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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This week on the podcast we chat about a beyblade like game in From the Top, a PS1 looking Vampire Survivor-like with Vital Shell, circling back to Sekiro, Marathon's release date getting leaked, Highguard not paying for their spot at the Game Awards, all of your emails, and more! Support us directly and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/join Timestamps ( note, timestamps on this free version may vary greatly depending on how many ads you ...
This week we somehow continue talking about Sektori now that Mikey has gotten a taste of it. We also touch on Big Hops, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, and some older games too! We also recap the biggest headlines from the previous week alongside your emails. And somehow, we have a lengthy conversation about Popeye. Support us directly and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/join Timestamps ( note, timestamps on this free vers...
We're back from break and we have games to talk about! We checked out Romeo is a Dead Man and enjoyed the cacophony it is presenting, loved hopping around in Big Hops, catching up on a bunch of games during the Winter Break, and enjoying a good rug. We also recap some news coming out of CES and your emails! Support us directly and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/join
We've made it to a New Year folks, so now it is TIME to crown a Top 10 games and ultimately THE GAME OF THE YEAR 2025 for Giant Bomb! Support us directly and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/join Timestamps ( note that exact times will vary depending on how many ads you receive ): 0:00:00 Intro 0:03:01 Building the list and whittling it down 1:18:57 Ad Break 1:20:49 Ordering the Top 10 1:54:04 Outro...
We've approached DAY 3 of Giant Bomb's Game of the Year deliberations! We've got a PACKED AND STACKED day for you before we get to the Top 10. Today we discuss the Best Moment/Sequence, Boomer Game of the Year, Best Friendslop, Best Cat from CATS, and DISSAPPOINTMENT of the Year! Support us directly and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/join Timestamps ( note that exact times will vary depending on how many ads you receive ): 0:00:00 Intro...
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS! As a gift from all of us here at GBHQ to you we have another day full of fun categories to deliberate over! Today we're talking about Best Gambling, Best Ninja, Best Z-Teamer, Best Multiplayer, and Game of the Year 2021! Support us directly and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/join
Game of the Year 2025 kicks off today! We've got a whole slate of categories to start this year's podcasts straight from our friends at Main Gear! Today we talk about and crown The, "Oh That Feels Cool" Award, Hardware Thing of the Year, Worst Blight, Best Game We Beat Kinda Funny And/Or MinnMax And/Or Game Informer at This Year, the Soulja Boy Award for Best Game For People Who Like To Drink and Get Drunk or Smoke and Get High of the Year, AND Best New Character! Support us directly and get new...
We got the whole gang together to squeeze in an episode of the podcast before we hunger down for Game of the Year season! We recap Jan's time at The Game Awards, a new Mega Man and Mike throwing his hat into the ring to make a robot, and more!
We've got a full house to give all of our thoughts on Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, we also chat about punching law enforcement in Unbeatable, soaking in the vibes of Skate Story, and more games. We also chat about what the mysterious TGA statue might be, Capcom rumors, Leon S. Kennedy popping back into the franchise, and all of your emails! Submit songs for our Video Game Music of the Year episode here: https://tinyurl.com/gbmusic25 Support us directly and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for ...
We're back from the holidays to chat about Metroid Prime 4: Beyond! We go over Dan's review and answer some more questions that the crew has over the game. We also chat about Where Winds Meet, Marvel Cosmic Invasion, Demonschool, and we also get into some hardware with the AYN Odin 3 and the Analogue 3D! Read Dan's full Metroid Prime 4 review here: https://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/metroid-prime-4-beyond-review/1900-805/ And watch the video discussion/podcast version here: https://www.youtube.co...
Dan has played through the entirety of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (almost to 100% completion!) and decided he wanted to do a proper written review for it! This is the podcast companion to said review where he elaborates on his thoughts and fields questions from Grubb, Mike, Bakalar, and Shawn. Read Dan's full review here: https://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/metroid-prime-4-beyond-review/1900-805/
Before we dip out for the Holidays for a bit we had to make sure to podcast! Today we chat about the chaos inside of Kirby Air Riders, the visual assault that is Sektori, Grubb finishing off Dispatch, Mikey trying Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, playing Metroid Prime 4: Beyond at the store, and even more! We also make sure to cover the hottest news and all of your lovely emails. Happy Thanksgiving to those that celebrate, we're deeply thankful for all of y'all! Thanks to Deku Deals for making toda...
This week we chat about the music and sensory overload in Lumines Arise, how great Absolum is to control, the emotional tearing of and Roger, whatever the hell is happening in Kirby Air Riders, the Analogue 3D, and we get to the bottom if folks should be worried about Metroid Prime 4 and the supposed sidekick revealed. We also get into all of the hottest news stories and your burning emails! Thanks to Deku Deals for making today's episode possible. Make a list and get some deals at: https://www....
This week we've got a whole bunch of games to talk about! We wax poetically about the documentaries in the Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection, more of us getting into Dispatch, Jan getting into E-Sports with Q-Up, continued chaos in Arc Raiders, Lumines Arise being a fever dream, and The Simpsons Fortnite being a great collaboration. We also recap all the hottest stories and all of your emails! Thanks to Deku Deals for making today's episode possible. Make a list and get some deals at: https://www....
We have recovered (mostly) from the Giant Bomb-A-Thon and are back to talk about games! We catch up on Ball x Pit, a little bit of tabletop in Warframe 1999 Operation Orias, Arc Raiders, the Simpsons in Fortnite, and Dispatch! We also recap everything that's happened in the world of video game news and get to your lovely emails! Today's episode is brought to you by Deku Deals! Learn more at http://dekudeals.com/giantbomb
We set aside some time during the Bomb-a-thon to deliver you a delerium filled Bombcast where we chat about Pokemon Legends: Z-A, the AYN Thor, and other stuff that's popped off during the 24 Hour Stream.
Jan's out on assignment ahead of our BUSY Giant Bombathon week (10/27 @ 5PM Eastern for 24 hours!), so Mikey assembles Grubb, Bakalar, Dan, and Shawn once again to talk about their experiences with Ninja Gaiden 4, Pokémon Legends Z-A, the Xbox Ally, and more! As always, they follow that up with the news of the week and YOUR... EMAILS! Support us directly and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/join...
Mike took out Jan. It's finally happened. He's become too powerful. But hey, at least we have another podcast to take our minds off of it. Inside: Impressions of Absolum and Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, a news roundup including a giant Pokemon leak, and of course... EMAILS! Support us directly and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/join
It's GOLF WEEK but we still got a bunch of games to talk about! We get together to talk about Grubb finishing Baby Steps, Bakalar finishing Cronos, Hades II continuing to wow, Consume Me teaching us all valuable lessons, Steal the Brainrot dominating the brain space of the youth, and LEGO Party definitively being a better party game than Mario Party. We also catch up on the news and hit up all of your emails!
We're back and not raptured at all! We got a whole slew of games to talk about like more Silent Hill f, Clover Pit, Ghost of Yotei, King's Quest 1, Baby Steps, Final Fantasy Tactics, Megabonk, and the biggest release: HADES II. We also chat about the EA Sale for $55 Billion, a new PS5 Pro, and more! Support us directly and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/join
Jan's back! Kind of! We hit a few tech snags while recording this one, BUT that didn't stop the usual crew from coming together to tell you all about the new Skate, Silent Hill f, Megabonk, and much more. After that, all the important video game news of the week (Kojima's making... A credit card?) and your emails!
Jan's out on assignment, so BAD BOY OF GAMES MEDIA Mike Minotti is leading Grubb, Dan, and Shawn through discussions about getting knee-deep into Hollow Knight: Silksong, the recent Nintendo Direct cashing in on our nostalgia, all of your wonderful emailed topics of the week, and more!
We've got a full house today to talk about the Marvel Tokon Beta, Cronos: The New Dawn, finishing Riven, diving all the way into Sudoku, and how Silksong has done more than live up to the hype. HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG DISCUSSION FEATURING MINOR SPOILERS runs from roughly 1:24:12 to 1:56:28 (variable depending on how many ads you get beforehand). Today's episode is brought to you by our friends at MSI! For the next month, they'll be offering the Giant Bomb community 10% off regularly priced Intel...
We're rolling out of a three day weekend and straight to the Bombcast! We chat about the Shinobi game, Gears Reloaded, Magic: the Gathering, Slay the Spire, and more games. We also chat about Nintendo having a direct very soon, Sony's live service Fairgames getting having more issues, Capcom and the Switch 2, a price for Hollow Knight: Silksong, and more! Today's episode is brought to you by our friends at MSI! For the next month, they'll be offering the Giant Bomb community 10% off regularly pr...
We're packed with video game talk this week as we talk about Metal Gear Solid Delta, Dan's time with Chibi-Robo, Jan's Gamescom preview of Onimusha, Pragmata, and Resident Evil Requiem, Grubb nearing the end of Expedition 33, and how great Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is! We also recap other Gamescom stories, the delays that Silk Song is causing, and more! Today's episode is brought to you by our friends at MSI! For the next month, they'll be offering the Giant Bomb community 10% off regularly pric...
We're back and we're early today! We chat about Grubb starting Expedition 33, Raccoin Pusher, a couple of puzzles with Is This Seat Taken? and Voxelgram 2, and a bunch more games. We also chat about Bioshock 4, an actual Silksong announcement, and other news before Gamescom. Oh...and somehow we talk about War of the Worlds for a while.... Today's episode is brought to you by our friends at MSI! For the next month, they'll be offering the Giant Bomb community 10% off regularly priced Intel B860/Z...
This week on the podcast, we recount Shawn's adventures in Las Vegas at this year's EVO and his time playing Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls and Invincible VS, the team's time with the Battlefield 6 beta, and even more games and news for your Tuesday! Check out Shawn's Virtua Fighter interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y13GVqUcOZA and Dan's SF travelogue here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_T8L6wQOys Support us and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at http...
Jan's back from the woods and Mike's back from being on assignment, so they team up with The Jeffs to bring you a Bombcast filled with flights through space, wild pricing schemes, and haunted microphones. Support us and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/join
Most of the team is out this week, so fill-in host Jeff Bakalar is joined by Jeff Grubb, TurboShawn, and our friend Jason Fanelli to chat about their continued adventures in Donkey Kong Bananza, what's next for Nintendo, and much, much more! Support us and get new episodes ad-free by signing up for Giant Bomb Premium at https://www.giantbomb.com/join
In their 900th episode, the Giant Bombcast crew dives into a wide array of topics, from a new K-pop demon hunter animated film to their personal experiences at concerts, like My Chemical Romance. They review several new games, including the delightful Donkey Kong Bonanza, the nostalgic point-and-click The Drifter, and the arcade collection Golden Tee, alongside a unique real-world RPG experience at Wizard Quest. The episode also covers significant gaming news, including rumors of new FromSoftware titles, upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 bundles, and updates on Marvel and Hellraiser games, all punctuated by lively listener emails and a trivia challenge.
