Giant Bombcast
1,285 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 20 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 5.6K ratingsThe 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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Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2014: Day Two (Premium)
December 27, 2014 17:59 - 2 hours - 68.1 MBGame 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
December 26, 2014 18:00 - 2 hours - 67.1 MBOur 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 Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2014: Day One (Premium)
December 26, 2014 17:59 - 2 hours - 66.6 MBOur 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
December 24, 2014 02:49 - 2 hours - 82.1 MBWith 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 12/23/2014 (Premium)
December 24, 2014 01:00 - 2 hours - 77 MBWith 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
December 16, 2014 20:15 - 2 hours - 77 MBA 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 12/16/2014 (Premium)
December 16, 2014 20:10 - 2 hours - 74.7 MBA 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
December 10, 2014 03:30 - 2 hours - 80.3 MBWho 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 12/09/2014 (Premium)
December 10, 2014 03:25 - 2 hours - 76.9 MBWho 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
December 02, 2014 23:25 - 3 hours - 103 MBThe 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 12/02/2014 (Premium)
December 02, 2014 23:20 - 3 hours - 98.9 MBThe 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
November 25, 2014 20:45 - 3 hours - 97.2 MBWe'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 11/25/2014 (Premium)
November 25, 2014 20:30 - 3 hours - 95.3 MBWe'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
November 18, 2014 22:30 - 3 hours - 91 MBRorie 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 11/18/2014 (Premium)
November 18, 2014 22:20 - 3 hours - 88.1 MBRorie 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
November 11, 2014 19:30 - 2 hours - 79.8 MBThe 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 11/11/2014 (Premium)
November 11, 2014 19:15 - 2 hours - 77.9 MBThe 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
November 04, 2014 23:30 - 2 hours - 81.7 MBDan'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 11/04/2014 (Premium)
November 04, 2014 23:25 - 2 hours - 77.8 MBDan'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
October 29, 2014 02:00 - 2 hours - 67.9 MBWe'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 10/28/2014 (Premium)
October 29, 2014 01:45 - 2 hours - 64.9 MBWe'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
October 21, 2014 22:30 - 3 hours - 91 MBWith 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 10/21/2014 (Premium)
October 21, 2014 22:15 - 3 hours - 88.5 MBWith 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 10/14/2014
October 15, 2014 01:30 - 2 hours - 78.2 MBWith the Destiny raid completed, we sit back and, um, chat about the Destiny raid... Wait, come back! Jason A. Striker joins us to talk Bayonetta 2, The Evil Within, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, the new New 3DS, more on AC: Unity resolutions, nice bounty
Giant Bombcast 10/07/2014
October 08, 2014 02:00 - 3 hours - 93.3 MBWe'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 10/07/2014 (Premium)
October 08, 2014 01:45 - 3 hours - 90.1 MBWe'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
October 01, 2014 00:30 - 3 hours - 84.5 MBQuarter 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 09/30/2014 (Premium)
October 01, 2014 00:15 - 2 hours - 82.8 MBQuarter 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
September 24, 2014 00:15 - 2 hours - 1 ByteIt'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 09/23/2014 (Premium)
September 24, 2014 00:00 - 2 hours - 59.1 MBIt'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
September 16, 2014 22:00 - 3 hours - 83.1 MBDestiny 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 09/16/2014 (Premium)
September 16, 2014 21:59 - 2 hours - 81.5 MBDestiny 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
September 10, 2014 02:00 - 2 hours - 1 ByteDestiny 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 09/09/2014 (Premium)
September 10, 2014 01:45 - 3 hours - 86.1 MBDestiny 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
September 03, 2014 02:00 - 2 hours - 1 ByteJoin 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 09/02/2014 (Premium)
September 03, 2014 01:45 - 2 hours - 61 MBJoin 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
August 27, 2014 02:00 - 2 hours - 1 ByteNot 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 08/26/2014 (Premium)
August 27, 2014 01:59 - 3 hours - 85.8 MBNot 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 08/19/2014
August 19, 2014 21:30 - 2 hours - 1 ByteWith Dan out at SummerSlam, Matt Rorie joins us to... have a lengthy conversation about professional wrestling, not to mention discussions of platform exclusivity, the Gamescom meat grinder, John Romero's return to shooters, and how to protect your virtua
Giant Bombcast 08/12/2014
August 13, 2014 01:00 - 3 hours - 95.6 MBJeff is back in the office...just long enough to tell us about his budding career as a pro Blitzball player. Brad played games other than Dota. Drew did battle in Golden Gate Park. Dan's been hanging out with the riff raff again. All this, plus your scari
Giant Bombcast 08/05/2014 (Premium)
August 06, 2014 01:00 - 3 hours - 86.3 MBNewly 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 08/05/2014
August 06, 2014 01:00 - 3 hours - 1 ByteNewly 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 07/29/2014
July 29, 2014 22:30 - 3 hours - 89.2 MBWe're live from the great state of Silicon Valley, USA with a hot list of summer tips to keep your water usage cool and conservational! Then you can beat the heat with the latest on Firefall, Destiny, Velvet Sundown, The Last of Us Remastered, and the end
Giant Bombcast 07/22/2014
July 23, 2014 05:00 - 3 hours - 102 MBBrad's fresh off a plane from The International 4 to talk about rare couriers! Oh, and also Dota 2. Drew is a Ghostship Snowpiercer. Jeff plays too much bingo. Dan Ryckert doesn't know how to cook. Plus your incredible edible emails!
Giant Bombcast 07/15/2014
July 16, 2014 00:45 - 2 hours - 69.1 MBSentris developer Samantha Kalman drops by to chat with us about GaymerX2, the value of programming, the Nintendo 64's forgotten lineup, electronic sports, the secret identity of Freezyfrog, microbial science, and Dan Ryckert's odd, odd palate.
Giant Bombcast 07/08/2014
July 09, 2014 02:49 - 2 hours - 62.1 MBJuly rages on with discussion of important games like horseshoes. Also we discuss Cliff Blezinski's new operation, Gearbox's new hobby-grade meta-growth video gaming product, Destiny's ninety different versions, Mighty No. 9's hat-passing techniques, and
Giant Bombcast 07/01/2014
July 01, 2014 02:11 - 2 hours - 57.8 MBBrad returns from vacation to discuss his handheld travel adventures while Jeff and Drew wax poetic about the news of the week, shooting Nazis in their privates, buying Japanese PSN games, and your emails. This week: Why can't Jeff stop playing Marvel Her
Giant Bombcast 06/24/2014 (Premium)
June 24, 2014 23:00 - 2 hours - 60.7 MBDrew 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 06/24/2014
June 24, 2014 22:51 - 2 hours - 61.1 MBDrew 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 06/17/2014
June 18, 2014 02:30 - 2 hours - 98.6 MBE3 2014 has come and gone, and we're left to pick up the pieces with further ruminations on No Man's Sky, Battlefield Hardline, Far Cry 4, and Destiny, along with Drew's weekend combat experience, Danny's Irish plague, Rorie's E3 at home, and the one emai