P3R with Jan, TurboShawn, Mike Minotti, and our dear friend Michael Higham! We also chat a bit about Test Test Test, Penny's Big Breakaway, and Tekken 8 before we dive DEEP into Tartarus.

825: FOOTLONG FRIDAYS

30 januari 2024 | 154 min

Bailey Meyers is back on the show as we chat about a whole slew of games! We continue talking about Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Tekken 8, Jan's brief time in Persona 3 Reload, and a whole bunch of small titles that Bailey checked out over the break! We also try our best to cover Microsoft's mass layoffs, a Deus Ex game being cancelled, Switch 2 rumors, and whether or not someone should precut our steaks!

824: REVENGEANCE

26 januari 2024 | 60 min

We got Imran Khan, Lex Luddy, and Jesse Viteli in the building to talk about Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and our favorite numbskull: Ichiban Kasuga!

824: Year of the Segue

23 januari 2024 | 153 min

We got our friend John Warren on the show today to chat about Glydr! Help control games with your feet! We also got a loaded plate of games while we chat about playing and all the things surrounding Palworld, the audacity and greatness of Tekken 8, and loving the island life in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth! We also tackle all of the week's biggest game news like the unfortunate Riot layoffs, Walmart throwing away physical games, and rumors of Shadow the Hedgehog's casting.

Check out Glydr at glyder.gg or feetlegal.com!

823: REVENGEANCE

19 januari 2024 | 86 min

Turns out we also like things that aren't games! We bring you some of our favorite nongame stuff that we found or liked in 2023!

823: Cumulative File

16 januari 2024 | 128 min

This week we continue our positive chatter about Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, we somehow are coerced to talk about wrestling for a portion of time, Jan gets into a new game called "Poker", and Shawn prepares for Tekken 8's eventual release and revisits some 3D fighters of yore. We also talk about the upcoming Elden Ring DLC, Dragon's Dogma 2 being newbie friendly, and more!

822: REVENGEANCE

13 januari 2024 | 107 min

We got the whole gang here to review Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown AND to draft their picks in Giant Bomb's first ever Fantasy Critic league!

822: Derelict Mall

9 januari 2024 | 140 min

We have our dear friend friend John "Super Eye Patch Wolf" to chat about In Stars and Time, his experience with Lies of P, a bit of Void Strangers, Jan's forray into exposure therapy with Wallace & Gromit in The Grand Getaway, Asgard's Wrath II, Cobalt Core, and Grubb's time with Pacific Drive. We also chat about the possibility of a big Xbox game heading to other platforms, an upcoming Xbox Direct, and more!

821: REVENGEANCE

5 januari 2024 | 77 min

We had a bit of a light gaming week on account of being busy, but Jeff, Jeff, Shawn, and Niki are still here to give you a nice, long (and sometimes heated) conversation about what we predict PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo will do in 2024!

821: YOU CAN'T KICK ME

2 januari 2024 | 109 min

Jan's out sick for this one, so Bakalar's taking over as co-captain of the ship! We're starting the new year right by talking about how soda sucks, Gremlins 2 (apparently) rules, and as it turns out: We like playing video games. Following that, we chat about how into Kojima's weirdness we are, the Switch getting a flash cart, and Mickey Mouse joining the public domain (featuring the opinions of a couple of our friends).

820: Jogger Strats

26 december 2023 | 70 min

We at GBHQ are hoping you're having a wonderful Holiday break! We got together to put one more Bombcast in the chamber before the new year! Jeff, Jeff, and Jan chat about the 2024 games that they're most excited about!

819: Dirty JPEGs

19 december 2023 | 128 min

Welcome to the last live Bombcast of the year! We have a great time zipping around in The Finals, reset our futures in God of War: Valhalla, and flip dwellings in House Flipper 2! We also have an extended chat about the unfortunate Insomniac leaks, the discovery of a possible Luigi in Super Mario 64, and your emails!

Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2023: BONUS MUSIC EPISODE

15 december 2023 | 101 min

We couldn't end Game of the Year season without deliberating on Best Game Music of the year! Listen along as we rediscover banger after banger and try our hardest to crown today's winner. Special thanks to YOU at home for hanging out this whole Game of the Year season. <3

Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2023: FINALE

14 december 2023 | 91 min

WE HAVE ASSEMBLED IN PERSON to discuss some more categories like "Please Stop", "Most Disappointing", "Best Moment/Sequence", and to crown the real GAME OF THE YEAR!

818: Please Wrap it Up

12 december 2023 | 168 min

We're back after a long week in Los Angeles! We recap our time during The Game Awards and then GB Live, as well as our misecellaneous shenanigans around Los Angles, and also we squeeze in talking about video games! We also bit adieu to E3 as it is officially announced as gone!

Giant Bomb at Nite 2023 | The Game Awards

8 december 2023 | 273 min

We brought the couch back to Los Angeles to chat with all of our friends in and around the industry before The Game Awards pops off! *edited out the breaks and tried to clean up the audio!
00:00 - Segment 1 - Couch: Jake Baldino, Lucy James, Emma Fyffe | Back Row: Tamoor Hussain, Michael Higham
45:43 - Segment 2 - Couch: Alyssa Mercante, Jen Glennon, Brittani Johnson, Steve Saylor | Back Row: Shawn Kittelson, John Drake
01:24:18 - Segment 3 - Couch: Jake Steinberg, Kahlief Adams, Parris Lillly | Back Row: Graham Reid, Dalibor Dimovski
02:09:58 - Segment 4 - Couch: Shannon Liao, Ben Starr, Rebb Ford, Harris Foster | Back Row: Xalavier Nelson, Rayme Vinson
02:52:33 - Segment 5 - Couch: Ash Thukral, David Kim, Alexa Bowers, Andrejs Klavins | Back Row: Seth Rosen, Alexander Dracott
03:38:36 - BONUS Remedy Segment - Couch: Jeff Bakalar, Sam Lake, Kyle Rowley, Ilkka Villi | Back Row: Lucy James, Tamoor Hussain
03:56:29 - Segment 6 - Mary Kish and The Fuckos #gbatnite #giantbomb #thegameawards

Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2023: Day 3

7 december 2023 | 104 min

We're all together IN PERSON for DAY 3 of the Game of the Year! Today we begin the whittling process to get to the TOP 20 Games of the Year to start the voting process. Do the knives come out? What harsh cuts need to be made? What games will make it to the Silver Spoon?

Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2023: Day 2

5 december 2023 | 158 min

SCREW IT! WE'LL DO IT LIVE! Join us as we continue down the journey of Game of the Year 2023.

The whole crew is mostly here to chat about seven more categories:

BEST PIKMIN
Bloodborne Presents OLD GAME OF THE YEAR
Psi-Ops Presents BEST DUDE-TOSSING - BEST MULTIPLAYER
Soulja Boy Presents Best Game For People Who Drink Beer And Get Drunk or Smoke Weed and Get High and who macrodose to deal with the pain of everyday life
MOST B-GAME
Cheesecake Factory Presents PETER MOLYNEUX MEMORIAL (he’s fine) AWARD FOR MOST IDEAS

Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2023: Day 1

1 december 2023 | 188 min

THE FIFTH SEASON OF THE YEAR IS UPON US, GAME OF THE YEAR SEASON! We got the whole gang here to chat about 7 CATEGORIES to kick off Day 1 of deliberations.

Those categories are:

Cheesecake Factory’s Ben Starr Presents BEST DEBUT (characters, studio, IP, etc)
JEFF BAKALAR’S BEST RUNNING AROUND (the spirit of moving)
BEST 2022 GAME WE DIDN’T TALK ABOUT
BEST ALAN WAKE CHARACTER
BEST GAME YOU BOUNCED OFF OF
BEST NEW HARDWARE
BEST GAME MECHANIC

We'll be back this coming Tuesday for Day 2 of deliberations and 7 more categories!

817: CATHOLIC KARATE

28 november 2023 | 132 min

Right before we get to Game of the Year this week we continue the mad dash to play all the games! Bailey joins us this week as we talk about Venba, El Paso Elsewhere, finishing Jusant, trying our hardest to continue through Alan Wake 2 and Baldur's Gate 3! We're a little light on the news this week but we chat about Sony's class action lawsuit, Killer Instinct getting a new Anniversary Edition, and Bethesda replying to negative Steam reviews.

Only a few tickets are left for the Giant Bomb GOTY Finale:
https://www.ticketmaster.com/giant-bomb-los-angeles-california-12-09-2023/event/09005F6FEAF94234

New stuff in the store as well!https://store.giantbomb.com/

816: REVENGEANCE

23 november 2023 | 20 min

It's a short week because of the holidays in the states! We wrangled everyone to share what we were all thankful for this year. Hope you're having a restful time if you got the time off, but if not, Happy Thursday!

816: Nice Cute Lil Dudes

21 november 2023 | 116 min

Make sure to defrost your turkies! This week we chat about the Lenovo Legion Go, Persona 5 Tactica, Super Mario RPG, and Chants of Sennaar! We also talk about the Switch 2 not having DLSS, Pokemon never going extinct, and more!

If you missed out on tickets to the Giant Bomb Game of the Year LIVE, we've switched up venues and have more on sale: https://www.ticketmaster.com/giant-bomb-los-angeles-california-12-09-2023/event/09005F6FEAF94234

815: REVENGEANCE

17 november 2023 | 101 min

Jan, Bakalar, Tam, and Bailey are here for REVENGEANCE! This week Jan talks about a couple other games that he's churning through, Tam talks puzzles in Puzzmo, and we hear about hot takes on watermelons!

This week's hot topic: THE GAME AWARDS! We have an extended chat about the state of the show, the industry as a whole, and our thoughts on what'll win at the TGAs!

815: Egg But Big

14 november 2023 | 151 min

We got Disney Trivia Champion Mike Minotti back on the podcast as we chat about Slay the Princess, Thirsty Suitors, Hans, and some quick impressions on the PlayStation Portal! We also cover Nintendo Indie World, the Game Awards Nominee list, Rocksteady steadily pushing Suicide Squad along, and more!

WE'RE ALSO PUTTING ON A LIVE SHOW! Giant Bomb's Game of the Year LIVE will be 12/9/23, 12pm, at the Moroccan Lounge! Tickets available soooon!

814: REVENGEANCE

9 november 2023 | 63 min

THE STEAM DECK OLED IS REAL!

Sorry. Still excited about that one.

In this episode, the crew discusses Dan & Jan's trip to Valve to check out the updated device as well as their own hands-on time at home. After that, the HOT TOPIC of the week: What IS the Best Portable Game of all time?

814: Grunt Double

7 november 2023 | 139 min

Today we're joined by Nathan Grayson and Chris Person to talk about their new website: Aftermath.site! We chat about the hidden horrors of PG movies, climbing mountains in Jusant, Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name, questionable VO in Mortal Kombat 1, and guiding people around in Humanity.

We also chat about Epic Games Store not making money, the Nintendo Switch continuing to sell a lot, Xbox and AI tools, walking in the woods, and more!

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/bombcast and get on your way to being your best self.

813: REVENGEANCE

3 november 2023 | 70 min

In the first episode of Bombcast: Revengeance we continue to chat about Alan Wake II and some loose rumblings for how we think Game of the Year is going to shape out. We also get into this week's HOT TOPIC and wonder if the Nintendo Switch is the best console of all time?

813: Mike MiNa'vi

31 oktober 2023 | 165 min

This week we talk about the new Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, our continued adventures in Super Mario Bros. Wonder, busting in Ghostbuters Spirits Unleashed, and absolutely enjoying Alan Wake II! We also cover Nintendo's patents, Atari acquiring studios, and the unfortunate layoffs hitting Bungie.

812: Sam Raimi Mode

24 oktober 2023 | 158 min

We try and make the smallest faces possible as we chat about the Meta Quest 3, more of our time with Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Hot Wheels Unleashed 2, and the wonderful time we've been having with Super Mario Bros. Wonder! We also read your emails about oreo etiquette, Spider-Man selling well, and Microsoft doubling down on games.

811: Sweet Thigh Meat

17 oktober 2023 | 136 min

This week Jan, Grubb, and Bakalar are joined by Bailey to discuss Sonic Superstars, the greatness of Cyber 2077, and their impressions of Marvel's Spider-Man 2! We also cover Pete Hines leaving Bethesda, Disney's CEO being pressured to buy EA, and more!

This episode is sponsored by to you by BetterHelp.
Give online therapy a try at https://www.betterhelp.com/bombcast and get on your way to being your best self.

Spider-Man 2 Review + Answering Your Questions

16 oktober 2023 | 43 min

Grubb, Dan, Jan, and Bakalar swing in time to thwip away with their impressions of their time with Marvel's Spider-Man 2!

810: Shy Guy Anatomy

10 oktober 2023 | 153 min

This week we chat about conducting our own type of heist and other fun in Payday 3, Mike spending more time in Baldur's Gate 3, Niki still stumbling through Starfield, and more! We also somehow stumble through the news while Grubb is away!

809: Bean Based

3 oktober 2023 | 155 min

While we can't talk about all the games we're playing we talk about Excite Bike 64, Baldur's Gate 3, and Jan's quick trip to Disneyland. We also break down all of the recent layoffs in the industry, Peter Molyneux's blockchain game, and more stories! BUG!

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online
therapy a try at betterhelp.com/bombcast and get on your way to being your best self.

808: Frodo's Not Rocky

26 september 2023 | 140 min

This week we have a little party with Party Animals, Jan finishes Lies of P and spoils a bit of the ending, Grubb is circling back to Starfield on the ASUS Roger, and more! We also cover the Activision and Xbox deal slowly coming to a close, Hideki Kamiya leaving Platinum, and more Gollum?

This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online
therapy a try at betterhelp.com/bombcast and get on your way to being your best self.

807: Bird Lore

19 september 2023 | 148 min

We got Tam on to chat about his time with Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and his time with Lies of P. Later Bailey joins us to chat about her new show on Game Spot with Emma Fyffe (linked below!) as we chat about the Microsoft leaks, Phil Spencer's plans to acquire Nintendo, and more!

Reality Check - https://youtu.be/_D9vmVp7ZS8?si=TNwvAeQvez_Mt4C4
Spider-Man 2 Hands-On Preview - https://youtu.be/CY_r5adXXTA?si=_NVY3CUFKg_8fz3B

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806: PANIC BUTTON

12 september 2023 | 186 min

Almost the whole crew is here to welcome back Jeff Bakalar as he regales us with his time at Disney World. We also chat about Pseudoregalia, Assassin's Creed Mirage, Void Stranger, and more games! We also find the time to talk about Embracer updates, a possible Nintendo Direct, and the baffling updates with Unity.

805: French Cinema

5 september 2023 | 84 min

Before we went our separate ways, we all got together in Jan's room to talk about our time at PAX West, some Starfield talk, and just having a good time!

Giant Bombcast 804: Gamer Cruise

29 augusti 2023 | 151 min

It turns out we're getting into mechs! We chat about Sea of Stars, surprisingly being into Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and gushing over Armored Core VI. We also talk about the Switch outselling the Wii and more stories from GamesCom!

The Giant Bombcast is powered by NZXT
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803: Vegan Options

22 augusti 2023 | 139 min

We're joined again by our dear friend Bailey Meyers to chat about Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, En Garde!, more adventures in Baldur's Gate 3, and more! We also chat about Microsoft's deal with UbiSoft, Charles Martinet "moving on", and other stories.

The Giant Bombcast is powered by NZXT
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802: ILOVETRAINS

15 augusti 2023 | 137 min

We're joined by Bailey Meyers this week to chat about Grubb's continued adventures in Tears of the Kingdom, Keith David replacing the late great Lance Reddick, Pikmin 4, and more!

The Giant Bombcast is powered by NZXT https://nzxt.co/GiantBomb

Giant Bombcast 801: Waluigi Coded

8 augusti 2023 | 131 min

WE LOVE BEARS! We also love to talk about Pikmin 4, Disney Illusion Island, Tren and the state of Dreams, Pokemon news, Square Enix not being pleased, and more!

Giant Bombcast 800: Love Tunnel

1 augusti 2023 | 146 min

Welcome to episode 800 of the Giant Bombcast! We've got a fullhouse today as we got the whole crew to chat about Pikmin 4, Sims 4 expansions, rumblings of a new Switch on the way, Elder Scrolls 4 getting a possible remake, and your emails!

Giant Bombcast 799: Gollum Week

25 juli 2023 | 134 min

This week we're joined by our dear friends Mike Minotti and Bailey Meyers! We chat about Remnant 2, Pikmin 4, Ubisoft giving and taking away games, Pizza scented controllers, and HATS!

Giant Bombcast 798: Z-Targetting My Wife

18 juli 2023 | 152 min

There are raptors falling out of the sky and a restaurant to run! We're joined by Niki Grayson today to chat about Exoprimal, Dave the Diver, Viewfinder, a whole slew Microsoft news, and even more! Everyone please give Niki a warm welcome as they're goi

Giant Bombcast 797: WEB3 VECTORMAN

11 juli 2023 | 144 min

The Giant Bombcast is back this week to talk about Xbox and Activision finally sealing the deal, Yuji Naka potentially facing jail time, our continued love for Tears of the Kingdom, and even more! For our live listeners the Giant Bombcast is moving to 9

Giant Bombcast 796: ONE BIG FRY

4 juli 2023 | 75 min

Is a potato churro just one big fry? For the Holiday weekend we got together to answer a boat load of your EMAILS! We Answer burning questions like our ideal BBQ plate, the best TotK NPCs, and more!

Giant Bombcast 795: Bros Before Chocobos

27 juni 2023 | 153 min

We got our Michaels on deck to chat extensively about Final Fantasy XVI, SOULVARS, and the ASUS ROG Ally. We also dip into the game news like Microsoft's continuing battle with the FTC, Nintendo cleaning up the charts, and more!

Giant Bombcast 794: Default Milk

20 juni 2023 | 116 min

We're back and fully rested up from Summer Game Fest! We chat about a bunch of demos from Steam Next Fest, the Final Fantasy XVI demo, a bunch of news, and your emails!

Giant Bombcast 793: RAMEN GOBLINS

14 juni 2023 | 48 min

After a long weekend of the Nite shows and covering Summer Game Fest we got together while we were still in person to chat about burritos and games!

Giant Bomb at Nite: Night 3

12 juni 2023 | 211 min

We've reached the FINAL night and we've got a banger of a lineup. We got the pleasure to hangout with some dear friends around the industry and we got Phil Spencer and Matt Booty to pop onto the couch!

Giant Bomb at Nite: Night 2

11 juni 2023 | 238 min

We're back for another night of hanging out with our dear friends while we're all at Summer Game Fest!

Giant Bomb at Nite: Night 1

11 juni 2023 | 331 min

We brought a couch out to Summer Game Fest and got a bunch of our friends to sit and hang out on it! TOES OUT!

Giant Bombcast 792: Bad YouTubers

6 juni 2023 | 101 min

Before we head over to Los Angeles for Summer Game Fest we got together to podcast! We talk about Street Fighter 6, Diablo IV, Apple's new VR helmet, and more!

Giant Bombcast 791: Dark Cloud 2

30 maj 2023 | 138 min

We're joined by our dear friend Mike Minotti to chat about Street Fighter 6, continued adventures in Tears of the Kingdom, and Baulder Gate: Dark Alliance for the GameCube? We also recap the PlayStation Showcase, sales numbers, and more!

Giant Bombcast 790: MILE HIGH MUDSLIDE

23 maj 2023 | 125 min

This week we continue to talk about Tears of the Kingdom and how it might be one of our alltime favorites! We also talk about Brain Age, Cassette Beasts, and more! Grubb also gets into this week's biggest gaming headlines and we dip into your emails!

Giant Bombcast 789: Ewoks and Hobbits

16 maj 2023 | 147 min

Our dear friend Lucy James is here with us and with the Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom finally here we ask the question that's on all our minds: Do you think Ewoks are better than Hobbits?

Giant Bombcast 788: Christian Warp Pipes

10 maj 2023 | 147 min

Somehow we got the crew all together at Bakalar's house to chat about desserts, smells, and eventually talk about video games too! AWOOOOOO!

Giant Bombcast 787: Brother Krillin

2 maj 2023 | 135 min

We got a packed house this week as Tam and Lucy joins us to chat about GameSpot's new shows dropping! We also get into Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Jan's growing problem in Honaki: Star Rail, the bummer that is Redfall, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 786: Moms Love Zelda

25 april 2023 | 120 min

We're baaaaack with another episode of the Giant Bombcast to chat about Minecraft Legends, Pulseman, our surprise about how much fun Dead Island 2 is, big Epic and Apple updates, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 785: Tronald Duck

18 april 2023 | 104 min

This week we're joined by our dear friend Alex Boniello as he talks about his forray into "games" with Foul Play, the Mega Man Battle Network Collection, Dead Island 2 being surprisingly fun, the Mario movie inching closer to $1 Billion, and more!

Giant Bombcast 784: Doctor Chat

11 april 2023 | 122 min

Grubb, Dan, and Jan return from sunny San Diego to console Bakalar on his FOMO. They recount their trip and their time at DreamHack, talk about today's headlines, AND give valuable croissant advice.

Giant Bombcast 783: Jesus Jesus Revolution

4 april 2023 | 88 min

Our two resident experts in crime get together before all the traveling shenanigans take place to talk about the BIGGEST GAME OF THE YEAR: Crime Boss: Rockay City. We also commiserate over the death of E3, PSVR2 sale numbers, and a rat's basket of your em

Giant Bombcast 782: Custody Briefcase

28 mars 2023 | 148 min

With Wrestlemania coming up, we couldn't help but have a bit of wrestling talk on the show! We also chat about Redfall, Resident Evil 4, and news that E3 might be cancelled?

Giant Bombcast 781: GASLIGHT DOGS

21 mars 2023 | 155 min

We're joined by Mike Minotti of GamesBeat today to chat about frustrations with Fire Emblem Engage, continued wet times in Resident Evil 4 Remake, and the chillest of times in Tchia. We've also got stories like a new Persona, EA delisting and then relisti

Giant Bombcast 780: Matt Rorie's Alpha Protocol

14 mars 2023 | 137 min

Make sure you drop some Rs for good ol' Rordawg. We chat about the wet and scary Resident Evil 4 demo, Dead Island 2, Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania, PS5 Pro Rumors, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 779: The Greatest Jewish Wrestler

8 mars 2023 | 135 min

Despite the title NO WRESTLING TALK TODAY because Bakalar is driving the Bombcast with Grubb and Mike Minotti and Matt Rorie are tagging along to talk about Returnal, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, Xbox and PlayStation news, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 778: young elmo

1 mars 2023 | 137 min

Jan and Grubb are joined by the homies Michael Higham and Jesse Vitelli to talk about their time with Final Fantasy XVI, adventures through Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe, Miyamoto not wanting us to worry, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 777: Show Me the Law

21 februari 2023 | 150 min

We landed on a Triple 7 baby! This week we talk about PSVR 2, Like a Dragon: Ishin, Atomic Heart, Microsoft and Nintendo's 10 year deal, Baby Seals, and more!

Giant Bombcast 776: Mario Mommy

14 februari 2023 | 154 min

The best way to celebrate Valentine's is by listening to the Giant Bombcast with your significant other! We chat about Wild Hearts, the Game Boy and Game Boy Advance NSO lineups, Metroid Prime Remastered, and all of the video game news in the last week!

Giant Bombcast 775: Hunter Biden Kaitos

7 februari 2023 | 158 min

This week we're joined by our dear friends Michael Higham and Jesse Vitelli to talk about a scary number of owls, finishing Hi-Fi Rush, our predictions for the next Nintendo Direct, jamming in Theatrhythm, and more!

Giant Bombcast 774: Anime Soup

31 januari 2023 | 157 min

We're joined by our friends Mike Minotti and Michael Higham this week to celebrate a certain season, discuss Hi-Fi Rush, Like a Dragon: Isshin, 343 and Microsoft news, Star Wars delays, games closing, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 773: Weird Jesus Vibes

24 januari 2023 | 142 min

The crew is back to talk about how Forspoken nails the New York experience, Fire Emblem Engage, the new Dual Sense Edge controller, Marvel's Avengers shutting down, and more!

Giant Bombcast 772: Time Week

17 januari 2023 | 143 min

This week on the Giant Bombcast we find time to examine the very concept of time and space. We also chat about One Piece Odyssey, circle back to the Case of the Golden Idol, The Last of Us TV show, NPD numbers, Ubisoft's continued woes, and emails about t

Giant Bombcast 771: GARLIC BOYS

10 januari 2023 | 133 min

We're back this week to talk about Chained Echoes, Xbox's "Developer Direct", Apple and a rumored AR/VR device, the liquid metal in your PS5, Neil Druckmann announcements, and more!

Giant Bombcast 770: Mad Slinky Tricks

3 januari 2023 | 154 min

We're back from the Holiday break! We discuss our individual adventures during the break, a handful of news stories like Starfall's release date, Jess' continued ventures into the world of VR, and Jeff Grubb shaving his head!

Giant Bombcast 769: TRAILERD

27 december 2022 | 79 min

For the final episode of the Giant Bombcast of the year we answered some lovely emails, talked about what we were excited about for 2023, AND DID MATH!

Giant Bombcast 768: DARK PATTERNS

20 december 2022 | 130 min

The GOTY smoke has cleared and we're still standing! Let's wrap up the year and talk about some news, High on Life, Crisis Core Final Fantasy 7 Reunion, the Vampire Survivors DLC, and even more!

Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2022: Day 3

14 december 2022 | 199 min

After getting through 10 categories we have now arrived at the main event: THE TOP 10 GAMES OF 2022! What game will reign supreme? Will any surprises make it onto the list? Have any back alley deals been made? Whatever the outcome is, we will stand Towe

Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2022: Day 2

13 december 2022 | 175 min

Welcome to Day 2 of our GOTY deliberations! On today's schedule we've got five more catergories: Best New Fortnite Skin, Best Running Around, B-Game of the Year, Most Disappointing Game, and Best Music of the Year. Get ready to dab away into infinity and

Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2022: Day 1

12 december 2022 | 163 min

Nothing wrong with a little pivoting if plans gotta change! We gathered together to celebrate and discuss Game of the Year 2022 all in Tower Unite. Today we cover five categories: Soulja Boy Presents Best Game For People Who Drink Beer And Get Drunk or S

Giant Bombcast 767: Kojima Muppets Crossover

6 december 2022 | 130 min

With GOTY in the distance we gather around to chat about Callisto Protocol, trying to make sense of Dwarf Fortress, detailing the updates to Fortnite, a ToeJam and Earl movie, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 766: Human Slide Whistle

30 november 2022 | 129 min

After the long Holiday weekend we're back to talk about Goat Simulator 3, becoming VTubers with Sony's help, getting Luigi'd, our individual to-do lists for GOTY, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 765: Big Corn's Pocket

22 november 2022 | 144 min

This week we've assembled the unholy trinity (with some special appearences) to discuss Jeff Bakalar's time at AEW Full Gear, Jan falling out of love with Pokemon, Atari 50 being a darkhorse for GOTY, and a roundup of video game news!

Giant Bombcast 764: Empathy and Stuff

15 november 2022 | 156 min

Our dear friend Michael Higham joins us as we talk about Somerville, Pentimate, the Game Awards nominees for 2022, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 763: Mead Mommy

8 november 2022 | 153 min

BOY, we've recovered from Extra Life weekend and we're here to talk about games! Farming in Harvestella, Marvel Snap's new battle pass, arranging in Little to the Left, and of course God of War Raganarok and Sonic Frontiers impressions. We got today's rou

Giant Bombcast 762: Forlorn Hohoho

1 november 2022 | 156 min

Good bye spooky season and hello November! Jess chats about Signalis, Vampire Survivors, Marvel Snap's stranglehold over Jan and Grubb, and Bakalar gets the boys back together in Modern Warfare 2. We cover the newest game news and all of your burning ques

Giant Bombcast 761: EXPANDALONE

25 oktober 2022 | 159 min

We're joined by Michael Higham today to help celebrate Filipino American History Month! Today we gush about Marvel Snap, Gotham Knights, and Bakalar shares his God of War Ragnarok impressions. Grubb also guides us through today's video game news and we ge

Giant Bombcast 760: Tactician Festival

19 oktober 2022 | 130 min

We're joined by Dany Peña today to chat about his time with G4 and his team at XPlay. We also chat about SCORN, some upcoming Silent Hill rumors, jury duty, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 759: Rings of Flour

12 oktober 2022 | 153 min

After a whirlwind week in NYC we're back in our respective homes to chat about games, coffee, and the newest news! We're joined by our Most Friend Mike Minotti from GamesBeat!

Giant Bombcast 758: The Ted Danson Pack

4 oktober 2022 | 84 min

Since we're out traveling we prerecorded this badboy! This week we answer a bunch of emails and other assorted questions from the community!

Giant Bombcast 757: Comic Sans 2

27 september 2022 | 125 min

We're joined by Niki Grayson for today's Giant Bombcast! We discuss going Blobbo mode, NBA 2k23, Sessions: Skate Sim, the Modern Warefare 2 Beta, Prodeus, the return of E3, and much more!

Giant Bombcast 756: Emulation Hose

20 september 2022 | 162 min

We're joined by special guests Imran Khan and John Warren! Today we cover the hottest games like the Diofield Chronicles, Hyper Demon, Disney Dreamlight Valley, our experience with PSVR 2, and ESPN NFL 2k5? We also cover the GTA leaks, the new Iron Man ga

Giant Bombcast 755: Stealth Poodle

14 september 2022 | 177 min

This week we recap the Nintendo Direct, get into a lengthy discussion on Immortality, gush about splatting in Splatoon, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 754: Scott Hall Effect

6 september 2022 | 162 min

We've got a terrifying trio for today's Bombcast! We have a lovely chat about Ooblets, Tinykin, and touch on what Immortality is. We also breakdown some Silent Hill rumors, UK game sales charts, and more!

Giant Bombcast 753: LUCYWATCH 2022

30 augusti 2022 | 146 min

This week we're on the lookout as Lucy joins Jeff Bakalar in person! We start the show with news on the new Assassin's Creed game, Logitech's new gaming device, Game Pass updates, and a potential Nintendo Direct. We also chat about Soul Hackers 2, Tinykin

Giant Bombcast 752: Slob on my Gog

23 augusti 2022 | 119 min

This week we chat about a small indie game called "Fortnite", hitting the green in Cursed to Golf, and board the Midnight Fight Express. We also get into our impressions on the new Saints Row,recap Opening Night Live of Gamescom, and a bunch of other game

Giant Bombcast 751: butterzone

16 augusti 2022 | 157 min

This week we chat about the upcoming Rollerdrome, how amazing Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered looks, starting a cult in the GAME OF THE WEEK with Cult of the Lamb, THQ's new South Park game, Take-Two's original Middle-earth game, and some proper glizzy dis

Giant Bombcast 750: Quasi-Illegal

9 augusti 2022 | 163 min

We're joined by Fanbyte's Michael Higham as he regails us with his experience at EVO 2022, Jan and Grubb dig into Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Street Fighter 6 updates, the third Sonic movie's release date, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 749: Software Plus Art

2 augusti 2022 | 146 min

We're back this week to talk about Digimon Survive, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Bakalar finishing Stray, Mortuary Assistant, and the Ambrose Islands in Hitman 3. Grubb brings us all the news planned with GTA VI, Sony's business plans, updates on AEW: Fight Fo

Giant Bombcast 748: Dirty Little Slime Man

26 juli 2022 | 131 min

We're joined by Nerium from Fanbyte as we talk about Live A Live, Into the Breach DLC, the new Hitman 3 DLC, we do a quick GOTY check-in, and then all of the biggest gaming news of this week!

Giant Bombcast 747: Eternal Money

19 juli 2022 | 165 min

The crew is back this week to talk about Jan's Vegas exploits, Jess finishing Neon White, Tam and Grubb talk kitties, game unions forming, Skate 4 going free to play, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 746: Nooks and Crannies

12 juli 2022 | 114 min

Steamdecks are still coming in hot and tickling the fancy of more then one on this podcast. Grubb's got a ton of news, and Bakalar supplies us with the voice of the people in the Email segment.

Giant Bombcast 745: The Naka Cut

5 juli 2022 | 141 min

After a long weekend we're back to talk about the Cuphead DLC, Overwatch 2, hot dogs, Sucker Punch leaving Sly behind, and a bunch of other game news!

Giant Bombcast 744: Tingle Specialist

28 juni 2022 | 137 min

Bakalar is back from his trip! He regails us with tales of algae and food, we continue to gush about Neon White, Jan's time in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, we recap the recent Nintendo Direct, and even more game news!

Giant Bombcast 743: Assassin's Cream

21 juni 2022 | 149 min

HELLO all of our Mid Sized Sedans out there! We're back this week to talk about TMNT Shredder's Revenge, gush about Neon White, breakdown all the Final Fantasies on the horizon, controller news, and discuss optimum nuggest strategies!

Giant Bombcast 742: Goat Adjacent

14 juni 2022 | 162 min

Jan and Tam are back to report on Summer Game Fest, Street Fighter 6, and we have a whole GRIP of news to breakdown. THIS IS A LOOSE SET OF TIMESTAMPS THAT IS SET TO THE FREE VERSION OF THE AUDIO BOMBCAST. 7:43 - whatcha been playing 11:11 - street fight

Giant Bombcast 741: THROAT GOAT

7 juni 2022 | 62 min

We've got some housekeeping to take care of and sodas to "chug"!

Giant Bombcast 740: Bagelmonger

31 maj 2022 | 134 min

We got up reallll early this week to gab on about Jess' continued adventures in Chrono Trigger, Tamoor joins us to talk about Elden Ring and other stuff, we also get into a whole grip of Sony news and other assorted nonsense!

Giant Bombcast 739: FULL BALL CONTROL

24 maj 2022 | 164 min

We Celebrate Pac-Man's birthday by swinging into Golf Gang, Multiversus, Apex Legends Mobile, V Rising, along with some more Death Stranding sequel scuttle, and PlayStation Plus' new tiers!

Giant Bombcast 738: OG Daddy

17 maj 2022 | 169 min

We've got a boat load of news today! We talk about the titles getting added to PlayStation Plus, Jim Ryan's hot newsletters, and of course the Silent Hill leaks. We squeezed in some game talk with Teardown, Trek to Yomi, and Loot River as well!

Giant Bombcast 737: Fifa Lockhart

11 maj 2022 | 166 min

We got the hottest releases like Duke Nukem Forever leaks, finding humanity in Citizen Sleeper, smooching in Sucker for Love, hittin' pegs in Peglin, and all your emails and gaming news!

Giant Bombcast 736: Gritty Gex Reboot

3 maj 2022 | 164 min

It's Tuesday so let's all embrace the Giant Bombcast warmly. We gab about Video Game Rap Beefs, Nintendo Switch Sports, Rogue Legacy 2, the Bugsnax DLC, Embracer embracing more companies, a new Warcraft game, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 735: This is Miyamoto

26 april 2022 | 178 min

Tuesday means it's time to talk about slots in Luck Be a Landlord, chips in Endcycle VS, Unreal Championship 2, Mario movie delays, a grip of Ubisoft updates, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 734: Level 37 Fedora

19 april 2022 | 161 min

It's Tuesday so it's time to talk about games! This week we talk about the newly released Playdate, finishing Stranger of Paradise, Sega's SUPER GAME INITIATIVE, Jason Momoa, Nintendo Leaks, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 733: They Old

12 april 2022 | 153 min

EVERYONE CLAP YOUR HANDS because there is a new Kingdom Hearts in the horizon! We also talk about the upcoming BugSnax, Nintendo Switch Sports, Astral Ascent, Jitsu Squad, Gundam Evolution, and all your gaming and Magic Castle news!

Giant Bombcast 732: Semi-Husband

5 april 2022 | 169 min

This week we get on about a new LEGO Star Wars game, explore Norco, Jeff finishes Tunic, as well as covering the cancellation of E3, a new Monkey Island, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 731: The Gouda Project

29 mars 2022 | 176 min

This week we have a MOUTHFUL of games including Kirby and the Forgotten land, Tiny Tina's Wonderlands, and more adventures in Tunic. We also recap the new PlayStation Plus updates, delays, GUNDAMS, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 730: Gamesmonger

22 mars 2022 | 155 min

Dry those hands before you touch our fuzzy controllers! We dive more into the Chaos of Stranger of Paradise, get wild in the Weird West, tackle the mysteries of Tunic, and all the games news of the past week!

Giant Bombcast 729: Cancelling Time

15 mars 2022 | 165 min

HEY YO! We're back to talk about our short time with GhostWire: Tokyo, we dipped into CHAOS in Stranger of Paradise, finishing Symphony of the Night, Nintendo opening up a new theme park, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 728: Loan Wolves

8 mars 2022 | 161 min

We hop out of the car cafe to chat about Gran Turismo 7, the state of sports entertaining in WWE 2K22, our continued adventures in Elden Ring, tiles in Triangle Strategy, Epic buying Bandcamp, and all of this week's news!

Giant Bombcast 727: Gabe Juice

1 mars 2022 | 164 min

We welcome GameSpot's Tamoor Hussain to discuss all things Elden Ring and also to chat about the current state of reviewing games. We also talk about Babylon's Fall, the new Pokémon generation, Steam Deck impressions, and updates with Street Fighter!

Giant Bombcast 726: Grey Soda of Video Games

23 februari 2022 | 171 min

This week we've got our lingering thoughts on Horizon Forbidden West, some preview notes on Elden Ring, along with news on the Nintendo eShop closing, the new PSVR helmet, and the thick wizard from Street Fighter 6.

Giant Bombcast 725: Mr. Boo

16 februari 2022 | 180 min

We're back! We discuss Horizon Forbidden West, Dying Light 2, King of Fighters XV, recap the previous Nintendo Direct, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 724: Gaba-Ghouls

8 februari 2022 | 179 min

This week Jess talks about her preview with Ghostwire Tokyo, Jeff takes shrooms in Dying Light 2, getting old in Sifu, and we breakdown this week's whirlwind of news!

Giant Bombcast 723: Fuzzy Crime

1 februari 2022 | 171 min

Put your Warface on everyone! We talk about the new Pokémon Legends: Arceus, continued adventures in Cruelty Squad, Sony buying Bungie, Wordle getting acquired, and even more!

Game of the Year: Day 3

28 januari 2022 | 207 min

It's all lead up to this, we craft the site's Top 10 and crown Game of the Year!

Game of the Year: Day 2

27 januari 2022 | 183 min

On Day 2 we deliberate 2021's "Best Styyyyyyyle", "Best Looking", "Best Switch Game That Isn't On Switch (Yet)", and "Most Disappointing"! We also briefly glance at what our collective Top Ten could be!

Game of the Year: Day 1

26 januari 2022 | 171 min

We begin Day 1 of Game of the Year Deliberations with "Best Letter", "Chillest Game, Brah", "Best Time Loop Game", and "Best Music"!

Giant Bombcast 722: Suck Point Suck

25 januari 2022 | 159 min

We sneak in one more Bombcast before Game of the Year deliberations pop off. We throw blows in Windjammers 2, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction, updates on the Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard situation, along with your emails!

Giant Bombcast 721: Doctor Hockey

18 januari 2022 | 155 min

So much news this week we needed another Jeff! Jeff Grubb joins us as we breakdown the news of Microsoft buying Activision-Blizzard, Hitman 3 Year 2, an Italian Senate kerfuffle, and even some games!

Giant Bombcast 720: For Answer

11 januari 2022 | 153 min

The Giant Bombcast is back! This week we discuss our current game backlogs, E3 2022 being cancelled, 500 hour long video games, and Limp Bizkit!

Giant Bombcast 719: Volunteer Spirit

4 januari 2022 | 160 min

No better way to ring in the new year than another episode of the Giant Bombcast! We talk about the hottest releases like Titanfall 2, Teardown, as well as GoldenEye rumors, Final Fantasy delays, and of course NFTs.

Giant Bombcast 718: The Sandler Squad

28 december 2021 | 108 min

We can't end the year without one more Bombcast! To cap off the year we read your emails and talk about Adam Sandler for an extended period of time!

Giant Bombcast 717: Scams and Flams

21 december 2021 | 140 min

We're back to talk about some neighborhood scams, sucking up a mess in The Gunk, finishing Inscryption, slamming tiles in Babble Royale, being trapped in MonCage, NFTs in games, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 716: Homeopathic Indiana Jones

15 december 2021 | 154 min

It's the day after the Bombathon and the week after The Game Awards and there's much to ruminate on - What kinda factors might go into voting for the TGA winners? Why are anti-union emails so obvious? And why does the Uncharted movie just feel *wrong*?

Giant Bombcast 715: Non Fungible Tree

7 december 2021 | 157 min

Halo Infinite is almost out! But we also sit and talk about Heavenly Bodies, bouncing off Deathloop, Inscryption woes, as well as Sony's upcoming subscription services, and Ubisoft NFTs?

Giant Bombcast 714: Keighley Surprise

30 november 2021 | 154 min

After a short week we're back with continued Halo Infinite chat, hot new releases like Wii Sports, addiction to Super Auto Pets, CD Projekt Red updates, the end of Fortnite, and more!

Giant Bombcast 713: Pokémon BDSM

23 november 2021 | 155 min

We're back with some talk about Halo Infinite's campaign, finding joy in Battlefield 2042, wanting more challenge in Pokémon BD/SP, Epic buying Harmonix, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 712: Endless Forgiveness

16 november 2021 | 159 min

Welcome to Jess' first Bombcast as we talk about Halo Infinite's Multiplayer Beta, Shin Megami Tensei V, the new Battlefield, updates on Activision, and discussing the nominees for this year's Game Awards.

Giant Bombcast 711: OH EGG

10 november 2021 | 174 min

The perfect podcast to pair with a hot dog! This week the Jeffs give their thoughts on Call of Duty: Vanguard, Animal Crossing New Horizon's new DLC, Forza Horizon 5, eggs in The Anacrusis, NFTs and game companies, and...Popeye....Popeye.

Giant Bombcast 710: PP Cost

3 november 2021 | 136 min

November is upon us, so let's sit and talk about Voice of Cards, more Dungeon Encounters, Super Robot Wars 30, Inscryption, along with Fortnite shutting down, Dr. Dre making music for GTA, and all of your voicemails and emails!

Giant Bombcast 709: Cold5

27 oktober 2021 | 169 min

It is no secret! We're here to talk about Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, Dungeon Encounters, Age of Empires IV, Ben coming to terms with Breath of the Wild, cancelling BlizzCon, FaZe, and some Nintendo 64 jank!

Giant Bombcast 708: wallbabies

19 oktober 2021 | 167 min

Nothing like existential dread to start of the Bombcast! We got a bit more Metroid Dread talk, Inscryption, NHL 22, Animal Crossing updates, League of Legends bans, and some Xbox whoopsies!

Giant Bombcast 707: Lou Bega NFT

13 oktober 2021 | 175 min

A bunch of 7-0-Savages out there as we discuss Metroid Dread, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, the baffling Battlefield 2042 BETA, the Twitch leaks, and much more!

Giant Bombcast 706: Key Lad

6 oktober 2021 | 158 min

This week we run around fake Cuba in Far Cry 6, a brief dip into Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, the new New World, SORA IN SMASH, the cancelled TI, and Konami making games again?

Giant Bombcast 705: YOUR MEDICINE

28 september 2021 | 171 min

It's the return of the Pack! Good ol' Ben Pack joins us as we check in on Jeff's sleepless nights, Sable, Deltarune, Hot Wheels Unleashed, Halo Infinite's multiplayer weekend, and some voicemails!

Giant Bombcast 704: Da Droid Become Human

22 september 2021 | 156 min

On this episode we talk about Kena: Bridge of Spirits, taking pictures in Toem, more loops in Deathloop, determining what game is over and underrated, and MILK!

Giant Bombcast 703: Time Juice

15 september 2021 | 179 min

We've got a full house today as we try and explain Deathloop, Tales of Arise, befriend sentient dice in Lost in Random, as well as recapping Sony's PlayStation event, and valuable bidet discourse!

Giant Bombcast 702: Ask Jeev-Vess

7 september 2021 | 165 min

Danny returns to the Bombcast just in time to chat about the hottest release: Cookie Clicker! We also chat about Sonic Colors, Sony wanting their $10, an Alan Wake Remaster, the Tripwire situation, and more of your food crimes!

Giant Bombcast 701: A Good VCR

31 augusti 2021 | 150 min

Before August ends we're here to talk about Deathloop, cats in tanks, Fortnite news, Gamescom, and pilgrimages for beer!

Giant Bombcast 700: Toilet Crime

24 augusti 2021 | 164 min

No better way to ring in episode 700 than some mysterious toilet crimes, more than twelve minutes of Twelve Minutes, Aliens: Fireteam Elite talk, Halo Infinite updates, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 699: Illegal Tactics

17 augusti 2021 | 162 min

We have a NICE episode featuring Tamoor, Lucy, and Michael from GameSpot. We tackle Jan's possible gambling problem, Dodgeball Academia, Final Fantasy XIV, 3D Printing problems, Boyfriend Dungeon, Will Smith, and much more!

Giant Bombcast 698: Up In My Frunk

10 augusti 2021 | 171 min

This week we get into the Back 4 Blood Beta, finally queue up in Splitgate, talk about skins and cosmetics, and of course get into front trunk discourse.

Giant Bombcast 697: Ass Rock Dongles

3 augusti 2021 | 155 min

We've got a packed house here as we talk announce new shows, discuss the wide variety of Smirnoff Ice, The Ascent, Halo Infinite, Huntdown, updates at Activision Blizzard, PS5 SSDs, and much more!

Giant Bombcast 696: Cheech and Chong WAVs

27 juli 2021 | 170 min

The Giant Bombcast is HERE to tackle Jan's growing problem with Pokémon Unite, Danny's adventures with owning an arcade cabinet, talking about the Activision Blizzard situation, and much more!

Giant Bombcast 695: KeyBoy

20 juli 2021 | 201 min

We cover the hottest story this week: CABLE MANAGEMENT! But we also find time to talk about Samurai Gunn 2, Pokémon Go Fest 2021, Jan's adventures in Disneyland, Splitgate, the Steamdeck, we take a trip through the DELAYZONE, and much more fun!

Giant Bombcast 694: Dirty Fluids

14 juli 2021 | 182 min

Jean-Luc from GameSpot is once again filling in for Jan on this week's The Giant Bombcast to talk about F1 2021, Arcadegeddon, the Atari VCS, a 1.5 million dollar copy of Mario 64, and more!

Giant Bombcast 693: A Furry Entrance

6 juli 2021 | 174 min

After a hot dog filled weekend the Giant Bombcast is back with ACE producer Jean-Luc from GameSpot to talk about more Cruelty Squad, Scarlet Nexus, an actual new Nintendo Switch, Sony's relationship with the Indies, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 692: Flesh Investment

29 juni 2021 | 170 min

We're joined by Jeff Grubb this week to announce some new shows! Amidst the excitement we talk about Mario Golf, LEGO Builders Journey, Sony studio acquisitions, Cyberpunk 2077's current state, Quake in the Pentagon, and much more!

Giant Bombcast 691: Ska Wallet

22 juni 2021 | 149 min

We have formed a dark alliance this week to talk about Dark Alliance, Game Builder Garage, Cyberpunk 2077 coming back on PSN, a Pokémon MOBA, band fighting discourse, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 690: Grip the Banana

15 juni 2021 | 153 min

With E3 just barely behind us we recap some of the CHAOS from the weekend. We also paint some pictures in Chicory, scream in Chivalry II, fan the flames for country beef, and much more!

Giant Bombcast 689: Touch the Crank

8 juni 2021 | 179 min

GIANT NEWS on the Giant Bombcast today! We also got some talk about the new Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, Guilty Gear Strive, more Cyberpunk Leaks, cranking it with the Playdate, E3 plans, and so much more!

Giant Bombcast 688: America and Azeroth

1 juni 2021 | 189 min

With E3 RIGHT around the corner we get together to talk about hot releases like bathrooms, Biomutant, Necromunda, Virtua Fighter 5, a possible NEW Nintendo Switch, Sonic jewelry, and becoming a C-Tier Japanese celebrity!

Giant Bombcast 687: John McClane's Feet

25 maj 2021 | 167 min

With E3 quickly approaching we're off to the racetracks to chat about Tower Unite, Knockout City, a new Virtua Fighter, rumors of a new Tony Hawk, Hot Tubs on Twitch, and eating plant Pokémon?

Giant Bombcast 686: Baby Yogurt

18 maj 2021 | 153 min

Welcome to another episode of the Giant Bombcast in where we discuss Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Subnautica: Below Zero, AT&T being sold, new PS5 controllers, E3s of yore, and an "interesting" ranking of Pokémo

Giant Bombcast 685: I Did It for the Grookey

12 maj 2021 | 149 min

We're BACK with a bunch of dads (and an uncle?) to talk about chairs, Returnal woes, our appreciation for Resident Evil Village, some artsy pictures of Pokémon, the growing legal case of Epic vs. Apple, and so much more!

Giant Bombcast 684: Brad's Leaving

4 maj 2021 | 93 min

The old hands of Giant Bomb come together for one more Bombcast to talk about some changes around these parts, reminisce about the past, and look to the future.

Giant Bombcast 683: Nier Automotive GP

27 april 2021 | 155 min

This week we begin with a consideration of Mortal Kombat films past and present, before moving into the nitty gritty of Returnal, NieR Replicant ver.1.224744...something, more adventures in Pokemon card acquisition, the Noid's return to video games, the M

Giant Bombcast 682: That Dom State of Mind

20 april 2021 | 143 min

Grab a handful of tubby custard and join us in the Dom shrine for PlayStation baseball on Xbox, the Pokemon TCG turf war, the last-minute rescue of the PS3 and Vita storefronts, Square Enix acquisition rumors, Resident Evil 4 in VR, and more shocking Neop

Giant Bombcast 681: Dairy Queen, TX

14 april 2021 | 163 min

This week, we cling desperately to our Outriders inventories, take a look at the just-released Ask Iwata compilation, play movie mad libs in What the Dub?!, ponder Bad Bunny and 24-hour shrimp, and have 99 Pac-Men but a Switch... well, you know how it goe

Giant Bombcast 680: Room Temperature Clam Chowder

6 april 2021 | 135 min

This week we dive deep into Outriders, build villages in Dorfromantik, mount monsters in Monster Hunter Rise, as well as the RETURN of E3, Titanfall things in Apex Legends, and much more!

Giant Bombcast 679: Feed Gems to Tims

31 mars 2021 | 153 min

Balan Wonderworld is upon us and it's hard to think about much else, but we also dig into It Takes Two, more monster trucks, more MonHun, voiced Disco Elysium, the looming PlayStation Store closures, COD and Battlefield rumors, Pokemon Go except glasses,

Giant Bombcast 678: A Horse Named PlayStation

23 mars 2021 | 152 min

Welcome to the recreation zone, where we chillax over subjects like Monster Hunter Rise, Monster Truck Championship, the PlayStation 5 VR controller, the latest OLED Switch rumors, Sony's Evo acquisition, 2021 game delays, Double Dare prizes, Daft Punk fo

Giant Bombcast 677: Undercover Juggalo

16 mars 2021 | 135 min

This week we get caught up in Loop Hero, finding out there have been FOUR Monster Energy Supercross games, Stubbs the Zombie, new studios being founded, games hitting Game Pass, awkward gas station encounters, and thrift store scores!

Giant Bombcast 676: The McRib of Consoles

9 mars 2021 | 159 min

Games! Loop Hero, Circuit Superstar, The Eternal Cylinder, Persona 5 Strikers, Bravely Default II. News! An OLED-equipped Switch, the finalized Bethesda acquisition, the resurrection of Paragon, and the dual fate of Artifact. Emails! Uh, whiskey that list

Giant Bombcast 675: All Day I Dream About Koffee

2 mars 2021 | 156 min

This week: the Outriders demo, more Valheim adventures, the Guilty Gear Strive beta, Maquette, Sony's Japan Studio closure and PS5 storage upgrades, the latest on Dragon Age 4 and Battlefield, Epic's Fall Guys purchase, some heated chili arguments, a love

Giant Bombcast 674: Knife or Death

23 februari 2021 | 165 min

Valheim appears to be overtaking the office this week, with a detour into the good and bad of old games with Blizzard Arcade Collection and Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection. Plus: the future of PSVR, the Vampire: Bloodlines 2 shakeup, all the Blizzcon and N

Giant Bombcast 673: The Internet in Your Pants

16 februari 2021 | 170 min

What's up with Bowser's Fury and Valheim? Why would anyone try to resurrect Six Days in Fallujah? Has it really been 20 years since that Zero Wing proto-meme? How much spaghetti COULD you fit into one backpack? These questions and more, answered on this w

Giant Bombcast 672: Great Conversations

9 februari 2021 | 155 min

This week: the (digital) future of E3, PS5 sales and shortages, the Gearbox buyout, the ultimate fate of Anthem, the GoldenEye XBLA leak, Little Nightmares 2, The Medium, Destruction AllStars, Control Ultimate Edition, Ys IX, Danny's Irish favs, underwate

Giant Bombcast 671: Tree on the Loose

2 februari 2021 | 168 min

This week: a little time with the just-released Destruction AllStars, next-gen Control, the inventiveness of Hitman 3, cyber-ninjas in Cyber Shadow, the Stadia first-party shutdown, the Nemesis system patent, a #Skate4 studio, lewd Keanu Reeves mods, Kief

Giant Bombcast 670: We Call It Cluedo!

27 januari 2021 | 147 min

The white smoke of GOTY has cleared, and what better way to truly kick off 2021 than with Hitman 3--and Danny O'Dwyer! Also: Frog Fractions, the Blizzard/Vicarious Visions merger, a KOTOR reboot, the Xbox Live pricing snafu, one very tall vampire lady, an

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2020: Day Five

23 januari 2021 | 254 min

On our fifth and final GOTY show, we'll pay tribute to the games that didn't quite make it as finalists for our best games of the year, and then finally determine the 10 games that rise above the rest.

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2020: Day Four

22 januari 2021 | 238 min

The fourth day of our GOTY deliberations will run down the best and worst of 2020, with awards for the Best Moment or Sequence, and Most Distressing Game.

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2020: Day Three

21 januari 2021 | 229 min

Y'all like playing video games? We do. That's why we're spending day three awarding the Best Game Feel. Then, time for Party of the Year!

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2020: Day Two

20 januari 2021 | 239 min

Warm up your hi-fi, it's time for everyone's favorite listening party as we determine the winners for Best Music (and Best Multiplayer).

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2020: Day One

19 januari 2021 | 217 min

This time we're doing it live! Our annual GOTY feature kicks off as we hash out the awards for Best-Looking Game and Best... Dad.

Giant Bombcast 669: I'm Always in Pose 6

12 januari 2021 | 161 min

With Game of the Year rapidly approaching, we're doing some last-minute cramming with Final Fantasy VII Remake, Yakuza, Ori and more, plus trying out the Monster Hunter Rise demo, spitballing ideas for Bethesda's newly announced Indiana Jones game, laughi

Giant Bombcast 668: Professor Latency

5 januari 2021 | 154 min

New year, new Bombcast! We're back to talk Yakuza, Ghost of Tsushima Legends, Super Meat Boy Forever, the Fortnite shopping mall, the curious case of the Zelda Miis, running guns in Japan, and our annual attempt to answer the question: what is Star Citize

Giant Bombcast 667: Sega to Make New Genesis!

29 december 2020 | 130 min

Somehow we've made it to the end of 2020, and for our last episode of the year, we talk over our to-play lists for the holiday break, take a gander at the release list as it stands for 2021, fantasy book some chess sets, and take a whole bunch of your ema

Giant Bombcast 666: Christmas Tree Shaped Eggs

22 december 2020 | 127 min

We're here with the last LIVE episode of the Giant Bombcast in 2020! We're here to talk about Monster Sanctuary, World of Warcraft, the continuing situation around Cyberpunk 2077, and early-access pizza!

Giant Bombcast 665: It'z Fun!

16 december 2020 | 168 min

The Internet's Abby Russell joins us to talk about how much chess she's been playing lately, plus the Cyberpunk release kerfuffle, all the big announcements out of the Game Awards, the proper definition of rap movies, our love of video game typefaces, and

Giant Bombcast 664: Kevlar Booty Shorts

8 december 2020 | 172 min

Vinny "Cyber" Caravella joins us for a mammoth Cyberpunk 2077 discussion, then we get into some Metal Gear dream casting, more Immortals Fenyx Rising, more WWE on mobile, Nintendo's eShop data collection, Kratos in Fortnite, Billy Mitchell's latest dastar

Giant Bombcast 663: Cooksies to Keepsies

2 december 2020 | 159 min

As we enter 2020's final month, we double down on the year's remaining games like Immortals Fenyx Rising, Demon's Souls, Miles Morales, and Yakuza, plus Thanksgiving steaks, the whereabouts of Sam Worthington, and the questionably imminent opening of Supe

Giant Bombcast 662: Turn the Musou Crank

25 november 2020 | 157 min

We're settling into the new post-console-launch normal with more time on the PS5 and XSX and their games, the closing chapters of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, the million-moblin action of Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Kingdom Hearts except a rhythm game, St

Giant Bombcast 661: Code Red Brisket

17 november 2020 | 153 min

The consoles are out, the loading times are short, the games are plenty, and we dive right in with Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Demon's Souls, COD: Black Ops Cold War, more of our thoughts on using the PS5 and Series X and a variety of next-gen upgrades, a bunc

Giant Bombcast 660: They're Only Stems!

10 november 2020 | 154 min

The next generation is (mostly) here, so we finally dig deep into what is and isn't ready to go on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, plus hands-on with Bugsnax and Fuser, thoughts on the future of Mass Effect, a bunch of your next-gen questions answere

Giant Bombcast 659: ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ

3 november 2020 | 146 min

This week: our first thoughts on the Xbox Series X and S, the magical destruction of Teardown, the breakneck cyber-parkour of Ghostrunner, more time with Watch Dogs: Legion, looking back on the big overnight game launches of yore, Sony throws cold water o

Giant Bombcast 658: Geometry Wars 99

28 oktober 2020 | 166 min

The PlayStation 5 is here, and we're also here to talk about the DualSense controller and Cooling Springs in Astro's Playroom, along with Watch Dogs Legion, Immortals Fenyx Rising, our wishlist for next-gen Geometry Wars, the Uncharted movie cast, and the

Giant Bombcast 657: The Content

21 oktober 2020 | 172 min

With new consoles drawing nigh, we spend way too much time talking about the Series X launch lineup and the PS5's new hint system, plus Mario Kart Live, Phasmophobia, the end of Hades, the (different kind of) end of StarCraft II, and the eventual fate of

Giant Bombcast 656: Throw Up Your Bungers

14 oktober 2020 | 147 min

Genshin Impact makes a big impact this week, as does Bugsnax. PS4 games on PS5 get detailed, Crucible gets the axe. Milla Jovovich loves Meowscular Chef. Rambo is in MK11. It's a Bombcast!

Giant Bombcast 655: X Gon' Confirm It For Ya

7 oktober 2020 | 160 min

Star Wars: Squadrons! Genshin Impact! Hades! The Oculus Quest 2! The PlayStation 5's mysterious nut! The contentious subject of Xs and Os! The biggest a-hole in video games! What WON'T you hear about on this podcast?!

Giant Bombcast 654: Vault of Ass

30 september 2020 | 139 min

We're pretty taken with Hades and Spelunky 2 here, not so much WWE Battlegrounds or Serious Sam 4. Next-gen console news! A live sideshow! Mario except what if he was food! Tune in!

Giant Bombcast 653: That's Hot Soup!

23 september 2020 | 152 min

Between the Bethesda acquisition, PlayStation 5 pricing, and our budding Vtuber careers, there's a LOT to talk about this week, along with Mario 3D All-Stars, WWE Battlegrounds, the final version of Hades, quarantine bathing habits, and more breakfast cer

Giant Bombcast 652: Gods and Monster Energy

16 september 2020 | 134 min

Spelunky 2! Spelunky 2. But also: Fuser, the Among Us craze, Wasteland 3, Matt Rorie, the latest Ubisoft Forward, next-gen console rumors and scuttlebutt, ketchup cakes, giant grapes, and an impromptu ranking of Zeldas.

Giant Bombcast 651: Luda Shoota

9 september 2020 | 153 min

The Xbox Series S leak and Mario 35th games are the big news this week, but we also find time for the release version of Avengers, Tony Hawk 1+2, Spellbreaker, the anime toggle, a world without shoes, and the Mountain Dew of oranges.

Giant Bombcast 650: Strange Times!

2 september 2020 | 153 min

This week we plow through a mountain of news about PS5 release dates, new GeForce cards, Avengers cosmetics and Mario remasters, chat about New World and Captain Tsubasa, get serious about AMVs, and wonder where all the orange meringue pies are.

Giant Bombcast 649: Courtnite

26 augusti 2020 | 144 min

Alex Navarro joins us from NYC to talk Madden 21, Outriders, Mortal Shell, Spiritfarer, Rogue Legacy 2, next year's new Switch, the DC FANDOME, the latest on Apple v. Epic, and rollicking debates on foods like mustard, soda, and, uh, Vicks VapoRub?

Giant Bombcast 648: jeffminter.txt

19 augusti 2020 | 161 min

This week: the Tony Hawk remake demo, Risk of Rain 2's final form, that Moose Life, the Apple vs. Epic dust-up, next-gen console pricing, the mysterious fate of the Rock-afire Explosion, and a very intensive rumination on gunblades.

Giant Bombcast 647: The Historical Gamer Strikes Again!

12 augusti 2020 | 142 min

If you're looking for LIVE REAX to the breaking Halo Infinite delay, impressions of the Avengers beta, and expectations for Rocksteady's Suicide Squad game and the Remedy Connected Universe, this is the Bombcast for you!

Giant Bombcast 646: Great Tile Feel

5 augusti 2020 | 144 min

Caty McCarthy from USgamer joins us to chat about the mystery that is Blaseball, the madcap action of Fall Guys, free-to-play Halo Infinite, Frog Fractions 3 through 9, PS5 gadget compatibility, the horror of carpeted bathrooms, and... the assembled guest

Giant Bombcast 645: Evidence of Luigi

28 juli 2020 | 180 min

As July comes to a close we recap Microsoft's latest Xbox Series X Event, continued adventures in Ghost of Tsushima, catching rare monsters in Pokemon Go Fest 2020, dipping stuff in other stuff, leaks at Nintendo, G4 coming back, and the long awaited sequ

Giant Bombcast 644: WarioWare Without the Wario

22 juli 2020 | 149 min

Tamoor Hussain pops over from GameSpot to talk samurai photography, the new Paper Mario, the current whereabouts of Francis York Morgan, the latest goings-on with next-gen consoles, the great charge-move controversy, and stealing booze from monkeys.

Giant Bombcast 643: Save the Truck for Last

14 juli 2020 | 144 min

Ghost of Tsushima leads this week's show, along with Devolverland's not-E3, the latest Superhot, Ubisoft's Forward event and ongoing internal turmoil, Sony's Epic investment, the most expensive Mario ever sold, NEC's anime console, and Ice Cube's love of

Giant Bombcast 642: Pump Up the Valium

8 juli 2020 | 156 min

On this safe and sane episode we definitely don't discuss residential bomb-making, but do talk Hyper Scape, Golf on Mars, more Trackmania, the Evo Online cancellation, $70 video games, Fallout on TV, and... butter on pop tart?!

Giant Bombcast 641: Hey, Throw Your Molotovs!

1 juli 2020 | 154 min

This week: Jan finished The Last of Us, Jeff's got a track mania, Ben's fighting herds (professionally), the beginnings of corporate action on assault and abuse, the latest Xbox Lockhart rumors, a PokeMOBA (?!), and a fond farewell to Andy McNamara's stor

Giant Bombcast 640: Tactical Growth

24 juni 2020 | 177 min

This week we unpack the current assault and abuse allegations roiling the games industry, the abrupt Mixer shutdown, EA Play, the rumored Rocksteady Suicide Squad game, more with The Last of Us Part II, Windjammers II, and the mysterious couch of Masahiro

Giant Bombcast 639: Ribcages Per Capita

17 juni 2020 | 150 min

It's (nearly) all PlayStation 5, all the time around here this week, but we also find room for The Last of Us Part II, Torchlight III, Disintegration, Star Wars: Squadrons, Persona 4 on PC, and a very, uh, loving Alex Kidd retrospective.

Giant Bombcast 638: I Found Drugs in a Locker and I Did Them

10 juni 2020 | 165 min

This week we clear the air on Fog Gaming, check in on C&C Remastered, the new Trackmania, and Phantasy Star Online 2 PC, talk about the future of Destiny 2, keep up with a bunch of rumors for summer game announcements, and discover a very special them

Giant Bombcast 637: Slow Off King

3 juni 2020 | 151 min

Austin Walker and Vinny Caravella drop by during a tumultuous week to talk current events, Valorant, Monster Train, PS5 and Xbox Series X compatbility (backwards and forwards), the coming Sega revolution, Minecraft personality types, and where to get the

Giant Bombcast 636: Dragon Attack 11: Aftermath

27 maj 2020 | 155 min

Hey, you like video games? How about Minecraft Dungeons? Mortal Kombat 11's story DLC? Saints Row The Third's remaster? Perhaps Super Mario Bros. Special? Inquire within!

Giant Bombcast 635: S-rank With Your Coffee Dad

19 maj 2020 | 171 min

This week we welcome back Brad (and the tales of his nose), dig and craft in Minecraft and Terraria, gawk at that Unreal Engine 5 demo, speculate about Ghost of Tsushima and the new Paper Mario, debate video game rap battles and esports rules, and enter a

Giant Bombcast 634: Mozzarella Tape

12 maj 2020 | 148 min

The Birdman is back and so is the Giant Bombcast! We cover texts from Tony Hawk, everything that premiered during the Xbox Series X event, testing our gaming trivia knowledge, and so much more!

Giant Bombcast 633: Potion Balls

5 maj 2020 | 169 min

In these unprecedented times we gathered together to talk about Streets of Rage 4, the Predator film franchise, a possible new (old) Skate game, and much more!

Giant Bombcast 632: A Place for Hair

29 april 2020 | 149 min

We're deep into tactics this week, both of the Gears and XCOM: Chimera Squad variety, along with WWE 2K Battlegrounds, the Last of Us II leak, shoto wrestlers, the crucial 3DO back catalog, Tinder hentai, teenage video game crimes, and fridges full of pro

Giant Bombcast 631: Doom Nuts & Bolts

22 april 2020 | 147 min

This week we dig into Persona 5 Royal, the Guilty Gear -Strive- beta, more Fallout 76 (?), the final Mario Maker 2 update (?!), Sony's PlayStation 5 production plans, Jan's good Internet, and how to eat 30 eggs in one day.

Giant Bombcast 630: NPCs Are Here

15 april 2020 | 143 min

We talk up a storm about a return trip to Fallout 76, finishing the FF7 remake, the blessed end of Bunny Day, a new Resident Evil 4, virtual dating, more Internet Phantasy Star, that new XCOM, eggs of all flavors, and the missing WWE game.

Giant Bombcast 629: Give Me a Werewolf

8 april 2020 | 157 min

This week: the surprise PlayStation 5 DualSense controller announcement, the Final Fantasy VII remake, the end of Doom Eternal, The Last of Us Part II delay, Atari crypto, 40 hot dogs and buns, a quick pants check, and your emails!

Giant Bombcast 628: Respect the Headcrab

31 mars 2020 | 156 min

The games continue to pile up, with more on Animal Crossing, Doom Eternal, Ori, Resident Evil 3, the Control DLC, and One Step From Eden. Plus: the Modern Warfare 2 surprise remaster, a Dragon's Lair movie, and... Super Mario All-Stars 2?

Giant Bombcast 627: Final Fight Questions

25 mars 2020 | 150 min

Games games games! This week we get deep into Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Doom Eternal, and Half-Life: Alyx, talk PlayStation 5 details, think really hard about Artifact 2, and finally decide that age-old question: Splinter Cell or Samba de Amigo?

Giant Bombcast 626: All You S'mores Juice Fans

18 mars 2020 | 140 min

Our brand new series Bombcast@Home kicks off with discussions of life in quarantine, Doom Eternal, the full Xbox Series X specs, the cancellation of E3 and everything else, and washing your groceries!

Giant Bombcast 625: Take Me to the YouTube

11 mars 2020 | 152 min

This week we spend some time with Ori and COD: MW's Battle Royale, look at COVID-19's effect on the games industry, place bets on E3's chances of... happening, and take emails from you, the fans of 311.

Giant Bombcast 624: Depth and Lightness

3 mars 2020 | 161 min

On this Super Tuesday, we ask: what is it people want from modernity? Is it a new Trackmania? A delayed GDC? Thoughts on Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Ori and the Will of the Wisps? To abolish shoestring fries? A 311 concert which continues unto eternity? In

Giant Bombcast 623: It Might Be a Whammo!

25 februari 2020 | 165 min

From new Xbox Series X details to coronavirus fears, Steam indies like Taur and Quantum League, our latest fighting game roundup, the second coming of Burnout Paradise, a nunchaku clinic, and the dystopian sound of NookLink, this week there's a lot to tal

Giant Bombcast 622: The Squattery Wheel

18 februari 2020 | 145 min

We're joined by the superhuman Matthew Rorie to discuss the trials and tribulations of Wolcen, Pokemon Home, E3 2020, PlayStation 5 pricing, the StarCraft Ghost leak, the ill fate of HQ Trivia, Jan's corporate espionage, and the dire state of monster truc

Giant Bombcast 621: Groove Is in the Heart VR

12 februari 2020 | 168 min

Are we splitting or stealing this week? Does Granblue Fantasy: Versus count as anime? Will Rockstar ever make another Grand Theft Auto? Why in the world is Phantasy Star Online 2 finally coming out in English? Is Space Channel 5 good? The answers--and muc

Giant Bombcast 620: Fortune Chalupa

4 februari 2020 | 165 min

All kinds of news is happening this week, from E3's 2020 plans to Dan Houser's Rockstar departure. Also: the GeForce Now launch, the #Platinum4, Blizzard's Warcraft III boondoggle, and more on the mysterious Xbox Series X port that wouldn't quit.

Giant Bombcast 619: The Jäger Cube

28 januari 2020 | 147 min

This week we Journey to the Savage Planet, train up some Temtem, get ReMinded about Kingdom Hearts III, puzzle over Xbox prototypes and Atari Hotels, and reminisce fondly about everyone's favorite .mp3 llama.

Giant Bombcast 618: Teach Gohan to Fish

22 januari 2020 | 151 min

This week we talk Doom Eternal and DBZ Kakarot, PlayStation 5 leaks and delay after delay, the great Byleth conspiracy, boiling eyeballs, a Halo retrospective, the video-rental-to-liquor-store pipeline, and a sighting of the elusive "coin ship."

Giant Bombcast 617: Bathtub Full of Food

14 januari 2020 | 172 min

We welcome Brad back as we discuss Sony skipping out on E3, Nintendo's upcoming theme park, the Epic Games Store, what Wattam is, and much more on this week's Giant Bombcast!

Giant Bombcast 616: Sonic's Wife

8 januari 2020 | 160 min

We're back from the holidays! Come along as we recount our activities during the break, new console logos, CES news, the anatomy of an echidna, and much more!

Giant Bombcast 615: Favorite Crime

31 december 2019 | 149 min

The white smoke has cleared and revealed another episode of the GIANT BOMBCAST! We discuss the upcoming game releases of 2020, video game themed classes, and our favorite crimes!

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2019: Day Five Deliberations

27 december 2019 | 144 min

The final day is here! Many games will enter, but only 10 can leave. Which one will reign supreme?

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2019: Day Four Deliberations

26 december 2019 | 286 min

The list is done, the time for casual talk is through. Time to dole out awards, including Best Story, Best Music, Best Style, and Cool Multiplayer Thing!

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2019: Day Three Deliberations

25 december 2019 | 307 min

It's time to soldier through the end of this list of 2019's most notable games. No game will be forgotten! Only awards remain!

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2019: Day Two Deliberations

24 december 2019 | 239 min

Our second day of discussions takes us deep into our list of 2019's most important games and the impressions they left on us.

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2019: Day One Deliberations

23 december 2019 | 232 min

The imminent end of 2019 means only one thing: it's time for us to sit in a room and talk through all the games that mattered to us this year.

Giant Bombcast 614: The Sonic Bible

18 december 2019 | 157 min

Surprises are around every corner! We talk about the newly announced Xbox Series X, the Game Awards, 2019's Capcom Cup, the origin of planet Mobius, and much much more!

Giant Bombcast 613: The Universal Sauce

10 december 2019 | 139 min

The year may be winding down, but game announcements aren't! We go through Sony's State of Play and the new Switch indies, speculate about a new BioShock, pitch the future of Darkstalkers, evaluate Juggalo gangs, and get a crash course on jacket potatoes.

Giant Bombcast 612: Two Two Tacos

3 december 2019 | 112 min

This week we're joined by a very special guest: you! Join us for a whole bunch of e- and voice mails as we entertain your thoughts on fast-food ordering, Death Stranding spreadsheets, puffy jackets, and other topics of the day.

Giant Bombcast 611: "jedi council pink floyd"

27 november 2019 | 148 min

This week we run down a bunch of our GOTY backlog prep, get deep-ish into Disco Elysium, discuss the Half-Life: Alyx trailer, ponder the future of Tony Hawk (again), take a Star Wars minute, and get hyped for more Resi.

Giant Bombcast 610: #Piñexit

19 november 2019 | 197 min

Google Stadia, Pokemon Sword & Shield, Jedi: Fallen Order, a new Half-Life (?!), a new Mass Effect (?!?), "Anthem Next," Ring Fit Adventure, X019: this podcast is practically bursting at the seams!

Giant Bombcast 609: Terry Bogard 2020

13 november 2019 | 156 min

This week we're trucking right along with Death Stranding, Luigi's Mansion 3, and The Outer Worlds, plus a lot of ruminating on new consoles, the best 3DS games, a ranking of fruit, Limp Bizkit survival strategies, and a quick Sonic the Hedgehog watch par

Giant Bombcast 608: OK DOOMer

5 november 2019 | 184 min

The Death Stranding embargo is up, and unsurprisingly it's hard to talk about much else, but we also get deep into a Blizzcon recap with thoughts on Diablo IV and Overwatch 2, Luigi's Mansion 3, Switch Lite sales figures, Hideo Kojima's filmmaking career,

Giant Bombcast 607: The Wang Chung Zone

30 oktober 2019 | 197 min

This week: EA's (back) on Steam, Death Stranding comes to PC, a COD: MW report, some Blizzcon speculation, details on our Extra Life plans, and more of the worst (best) songs of the '80s, as chosen by you!

Giant Bombcast 606: PlayStation Vita 2

22 oktober 2019 | 162 min

This week we're bowled over by The Outer Worlds, Jan talks Digimon puberty, the Analogue Pocket looks super slick, Blizzard attracts the ire of Congress, and we... hate the '80s?

Giant Bombcast 605: Baby's First Earthquake

15 oktober 2019 | 171 min

Instead of all the embargoed games we can't talk about, this week we get into MiSTer updates, Gabe's missing minigun, a bit of Final Fantasy reminiscing, speculation about new-console load times, soda beer, more bad (?) '80s songs, and the ongoing reverbe

Giant Bombcast 604: I'll Battle Pass!

8 oktober 2019 | 154 min

Gaaaaames! Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, Trine 4, Indivisible, Concrete Genie, and the new Yooka-Laylee are out this week, plus the latest on PlayStation 5, Red Dead 2 PC, and Blizzard's Hearthstone e-sports controversy.

Giant Bombcast 603: Call of Tuesday

1 oktober 2019 | 172 min

Video games! Ghost Recon Breakpoint, The Last of Us Part II, Code Vein, The Surge 2, Card of Darkness, Call of Duty Mobile, Untitled Goose Game, Outer Wilds... Surely we talk about stuff besides games this week too. Probably.

Giant Bombcast 602: Easy Chicken

24 september 2019 | 167 min

A zillion games came out last week and we're here to talk about like 12 of them! Let's check in on Apple Arcade's lineup, Link's Awakening, and Borderlands 3. Then let's get into the news... is Valve going to have to let you resell your games? Weird! The

Giant Bombcast 601: Chief Daedra Officer

17 september 2019 | 156 min

This week: We're all playing (and talking about) Borderlands 3, Jeff spent some time with Apple Arcade, E3 2020 gets influential, Billy Mitchell gets litigious, and we get the inside scoop on QVC promotions and open-source car-hacking.

Giant Bombcast 600: Big Game Pass

10 september 2019 | 168 min

This week we dig into Gears the Fifth, Ghost Recon Breakpoint, new Monster Hunter and PvZ, the weirdest Nintendo Direct, Apple's Arcade, car firmware updates, and the curious case of the Borderlands reviews.

Giant Bombcast 599: Podcasts Are for Vampires

3 september 2019 | 179 min

Some old friends show up in the studio to talk about playing the Avengers game, the greatness of Control, merging Destiny characters, new iterations of old arguments, and the week's fraught events in the game industry.

Giant Bombcast 598: The Tank, the Healer, and the Damage-Dealer

27 augusti 2019 | 147 min

Noclip's Danny O'Dwyer lands in the studio on his way to PAX to get deep into Control, Outer Wilds, and Creature in the Well, ponder Tom Holland's age-appropriateness, speculate about new-console launch lineups, and discuss at length the noble cockroach.

Giant Bombcast 597: Watering a Plastic Succulent

20 augusti 2019 | 157 min

GameSpot's Lucy James and Tamoor Hussain stop by to discuss coming to America, third-person peeing, all the news out of Gamescom, being grumpy about Overwatch, and a textbook example of conflict resolution.

Giant Bombcast 596: Math Amphetamine

14 augusti 2019 | 144 min

Games are approaching! But before the Fall releases start, we take a little more time with Fire Emblem, check out Rebel Galaxy Outlaw and RAD, talk loot box developments, talk through more than one weird concert report, and take another round of your food

Giant Bombcast 595: It's Always the Cute Monks

6 augusti 2019 | 160 min

GameSpot's Kallie Plagge and Michael Higham drop by with more on Fire Emblem and Wolfenstein, an on-the-scene EVO 2019 report, a word on the events of the weekend, and our ever-popular segment, foodmails.

Giant Bombcast 594: Tea Leads to Intimacy

30 juli 2019 | 151 min

This week world traveler Drew Scanlon lands in the studio to talk about the new Fire Emblem, the new Wolfenstein, multiplayer solitaire, air traffic role-playing, revitalizing Star Fox, tragic data loss, and cooking with soda.

Giant Bombcast 593: Bad Gamer Dads

23 juli 2019 | 146 min

Noted gamer dad Will Smith drops by to talk about Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, Dota Underlords, drifting Joy Cons, Tom DeLonge's alien fetish, computer cabinets, toads in the hole, and Odin's favorite household objects.

Giant Bombcast 592: Extra Ribcage Edition

16 juli 2019 | 157 min

The Switch Lite is the big story of the week, but we also touch on Dragon Quest Builders 2, SolSeraph, and FFXIV, get deep into the future of Capcom fighting, contemplate cinematic fatalities, argue about pigs in blankets, and get in the mud at the demoli

Giant Bombcast 591: WOLF MERLIN WOLF

9 juli 2019 | 147 min

The Bombcast is back with field reports from Super Mario Maker 2, Teppen, and Apex Legends Season 2. Then we wade back into the ever-growing auto chess swamp, ask if Nintendo is falling behind the competition, and, in what must be a first, we deliberately

Giant Bombcast 590: Ice Cube Is Our Coworker

2 juli 2019 | 154 min

This week's hot topics include Mario Maker 2, CEO, console tariffs, the PUBG "universe," the Black Ops 4 that could have been, a variety of chicken/waffle configurations, Barenaked pinball, and the origin of inverted castles.

Giant Bombcast 589: The Homie Protocol

25 juni 2019 | 167 min

This week we break, uh, protocol by starting with a gigantic pile of your emails, before moving on to Bloodstained, Samurai Shodown, Shang Tsung, more Auto Chess of various flavors, and the news of the day.

Giant Bombcast 588: Tingle Gave Me His Dowser!

18 juni 2019 | 149 min

This week we do some post-E3 housekeeping and run down our favorite moments of the show, gush at length about Cadence of Hyrule, express bafflement at all this automatic chess, and take a ton of your emails!

Giant Bomb @ Nite - Live From E3 2019: Nite 3

14 juni 2019 | 270 min

This is it folks, the final Nite of the show.

Giant Bomb @ Nite - Live From E3 2019: Nite 2

13 juni 2019 | 273 min

The mayhem continues on Nite 2 of E3.

Giant Bomb @ Nite - Live From E3 2019: Nite 1

12 juni 2019 | 269 min

Nite 1 is here!

Giant Bombcast 587: Tac-Yak

11 juni 2019 | 120 min

We rip open the annual E3 sealed envelope to discuss all the games from judges' week like Doom Eternal, Wolfenstein Youngblood, The Outer Worlds, and more. Plus: a rundown of our schedule at the show and another round of our guaranteed accurate E3 predict

Giant Bombcast 586: Functional Shang Tsung!

4 juni 2019 | 164 min

Our last show before E3 sees us digging through a mountain of news, leaks, and rumors in advance of the show, connecting to Death Stranding, speculating about the scent of the Xbox, and pondering the slow, slow nature of the Truck.

Giant Bombcast 585: The Hentai Highway

28 maj 2019 | 156 min

Before E3 arrives, we spend a little more time dipping into the games of the day like Void Bastards, Mortal Kombat 11, and Dauntless, saying farewell to the Ouya, pondering decade-old buffalo sauce, and digging into that hot new fantasy show everyone's ta

Giant Bombcast 584: Bend It Like Blevins

21 maj 2019 | 171 min

We all ponder lucrative careers as Fortnite players and/or makeup influencers before instead discussing the ESA's turmoil and the future of E3, additional time with Rage 2, Oculus Quest, more Mario Maker, and the fate of Jean-Luc Cougar.

Giant Bombcast 583: "Under the Top!"

14 maj 2019 | 156 min

This week we dive into Rage 2's vaguely pink wasteland, Mordhau's medieval kombat, loot box legislation, Tetris downloads, the new Ghost Recon, the old Final Fantasy, that jerk Bulbasaur, and what makes a hoodie a hoodie.

Giant Bombcast 582: It's 4:20 Somewhere!

7 maj 2019 | 159 min

It's a little slow on the new games dropping front but we talk about Ben and Jan's trip to the movies, what's legal in Denver, Xbox's Community Standards, the Video Game Hall of Fame, and more!

Giant Bombcast 581: Six on the Face

30 april 2019 | 160 min

MK11 continues to dominate the office, but we also mix in Forager, the latest spate of video game labor issues, Mario styli, cartridge fetishism, controller evolution, Steven Tyler's knife, and... that trailer.

Giant Bombcast 580: Where Is Kidd Thunder?

23 april 2019 | 162 min

We've really got Mortal Kombat on the brain this week, but we also make time for Steamworld Quest, Iron Man VR, the latest pre-E3 console news, strangers in hotel rooms, influencer influencers, and the mysterious case of the flying crab.

Giant Bombcast 579: BATS NOT BALLS

16 april 2019 | 151 min

Sony details the next PlayStation out of nowhere and it isn't even the most contentious topic of the week! Respawn's Star Wars, Janina Gavankar's Horizon leak, genuine Sanwa parts: this podcast has it all.

Giant Bombcast 578: Chrome-Ass GameCube

9 april 2019 | 156 min

After the requisite Wrestlemania wrap-up, we drive dangerously, test our falconry skills, hit max level in D.C., go to MiSTer school, ponder the Smurf reproductive system, and listen to one very special Soundcloud.

Giant Bombcast 577: Google Doggie Kruger

2 april 2019 | 174 min

With PAX in the rearview mirror, we get serious about E3 speculation and the future of game consoles and streaming, then even more serious about Power Rangers, then even MORE serious about owning a Dig Dug machine.

Giant Bombcast 576: I Sometimes Play the Switch

26 mars 2019 | 161 min

This week we die more than twice in Sekiro, pop back into The Division 2, and play more of BaBa Is You. We also share stories about Jan's time on a farm, whether or not Jason's eye is fine, and fondly remember "YOUR SOUL IS MINE".

Giant Bombcast 575: Thousand-Player Battle Royale

19 mars 2019 | 136 min

Google finally takes the lid off Stadia, its streaming platform, and we're excited and terrified. Also: MK11, BaBa Is You, Hypnospace Outlaw, chameleons, a ranking of chips, super cocaine, and Rich Gallup!

Giant Bombcast 574: DST Is DTF

12 mars 2019 | 160 min

We talk about the how things are going in Washington D.C. with The Division 2, reading poetry in Devil May Cry 5, Nintendo's ventures into cardboard based VR, carrying Goombas, and Zac Effron's celebrity status.

Giant Bombcast 573: Resting Grimace Face

6 mars 2019 | 159 min

This week: there's a new pair of Pokemon games, ToeJam and Earl return (again), Evo 2019 drops some surprises, a disc-less Xbox might be out soon, and Sonic gets real in Chili Dog City.

Giant Bombcast 572: Giana Maker

26 februari 2019 | 162 min

On this week's show we dive deep into a wild week of news, pop wheelies in Trials Rising, check in on Wargroove, Dead or Alive 6, and Anthem, and have a viewing party for the latest from Detective Pikachu.

Giant Bombcast 571: It's Like a Big Slider

19 februari 2019 | 151 min

Games games games! We dig into Tetris 99, Anthem, Crackdown 3, and Far Cry: New Dawn, along with the momentous Nintendo Direct, Activision layoffs, the future of Fortnite and Apex Legends, and our thoughts on tiny sandwiches.

Giant Bombcast 570: EA's Got a Fortnite!

12 februari 2019 | 160 min

We're playing a ton of Apex Legends around here, but also finding time for God Eater 3, Devil May Cry V, Astroneer, Dota Auto Chess, Kingdom Hearts III, the news, your emails, and the current whereabouts of Kevin McCallister.

Giant Bombcast 569: Please Tip Your Jumpmaster

5 februari 2019 | 175 min

Respawn drops a new game out of nowhere and we spend a bunch of time talking about it, plus a smaller Switch, IRC memories, a world of Dr. Mario, a visit to the Strangereal, and a fresh serving of new-console speculation.

Giant Bombcast 568: Metroid Crime

29 januari 2019 | 162 min

This week we welcome back Brad and his adventures with Resident Evil 2, Anthem, wrestling news, leftover chicken wings, and the wild ride that is Kingdom Hearts III.

Giant Bombcast 567: Two Arms Holding It Open

22 januari 2019 | 133 min

This week we recap Jeff's trip to check out Mortal Kombat 11, Travis Strikes Again, Artifact, the different ways to consume coffee, and FREE MONEY!

Giant Bombcast 566: Earthworm Jim = Duke Nukem

16 januari 2019 | 163 min

This week: strange goings on at Gearbox, Bungie's latest bid for independence, SNES on Switch, Onimusha Warlords, God Eater 3, Bloodborne, Momodora, and your emails!

Giant Bombcast 565: My Son Keith

8 januari 2019 | 152 min

The 2019 deluxe model of the Giant Bombcast includes power steering, personalized climate control, and eight cylinders of high-octane video game discussion.

Giant Bombcast 564: EXIT FLU

1 januari 2019 | 85 min

It's 2019, but the office is still closed, so we holed up at the edge of the world to talk about some of 2019's upcoming video games, your voice mails, and... that Tumblr account?

Game of the Year 2018: Day Five Deliberations

28 december 2018 | 365 min

This is it, our discussions around Best Story, Best Ongoing Game, Best Looking, Most Disappointing, and our top 10 games of the year.

Game of the Year 2018: Day Four Deliberations

27 december 2018 | 356 min

Our first day of awards includes Best Styyyyyyyle, Best Music, Best Debut, Hottest Mess, and Best Moment or Sequence.

Game of the Year 2018: Day Three Deliberations

26 december 2018 | 335 min

Day three sees us rounding out 2018 with discussions of the year end's heavy hitters. On to the awards!

Game of the Year 2018: Day Two Deliberations

25 december 2018 | 234 min

It's day two, and we're plowing through another huge chunk of 2018's most notable games on our way to the awards.

Game of the Year 2018: Day One Deliberations

24 december 2018 | 178 min

Our 2018 awards feature begins at the beginning, with a deep dive on the list of games that mattered to us this year.

Giant Bombcast 563: Sopping Wet Socks

18 december 2018 | 143 min

We're here with the final "normal" Giant Bombcast of 2018, so let's get into some Smash Bros. unlocks, Earth Defense Force 5, Heroes of the Storm, slinging $100 copies of Kingdom Hearts III, Battlefield V, and your chicken skin-related emails!

Giant Bombcast 562: Super Dark Souls

11 december 2018 | 162 min

This week we plow through the news bounty that dropped during the Game Awards, Smash Ultimate, the new Monster Boy, Ashen, Hades, and that new Sonic movie, uh, "artwork."

Giant Bombcast 561: The Bad Guy Likes Weather

4 december 2018 | 134 min

Just Cause 4! Red Dead Online! The Epic store! Canvas bags! Ultraviolet poo! It's a Bombcast!

Giant Bombcast 560: NO HAND SHAKE

27 november 2018 | 176 min

The gang's (almost) all here to get GOTY-ready and talk up the PlayStation Classic, Darksiders III, Kingdom Hearts lore, hot dog strategies, pizza strategies, our new-console wish list, and more!

Giant Bombcast 559: Chocolate Upgrade

20 november 2018 | 171 min

This week we dig into new Pokemon of all sorts, the Dota card game, the mystery of Fallout 76, Sony's E3 absence, the maybe forthcoming new consoles, co-op Tetris, lucrative class-action windfalls, and horse-punching.

Giant Bombcast 558: Boattle Royale

14 november 2018 | 177 min

Hitman 2! Tetris Effect! Battlefield V! The games of Fall are upon us, followed by a raft of rocky stories in the games biz, questionable emails about food, towel habits, edible Mario enemies, and the return of Banjo & Kazooie (who never really left).

Giant Bombcast 557: Piranha Plant Did Nothing Wrong

6 november 2018 | 150 min

This week we're coming in hot off of Extra Life to talk The Quiet Man, more RDR2 adventures, the Black Ops season pass, the Diablo mobile kerfuffle, Deltarune, bulk video games, and bizarre cupcake strategies.

Giant Bombcast 556: The Experience of Going Viral (Premium)

30 oktober 2018 | 162 min

GameSpot's Lucy James joins in to help us break down Red Dead Redemption 2, Diablo 3 on Switch, the PlayStation Classic lineup, Overwatch esports, coffee 'n Corn Flakes, enhanced gaming positions, and attending a London Raiders game.

Giant Bombcast 555: Super Mario Bros. Review

23 oktober 2018 | 180 min

With releases heating up, we're here to rate all the season's most important games, including Soulcalibur VI, Return of the Obra Dinn, and Black Ops 4. Plus: new old-game consoles, working at Rockstar, the goings-on at Oculus, and a lengthy look back at t

Giant Bombcast We're Sorry: Ten Years of The Giant Bombcast

21 oktober 2018 | 235 min

This year the Giant Bombcast turned 10. To celebrate, we got ourselves the gift of a special bonus episode. We asked fans to submit their favorite Bombcast memories, and we've compiled some of them, in addition to behind-the-scenes stories and anecdotes,

Giant Bombcast 554: A Nice Skin Deal (Premium)

16 oktober 2018 | 173 min

This week we dig as deep into Black Ops IIII as humanly possible, ponder the correct boss order in Mega Man 11, puzzle at the oddities of PSN name changes, say the words "Borderlands 3," and have a lengthy oatmeal chat!

Giant Bombcast 553: Hot Dogs and Helmut Kruger (Premium)

9 oktober 2018 | 162 min

Hitman 2! Super Mario Party! Dead or Alive 6! Shady keyloggers! Destiny raids! New Switches! Xbox streaming! Harry Potter! Dead goats! Butter on Poptarts! This podcast has it all!

Giant Bombcast 552: Uncle of the Year (Premium)

3 oktober 2018 | 163 min

Mike Mahardy gallups in with the dirt on Red Dead Redemption 2 and Assassin's Creed Odyssey, before we move on to other current games like Forza Horizon 4 and Phantasy Star Online. Also: Sony's cross-play about-face, Skrillex' current whereabouts, and a l

Giant Bombcast 551: Digital Didgeridudes (Premium)

25 september 2018 | 150 min

It must be the Fall because we have a stack of games to discuss, including Forza Horizon 4, Timespinner, Valkyria Chronicles 4, CrossCode, Ring of Elysium, and more. Also: the Telltale closure, the PlayStation Classic, and never, ever washing your jeans.

Giant Bombcast 550: Sauce Shaming (Premium)

18 september 2018 | 153 min

This week we run through a stack of Nintendo news, check out Capcom beat-em-ups, remember the Intellivision, ponder the recent pinball switcheroo, break down a good air juggle, and puzzle at the name of the New York System.

Giant Bombcast 549: Reboot the Pearl! (Premium)

11 september 2018 | 150 min

Games! They're coming out and we're talking about them, including Spider-Man, Destiny 2: Forsaken, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and COD's Blackout mode, along with pre-TGS news, a Fall Out Boy field report, and a check-in with our intrepid East Coast corres

Giant Bombcast 548: The Shush-Shush Lad (Premium)

4 september 2018 | 161 min

We wrap up an action-packed PAX by running down Artifact, Windjammers 2, and Streets of Rage 4, go deep on Spider-Man for PS4, think over Tim Kitzrow's career options, sample some coffee soup, and get very opinionated about Raichu.

Giant Bombcast 547: Smash Bros. Tournament Hygiene (Premium)

28 augusti 2018 | 165 min

This week we take a trip to Donut County, join the Strange Brigade, talk about more games hidden in ceilings, argue about Punch-Out, and ponder the nature of the phrase "Streets of Rage 4."

Giant Bombcast 546: Declaration of Hot Dogs (Premium)

21 augusti 2018 | 160 min

Noted European Gary Whitta stops by to help us make sense of Gamescom, esports careers, Windjammers 2 (?!?), expensive graphics cards, the future fate of Alameda, and the best misters.

Giant Bombcast 545: School Meat (Premium)

14 augusti 2018 | 169 min

This week we climb into the gnomish time machine to discuss Battle for Azeroth, talk through the Doom Eternal and Red Dead 2 game reveals, ponder the asset-thieving weirdness of Jazztronauts, and figure out the best way to open a door!

Giant Bombcast 544: Watch Streaming or Eat Delicious Pizza (Premium)

7 augusti 2018 | 170 min

Ben and Jan return from Vegas with an Evo field report, we all get way into Dead Cells, a bunch of business gets talked about, and the name "Bernie Stolar" is said a surprising number of times, all on this week's Bombcast!

Giant Bombcast 543: Don't Truckshame Your Dad (Premium)

31 juli 2018 | 171 min

We talk at leeeength about the No Man's Sky NEXT update, along with this week's procedural platformer Chasm, tons of Nintendo sales data, cryptojacking, everyone's blood types, B-tier handhelds, and even more shower time.

Giant Bombcast 542: Submarineway (Premium)

25 juli 2018 | 156 min

With the dry summer in full effect, we talk about our hopes for No Man's Sky NEXT, Dead Cells, and whatever that new Phantasy Star game is, along with Nintendo lawsuits, mobile money laundering, Street Fighter 6, and the return of shower habits.

Giant Bombcast 541: Yerb Up! (Premium)

17 juli 2018 | 148 min

This week we have Ben's further Octopath travels, the new (old) Tempest, another trip to the Danger Zone, E3 emulator war stories, a Sonic/Tinder field report, the king of Kings, and the violent legacy of Panic Park.

Giant Bombcast 540: Sailor Bruno Mars (Premium)

10 juli 2018 | 158 min

This week Jeff returns from Anime Expo with a travelogue you won't want to miss, plus Pocket Rumble, Jan's NJPW experience, the ArenaNet controversy, BioWare romance options, and one very questionable hoodie.

Giant Bombcast 539: Summer Dump Zone (Premium)

3 juli 2018 | 151 min

What do Wreckfest, Fighting EX Layer, clickers du jour, Google game streaming, Metal Gear Solid 4, the impending Sonic the Hedgehog motion picture, and the NorCal apocalypse have in common? They're all discussed on this podcast!

Giant Bombcast 538: Dashing Carburetor of the Owl (Premium)

27 juni 2018 | 148 min

As the summer heat sets in, cool off with some coooool topics like Lumines Remastered, The Crew 2, Mario Tennis Aces, Xbox and Nintendo's, uh, brandmance, and the latest from Akon, Tony Hawk, and Socks the Cat.

Giant Bombcast 537: Kick Merlin out the Casino (Premium)

19 juni 2018 | 159 min

We're back from E3 with... a big long wrap-up of E3, followed by Onrush, Yoku's Island Express, Royales of multiple varieties, data cap woes, handheld memories, and more!

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb @ Nite - Live From E3 2018: Nite 3: The Podcast

18 juni 2018 | 293 min

Here it is - our final show featuring a slew of amazing guests such as Janina Gavankar, Austin Creed, John Drake... and whatever the hell this last segment is.

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb @ Nite - Live From E3 2018: Nite 2: The Podcast

15 juni 2018 | 243 min

We're joined by Xbox boss Phil Spencer, Mortal Kombat boss Ed Boon, Waypoint boss Austin Walker, and many more.

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb @ Nite - Live From E3 2018: Nite 1: The Podcast

13 juni 2018 | 243 min

Night one features your Giant Bomb editor check in, Xbox and Nintendo indies, 505 Games, and some friends from other press outlets.

Giant Bombcast 536: We Should Make a Lu Bu Game (Premium)

12 juni 2018 | 154 min

As E3 opens, listen to us run down all the games Jeff saw during the pre-show judges week, plus our highly accurate expectations for the show!

Giant Bombcast 535: Our Crazy Apocalypse (Premium)

5 juni 2018 | 142 min

With days to go till E3, New York's own Alex Navarro swoops in to help us make sense of Fallout 76, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Yoku's Island Express, OnRush, Atari boxes, and Mortal Kombat Gold?

Giant Bombcast 534: Forklift Academy (Premium)

30 maj 2018 | 165 min

Back on up to the loading dock for the latest scuttlebutt about Blazblue: Cross Tag Battle, Street Fighter's 30th-ish anniversary, the return of PixelJunk, PUBG lawsuits, the future of PlayStation, and pre-E3 thoughts big and small.

Giant Bombcast 533: We've Got the Truck Stick! (Premium)

22 maj 2018 | 160 min

"Scoops" Klepek is in the studio to help walk us through the Black Ops IIII reveal, hands-on with Dreams, the li'l Neo Geo, hard zombie times, and the tyranny of electric sidewalk scooters.

Giant Bombcast 532: Hard Onboard (Premium)

15 maj 2018 | 151 min

The good ship E3 has sprung a few leaks, and Will Smith is here to help us bail as fast as we can. Also: State of Decay 2, Frostpunk, the new Dota Battle Pi... uh, Pass, the Rage 2 announcement, Star Fox Karts, and your emails!

Giant Bombcast 531: Domestic Beers and Zoolander (Premium)

8 maj 2018 | 155 min

Try to hold your pee long enough to listen to us talk about E3 hopes and dreams, VR lightsabers, Nintendo Switch Online, Super Ubi Bros., tragic pinball developments, and the magic of the renaissance faire.

Giant Bombcast 530: Olympic Uno (Premium)

2 maj 2018 | 155 min

Late-game thoughts on God of War, the legality of loot boxes, all kinds of Nintendo goings on, Lunchable heating strategies, memories of lousy music teachers, and a dawning awareness of E3 await in this week's Bombcast!

Giant Bombcast 529: POLICE USE NUNCHAKU (Premium)

24 april 2018 | 163 min

This week we dig into cardboard video games, God of War, Swords of Ditto, Call of Duty's multiplayer-only future, Valve's Campo Santo, Neo Geo nostalgia, the great domain-name scam, college martial arts, and a big giant list of E3 maybes.

Giant Bombcast 528: Boy! (Premium)

17 april 2018 | 146 min

This week we talk about the early hours of Kratos and his son's new adventure, some hardcore boat action, some hardcore "action," the proper way to enjoy a PB&J sandwich, and way more.

Giant Bombcast 527: LINE NOISE!! (Premium)

10 april 2018 | 161 min

In the wake of PAX and Wrestlemania, we check in on Extinction, Far Cry 5, Ni no Kuni II, Boss Key's battle royale, the return of Sam Fisher, GBA excellence, serious piñata management, and the whereabouts of Richard Grieco.

Giant Bombcast 526: Ultra Mario (Premium)

4 april 2018 | 141 min

This week we're all about old and new arcade games, consoles that did and didn't exist, and rampant E3 speculation, with a dash of new releases like Minit, Ni no Kuni 2, and Far Cry 5 for good measure!

Giant Bombcast 525: The Chocolate Mystery (Premium)

27 mars 2018 | 155 min

The Giant Bomb Gang gathers to talk about Far Cry 5, gentleman's club buffets, Ni no Kuni II, Jason's powered skateboard, new Fortnite records, the latest video game news, your emails, and more!

Giant Bombcast 524: Rez 2 (Premium)

20 mars 2018 | 134 min

Mark MacDonald and John Ricciardi swoop in to chat about the state of Japanese games (besides Rez 2, which does not exist), Sea of Thieves, the Fortnite craze, Ubisoft's newfound freedom, and world-traveling World Warriors.

Giant Bombcast 523: Realistic Wad of Flesh (Premium)

14 mars 2018 | 163 min

We've braved the light drizzle outside to go in on hot topics like Fortnite mobile, Black Ops IIII, Dota subscriptions, the Nintendo Direct, Burnout Paradise Remastered, Into the Breach's continued dominance, and the mysterious egg beer.

Giant Bombcast 522: Shuckin' Drive (Premium)

6 mars 2018 | 150 min

This week Into the Breach is the only thing most of us can think about, but we manage to mix Battlefield: WWII, Hunt: Showdown, Vermintide 2, free Yakuza, Capcom vs. Capcom, good platformer physics, and bad Chrono Trigger into the show for good measure.

Giant Bombcast 521: On the Devil's Level (Premium)

27 februari 2018 | 153 min

This week we're obligated to dive deep on the entirety of Metal Gear Survive, plus Into the Breach, Hunt: Showdown, Activision moving and shaking, Switch homebrew, illicit GameStop goings-on, and the class conflict of PapaPriority.

Giant Bombcast 520: Nice Meme, Jeff (Premium)

20 februari 2018 | 141 min

This week on the podcast train, we give up our seat for Metal Gear Survive, hold the door for Burnout Paradise Remastered, glance suspiciously at Atari's cryptocurrency, and strike up a friendly conversation with your emails.

Giant Bombcast 519: Jim Davis Get Paid Dot Biz (Premium)

13 februari 2018 | 150 min

We're on a globetrotting search for lasagna and bootleg Burger King, along the way encountering Monster Hunter: World, the Analogue Super NT, Metroid Prime 4 rumors, Bone Thugs-n-Zelda, and the latest on Billy Mitchell's MAME adventure.

Giant Bombcast 518: I'm Known for My Viscous Dips (Premium)

7 februari 2018 | 140 min

Ben returns to the office to find we all got way into Dragon Ball and Monster Hunter in his absence. Only lengthy discussions of hockey jersey numbers, arcade high score controversies, Sword of Sodan, and the Mario movie can return us to normalcy.

Giant Bombcast 517: Master Roshi's Adult Bookstore (Premium)

31 januari 2018 | 148 min

We can finally talk about Dragon Ball FighterZ and Monster Hunter: World, and we do just that! Also: Celeste, the Sea of Thieves beta, the Anthem delay, old gaming jargon, snakes on a boat, and dubious investment opportunities.

Giant Bombcast 516: God-Damn ROMs

23 januari 2018 | 157 min

The news is popping off this week with Nintendo Labo, Xbox's widened Game Pass, game industry moving and shaking, John Cena's movie career, and... PlayStation shoes, plus games like Monster Hunter and Dragon Ball we can barely talk about!

Giant Bombcast 515: The Bionic Beaver (Premium)

16 januari 2018 | 158 min

This week we're hot in pursuit of moose and squirrel, but along the way we run into Street Fighter V: AE, Horizon DLC, Nintendo's tiny Direct, horrible Silicon Valley beverages, Canadian computers, and thoughts on the state of the arcade scene.

Giant Bombcast 514: Carpe Light Gun (Premium)

9 januari 2018 | 147 min

Rorie pops in to talk about Jeff's Reno trip, the latest in VR and TV, some exciting website updates, a Ben check-in, X-Men on the Genesis, and recapturing the magic of arcade light gun games.

Giant Bombcast 513: 2018 Stick (Premium)

3 januari 2018 | 164 min

We're ringing in the new year with chat about a bunch of old years that include Apple II gaming, Usenet archives, Trumpet Winsock, and vector monitors. Oh, there are some new games too. Happy 2018!

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2017: Day Five Deliberations (Premium)

29 december 2017 | 395 min

This is it! On the fifth and final day we deliver Best Super Mario Odyssey Capture, Best Cast of Characters, Worst Game (That We Played), and Best Game.

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2017: Day Four Deliberations (Premium)

28 december 2017 | 260 min

It's day four of the awards, and that means it's time for Best Debut, Best Styyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyle, Best New Character, and Best Story.

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2017: Day Three Deliberations (Premium)

27 december 2017 | 332 min

On the third day of Game of the Year, my true love gave to me Best World, PLEASE STOP, Best Wolfenstein II Moment or Sequence, and Best Sequence.

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2017: Day Two Deliberations (Premium)

26 december 2017 | 310 min

Day two brings cheer, nog, Best Multiplayer, Hottest Mess, Best Surprise, and Best Music.

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2017: Day One Deliberations (Premium)

25 december 2017 | 246 min

Ye olde video game arguments commence with 2017's Old Game of the Year, Best Shopkeeper, Most Disappointing Game, and Best Looking Game.

Giant Bombcast Seasons Greetings From Giant Bomb

22 december 2017 | 7 min

A message of thanks, and some quick housekeeping on our upcoming Game of the Year schedule.

Giant Bombcast 512: Nectar From Hector

19 december 2017 | 150 min

Procedural building maintenance can't stop us (for long) from talking about the greatest of the Jaguar, competitive Catherine, how to Get Over It, eggs any style, crypto-gamer-cash, and your final emails of 2017.

Giant Bombcast 511: Baby in a Jar (Premium)

12 december 2017 | 118 min

It may be December, but there's plenty of news in the wake of the Game Awards and PSX. Also: PUBG on Xbox, the Monster Hunter World beta, Fighting EX Layer, Slurpee opportunities, and more!

Giant Bombcast 510: Ken's Alpha Hair

7 december 2017 | 153 min

We take a break from GOTY deliberations to talk about... other video games, the Mario cereal, improv teams, Mega Men, old arcade boards, and undercover narcs!

Giant Bombcast 509: Tom Nook's Grim Rictus

28 november 2017 | 175 min

Our impossibly full studio brings you a chaotic discussion of the games of the day, live trivia play, the dire state of loot boxes, the meats of the Mushroom Kingdom, and the ongoing mystery of the fingernail bandit.

Giant Bombcast 508: Xfinity Heavy Industries (Premium)

21 november 2017 | 159 min

Loot boxes keep rearing their randomized heads all through this podcast, but we also manage to chat at length about our GOTY cram lists, Battle Chef Brigade, the perilous fate of the Trap Trebek, baby shampoo taste tests, and definitely not what the best

Giant Bombcast 507: Mon Martha (Premium)

14 november 2017 | 139 min

This week we're cramming in games new and old, from Battlefront II and Mario Odyssey to Nier and Horizon, with a dash of EA acquisitions, Mario movies, Xbox One X sales, prank call analysis, discarded Sega hardware, and a brand new producer!

Giant Bombcast 506: CornFights.com (Premium)

7 november 2017 | 164 min

This week it takes us two hours to talk through all the big new releases flying to and fro, and that's before we even get to Blizzcon news, industry downsizing, trophies 4 cash, the perfect Street Fighter, and historic Monopoly scams.

Giant Bombcast 505: Put the Suit Jacket On, It's Time! (Premium)

1 november 2017 | 177 min

Greg Chiller... sorry, Miller joins us for a terrifying Halloween show full of Wolfenstein II, Mario Odyssey, Sony's Paris Games Week showing, the fate of the Visceral Games, and some really bad costumes.

Giant Bombcast 504: Tell Kent's Wife Where the Stuff Is (Premium)

25 oktober 2017 | 189 min

Virtual Reality's own Will Smith joins us to gab about Fire Emblem Warriors, PUBG hacks, secret Switch firmware, new Hitman stuff, old Xbox games, more storage units, and the recent allegations roiling the industry.

Giant Bombcast 503: Virtual Kevtris (Premium)

18 oktober 2017 | 159 min

This week's scrappy show covers Gran Turismo Sport, The Evil Within 2, Super NES wizardry, the shocking closure of Visceral Games, the latest VR goings on, runaway segment music, and your emails!

Giant Bombcast 502: Bad Wood (Premium)

10 oktober 2017 | 165 min

We've come through the smoke and flame to talk about Shadow of War (and its loot boxes), the truth about Mugman, Street Fighter V's Arcade Edition, many much Gundams, shower spiders, Erik Estrada, and disturbing genetic facts.

Giant Bombcast 501: Wavy Tube Physics (Premium)

3 oktober 2017 | 168 min

The spookiest month begins with indie favs like Steamworld Dig 2 and Cuphead, a Destiny 2 raid post-mortem, Forza progression woes, Red Dead 2 trailer impressions, bootleg Star Fox 2 carts, and your b-mails!

Giant Bombcast 500: Half Jax (Premium)

27 september 2017 | 163 min

After pondering the advanced age of this podcast, we get back to business with Ruiner, Hob, Destiny 2 raid prep, Battle Royale beef, hopes and dreams for Borderlands 3, and thoughts on our tolerance for cold nuggs.

Giant Bombcast 499: The Huge Dudes (Premium)

20 september 2017 | 157 min

Ben and Jason gives us a deep dive on Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, we try to shake our endgame Destiny 2 addiction, the words "Grand Theft Auto VI" are spoken, and Tokyo Game Show looms!

Giant Bombcast 498: Cat Spanker's Alley (Premium)

12 september 2017 | 166 min

This week it's hard to talk about anything besides Destiny 2, but we also touch on Fortnite's Battlegrounds, the second coming of the NES Classic, bad YouTube behavior, worthless video game systems, Mario's embrace of the bourgeoisie, and Kinects in casin

Giant Bombcast 497: Tasteful but Stupid (Premium)

5 september 2017 | 141 min

PAX pox and heat waves can't stop us from convening for some real early Destiny 2 impressions, more on Mario + Rabbids, a quick PAX indie roundup, musings about mobile Puzzle Fighter, and the grave injustice of SNES cart reproductions.

Giant Bombcast 496: SiN Is My Half-Life (Premium)

29 augusti 2017 | 165 min

This week we talk about kinky rabbids, the Half-Life that wasn't, martial arts Dark Souls, the Switch voice chat boondoggle, the crime of butter on sandwiches, and your emails!

Giant Bombcast 495: Sludge Trudgin' (Premium)

22 augusti 2017 | 176 min

We've played a ton of games and now we're talking about 'em! Among them are Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Sonic Mania, Agents of Mayhem, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, Monster Hunter: World, Dauntless, and MatterFall. Also: Gamescom! Also: scorpions!

Giant Bombcast 494: Fievel Fight (Premium)

15 augusti 2017 | 164 min

This week we round up as many new releases as we can, like Sonic Mania, Starcraft Remastered, and Matterfall, run down the end of the International, ponder card games, weigh in on scorpions and Riff Raff, and try on our best accents.

Giant Bombcast 493: Boosh! It's a Mess (Premium)

8 augusti 2017 | 139 min

We ruminate on Hellblade's intimate handling of psychosis, gush about Mossmouth's new game reveal, take sides in the Splatfest civil war, lust after crates full of miniskirts, and check in with Scottish Ben, all on this week's Bombcast!

Giant Bombcast 492: Plug Into TV (Premium)

1 augusti 2017 | 123 min

GameSpot's Peter Brown pops in to chat about retro topics big and small, from the mini-Genesis boondoggle to prototype Ataris and five-figure Super Mario carts, along with the hottest games of the day like Tacoma, Pyre, Sundered, and maple syrup corndogs.

Giant Bombcast 491: Just a Bowl of Dough (Premium)

25 juli 2017 | 176 min

Fresh off the state fair, noted Australian Ben regales us with tales of '90s bands and corndogs before we sink our teeth into Pyre, Splatoon 2, Kingsway, Fortnite, the Pokemon Go kerfuffle, the pitfalls of nostalgia, and a quick lesson on some slang from

Giant Bombcast 490: Sometimes Pepperoni, Sometimes Hot Dog (Premium)

18 juli 2017 | 145 min

A strange odor wafts through the halls of Giant Bomb, so we huddle in the podcast studio to chat about Splatoon 2, the Ataribox, all the action at EVO, the end (?) of the Miiverse, and the unexpected return of Casey Hudson.

Giant Bombcast 489: Cash 4 Wrestling (Premium)

11 juli 2017 | 122 min

The dog days of summer are upon us, and with them quick impressions of the new Fire Pro, more gushing over Battlegrounds, some light Splatoon 2 chat, the whereabouts of Bobby Kotick, reflections on old tweets, and a totally authoritative discussion about

Giant Bombcast 488: bigbomb@giantguy.ben (Premium)

4 juli 2017 | 147 min

Hey, instead of blowing up your video game hands with fireworks, have a safe and sane 4th here. With us. And your emails?

Giant Bombcast 487: Call of the Night Rooster (Premium)

27 juni 2017 | 137 min

This week our SNESs are tiny and our Battle Passes leveled. Jeff checks in with Saturn modding. Brad checks in with PS VR. Ben finished Nier a thousand times. It's a podcast!

Giant Bombcast 486: The Episode After E3 (Premium)

20 juni 2017 | 139 min

Friend of the site Gary Whitta joins us to recap all our favorite stuff from last week's expo, along with a celebration of IO Interactive's new freedom, a gut check on Anthem, musings on the Ataribox, and our hopes for the glorious return of... avatars.

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb at Nite - Live From E3 2017: Nite 3: The Podcast (Premium)

16 juni 2017 | 297 min

E3 wraps up with a momentous range of guests from every nook and cranny of the games industry.

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb at Nite - Live From E3 2017: Nite 2: The Podcast (Premium)

15 juni 2017 | 266 min

Night two of E3 rolls on with professional wrestlers, world travelers, a cadre of knuckleheads, and players known and unknown.

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb at Nite - Live From E3 2017: Nite 1: The Podcast (Premium)

15 juni 2017 | 237 min

The first night of Electronic Three begins with a cavalcade of guests from every corner of the industry. Beers will be chugged! Vapes will be vaped!

Giant Bombcast 485: The E3 2017 Sealed Envelope (Premium)

13 juni 2017 | 118 min

As this year's show floor opens, let's run through everything Jeff saw at judges' week and our probably wrong predictions about what we're gonna see at the show!

Giant Bombcast 484: Dirty Dusted Grandpa

7 juni 2017 | 162 min

Our last regular show before E3 sees us diving deep into Tekken 7, dissecting the Switch's weird online offering, pondering all the movers and shakers at the show, taking knife-vs-bat offworld, and tapping the wokest clicker ever made.

Giant Bombcast 483: Sega Flair Vs. Virtua Hogan (Premium)

30 maj 2017 | 156 min

This week we stretch our Arms, crash into the Danger Zone, try and fail to play Friday the 13th, ponder the Far Cry 5 reveal, do some E3 speculatin', blast through a lightning round, and entertain the idea of a new Seaman?!

Giant Bombcast 482: Mega Duck Hunt (Premium)

23 maj 2017 | 138 min

Jeff's back from LA with a bunch of thoughts on Destiny 2, then we turn to Far Cry 5, more turmoil at IO, Injustice 2, some very disturbing Rabbids, weird old consoles, and a few difficult questions.

Giant Bombcast 481: Rupert Grint's Ice Cream Truck (Premium)

17 maj 2017 | 160 min

It's easy to forget E3 looms on the horizon with Farpoint, Battlegrounds, The Surge, Ubisoft's 2017 lineup, Alan Wake's delisting, Vanquish's PC release, IO Interactive's shocking betrayal, and live pinball to talk about!

Giant Bombcast 480: Bad Ball Feel (Premium)

10 maj 2017 | 166 min

This week we check in with basketball games new and old, spend some time with Prey, dig into Persona 5 romance, do a little Spaceplanning, catch up on the hottest E3 leaks, and ask the new guy some pressing questions.

Giant Bombcast 479: McCree Overlord (Premium)

3 maj 2017 | 173 min

We welcome our towering new member Ben Pack to a whopper of a podcast overflowing with Persona, Dota, Guilty Gear, Battlegrounds, Darksiders, corporate brand research, X-Pac, and only the most legal money-laundering schemes.

Giant Bombcast 478: Twelve Deaths a Year, Mostly by Heat Stroke (Premium)

26 april 2017 | 173 min

This week: COD goes back to WWII, Jeff goes to Vegas, Brad goes to Polecat country, Jason goes all Omega Force, and Rorie goes to the magical land of mismatched socks.

Giant Bombcast 477: The Husband Who Owned Himself (Premium)

18 april 2017 | 126 min

A couple of Thumbs swing by to dish on a bunch of game dev stuff, a deep dive into Zelda systems, the Full Throttle remaster, hot Admiral Ackbar gifs, and the legal rights of trees.

Giant Bombcast 476: Pinkies out for Duke (Premium)

11 april 2017 | 156 min

Hot topics this week include Battle(grounds) Royale, those Scorpio numbers, Nier's cyber-metafiction, questionable showering habits, Star Trek time travel, and remote car kill switches.

Giant Bombcast 475: Hey, What's Parappening?

4 april 2017 | 147 min

This week GameSpot duo Peter Brown and Justin Haywald talk us through Persona 5's weird launch, Portland game hunts, news about Scorpio news, the end of Mad Catz, an unsettling discussion about Parappa, and scrappy breakfast cereals.

Giant Bombcast 474: "Fun!" (Premium)

29 mars 2017 | 193 min

The critics agree: this week's podcast features a "stellar cast" including Supergiant's Greg Kasavin, some fast and furious game-industry chat, and plenty of action news with Destiny 2, Call of Duty and StarCraft!

Giant Bombcast 473: I’ve Always Cared About Science (Premium)

22 mars 2017 | 171 min

We spend way too much time pondering the mystery that is Mass Effect: Andromeda before moving on to more pleasant subjects like Disney NES games, Quake Champions, a better Toukiden, neighborly noise complaints, and Danny O'Dwyer's DNA.

Giant Bombcast 472: Weird-Looking Space People (Premium)

14 mars 2017 | 113 min

GameSpot's Peter Brown and a mysterious world traveler join us for a Nintendo Switch road report, some PAX highlights, more deep dives into Breath of the Wild, and the John Carmack lawsuit of the week.

Giant Bombcast 471: And Baby Makes Three

7 mars 2017 | 177 min

We invite Will Smith to the table to help round out the many different ways in which we're enjoying Zelda.

Giant Bombcast 470: Switch Stance (Premium)

28 februari 2017 | 159 min

We're joined by Steve Lin from gamehistory.org as well as Mark & John from the 8-4 Play podcast to talk about Mark's rules for RE7, the Nintendo Switch, preserving SNES carts, Peter Moore's EAxit, and more!

Giant Bombcast 469: Meme Money, Meme Problems (Premium)

21 februari 2017 | 129 min

This week we can't stop gushing about Horizon: Zero Dawn, but we manage to take a break for some early Switch impressions, a list of exciting hedgehog facts, Erik Wolpaw's Final Fight One review, and a surprise announcement from the Internet's favorite re

Giant Bombcast 468: It's Always Sunny Above the Clouds (Premium)

14 februari 2017 | 159 min

This week, we pull ourselves out of childhood arcade nostalgia long enough to talk about E3 going public, the end of Steam Greenlight, Zelda DLC, Drew's piloting adventures, old game magazines, and what shoes everyone's wearing.

Giant Bombcast 467: X-Plane 11 Is... (Premium)

8 februari 2017 | 129 min

This week we reflect on the madness of the Super Bowl, the many features of PS4 firmware 4.5, the unexpected excellence of Nioh, the Ghost Recon: Wildlands beta, and one very wrong opinion about Bojangles.

Giant Bombcast 466: SCART Cables for Everyone (Premium)

31 januari 2017 | 155 min

Jason's getting destroyed in Injustice 2, Drew's on a new version of X-Plane, Jeff's got things to say about Double Dragon IV, and Peter Brown's cleaning up his video signals in this week's installment of the Giant Bombcast!

Giant Bombcast 465: Skeleton Crew (Premium)

24 januari 2017 | 129 min

Seasonal illnesses aren't enough to stop us from putting people in front of microphones and talking about video games. One of them is even Resident Evil 7!

Giant Bombcast 464: Season of the Switch (Premium)

18 januari 2017 | 164 min

Nintendo has finally unveiled all the details on their forthcoming portable/console hybrid, Jeff's back from playing it, and Noclip's Danny O'dwyer joins us to talk about it!

Giant Bombcast 463: A Tokyo New Year (Premium)

11 januari 2017 | 156 min

Drew's back from Japan with tales to tell, plus we reflect on the cancellation of Scalebound, some early thoughts on Gravity Rush 2, the hacking of the NES Classic, Paul Walker's Agent 47, and Mario secrets hidden by the mists of time.

Giant Bombcast 462: Got the Shaky Jakes (Premium)

3 januari 2017 | 154 min

We're back in the studio for the first Bombcast of 2017 with thoughts on all the Dead Risings, World of Warcraft past and present, the mystery of Double Dragon IV, the great 3DS shortage, and the stealth-ish launch of Frog Fractions 2.

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2016: Day Five Deliberations (Premium)

30 december 2016 | 226 min

This is it! Our fifth and final day brings with it Overwatch Character of the Year, Best Story, Worst Game, and, of course, Best Game of 2016.

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2016: Day Four Deliberations (Premium)

29 december 2016 | 150 min

We're getting down to it on day four, with winners declared for Best Music, Best Multiplayer, Xbox One Backwards-Compatible Game of the Year, and Best Moment or Sequence.

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2016: Day Three Deliberations (Premium)

28 december 2016 | 172 min

We're back on the mics and ready to argue about 2016's Best Remaster, Best Fake Computer, Best Surprise, and the always cheery PLEASE STOP.

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2016: Day Two Deliberations (Premium)

27 december 2016 | 203 min

On the second day of Game of the Year, my true love gave to me... Best New Character, Best VR Experience, Most Disappointing Game, and Best-Looking game.

Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2016: Day One Deliberations (Premium)

26 december 2016 | 193 min

It's that time of year again! Our annual Game of the Year deliberation podcasts kick off with 2016's Old Game of the Year, Best Debut, Hottest Mess, and Best Styyyyyyyle.

Giant Bombcast 461: Movie Theater Ghosts (Premium)

20 december 2016 | 162 min

Our last regular podcast of the year sees us catching up on Q4 games, reminiscing about movie theater memories, musing about the latest Switch leaks, walking down Agent 47's memory lane, and digging through a big old pile of emails.

Giant Bombcast 460: Molten Cheese Core (Premium)

13 december 2016 | 144 min

Dan Ryckert's last (regular) Bombcast includes chat about cramming for GOTY, breaking your lease, the impending release of Super Mario Run, the new Dota sequel, cheese-filled meat, and a deep dive about life in the great state of Minnesota.

Giant Bombcast 459: Something Happened (Premium)

6 december 2016 | 197 min

This week it's a December to remember, with news flowing from the Game Awards and PSX, The Last Guardian and Dead Rising 4 hitting the streets, and crappy Windows 10 error messages enraging people across the land.

Giant Bombcast 458: East Meets West (Premium)

29 november 2016 | 180 min

The gang's all here for game of the year, so what better time to cram everyone into the same podcast studio and chat about the games of today, the arcade cabinets of yesterday, and the Pringles-eating strategies of always.

Giant Bombcast 457: Everyone's a Robot (Premium)

23 november 2016 | 169 min

We're back in the studio with Will Smith for an in-depth Hitman lesson, more on Watch Dogs 2, less on Sleeping Dogs 2, and discussions on theme park ethics, Hello Games, the Mass Effect series, and a scientific analysis of drinking lava.

Giant Bombcast 456: The Littlest Mac (Premium)

16 november 2016 | 143 min

As Q4 marches on, we're splitting our time between Watch Dogs 2 and Dishonored 2 this week, and filling in what remains with Nintendo Switch pricing rumors, the mysterious whereabouts of Frog Fractions 2, and reflections on Street Fighter III, vector moni

Giant Bombcast 455: Would You Like Fries With That? (Premium)

9 november 2016 | 158 min

Pull up to the drive-through for a heaping helping of shooters, with seasoned insights on COD: Infinite Warfare and Titanfall 2, early thoughts on the PS4 Pro, late appreciation for Hitman, hands-on with the NES Classic, and the latest in our award-winnin

Giant Bombcast 454: Where the Mold Grows (Premium)

1 november 2016 | 166 min

This week: Shooters! Everyone's playin' 'em, especially Titanfall 2, Battlefield 1, and Gears 4. New Nintendo Switch info, Bethesda's reviews policy, Hello Games hacks, the end of the Wii U, disc rot, road trips, and hygiene habits all round out the best

Giant Bombcast 453: Big Beautiful Baked Potato (Premium)

26 oktober 2016 | 164 min

The NX is now the Switch, and it's also nearly all anyone can talk about, but we also manage to hit Titanfall 2, the Red Dead 2 trailer, video game (car) engines, the trials of PC-building, Zelda dubs, the ugly truth about Mario's age, and the last word o

Giant Bombcast 452: A Board-Certified Medical Podcast (Premium)

19 oktober 2016 | 166 min

Let our team of accredited physicians ease your pain with the finest treatments money can buy, including Red Dead Redemption 2, more Gears of Four, a little PSVR followup, tidbits from Steam Dev Days, back massages, eyeball massages, and more of Dan's wed

Giant Bombcast 451: 5.3 Million Scovilles (Premium)

12 oktober 2016 | 159 min

Verlin Smith returns from his travels in the wild, wild west of virtual reality to talk Oculus Connect and PlayStation VR, the new Mafia, Dragon Quest Builders, way too much about pepper spray, Dan's crappy superpowers, and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Giant Bombcast 450: Fun at the Movies (Premium)

4 oktober 2016 | 173 min

Betwixt the best and worst of cinema, we find a way to cram in talk about new-old Call of Duty, the return of Marcus Fenix, the highs and lows of Paper Mario: Color Splash, grumpy Miyamoto, serious hacking, and a field test in the neverending war of bat v

Giant Bombcast 449: Roomful of Narcs (Premium)

27 september 2016 | 155 min

Yet another week of mysterious illness can't stop us from talking about Forza Horizon 3 on PC, this year's Destiny expansion, excitable chihuahuas, tropical animals, Palmer Luckey's malignant memes, mo' fighting game problems, and the true value of the Su

Giant Bombcast 448: A Chance Encounter With Methed-Up Billy Idol (Premium)

20 september 2016 | 176 min

We gather a tight crew and discuss the magic of Rec Room, the power of Rez Infinite, the beauty of Forza Horizon 3, the impending release of Gears of War 4, the curiosity that is Metal Gear Survive, and whether or not outlaws will drive cars once driving

Giant Bombcast 447: Onccce a Mannnnn (Premium)

14 september 2016 | 173 min

This week we grapple with strange new realities like PS4 Pro, Super Mario Run, and a world where Warcraft Adventures is playable by human beings. Free-to-play communism, Frank West memories, extreme ReCore jank, bike lust. It's all here!

Giant Bombcast 446: Ranking of Zeldas (Premium)

6 september 2016 | 153 min

Dan's back from New York and we're all back from PAX, so let us commence discussion about highlights from the show, mobile Lumines, the 3DS Direct, the end (?) of Firefall, early-access DLC, the Bay Area wasteland, and... more about Adam Jensen's metal be

Giant Bombcast 445: Irish Tax Loophole (Premium)

31 augusti 2016 | 187 min

This is the true story of five dudes picked to sit in a room and start getting real about cheap foreign insulin, the brothers Myst, the No Man's Sky refund kerfuffle, Rocket League pangs, the Q4 video game outlook, large anime men, and Adam Jensen's metal

Giant Bombcast 444: Cricket Mouthfeel (Premium)

24 augusti 2016 | 170 min

Alexa Ray Corriea shows up to sell us on anime. Brad retaliates with Dota. An accord is struck over Bound, the new Deus Ex, that slim PS4, Tekken 7's precious moments, "Metal Gear" Survive, and exotic energy bars.

Giant Bombcast 443: Hideo Kojima Jr. (Premium)

17 augusti 2016 | 175 min

We're down two regular members, but Rorie has the conversational strength of 10 men, and he brings it to bear on No Man's Sky, Grow Up, "Metroid Prime" on 3DS, the new THQ, the International 6, Final Fantasy delays, console clickers, and video game body h

Giant Bombcast 442: Hair Products and Turkey Bacon (Premium)

9 augusti 2016 | 142 min

The holy trinity of Iron Galaxy returns to bless us with discussion of No Man's Sky and the process of releasing a game in 2016, Abzu, the Hitman future, purging your game collection, West Coast road trips, the whereabouts of Yoot Saito, and, of course, w

Giant Bombcast 441: Mr. Eyeballs' Booger Sugar (Premium)

3 augusti 2016 | 137 min

GameSpot's own Peter Brown pops in to chat about Abzu, Rimworld, life on the flea market circuit, Final Fantasy Tactics preservation, No Man's Sky's no-show, Rocket League in Overwatch, Vita homebrew, the future of Advance Wars, and Game of the Game of th

Giant Bombcast 440: The Live One (Premium)

26 juli 2016 | 144 min

We've made history by broadcasting the first live podcast live on the Internet ever in history. Ever. This discussion of Headlander, Quadrilateral Cowboy, Sonic the Hedgehog, the Nintendo NX, Segagaga, Stranger Things, 16-bit sound hardware, laserdiscs, C

Giant Bombcast 07/19/2016 (Premium)

20 juli 2016 | 150 min

That li'l NES. Famous elusive targets. Famous.af. Sega CD memories. EVO chat. The future of SNK. The truth about Dan's bladder. Ten minutes of HOT INSIDE SPOILERS. This Bombcast has it all!

Giant Bombcast 07/12/2016 (Premium)

13 juli 2016 | 171 min

On our journey to Meat Mountain, we cross through the Lang Zone and do battle with Videoball, Raw Data, Pokemon Go, Inside, a free-to-play Evolve, the Saturn's DRM, Adam Boyes, and perhaps the most inadvisable bracket ever conceived.

Giant Bombcast 07/05/2016 (Premium)

6 juli 2016 | 193 min

Fresh off of defeating an alien menace, Will Smith joins us to chat about buying gunpowder in bulk, the great pizza exposition, and video games like Inside, Pokemon Go, Uncharted 4, and the greatest hits of the Jaguar.

Giant Bombcast 6/28/2016 (Premium)

29 juni 2016 | 130 min

With no headphones and a batch of mysterious emails, we're practically flying blind this week through discussions of Inside, Asemblance, Umbrella Corps, that awful Cheeto/macaroni thing, more crappy buffet pizza, and the tragic loss of Ustream.

Giant Bombcast 06/21/2016 (Premium)

22 juni 2016 | 164 min

Now that we're as far from the next E3 as we're ever going to get, it's time to reflect on everything we saw at this year's show, as well as a few of the downloads we ran into along the way.

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb LIVE! at E3 2016: Day 03: The Podcast (Premium)

22 juni 2016 | 234 min

We wrap things up with good people like Ed Boon, Gio Corsi, Josh Holmes, Adriel Wallick, and Thom Glunt. Then we really wrap things up with "good" people like David Lang, John Vignocchi, and EA Canada's Adam Boyes. Then we really REALLY wrap things up and

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb LIVE! at E3 2016: Day 02: The Podcast

16 juni 2016 | 265 min

A second night of live shows ensues as we chat about what we saw at E3 before welcoming Phil Spencer, Tim Schafer, Cliff Bleszinski and more!

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb LIVE! at E3 2016: Day 01: The Podcast

16 juni 2016 | 255 min

We get together to briefly discuss our first day of E3 games before the cavalcade of guests takes over for the night.

Giant Bombcast The Giant Bombcast E3 2016 Sealed Envelope Spectacular (Premium)

14 juni 2016 | 121 min

Last week, we sat down and talked about what we (thought we) knew about E3. Now that show's in full swing, let's rip open this envelope and see how we did!

Giant Bombcast 06/07/2016 (Premium)

8 juni 2016 | 162 min

The good ship E3 has sprung more than a few leaks, and we're bailing water as fast as we can with the help of New York's Alex Navarro. Agents of Mayhem! Dead Rising 4! More Injustice! More Wolfenstein! More... Destiny? The games of tomorrow, today!

Giant Bombcast 05/31/2016 (Premium)

31 maj 2016 | 144 min

With less than two weeks till E3, we're playing as much Overwatch as we can while mulling over Xbox leaks, the No Man's Sky delay, id games new and old, fruit trees, grow operations, a long meditation on meditation, and an unexpected blast from Dan's past

Giant Bombcast 05/24/2016 (Premium)

24 maj 2016 | 154 min

Doom still rules the roost around here, but Overwatch is making some inroads, as are the latest E3 shakeups and leaks, the hottest pachinko tips, Drew's island adventures, Dan & Jason's fighting school, and a few unsavory bathroom emails.

Giant Bombcast 05/17/2016 (Premium)

17 maj 2016 | 129 min

Danny "the Irish guy" O'Dwyer joins us to discuss the glory that is the new Doom, obscure piratical references, the end of Disney Infinity, some E3 expectations, office dental care, Kansas City dirtbags, and the ultimate fate of poo particles. Don't ask.

Giant Bombcast 05/10/2016 (Premium)

10 maj 2016 | 156 min

We've gathered 'round the microphones to see Nathan Drake off into the sunset (again), chat about the Overwatch beta, ponder Gearbox's next move, puzzle at shooter versus shooter, parse a Dota pop quiz, and contemplate a few hamburgers long past.

Giant Bombcast 05/03/2016 (Premium)

3 maj 2016 | 157 min

The mics are hot and we're ready to talk! This week it's NX delayishness, Call of Duty future-fatigue, Battleborn bafflement, the great fruit debate, and even more of those #vapefacts you crave.

Giant Bombcast 04/26/2016 (Premium)

26 april 2016 | 139 min

The gang's all back from PAX and unnervingly battered and bruised, but even wrestling injuries can't stand in the way of talk about the best of the show, Housemarque's latest, the end of the Xbox 360, the uncertain whereabouts of Frog Fractions 2, and, um

Giant Bombcast 04/19/2016 (Premium)

19 april 2016 | 177 min

This week we've got breaking news about the new PlayStation 4, hands-on with Supergiant's third game, sordid strife at Rockstar, mobile esports, baseball memories, fanny pack tips, and more. This podcast is so hot we need the Benz!

Giant Bombcast 04/12/2016 (Premium)

13 april 2016 | 169 min

Bonfire Watch 2016 is on! In between trips to the Steam forums, we touch on early Star Fox Zero impressions, unearthed Neo Geo prototypes, the Ratchet reboot, entering the Gungeon, Nintendo's "friendly" market research, a variety of vape flavors, and the

Giant Bombcast 04/05/2016 (Premium)

5 april 2016 | 171 min

Another week, another VR launch. Also! Quantum Break, Killer Instinct season 3, Dark Souls III, the new Street Fighter V patch, that Doom beta, Nintendo dismissals, Final Fantasy announcements, Oculus uncertainty, and your emails!

Giant Bombcast 03/29/2016 (Premium)

30 mars 2016 | 156 min

In between the launches of two VR headsets, we manage to... only talk about VR a little before delving into remastered adventure games, Street Fighter patches, early Dark Souls releases, some reminiscing about the good old days, and a whole bunch of Ninte

Giant Bombcast 03/22/2016 (Premium)

22 mars 2016 | 181 min

With our glorious and/or horrible VR future nearly upon us, it's time to take stock of all the headsets and games we tried at GDC, along with a bunch of regular old flat games, the strange future of the console business, the best in chips, a stack of your

Giant Bombcast 03/15/2016 (Premium)

15 mars 2016 | 188 min

Our podcasting compatriots from 8-4 join us for another GDC check-in that includes a Division deep dive, gushing over Stardew Valley, a lot of game industry movin' and shakin', mobile clashes of various kinds, and more than a few trips down memory lane.

Giant Bombcast 03/08/2016 (Premium)

8 mars 2016 | 200 min

This week's show is packed to the gills with No Man's Sky, The Division, Microsoft studio closures, the weird future of the Xbox, the strange saga of the Coleco Chameleon, some Street Fighter emails, the cleanliness of San Francisco sidewalks, and more!

Giant Bombcast 03/01/2016 (Premium)

1 mars 2016 | 176 min

Another week, another super-pricey head-mounted doohickey. Also: thoughts on the Xbox Spring Showcase, Dota strife, the end of the PlayStation TV, Mass Effect rides, Mike Haggar's campaign platform, and nighttime bathroom habits.

Giant Bombcast 02/23/2016

23 februari 2016 | 144 min

Jeff returns from prehistory to talk about Far Cry Primal. Brad can't stop daggering devils. Dan still likes Twilight Princess. Drew is a photochemical process. Aw man did you see that wolf?! #skate4

Giant Bombcast 02/16/2016 (Premium)

17 februari 2016 | 178 min

The launch of Street Fighter V has brought out some strong feelings on this podcast, but we didn't forget to hit XCOM 2, Firewatch, Quantum Break exclusivity, Fallout DLC, marital hijinks, unlikely fighting game match-ups, and the latest updates from the

Giant Bombcast 02/09/2016 (Premium)

9 februari 2016 | 144 min

We "mourn" the passing of Super Bowl City before looking ahead to cheerier topics like the trials of XCOM 2, the wide-open expanses of Firewatch, the ongoing mystery of Godus, and the distressing meaning of the dark shower.

Giant Bombcast 02/02/2016 (Premium)

2 februari 2016 | 164 min

This week from the new studio: Jason mourns the last Street Fighter V beta; Dan has begun to bear Witness; Brad really likes the mood lighting; Jeff has thoughts on Mario. All this plus your emails!

Giant Bombcast 01/26/2016 (Premium)

27 januari 2016 | 121 min

We've been doing a lot of Witnessing and we're very excited about it, but that doesn't mean we forgot about Sony reorgs, mysterious Konami vans, fighting game failures, in-game crosshairs, questionable root beer, or mobile apps made by certain controversi

Giant Bombcast 01/19/2016 (Premium)

20 januari 2016 | 162 min

Come for the handy tips on bathing your infant, stay for the lively chat about drinking at work, "getting" Resident Evil, plumbing the Darkest Dungeon, busting up Hitman, dredging up the Ninja Turtles, and chugging a 40 faster than anyone you know!

Giant Bombcast 01/12/2016 (Premium)

13 januari 2016 | 165 min

We come perilously close to probing the mysteries of a dwarven fortress before retreating to the relative comfort of safer topics like XCOM 2, SNL movies, VR pricing, Valve retirements, desert buses, grocery haulists, rap skits, and... M*A*S*H?

Giant Bombcast 01/05/2016 (Premium)

5 januari 2016 | 152 min

We're *yawn* back from break and, uh, feelin' refreshed in 2016! Time to remember how to talk as we chew the fat about Oculus Rift preorders, esports sales, Mario Maker websites, Steam breaches, Hall & Oates, and a year without Assassin's Creed.

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2015: Day Five (Premium)

1 januari 2016 | 274 min

All threads converge on our final day of discussions, in which we'll name the Best Use of FMV, Animal of the Year, Incremental/Idle Experience of the Year, and Best Game.

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2015: Day Four (Premium)

31 december 2015 | 205 min

Four days in, Game of the Year stops for nothing! We've made it to Best Story, Best Styyyyyyyyyyle, Worst Game of the Year, and PLEASE STOP.

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2015: Day Three (Premium)

30 december 2015 | 221 min

We're at the halfway point in our week-long deliberations, with Best Debut, Best Multiplayer, Best Moment or Sequence, and Hottest Mess rounding out day three.

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2015: Day Two (Premium)

29 december 2015 | 255 min

Our mammoth second day of GOTY deliberations gets rolling with categories including Best Music, Most Disappointing Game, Best Short-Time Game, and Best New Character.

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2015: Day One (Premium)

28 december 2015 | 145 min

The gang's all here to kick off our year-end deliberations with discussions on 2015's Old Game of the Year, Best Surprise, Least Necessary HD Remaster, and Best Looking Game.

Giant Bombcast 12/22/2015 (Premium)

22 december 2015 | 178 min

The year's almost over, so let's quickly run over a little bit of news and dive headfirst into your emails and tmails! Tmails?

Giant Bombcast 12/15/2015 (Premium)

15 december 2015 | 146 min

As the holidays draw nigh, GameSpot's Mary Kish joins in for a chilly chat about Nintendo patents, produce rankings, Star Wars saturation, the long-awaited release of Nuclear Throne, smelly VR, Pokemon pooping, more foreign movie titles, and the perils of

Giant Bombcast 12/08/2015 (Premium)

8 december 2015 | 160 min

It's December. Where'd all this news come from? Oh well, time to break down all the goings-on out of the Game Awards and the PlayStation Experience with the help of one very special Irish guest. All this plus new offices, KGB spies, erstwhile hooahs, and

Giant Bombcast 12/01/2015 (Premium)

1 december 2015 | 205 min

The gang's all here in what may be our longest and most chaotic episode ever. Black Friday strategies! Just Cause 3! NX release speculation! Lara Croft's prepping tips! Very old emails! This week we've got it all.

Giant Bombcast 11/24/2015 (Premium)

24 november 2015 | 174 min

Hot topics this week include airsoft, stuff in Jeff's garage, the new Bloodborne DLC, PlayStation 4 PlayStation 2 emulation, messing with the Steam Link and Controller, Xbox 360 memories, and more emails about synthetic weed than you ever thought possible

Giant Bombcast 11/17/2015 (Premium)

17 november 2015 | 207 min

Battlefront! Fallout! Tomb Raider! StarCraft! The games of holiday 2015 are upon us, but that doesn't keep us from other important topics like old Bruce Lee games, Nintendo's first post-Iwata Direct, the fate of System Shock, seafood pizza, a bunch of gam

Giant Bombcast 11/10/2015 (Premium)

10 november 2015 | 173 min

Fresh off of Extra Life, Chicago's favorite son swoops in to chat about the biggest games of the season, open-world quality assurance, 6 billion dollar acquisitions, forced eSports, questionable parenting tips, a whole bunch of business minutes, and the j

Giant Bombcast 11/03/2015 (Premium)

3 november 2015 | 166 min

Drew's back from Europe! Jeff's bummed about Need for Speed! Dan's a wrestling manager! Brad can't really talk about Tomb Raider! Questionable tax advice! The mystery of Half-Life 3! Applebee's vs. Chili's! IHOP vs. Waffle House! Sweet 'nade bro!

Giant Bombcast 10/27/2015 (Premium)

28 oktober 2015 | 174 min

Between fall video games shipping and Sony holding press conferences, we almost missed this week's podcast! Luckily we rode our bears here from Paris to touch on all these topics, plus the quirks of Canadian money, the horrors of Bayou Billy, educational

Giant Bombcast LA Podfest 2015 Edition (Premium)

21 oktober 2015 | 90 min

Live from Los Angeles, it's our show from the LA Podfest! Well, it was live when it happened. You'll just have to trust us.

Giant Bombcast 10/20/2015 (Premium)

21 oktober 2015 | 147 min

A harrowing two-week journey without any video producers has begun, but we'll survive by recruiting one Matthew Rorie to chat about water-cooled laptops, nasty time capsules, NES memories, not much Halo (yet), the NX timeline (again), the wonders of arcad

Giant Bombcast 10/13/2015 (Premium)

13 oktober 2015 | 193 min

Danny O'Dwyer joins us as we uncover the 10 Hottest Spots in Lisbon and discuss our adventures in amateur level design, disappearing Darth Vader, the FOB rebalance, the saga of Finicky Larry, mods for the console version of Fallout 4, that New Xbox One Ex

Giant Bombcast 10/06/2015 (Premium)

6 oktober 2015 | 163 min

It's an indie-stravaganza this week with Undertale, The Beginner's Guide, Read Only Memories, and Indivisible, along with a little much-needed Tony Hawk catharsis, some now-outdated Far Cry speculation, thoughts on wrasslin' and Rock Band, and... yeah, OK

Giant Bombcast 09/29/2015 (Premium)

30 september 2015 | 150 min

Just as fall is starting to heat up, let's talk about all the games we HAVEN'T played yet! Like Tony Hawk 5! And Lego Dimensions! And Destin...yeah, no, we've been playing way too much of that. Anyway, whatever. Video games! They're back!

Giant Bombcast 09/22/2015 (Premium)

22 september 2015 | 131 min

We've got some new podcasting equipment, and we talked directly into it for your listening enjoyment! Just in time for Destiny: The Taken King, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, Tokyo Game Show: Not Much Happened, Video Games: A Few Got Delayed, Email

Giant Bombcast 09/15/2015 (Premium)

15 september 2015 | 155 min

Should Drew buy a Wii U? What's the best emoji of 2015's freshman class? Just how good IS Super Mario Maker? Does Forza 6 still have cars? All these and other burning questions will be explored on this week's edition of... what's this podcast called again

Giant Bombcast 09/08/2015 (Premium)

9 september 2015 | 132 min

Roughly 75 percent of this podcast is about Metal Gear Solid V, but we somehow manage to sneak in a tidbit here and there about Marty O'Donnell and the future of Destiny, new PS4 firmware business, Dan's adventures in pants-buying, and the video game mona

Giant Bombcast 09/01/2015 (Premium)

2 september 2015 | 142 min

All anyone wants to do is play Metal Gear, but we also manage to squeeze in some chit-chat about Lara Croft Go, Mad Max, the HTC Vive, crowdfunded preorders, Christmas games, E40's 40s, and getting too old for PAX.

Giant Bombcast 08/25/2015 (Premium)

26 augusti 2015 | 155 min

We talk about airplanes and drive-ins and video games and Metal Gear! Someone said "Sad Factory" and that was pretty funny! See you at PAX!

Giant Bombcast 08/18/2015 (Premium)

18 augusti 2015 | 181 min

We've got thoughts on movies new and old, and by golly, you're gonna hear 'em. Also: video game tattoos, way too much Metal Gear, doping in electronic sports, and Dan's unexpected spiritual awakening. Don't forget to tip your server!

Giant Bombcast 08/11/2015 (Premium)

11 augusti 2015 | 178 min

This week! Jeff's clicking sakuras, Brad visited Tacoma, Jason's sneaking in Galak-Z, and Dan's boldly going... somewhere. Also: WOW expansions, Mafia announcements, Time Magazine covers, Dr. Dre albums, a vigorous conversation about nuts, and your emails

Giant Bombcast 08/04/2015 (Premium)

4 augusti 2015 | 157 min

Hot off the presses, straight from the streets, we're here with the latest chatter about Microsoft's Gamescom showing, the savage spaceship abuses of Galak-Z, Rare's economy-sized 30-pack, the Konami surveillance state, and the weirdest changes to hit Des

Giant Bombcast 07/28/2015 (Premium)

28 juli 2015 | 170 min

We console our sadness about the broken Street Fighter V beta by, um, talking a lot about Street Fighter, along with the new King's Quest, the end of Ouya, way more Rocket League, super healthy living, super unhealthy clicking, and the war of humans again

Giant Bombcast 07/21/2015 (Premium)

21 juli 2015 | 139 min

When Brad's away, you'll get to play... a new episode of the Giant Bombcast, that is! Join Jeff, Dan, Drew, and Jason for another installment of the world's only video game podcast as we discuss Street Fighter V's post-release purchasing plans, Rising Thu

Giant Bombcast 07/14/2015 (Premium)

14 juli 2015 | 179 min

We come together to talk about the untimely passing of Nintendo's Satoru Iwata before moving on to lighter topics like Rocket League, EA's Jade Raymond, The Magic Circle, face-scannin', the dissolution of KojiPro, and... look out everyone, Kratos is MAD!!

Giant Bombcast 07/07/2015 (Premium)

7 juli 2015 | 191 min

Bellies full with deep-fried candy bars, we're ready to dig deep into the Nintendo PlayStation, weird Minecraft news, the dubious allure of Fallout Shelter, multiple weird Japanese fighting games, Nintendo's tough investor talk, hot pepper facts, and much

Giant Bombcast 06/30/2015 (Premium)

30 juni 2015 | 171 min

This week: a lot of PlayStation Vue gets vued, we all played Batman, dances get very expensive, Dan definitely shouldn't play with fireworks, and Driveclub will never, ever be spoken of again. All this, plus your emails!

Giant Bombcast 06/23/2015 (Premium)

23 juni 2015 | 169 min

We've dragged ourselves from the smoldering wreckage of E3 to wrap up some lingering topics from the show, including impressions of Horizon: Zero Dawn, Black Ops 3, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and MGS5, the incontinent effects of VR, that new Xbox One UI, fi

Giant Bombcast E3 2015: Giant Bomb's Day 3 Live Broadcast (Premium)

21 juni 2015 | 203 min

Given the way E3 2015 ended, we're not sure if it'll even be possible to have an E3 2016.

Giant Bombcast E3 2015: Giant Bomb's Day 2 Live Broadcast (Premium)

18 juni 2015 | 152 min

E3 continues to burn down Los Angeles as we bring in a big ol' range of people working on Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Tony Hawk 5, Volume, Destiny, Below, Rock Band 4, and professional wrestling!

Giant Bombcast E3 2015: Giant Bomb's Day 1 Live Broadcast (Premium)

17 juni 2015 | 155 min

We collect a wicked assortment of guests and cover virtual reality, Microsoft's Hololens, Def Jam Icon, the number of explosions found in Just Cause 3, Halo 5's new warzone mode, playing soccer in a prison camp, how the heck the Xbox One is emulating 360

Giant Bombcast The Giant Bombcast E3 2015 Sealed Envelope Spectacular (Premium)

16 juni 2015 | 157 min

We plow through all the remaining games Jeff saw at judges' week before launching into a bunch of predictions about what already happened at E3!

Giant Bombcast 06/09/2015 (Premium)

9 juni 2015 | 158 min

With E3 close on the horizon, Jeff starts spilling the beans on stuff like Fortnite and Metal Gear Solid 5, Fallout 4 makes itself known, the rebirth of Digital Eclipse turns a few heads, a long-overdue mattress update appears, then we all get knighted. S

Giant Bombcast 06/02/2015 (Premium)

2 juni 2015 | 157 min

Hey, who splattered ink all over this podcast? We're diving deep into Splatoon, E3 sandwiches, XCOM with swords, impressions of Batman: Arkham Knight and Lego Dimensions, killer shadows, and the great Amiibo caper of 2015.

Giant Bombcast 05/26/2015 (Premium)

27 maj 2015 | 177 min

Straight out of the emergency backup recording shelter, we've cobbled together our thoughts on The Witcher 3, Mad Max (the game), Eurovision 2015, that Star Citizen leak, new-old Need for Speed, Dan's childhood machinations... and Destiny: House of Wolves

Giant Bombcast 05/19/2015 (Premium)

19 maj 2015 | 155 min

Bay to Breakers may have scoured the landscape clean, but we were safely cowering in our suck buckets the whole time! Now we're back to go in-depth with The Witcher 3, ponder Mario & Luigi & Puzzle & Dragons, try to get excited about another A

Giant Bombcast 05/12/2015 (Premium)

12 maj 2015 | 175 min

This week, it's Kirkhope vs. Wise! Sword vs. whip! Dan vs. figs! The Giant Bombcast is all about strife... and also dabbling with The Witcher 3, pondering the Desert Golf endgame, drinking in The Old Blood, cohabitating with Notch, and spending even more

Giant Bombcast 05/05/2015 (Premium)

5 maj 2015 | 205 min

This week! We say later to Letterman, Drew gets back into Dirt 'n Destiny, Brad and Jeff cast their lot in the Great Composer Showdown 2015, Dan's never seen Law & Order. Westerado! Project CARS! Avalon mysteries! Billy Corgan! Nuclear missiles!

Giant Bombcast 04/28/2015 (Premium)

28 april 2015 | 221 min

Vinny and Alex party-in-the-sky their way from New Yawk to San Francisco so we can chat about the Silent Hills that wasn't, Valve's paid-mod calamity, the fully formed Broken Age, the Telltale fast food tie-in, video game knockoffs, lady MCs, the future o

Giant Bombcast 04/21/2015 (Premium)

21 april 2015 | 177 min

Giant Bomb Action News is live on the scene with the latest on high-speed chases (onscreen and off), Star Wars of all kinds, Mortal Kombat hacks, Titan Souls, still more Bloodborne, celebrity governors, our expert E3 strategies, and the uncertain whereabo

Giant Bombcast 04/14/2015 (Premium)

15 april 2015 | 178 min

Mortal Monday may be over, but we're still here to talk about MK past and present, the martial absurdity of WMAC Masters, the return of (FMV) Guitar Hero, the travails of video game preservation, a crash course in Irish, the Oestreicher origin story, and

Giant Bombcast 04/07/2015 (Premium)

7 april 2015 | 169 min

We interrupt your regularly scheduled video game podcast for a special report on DMX's latest legal troubles. Now back to way more Bloodborne chat, the latest direct from Nintendo, Drew's trip south of the border, the death of OnLive, and a belated elegy

Giant Bombcast 03/31/2015 (Premium)

1 april 2015 | 179 min

What's the haps, daddy-o? This week the Giant Bombcast is spinning all the platters that matter, like that brand new hit record Axiom Verge, more Bloodborne, the Wrasslemania fallout, the mystery of Puzzle & Dragons, the modern Kickstarter landscape,

Giant Bombcast 03/24/2015 (Premium)

24 mars 2015 | 173 min

Bloodborne is out, we've played a lot of it, and we'll now discuss it in excruciating detail! Also: Pillars of Eternity, The Handsome Collection, Nintendo on mobile, the Kojima future, eau de burgers, Rorie's frequent pee breaks, and tips for taming your

Giant Bombcast 03/17/2015 (Premium)

18 mars 2015 | 196 min

As St. Patrick scourges the land, we hunker down in our bunker to discuss adventures in civic planning, the glut of dumb cop-show games, Final Fantasies of all stripes, Ori and the Delightful Difficulty, the return (?) of Joe Montana, further uses for liq

Giant Bombcast 03/10/2015 (Premium)

11 mars 2015 | 149 min

We've clawed our way back from the great white hellscape that is Boston to wrap up the business out of PAX and GDC before turning our attention to more pertinent topics. Can you take a 3DS into North Korea? Where's Chris Cashman these days? And who the he

Giant Bombcast 3/3/2015 (Premium)

3 mars 2015 | 192 min

Fresh from Japan, 8-4's John Ricciardi and Mark MacDonald are here to talk about, well, Monster Hunter and Destiny! Wait, where are you goi...um, and also the state of games in Japan, VR VR VR, the (non-)revival of old PC games, the whereabouts of Koji Ig

Giant Bombcast 55/2015 (Premium)

24 februari 2015 | 171 min

This week, Simon says "Bleed... and then listen to our chatter about Dan's adventures in San Angeles, all about The Order, the Kirby curse, award-winning middleware, the magic of unaffiliated local TV, and the many endings of Red Dead Redemption. OK, you

Giant Bombcast 02/17/2015 (Premium)

18 februari 2015 | 160 min

After a weekend honoring our founding fathers, we're back with the straight dope on Evolve, Tekken vs. Soul Calibur, sidewalk-poop-as-entertainment, the game of the (last) generation, 40 years of SNL, the trials and tribulations of Peter Molyneux, and our

Giant Bombcast 02/10/2015 (Premium)

10 februari 2015 | 173 min

This week! Mortal Kombat oldsters, the clumsy climbing of Grow Home, Jeff's adventures on the Chinese Internet, the updating of automotive firmware, and how to obtain membership at the Super Elite Zelda country club. Please apply the Giant Bombcast direct

Giant Bombcast 02/03/2015 (Premium)

3 februari 2015 | 167 min

Our very favorite Irishman Danny O'Dwyer joins us to shake off Super Bowl hangovers and talk about European American Football, the down low on Dying Light, SOE's sudden independence, the dangers of Mendocino County, and the most learned analysis of Ninten

Giant Bombcast 01/27/2015 (Premium)

28 januari 2015 | 141 min

Everyone's back from San Antonio and other parts unknown to run down PAX South before addressing the pertinent issues of the day, like that new Majora's Mask, Dying Light, Norm MacDonald's storied career, multiple Resident Evils, the plight of the noble l

Giant Bombcast 01/20/2015 (Premium)

21 januari 2015 | 183 min

This century is 15 percent over, and it's high time we pondered the important questions! For instance: What are Colin Quinn's current whereabouts? Is Gat out of Hell any good? What the heck is up with Rock Band? When, where, and what is Nintendo's next ha

Giant Bombcast 01/13/2015 (Premium)

14 januari 2015 | 188 min

Video games, and the people who love them! Herein lies discussion of The Talos Principle, emulated Marios, Internet video archival strategies, Drew's adventures in spacefaring, the magic of Puyo Puyo Tetris, and illicit uses for your cough syrup.

Giant Bombcast 01/06/2015 (Premium)

6 januari 2015 | 149 min

Welcome to 2015! We're getting our obvious Back to the Future II jokes out of the way nice and early so we can move on to more important topics like holiday hijinks, Dan's debilitating disease, console network outages, the white whale that is Mike Tyson,

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2014: Day Five (Premium)

30 december 2014 | 250 min

No brakes on the GOTY train! We're plowing through to the Best Game of 2014, but not before we also name Best Horror Game, Worst Game, and the coveted PLEASE STOP.

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2014: Day Four (Premium)

29 december 2014 | 89 min

We're coming down the home stretch, but there are still winners to select for Hottest Mess, Best Moment or Sequence, Best Local Multiplayer, and Best Styyyyyyyyyyle!

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2014: Day Three (Premium)

28 december 2014 | 104 min

The deliberations rage on, with winners for Best New Character, Best Early Access Experience, Best Console Exclusives, and Best Debut emerging from the fray.

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2014: Day Two (Premium)

27 december 2014 | 145 min

Game of the Year continues! It's time to hash out the winners of Best Story, Best Music, Best Short-Time Game, and Most Disappointing Game.

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2014: Day One (Premium)

26 december 2014 | 141 min

Our annual awardstravaganza commences with deliberations on 2014's Old Game of the Year, Best Surprise, Best-Looking Game, and, uh, Most Likely To Be Frog Fractions 2!

Giant Bombcast 12/23/2014 (Premium)

24 december 2014 | 168 min

With the rest of the team out for the holiday break or feverishly finishing up our Game of the Year content, Jeff and Matthew sit down to take a handful of your questions on a variety of topics.

Giant Bombcast 12/16/2014 (Premium)

16 december 2014 | 159 min

A couple of tall, dark and handsome clowns blow into town to tell the tallest tales of comically large telephones, Jeff's history with the Dark Carnival, the latest Surge surge, the "truth" about the Wa "brothers," November hardware sales, the likely wher

Giant Bombcast 12/09/2014 (Premium)

10 december 2014 | 164 min

Who went and gave the video game industry permission to break all this news in December? We convene our eight-seat roundtable of experts to discuss all the latest happenings at the Game Awards and PlayStation Experience, along with the passing of Ralph Ba

Giant Bombcast 12/02/2014 (Premium)

2 december 2014 | 212 min

The holidays are almost upon us, and we're cramming every last person we can into this podcast just for you! The entire current Giant Bomb staff is here to discuss the games of the day, the perils of home ownership, why you'd want a mortgage, living in ge

Giant Bombcast 11/25/2014 (Premium)

25 november 2014 | 204 min

We're reconvening the drink council for a very important test before moving on to the regular business of, uh, talking about whatever. There's a new Geometry Wars! Master Chief Collection is still broken! Smash Bros. came out! Little girls hate Quick Look

Giant Bombcast 11/18/2014 (Premium)

18 november 2014 | 188 min

Rorie substitutes in for Drew to chat about the latest Age of Dragons before we move on to kneecap last week's shoddy releases. There's no talking in the library, but plenty of talk about Far Cry 4, the new GTA V, Corbin Bernsen's directing career, PlaySt

Giant Bombcast 11/11/2014 (Premium)

11 november 2014 | 166 min

The fourth quarter is HEATING UP, and Giant Bomb Action News is on the scene to report on Assassin's Creed: Unity, the Master Chief Collection, "new" Blizzard games, the Mario Stack Rank, the return of one Mr. Hawk, and the true identity of the rap game K

Giant Bombcast 11/04/2014 (Premium)

4 november 2014 | 166 min

Dan's back from his Kansas City odyssey to regale us with tales of... well, you'll see, plus the annual Call of Duty check-in, Freddie Mercury's Sunset Overdrive, the true value of Donkey Kong Country, Dennis Dyack's re-return, the latest Canseco mishap,

Giant Bombcast 10/28/2014 (Premium)

29 oktober 2014 | 138 min

We're fresh (?!) off of Extra Life to recap strategies for stayin' up all night, Drew's globetrotting adventures, more on Sunset Overdrive, the not-very-mysterious identity of Quartermann, Xbox price drops, and the gastric processes of vampires.

Giant Bombcast 10/21/2014 (Premium)

21 oktober 2014 | 189 min

With Drew wrapping up his odyssey on the other side of the world, Jason's back to keep the podcast party going with more on Bayonetta 2, Sunset Overdrive, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Killer Instinct Season 2, Axl Rose's favorite pinball phrases, some byg

Giant Bombcast 10/07/2014 (Premium)

8 oktober 2014 | 193 min

We're back from Black Rock City with all the latest on art cars, sex tents, desert drugs, and video games! Matthew "Matt" Rorie joins us to chat Driveclub, Alien: Isolation, even more on the Destiny endgame, beaver butts, the 900th P, and Dan Ryckert's fe

Giant Bombcast 09/30/2014 (Premium)

1 oktober 2014 | 177 min

Quarter four is upon us and it's all games all the time around here, with in-depth chattin' about Shadow of Mordor, Forza Horizon 2, Super Smash Bros. 3DS, and Gauntlet. Well, fine, you can also hang around for our favorite hangover avoidance strategies.

Giant Bombcast 09/23/2014 (Premium)

24 september 2014 | 125 min

It's an Irish invasion as GameSpot's Danny O'Dwyer joins us to talk about the right way to enjoy Destiny, the wrong way to parse English accents, whatever the hell Final Fantasy is now, and the perils of programming video games. It has been two (2) weeks

Giant Bombcast 09/16/2014 (Premium)

16 september 2014 | 174 min

Destiny still rules the video game talk around these parts... but then, who just listens to this podcast for games? Especially when you can also hear about hot topics like dying on Mars, drinking on battleships, the John Carmack Tweet of the Week, and TWO

Giant Bombcast 09/09/2014 (Premium)

10 september 2014 | 184 min

Destiny is here and it's time to talk about it. Once we've gone over our first few hours with Bungie's latest, stick around for further discussion of Drew's introduction to local wrestling, Dan's recipe for bathtub chicken, and the popularity of Giant Bom

Giant Bombcast 09/02/2014 (Premium)

3 september 2014 | 129 min

Join us as we mop up the last little bit of PAX Prime business before moving on to more pressing discussions about eating bugs, Sony's TGS news, Frasier Pinball, the marvels of food science, and how to survive the apocalypse.

Giant Bombcast 08/26/2014 (Premium)

27 augusti 2014 | 183 min

Not even the earth shaking beneath our feet can stop us from talking about bad Mario Kart tournaments, Infamous: First Light, the feasibility of Star Citizen, the Amazon/Twitch deal, Smash Bros. leaks, and another of Dan's awful, awful stories.

Giant Bombcast 08/05/2014 (Premium)

6 augusti 2014 | 184 min

Newly minted Sony company man John T. Drake has completed his cross-country trek just in time to discuss the mystery of Matt Kessler, the riddle of Dan Ryckert, the curse of historic Barkerville, and the dilemma of Dwayne Johnson.

Giant Bombcast 06/24/2014 (Premium)

24 juni 2014 | 128 min

Drew and Jeff are joined by a pair of guests as we discuss table flipping arcade games, the mysterious appearance of Vince, EA's UFC, Primal Rage 2, floppy disk versions of Strider, and "football."

Giant Bombcast 05/27/2014 (Premium}

27 maj 2014 | 151 min

Games, games, games! We're talking about Watch Dogs, we're talking about The Order, we're talking about Driveclub, we're talking about The Evil Within, Lego Batman 3, UFC, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Evolve, the process of packing and moving, French v

Giant Bombcast 05/13/2014 (Premium)

14 maj 2014 | 153 min

Greg Kasavin and Danny O'Dwyer join us as we talk about Super Time Force, Sunset Overdrive, releasing a game, Eurovision, butt holes in your wall, and how many pillows is enough pillows.

Giant Bombcast 04/29/2014 Premium!

30 april 2014 | 154 min

We get ourselves into a room and discuss landfill diving for old video games, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, James Bond making out with imaginary ladies, firebombs, the new Skylanders, Colorado's view of Dave Lang, Vinny's hometown, and more!

Giant Bombcast 04/22/2014 Premium!

23 april 2014 | 135 min

We briefly celebrate the anniversary of the Game Boy and get into a little Trials Fusion before trying to figure out what the heck is happening over at Naughty Dog, what the heck is happening over at Bungie, and what the heck is up with Spider-Man on the

Giant Bombcast 04/15/2014 [Premium]

16 april 2014 | 118 min

A trio of Giant Bomb compadres compare notes on PAX East 2014, Wrestlemania 2000, tank simulators, Trials Fusion, Snoop Dogg's latest release, Johnny Gat's latest cameo, drinking soda in front of a camera, and more stuff!

Giant Bombcast 04/01/2014 [Premium]

1 april 2014 | 151 min

Illness befalls the Giant Bomb office and Vinny, Drew, and Jeff must soldier on to discuss Facebook's purchase of the Oculus Rift, Diablo III's new adventure mode, Elder Scrolls Online, the budding conflict between Liverpool and Manchester by way of Japan

Giant Bombcast 03/18/2014 [Premium]

18 mars 2014 | 192 min

We get a Chicago double as Patrick Klepek comes home to the Giant Bombcast for GDC week! Also, he brought Iron Galaxy's Dave Lang with him, and we discuss Luftrausers, Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes, Dark Souls 2, and real steps you can take to make Wind

Giant Bombcast 03/11/2014 [Premium]

12 mars 2014 | 161 min

Drummer, professional traveler, and apparent Grim Reaper John Drake joins us to discuss the horrible things he's seen on the road, the release of Titanfall, the continued non-release of Driveclub, the release of Amy Hennig, the release of Jack Tretton, th

Giant Bombcast 03/04/2014 [Premium]

5 mars 2014 | 155 min

Your favorite Australian fashion podcast returns with a special video-game-themed episode! Thong talk alongside discussion of South Park, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, the Diablo III patch, Loadout, and more? Sounds like a good time, mate! Koala bears.

Giant Bombcast 02/25/2014 [Premium]

26 februari 2014 | 206 min

Things heat up as the release calendar intensifies, forcing us to discuss hot new releases such as Thief, Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, Epic Pinball, and Tyrian.

Giant Bombcast 02/18/2014 [PREMIUM]

19 februari 2014 | 170 min

Vinny leaves his home in search of information about the upcoming human/cyborg conflict while Jeff stays home to type "start" into a Twitch chat window over and over again. Drew flies a plane. Oh, and Brad Shoemaker rushes in to talk about that DLC for Th

Giant Bombcast 02/11/2014 [PREMIUM]

12 februari 2014 | 202 min

The podcast gang reforms to discuss Super Metroid. Oh, and also Bravely Default, more horrific workplace nudity, Dungeon Keeper (not that one, the other one), Jeff's trip to the DICE Summit, Titanfall on the Xbox 360, the business of arcade games in laund

Giant Bombcast 02/04/2014 [Premium]

5 februari 2014 | 179 min

Will Smith and Dave Snider join us as we swap tales of games, space battles, and workplace nightmare scenarios. Everything a good woodworking podcast needs.

Giant Bombcast 01/28/2014 [Premium]

28 januari 2014 | 152 min

Vinny practices The Castle Doctrine while Jeff makes a serious attempt to become a Strider. Meanwhile, Drew gets into something wild while Brad continues to suffer from a crippling MOBA addiction. Also, we talk Nintendo, getting "Genesis big," Las Vegas,

Giant Bombcast 01/21/2014 [PREMIUM]

22 januari 2014 | 174 min

Giant Bomb checks in this week with timely coverage of Dark Souls, Broken Age, OlliOlli, Beyond 2000, cataloguing your classics, how to kill the teens of Maniac Mansion, and the precise number of Atari 2600s a person should own.

Giant Bombcast 01/07/2014 [PREMIUM]

7 januari 2014 | 172 min

It's CES week, so you know that means it's time to talk televisions! Get down and dirty with our resolution resolutions for 2014... or should we say 2014K????? Because 4K televisions, you know? Anyway, video games.

Giant Bombcast 10/22/2013 [PREMIUM]

22 oktober 2013 | 147 min

With Jeff out of town we get a chance to savor topics including Beyond: Two Souls, the PS4, The Stanley Parable, and our legitimate concerns about the Holodeck. It's the most grande Bombcast ever!

Giant Bombcast 09/24/2013 [PREMIUM]

24 september 2013 | 188 min

With that pesky Brad Shoemaker out on vacation, we can finally get down and dirty with the rest of the team's favorite game, Dota 2. Grand Theft Auto V, America's Cup, fireworks, SteamOS, and way more video games are also discussed.

Giant Bombcast 09-17-2013 [PREMIUM]

17 september 2013 | 163 min

Jeff has some things to say about Grand Theft Auto V while Vinny attempts to talk Brad off the ledge after a dismal Dota 2 weekend. Meanwhile Drew looks on from his jet simulator, disapprovingly.

Giant Bombcast 07-09-2013

10 juli 2013 | 127 min

Giant Bomb comes together to remember our dear friend and colleague, Ryan Davis.

Giant Bombcast 01-31-2012

31 januari 2012 | 188 min

Ranger Rick's Tumblr, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, close encounters with Dan Aykroyd, Soul Calibur V, Final Fantasy XIII-2, Resident Evil: Revelations, Jeff's space-garbage-and-murder-slingshot election ticket...yeah. It's a weird week.

Giant Bombcast 01-24-2012

25 januari 2012 | 152 min

What do chewy tannins, Chicago sports, warm fronts, makin' cables, Steven Tyler, the Crypt Keeper, SSX, and Resident Evil 6 all have in common? You'll have to listen to this week's episode of the Giant Bombcast to find out!

Giant Bombcast 01-17-2012

18 januari 2012 | 193 min

A penny for your thoughts on Skyrim bugs, Star Trek Online, Hitman: Absolution, SOPA, and more.

Giant Bombcast 01-10-2012

10 januari 2012 | 151 min

Go green with this week's Giant Bombcast as we welcome Jeff and Patrick back to the show and discuss Star Wars: The Old Republic, Guild Wars, Skyrim, and the great Petaluma pizza drought. There won't be a heart left beating!

Giant Bombcast 01-03-2012

4 januari 2012 | 146 min

We ease back into things for the Deuce Dizzy with talk of earthquake preparedness, Game of the Year behind the scenes, townhouse barbecuing, cutting the cable, and, you know, maybe some games!

Giant Bombcast 12-20-2011

20 december 2011 | 151 min

Just in time for the holidays, we discuss Skyrim on the PlayStation 3, Trine 2, the Japanese Vita launch, the future of full-motion video, and our first days with Star Wars: The Old Republic. Plus, emails galore!

Giant Bombcast 12-13-2011

13 december 2011 | 192 min

We work out the kinks in Vinny's diabolical plan to clone the Beatles, talk Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning with Brad, reminisce about rap tapes, and generally spend way, way too much time discussing the Spike TV VGAs on this week's Bombcast!

Giant Bombcast 12-06-2011

6 december 2011 | 176 min

Vinny makes his triumphant return with tales from the suburbs, Patrick cruises Internet chat rooms, Brad catches Black Friday Fever, Ryan hates giant laptops, Jeff craves Texas toast, and everyone plays Saints Row: The Third.

Giant Bombcast 11-29-2011

29 november 2011 | 161 min

Alex Navarro joins us for post-Thanksgiving discussions of Rodian roadies, finding asylum in Raider Nation, hair security, shark punching, the great Zelda switcheroo, Mario Kart 7, tugging' vs. dumpin', Spec Ops: The Line, and more!

Giant Bombcast 11-22-2011

23 november 2011 | 169 min

Tested.com’s Will Smith brings his signature word pronunciations, Patrick goes back to NASbraska, Jeff talks high-level Blitz play, Brad runs HDMI cables, and Ryan gets serious about Ultranationalism in this week’s Bombcast!

Jeff, Vinny and Dave - 11/18/11

19 november 2011 | 105 min

Jeff, Vinny and Dave talk about the YouTube migration and also eat a Turkey leg.

Giant Bombcast 11-15-2011

16 november 2011 | 177 min

Nearly three hours of Skyrim, Uncharted 3, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Need for Speed: The Run, and more!

Giant Bombcast 11-08-2011

8 november 2011 | 166 min

Get all cozy with a nice, piping-hot 40, and join us for some heated conversation about our experiences with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Saints Row: The Third, RAGE, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, and much more!

Giant Bombcast 11-01-2011

2 november 2011 | 174 min

We nurse our fun-size Halloween hangovers with the Bat-man, Rocksmith, Battlefield 3, Uncharted 3, horror movies, and, of course, an inappropriate amount of candy.

Giant Bombcast 10-25-2011

25 oktober 2011 | 150 min

We make breakthroughs on Brad's crippling Altoids addiction and Jeff's crippling Skylanders addiction, while also covering Batman's ethics, Rocksmith, learning to type the old-fashioned way, Battlefield 3, Uncharted 3, BlizzCon, and more! Je m'appelle Tra

Giant Bombcast 10-18-2011

19 oktober 2011 | 162 min

We talk Transformers, Skylanders, Resistance 3, Rage, Skyrim, Max Payne 3, Russian Martian Bears, Double Fine Happy Action Theater, Dance Central 2, Just Dance 3, Batman, Batman, and, you guessed it, Batman, all on this week’s Giant Bombcast!

Giant Bombcast 10-11-2011

12 oktober 2011 | 162 min

It's Muppets vs. monsters, Wipeout vs. Wipeout, and Forza 4 vs. Trackmania 2 on this week's Giant Bombcast. We also cover the multiple layers of griefing in Dark Souls, Dead Rising canon, bad comic book games, and more. And Brad Shoemaker is here!

Jeff and Dave - 10/07/11

12 oktober 2011 | 106 min

The first archived episode of the Whiskey Media Radio Show starts with a David Bowie song from premium member Whitney. Somehow, it gets weirder from there.

Giant Bombcast 09-27-2011

28 september 2011 | 175 min

With Jeff in Vegas, Ryan, Vinny, Patrick, and Brad explore the limits of microphone clipping, Total Recall technology, marathon Gears of War 3 horde sessions, the mystery of From Software, AMC's Breaking Bad featuring Rage from id Software, and the raw, u

Giant Bombcast 09-20-2011

21 september 2011 | 145 min

Gears of War 3 is out today! So we talk about Gears of War 3. A lot. Turns out, we have no idea what a cog actually is! We're a little more knowledgable about TrackMania 2, Burnout CRASH!, Resident Evil 4, and Renegade Ops, though.

Giant Bombcast 09-13-2011

14 september 2011 | 137 min

We recover from the Second Annual Big Live Live Show: Live! with Infinite Vinnys, technology acronyms for idiots, ManiaPlanet’s insane potential, Johann Sebastian Joust, the new 360 dashboard, The Gunstringer, the dire state of the 3DS, Syndicate, and m

Giant Bombcast 09-06-2011

7 september 2011 | 148 min

Pickles, Daggerfall, Warhammers, Driver: San Francisco, Dead Island, Resistance 3, Rock of Ages, and, oh, did we mention? The Second Annual Whiskey Media Big Live Live Show Live is happening this Friday!

Giant Bombcast 08-30-2011

31 augusti 2011 | 141 min

We escape the gravitational pull of the PAX Firefall booth with no shortage of inscrutable inside jokes, as well as some thoughts on Fez, Word Fighter, Charlie Murder, Borderlands 2, Super Monday Night Combat, and much more!

Giant Bombcast 08-23-2011

23 augusti 2011 | 176 min

We kick off Comedy Relief 2011 with Richard Belzer, Judy Tenuta, The Witcher 2, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, TrackMania 2, free-to-play fighting games, Tetris Battle Gaiden, Street Fighter III, Ridge Racer Unbounded, and much much more!

Giant Bombcast 08-16-2011

16 augusti 2011 | 160 min

Jeff returns from his exile of silence to weigh in on the Summer of Disappointment, Patrick scratches an itch, Brad goes free-to-play, and Ryan catches the MOBA bug, plus Steam trading, Creative Suite: Global Offensive, and more in this week’s Bombcast!

Giant Bombcast 08-09-2011

9 augusti 2011 | 139 min

It’s natural 20s for everyone as Patrick and Ryan testify about their time with The Witness, Vinny continues to be bewitched by The Witcher, and Brad gets physical with fruit. We also discuss the Borderlands 2 kerfuffle, Pandaren Brewmasters, and more!

Giant Bombcast 08-02-2011

3 augusti 2011 | 163 min

We blow your shirt clean off your back with over two-and-a-half hours of alcohol-fueled, nitro-burnin' funny podcast action! Scantron standardized tests! From Dust! Secret Caravella Podcasts! Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet! AND MORE!!!

Giant Bombcast 07-26-2011

27 juli 2011 | 156 min

Email chaos continues to infect the Giant Bombcast as we try and discuss Vinny's tortilla-craft, Jeff's dysfunctional relationship with Catherine, Brad's affection for Starfox's vocal stylings, the fate of Mega Man, From Dust, Demolition Man, and more!

Giant Bombcast 07-19-2011

19 juli 2011 | 132 min

Ryan reinvents the remix as we discuss Doom 3, Garcia Hotspur's Pepsi endorsement, socks and pillows, public pools and gas station bathrooms, and, of course, Bastion.

Giant Bombcast 07-12-2011

12 juli 2011 | 163 min

Patrick tells the tale of his first California Extreme, Jeff hates Applebee's, Vinny gets disturbed by American McGee, Brad gets carried in Starcraft, and Ryan's a goddamn narc.

Giant Bombcast 07-05-2011

6 juli 2011 | 94 min

The boys recuperate from an amnesia-inducing holiday weekend with Puzzle Agent 2, Galaga Legions DX, thatgamecompany's Journey, and more!

Giant Bombcast 06-28-2011

28 juni 2011 | 164 min

We celebrate a special birthday with a 100-foot lava man, wizard beef, controversial pie, the world's worst lapdance, Swery, and everyone's favorite, the United States Supreme Court. It's a party, y'all!

Giant Bombcast 06-21-2011

22 juni 2011 | 164 min

The steamiest podcast heats up just in time for summer as we jam on inFamous 2, Origin.com, bad milk and worse steaks, Trenched, fake rumors about blood ninjas, Ocarina of Time, Wii U, stealing Redboxes, and more...girl.

Giant Bombcast 06-14-2011

15 juni 2011 | 133 min

As if you didn't get enough Giant Bomb podcasting action last week, this week our E3 2011 PTSD is compounded by the release of Duke Nukem Forever, which, it turns out, is an actual game. Sorta. You know what? You should probably just listen.

Giant Bombcast E3 2011 Day Three

10 juni 2011 | 180 min

No one man should have all this podcast!

Giant Bombcast E3 2011 Day Two

9 juni 2011 | 277 min

By jove! What an extraordinarily long podcast!

Giant Bombcast E3 2011 Day One

8 juni 2011 | 265 min

Mega64. Naughty Dog. Double Fine. David Jaffe. Rich Gallup. Four hours and twenty four minutes of the rawest, realest developer conversation you will ever hear.

Giant Bombcast E3 2011 Day Zero

7 juni 2011 | 202 min

We welcome several special guests--including Braid creator Jonathan Blow, e & Stepto from Xbox, and Gary Whitta--while also covering the Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, and Sony press conferences.

Giant Bombcast 05-31-2011

1 juni 2011 | 170 min

It's our last regularly scheduled Bombcast before the crew ships off to Los Angeles for E3! We cover men's haircuts, L.A. Noire, Call of Duty Elite, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, PlayStation Vita, and, of course, E3.

Giant Bombcast Pre-E3 2011 Edition

26 maj 2011 | 71 min

Special guest Michael "Pach-Man" Pachter joins Ryan, Jeff, and Patrick for this pre-E3 Bombcast full of predictions, hopes, fears, and more!

Giant Bombcast 05-24-2011

25 maj 2011 | 152 min

Brad messes around with his Windows Phone 7 phone, Jeff waxes rhapsodic about BioShock Infinite, Vinny buries himself in Witcher backlog, Ryan goes to a parade, and everyone stresses hard on E3 in this week's Bombcast!

Giant Bombcast 05-17-2011

18 maj 2011 | 160 min

It's brown apples for everyone as we discuss the finer points of mustaches, sailboat brunches, the rich tradition of running through the park drunk and naked, and more. We also spend way, way too much time discussing Rockstar's latest, L.A. Noire.

Giant Bombcast 05-10-2011

11 maj 2011 | 156 min

We build a scatological birdhouse in this week's Bombcast, discussing Lorne Michaels' royalties, Sony's E3 press conference, the burden of fruit trees, the controversial popcorn issue, foot food, and, of course, lobthtuh monthtuth.

Giant Bombcast 05-03-2011

4 maj 2011 | 155 min

We re-open old Fable III wounds, get serious about Mortal Kombat fiction, spend an inordinate amount of time figuring out how to bring pizza to space, try and make sense of Jet's publishing/foreign language business, and more in this week's Bombcast!

Giant Bombcast 04-26-2011

27 april 2011 | 152 min

Brad returns from Mexico with magical tales of free pool bars, Ryan dares Vinny to stop playing Dragon Age II, and Patrick helps us digest what has been an action-packed week in news in this week's edition of the Giant Bombcast!

Giant Bombcast Portal 2 Spoilercast!

24 april 2011 | 31 min

Ryan Davis sits down with Valve's Erik Wolpaw, Jay Pinkerton, and Chet Faliszek to discuss the inner workings of Portal 2. WARNING! Do not listen if you haven't finished Portal 2 yet. You will ruin Portal 2 for yourself.

Giant Bombcast 04-19-2011

19 april 2011 | 149 min

We get messy with Grandma's Cookies as the conversation leans towards less tawdry fare, like Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes, Bethesda's open-world first-person shooter factory, vendor trash, Wii HD, and--surprise surprise--Mortal Kombat and Portal 2.

Giant Bombcast 04-11-2011

13 april 2011 | 145 min

Jeff, Vinny, and Dave take to the microphones to discuss the stupidity of kayaking, Capcom's recent announcements, that Persona 4 anime, and more.

Giant Bombcast 04-05-2011

6 april 2011 | 141 min

Brad returns from his self-imposed exile, and we dazzle him--Rip-Van-Winkle-style--with tales of Mega Man Universe, the cancellation of The Agency, the rise and fall and re-rise of Majesco, GameStop going digital, Stardock confusion, and much more!

Giant Bombcast 03-29-2011

30 mars 2011 | 145 min

It's your boy, the big dog pitbull, dropping' bombs on 'em with Zojirushi action journals, Dragon Age II economics, the 3DS launch, Pac-Man Battle Royale, Fight for Relief, Resident Evil, Duke Nukem delays, and more! Yo, rewind that!

Giant Bombcast 03-22-2011

23 mars 2011 | 109 min

The World Champions of Podcasting are back at it again! Get your fill of Dragon Age II, premium Japanese thermoses, Philip K. Dick's insatiable appetite for amphetamines, Crysis 2, our first week with the Nintendo 3DS, and much more!

Giant Bombcast 03-15-2011

16 mars 2011 | 83 min

The brave few that made it back from the Penny Arcade Expo with any serious longterm damage gather to discuss the games at the show along with our shiny new Nintendo 3DS, Prey 2, and the best way to smith up some rocks.

Giant Bombcast 03-08-2011

9 mars 2011 | 136 min

We've got BurgerTime pathos, Shanghai McGee, Suda51's boner, the far-flung future of the Gathering of Juggalos, Beyond Good & Evil HD, spoiler Pokemon, Tiny Iwata, and more! Oh, and Max Schaefer stops by to talk about all things Torchlight. Strap it o

Giant Bombcast 03-03-2011 (GDC 2011)

6 mars 2011 | 106 min

Jeff and Brad lure a fresh batch of guests into the Giant Bomb bar, including Jeremiah Slaczka, Ben Gilbert, John Vignocchi, John Bellomy, John Drake, and more! Listen in to this noisy podcast as we discuss Chicago, Japan, Tron threesomes, and GDC 2011.

Giant Bombcast 03-02-2011 (GDC 2011)

4 mars 2011 | 88 min

Jeff and Brad are joined by guests for the first of our two podcasts from Game Developers Conference 2011. Hang out with us as we chat with Adam Sessler, John Pearl, Chris Remo, Patrick Klepek, and more!

Giant Bombcast 03-01-2011

1 mars 2011 | 117 min

Brad and Jeff went to the Microsoft showcase and have a lot to say about Batman: Arkham City, Gears of War 3, ketchup, and Vinny and Alex are here, too! WARNING: Nintendo downloads are also discussed.

Giant Bombcast 02-22-2011

23 februari 2011 | 131 min

Vinny punishes himself with 10 more inexplicable hours of Demon's Souls, Jeff tries to buy the publishing rights to RBI Baseball, Brad celebrates American royalty on Presidents Day, Ryan denounces saxophones, and everyone yells on this week's Bombcast!

Giant Bombcast 02-15-2011

16 februari 2011 | 141 min

Jeff and Ryan return from DICE with tales of chest models, Hollywood agents, outer space, and Facebook! We also discuss You Don't Know Jack, Stacking, Killzone 3, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Duke Nukem Forever, and more!

Giant Bombcast 02-08-2011

8 februari 2011 | 140 min

Our expert team of broadcasters bring you the Super Bowl wrap-up coverage you crave, hitting other hot topics like, Dead Space subtitles, Stanley Kubrick and Terry Gilliam vs. Buckaroo Bonzai, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2, wizards, and more along the way!

Giant Bombcast 02-01-2011

2 februari 2011 | 135 min

Despite a compromised immune system, Ryan reclaims his rightful hosting duties, doing his best to keep it focused on Dead Space 2, Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2, the Sony NGP, and MMO pricing structures, and away from Jeff's insane Nintendo agenda. Ningenda?

Giant Bombcast 01-25-2011

26 januari 2011 | 141 min

With Ryan planted firmly on the bench, Jeff steps into the role of host and there's nothing you can do to stop him. Nothing! Also, the 3DS and PSP2 are totally discussed in exhaustive detail and/or speculation! Can you possibly afford to miss this?

Giant Bombcast 01-18-2011

19 januari 2011 | 126 min

Alex Navarro tags in on this week's conversations about DC Universe Online's shortcomings, whatever “Macho Man” Randy Savage is up to these days, the unexplored qualities of the Charlie Sheen movie The Chase, Final Fantasy XIII-2, and much more!

Giant Bombcast 01-11-2011

12 januari 2011 | 141 min

Jeff takes a break from his go-kart training to join our discussions of kill room aesthetics, earthquakes, Predator tech support, Mel Blanc oral reports, Borderlands sadism, ilomilo pronunciation, crank calls, crypto, and 3DS redesigns. Plus, a contest!

Giant Bombcast 01-04-2011

4 januari 2011 | 108 min

Ryan, Vinny, and Brad are joined by a very special flaxen-haired guest in this, our inaugural Bombcast of 2011! We return from our holiday break with heartwarming tales of family togetherness and... actually, it's mostly just games.

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2010: Day Six

30 december 2010 | 151 min

And lo, the sixth seal was broken, and it revealed our Best Game Room Release, Best Motion-Controlled Game, Worst Game of the Year, Most Disappointing Game, Best Multiplatform Game, and our 2010 Game of the Year!

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2010: Day Five

30 december 2010 | 47 min

Our descent into madness is almost complete as we enter day five of our deliberations, where we choose winners for The Northies - Best Performance by Nolan North, Best Competitive Multiplayer, Best Ending, the Take a Break Award, and Best PS3-Only Game.

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2010: Paul Barnett's Top 10

24 december 2010 | 45 min

EA Mythic's Paul Barnett brings some holiday cheer and his top 10 games of 2010.

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2010: Day Four

24 december 2010 | 63 min

We pass the point of no return in our deliberations, which today include Character We'd Most Like to Party With, Dave's Eastern Bloc Game of the Year, Worst Trend, Best Story, and Best DS-Only Game.

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2010: Day Three

24 december 2010 | 47 min

Who will be the first to snap as we enter day three of our Game of the Year deliberations, which include Most Ridiculous Use of FMV, Most Improved Franchise, Most Egregious Use of Product Placement/In-Game Advertising, Worst Accent, and Best Wii-Only Game

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2010: Day Two

24 december 2010 | 116 min

The battle continues with Best Downloadable Add-On, Best Co-Op, Best Download-Only Game, Best-Looking Game, and Best Xbox 360-Only Game.

Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2010: Day One

24 december 2010 | 92 min

We open up our deliberations with 2010's 2009 Game of the Year, Best New Character, Best Original Song, Best Debut, and Best PC-Only Game.

Giant Bombcast 12-21-2010

21 december 2010 | 113 min

Hey 2010! Put your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye with this all-emails edition of the Giant Bombcast!

Giant Bombcast 12-14-2010

14 december 2010 | 163 min

We match three with PopCap's own Jeff Green, who joins us for this week's discussions of adult-themed Bejeweled, our Doritos Game of the Year, Andy Serkis' one-man show, inventing ancient artifacts for Uncharted 3, and much more!

Giant Bombcast 12-07-2010

8 december 2010 | 145 min

Get your meat-eaters license, it's another episode of the Giant Bombcast! This week we put Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood to rest, address annoying save mechanics, catch up with Wesley Snipes, and more. There really are Bombcasts for every occasion!

Giant Bombcast 11-30-2010

30 november 2010 | 140 min

We return from the Thanksgiving break ready to discuss milk and Pepsi, Ezio’s posse, expert Foley work, Rosetta Stone-induced panic, Tron, Japanese smooth jazz, Brad’s introduction to drifting, speed stacking, and more!

Giant Bombcast 11-23-2010

23 november 2010 | 147 min

We put the Bomb in Bombcast with Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood's paranoid multiplayer, our collective Fable III disappointment, the dilating effect of Pac-Man Championship Edition DX, Drifting 101 in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, and more!

Giant Bombcast 11-16-2010

16 november 2010 | 145 min

Brad returns from Seoul, Korea with a head cold and StarCraft II stories aplenty, Jeff and Vinny conside Ice Cube’s Russian and Sam Worthington’s Alaskan accents, Ryan sharpens his blades for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, and we consider potential

Giant Bombcast 11-09-2010

9 november 2010 | 129 min

With Ryan on the IR list, we lure Alex Navarro out of his van with some candy to talk about zombie reproduction, Fable III's wrinkle in time, the highs and lows of the Kinect launch, Call of Duty: Black Ops, the cancellation of NBA Elite 11, and more!

Giant Bombcast 11-02-2010

3 november 2010 | 148 min

Ladies and gentlemen, here's the starting lineup for the 2010 World Champions, your San Francisco Giant... Bombcast! We check in from the riots to discuss Fable III, cell phone distraction in James Bond 007: Blood Stone, The Force Unleashed II, and more!

Giant Bombcast 10-26-2010

27 oktober 2010 | 139 min

Shirtless masseurs, pancakes prepared by drunk firefighters, the Fallout fixing powers of the command console, the seasonal potential of Costume Quest, the end of the line for rhythm games, plus the very worst kind of cake, all in this week's Bombcast!

Giant Bombcast 10-19-2010

20 oktober 2010 | 156 min

We bring in Alex Navarro to help us discuss the insane torrent of new releases, including Super Meat Boy, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Costume Quest, Fallout: New Vegas, EA Sports MMA, Vanquish, Game Dev Story, and much more!

Giant Bombcast 10-12-2010

13 oktober 2010 | 145 min

We hold the tomato sauce AND the crust on this week's Bombcast, leaving plenty of room for funky coleslaw, Medal of Honor, Tron: Evolution - The Video Game, Rock Band 3, MODOK's fighting style, and many other delicious, wholesome toppings!

Giant Bombcast 10-05-2010

5 oktober 2010 | 142 min

The Giant Bombcast heads to Kidsylvania to do battle with an army of Nazi zombies, Claptraps, fruit dealers, the Taliban, lambent Ice-Ts, and more! All in stunning 3-D!!!

Giant Bombcast 09-28-2010

29 september 2010 | 125 min

We accidentally burn the Bombcast to the ground with our red-hot discussions of Civilization V, Minecraft, Dead Rising 2, the fate of old computer parts, and other nonsense!

Giant Bombcast 09-21-2010

21 september 2010 | 167 min

It's the first meeting of the Giant Bomb Civilization V Support group as we spend a considerable amount of time discussing Sid Meier's latest, as well as more thoughts on Halo: Reach, Dead Rising 2: Case Zero, the Tokyo Game Show, and more!

Giant Bombcast 09-14-2010

15 september 2010 | 181 min

We spend a whole lot of time talking about Halo: Reach and the history of the Halo franchise, get ridiculously excited about Pac-Man Championship Edition DX, and much more in this three-hour, free-as-all-hell episode of the Giant Bombcast!

Giant Bombcast Let's Talk About Memberships!

8 september 2010 | 46 min

Giant Bomb's Ryan Davis and Jeff Gerstmann sit down with Whiskey Media's Dave Snider to talk about our new membership program.

Giant Bombcast 09-07-2010

7 september 2010 | 122 min

We recuperate from an amazing weekend at the Penny Arcade Expo and reflect on our time with Duke Nukem Forever, Portal 2 co-op, Mortal Kombat, Torchlight II, a menagerie of awesome and inventive indie games, and much more!

Giant Bombcast Live! PAX 2010

6 september 2010 | 92 min

Enjoy the audio from Giant Bomb's live podcast panel at PAX 2010, featuring special guests John Vignocchi, Michael Pachter, Gary Whitta, and Jeff Green!

Giant Bombcast 08-31-2010

31 augusti 2010 | 119 min

Giant Bomb newsman Brad Nicholson takes a quick break from the free weights and joins our merry band this week to discuss Bayonetta, Shank, Halo: Reach, the Xbox Live price hike, the latest installment in the award-winning myNotebook franchise, and more!

Giant Bombcast 08-24-2010

25 augusti 2010 | 137 min

Vinny makes some bad food decisions, Jeff gets blinded by the speed of Quake, Ryan buys a bunch of LaserDiscs, and Brad, against all odds, continues obsessing on StarCraft II, in this week's edition of the Giant Bombcast!

Giant Bombcast 08-17-2010

18 augusti 2010 | 144 min

With Vinny out on special assignment, we're joined by none other than Jeff Green for this XXL edition of the Giant Bombcast, where we discuss the joys of unemployment, Kane & Lynch 2, BioShock Infinite, the state of id Software, Dance Central, and muc

Giant Bombcast 08-10-2010

10 augusti 2010 | 134 min

Arachnophobia rears its ugly, murderous head this week, and yet we soldier on with discussions of NBA Jam, Batman, Pokemon, and of course, StarCraft, StarCraft, StarCraft.

Giant Bombcast 03-25-2008

25 mars 2008 | 78 min

It’s a veritable menagerie of idiots in this week’s Giant Bombcast as we’re joined by Alex Navarro for discussions about Grand Theft Auto IV: Greater Toronto Area, 50 Cent II: The Dollar, synthoids, the Harlem Globetrotters of pizza, and more!

Giant Bombcast 03-18-2008

19 mars 2008 | 93 min

The Giant Bombcast continues its slow-motion explosion with Jeff and Ryan’s thoughts on Lost: Via Domus, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, an Ice Cube side-scroller, Guitar Hero: Beatles, Ed Boon, the flavor of Scottish girders, technofear, and more!

Giant Bombcast 03-11-2008

12 mars 2008 | 103 min

In our inaugural episode of the Giant Bombcast, Ryan and Jeff discuss delicious WoW-inspired energy drinks, the hidden depth in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the brilliant filmography of Mark Dacascos, and much more.

Giant Bombcast Arrow Pointing Down Podcast 03-04-2008

5 mars 2008 | 100 min

As promised, the latest episode of the Arrow Pointing Down Podcast, featuring Internet celebrities Ryan Davis, Jeff Gerstmann, and Alex Navarro! Join us as we discuss the top news stories in the world of video games, new releases, and drinks!

Giant Bombcast Arrow Pointing Down Podcast 02-24-2008

25 februari 2008 | 73 min

Your new favorite podcast that is sometimes, tangentially about video games is back! This week we bask in the afterglow of GDC, guzzle horrible energy drinks, contemplate legal action against McDonald’s, and so very much more! Join us, won’t you?

Giant Bombcast Arrow Pointing Down Podcast Beta

18 februari 2008 | 88 min

Welcome, and thank you for participating in the soft launch of the Arrow Pointing Down Podcast! This week, Ryan and Jeff ramble pointlessly over Skype about Gatorade, HD-DVD, GDC, and more!

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