856: REVENGEANCE | ASTRO BOT REVIEW
Turns out Astro Bot is pretty good and we talk about it! Don't worry about it, we keep it pretty spoiler-free!
Sep 05, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Giant Bombcast
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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Episodes
855: REVENGEANCE | PAX West 2024
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!
Sep 04, 2024•1 hr 4 min
856: BALSA WOOD BOYS
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!
Sep 03, 2024•2 hr 8 min
855: Pink Carpet
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!
Aug 28, 2024•2 hr 31 min
854: REVENGEANCE (Spooky Characters Draft)
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!
Aug 23, 2024•42 min
854: ENGLISH
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! __________________ Magic Mind: Offer Code: BOMBCAST20 https://magicmind.com/bombcast
Aug 20, 2024•1 hr 24 min
853: REVENGEANCE (Borderlands Movie Review)
Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa sat through and experienced the Borderlands movie and share their collective trauma and dismay about the movie!
Aug 14, 2024•45 min
853: Touch the Pod
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!
Aug 13, 2024•2 hr 2 min
852: GrandMah-Jong
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!
Aug 06, 2024•2 hr 24 min
851: REVENGEANCE (Fantasy Critic Recap)
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! __________________ Magic Mind: Offer Code: BOMBCAST20 https://magicmind.com/bombcast
Aug 02, 2024•1 hr
851: Weinerville
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!
Jul 30, 2024•2 hr 12 min
850: REVENGEANCE (The Mount Rushmore of Mario Party Minigames)
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!
Jul 26, 2024•1 hr 6 min
849: REVENGEANCE
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!
Jul 24, 2024•57 min
850: POTENT
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!
Jul 23, 2024•2 hr 46 min
849: Government-Mandated Mario
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!
Jul 16, 2024•2 hr 29 min
848: REVENGEANCE (Concord Beta Impressions)
This week on Bombcast Revengeance, we discuss our initial impressions on our short trip through Concord!
Jul 12, 2024•46 min
848: Lil Bangboo
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
Jul 09, 2024•2 hr 3 min
847: The Old Castle
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!
Jul 02, 2024•2 hr 11 min
846: LITTLE CLOWN BOY
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!
Jun 25, 2024•2 hr 8 min
845: REVENGEANCE (Shadow of the Erdtree Mini-Review)
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)!
Jun 21, 2024•49 min
845: Elmo Particles
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!
Jun 18, 2024•2 hr 47 min
Giant Bomb @ Nite | Day 3 (2024)
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 ...
Jun 13, 2024•1 hr 37 min
Giant Bomb @ Nite | Day 2 (2024)
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, Ken...
Jun 13, 2024•3 hr 49 min
Giant Bomb @ Nite | Day 1 (2024)
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...
Jun 13, 2024•4 hr 11 min
844: REVENGEANCE (Summer Game Fest Previews)
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!
Jun 12, 2024•1 hr 11 min
844: Mike Minotti's Hotel
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!
Jun 12, 2024•2 min
843: Worked Wish
HEY! GIANT BOMB AT NITE IS ON 6/9 AND TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW! 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.
Jun 04, 2024•2 hr 22 min
842: The Harada Line
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!
May 28, 2024•1 hr 59 min
841: Fair Use Brad Garrett
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!
May 21, 2024•2 hr 30 min
840: Tom Braider
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.
May 14, 2024•2 hr 48 min
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