Giant Bombcast
1,285 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 23 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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Episodes
Giant Bombcast 2013 Relaunch PSA
February 08, 2013 23:35 - 4 minutes - 2.4 MBWe're relaunching giantbomb.com on February 12, 2013! Here's how that may impact our beloved podcast listeners.
Giant Bombcast 02-05-2013
February 05, 2013 19:13 - 3 hours - 96.2 MBWe might as well rename it the "Fast and Furious"…cast.
Giant Bombcast 01-29-2013
January 29, 2013 23:24 - 3 hours - 88.3 MBWe go spelunking in The Cave, compare the relative merits of the Underworld and Resident Evil film franchises, dig into the bureaucracy of SimCity, question the very nature of reality with Antichamber, and pour one out for THQ on this week's Bombcast!
Giant Bombcast 01-22-2013
January 23, 2013 02:37 - 3 hours - 84.2 MBAfter spending no less than a half-hour talking about Yelp, the gang finally gets down to business with Letterpress, Ni no Kuni, Halo 4 spoilers, Kentucky Route Zero, Antichamber, and, of course, Beverly Hills Cop.
Giant Bombcast 01-15-2013
January 15, 2013 20:05 - 3 hours - 88 MBWe talk flu watch, dog food, contentious furniture ownership, Black Ops II, Twin Peaks, Devil May Cry, and more!
Giant Bombcast 01-08-2013
January 08, 2013 22:44 - 3 hours - 87.4 MBEveryone's back in the office and ready to grapple with the big issues of 2013, including Jeff Goldblum, Hundreds, Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, Halo déjà vu, the fate of THQ, the cost of doing next-gen business, Nvidia's Project Shield, fried chicke
Giant Bombcast 01-01-2013
January 02, 2013 01:33 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBEveryone's still on vacation, but nothing stops the Bombcast! Not even dodgy Skype calls, illegal drinks, and the death of Dick Clark!
Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2012: Day Five
December 28, 2012 18:00 - 2 hours - 67.9 MBWe close out our Game of the Year 2012 deliberations with our picks for Dumbest Motion-Controlled Moment, Best Trend, Biggest News, Worst Game, and finally, our pick for overall Game of the Year.
Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2012: Day Four
December 27, 2012 18:00 - 2 hours - 56.4 MBWe choose winners for the WarioWare Spirit Award, Best Multiplayer, Best Download Game, Best Story, and Most Disappointing Game of 2012.
Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2012: Day Three
December 26, 2012 18:00 - 1 hour - 32.1 MBWe make some hard decisions concerning Skrillex, Nolan North, good-looking games, bad trends, and browser-based games on day three of our 2012 deliberations.
Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2012: Day Two
December 25, 2012 18:00 - 1 hour - 39.5 MBListen in as we hash out our choices for Walking Dead Episode of the Year, Best Debut, Best Surprise, Miiverse Community of the Year, and Best Use of a Licensed Song.
Giant Bombcast Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2012: Day One
December 24, 2012 18:00 - 2 hours - 56.7 MBWe kick things off with our picks for 2012's 2011 Game of the Year, Best Moment/Sequence, Best New Character, Best Music, and Best Classic Revival.
Giant Bombcast 12-18-2012
December 18, 2012 23:34 - 1 hour - 46 MBPatrick learns first-hand about the karmic repercussions of sports-team trash-talking, Brad gets an iPhone 5, Ryan sees The Hobbit, and we read as many listener emails as we can stand.
Giant Bombcast 12-11-2012
December 12, 2012 01:51 - 2 hours - 81 MBNow that Brad has finally finished Mass Effect 3, we spend a solid hour going over that trilogy's conclusion, while also discussing FTL, ZombiU, Far Cry 2, 999, Phantom Pain, and more!
Giant Bombcast 12-04-2012
December 04, 2012 23:02 - 2 hours - 77.9 MBAfter his two-week absence, Patrick returns to us with harrowing tales of Sports Assholes, while we also tackle topics including The Walking Dead, Far Cry 3, "the new Wii", Bungie's Destiny, and the 2012 Levia-thon, going on now at your local Reaper deale
Giant Bombcast 11-27-2012
November 28, 2012 02:23 - 3 hours - 85.2 MBWe're back from Thanksgiving break with tales of Funky Barn, Wii U retail experiences, pocket watches, Kickstarter, Assassin's Creed III, Far Cry 3, The Walking Dead, Persona 4, PlanetSide 2, big-ass monitors, and more!
Giant Bombcast 11-20-2012
November 21, 2012 00:29 - 3 hours - 89 MBWe give thanks for a short work week, Home Run Pies, Assassin's Creed III, Hitman: Absolution, the Wii U launch, the evolution of Mario, PlayStation All-Stars, Mass Effect 3, Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm, Grand Theft Auto V, and more!
Giant Bombcast 11-13-2012
November 13, 2012 23:45 - 3 hours - 87.1 MBWe report in on our first week of Wii U ownership with a scathing treatise on the music of New Super Mario Bros. U, plus we share our latest thoughts on Halo 4, Black Ops II, Curiosity's life-changing secret, and the sexual enigma that is Michael Keaton.
Giant Bombcast 11-06-2012
November 06, 2012 22:55 - 3 hours - 102 MBRyan and Patrick throw down the Assassin's Creed gauntlet with Brad, Vinny learns the hard way about infant incompatibility with Daylight Savings, Jeff plays a bunch of Halo 4, and more!
Giant Bombcast 10-30-2012
October 31, 2012 05:42 - 3 hours - 95.2 MBWe talk Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Assassin's Creed III, The Walking Dead, Dust: An Elysian Tail, Zynga layoffs, and the current state of ethics in game journalism.
Giant Bombcast 10-23-2012
October 23, 2012 22:47 - 2 hours - 63.8 MBWhen they're not still going on and on about XCOM, the guys manage to squeeze in some talk about Dance Central 3, Skylanders: Giants, Doom 3 BFG, The Walking Dead, the horrors of Kinect, and more!
Giant Bombcast 10-16-2012
October 17, 2012 00:14 - 3 hours - 85.4 MBWith Ryan out of commission, Jeff takes the helm to discuss Brad's Mass Effect 3 deadline, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Dishonored, Forza Horizon, expired soda, Dance Central 3, couch treasure hunting, Jeff's Internet woes, Halo 4 leaks, and more!
Giant Bombcast 10-09-2012
October 10, 2012 03:39 - 3 hours - 90.4 MBVinny returns to regale us with the pleasures of air-travel with a six-month old, Brad returns to Albion in Fable: The Journey, Jeff plots out his raid on Tokyo, Patrick chooses his own adventure in Dishonored, and Ryan gets overwhelmed by the alien scour
Giant Bombcast 10-02-2012
October 03, 2012 03:11 - 2 hours - 77.9 MBWe download our collective consciousness into Cybertown to air our grievances with Resident Evil 6 and NiGHTS, while also spending an inordinate amount of time discussing the TurboGrafx-16, the Ataris Lynx and Jaguar, Merlin Racing for the Nuon, Elexis Si
Giant Bombcast 09-24-2012
September 26, 2012 01:38 - 2 hours - 71 MBWe talk Halo 4, Hell Yeah, Borderlands 2, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, Sleeping Dogs, Dead or Alive 5, FTL, Torchlight II, Tokyo Jungle, Far Cry 3, and more!
Giant Bombcast 09-18-2012
September 19, 2012 02:47 - 2 hours - 77.1 MBThe Giant Bombcast: your home for classic bing bong, Borderlands 2, Torchlight II, Oregon Trail in Space, franchise maths, Wii U, BioWare, and more!
Giant Bombcast 09-04-2012
September 05, 2012 02:53 - 3 hours - 84.4 MBWith PAX Prime 2012 now in our rearview, we try to retrace our steps to figure out where it all went so horribly awesome.
Giant Bombcast 08-28-2012
August 28, 2012 20:42 - 2 hours - 77.1 MBWe prep for PAX with yelling lessons from Sam Kinison, waterbeds, new cars, Rock Band Blitz, Darksiders, Dick's, Guild Wars 2, Nolan North's upcoming Burn Notice spin-off, Nintendo Power, Masocore Mario, and much more!
Giant Bombcast 08-21-2012
August 22, 2012 02:24 - 3 hours - 89.3 MBWith Patrick Klepek fresh from his Hawaiian honeymoon we discuss superior BBS software, Sleepy Dawgz, Dust: An Elysian Tail, Pitfall!, Windows 8, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, Assassin's Creed III, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, OnLive, and more!
Giant Bombcast 08-14-2012
August 14, 2012 23:08 - 3 hours - 88.8 MBBrad Shoemaker returns to the fold and we're joined by Will Smith from Tested.com for the latest on Mars, TechNeck, Windows 8, MakerBot, dodgy pronunciations, Darksiders, New Super Mario Bros. 2, LaserDiscs, Pokémon, After Earth, and more on this week’
Giant Bombcast 08-07-2012
August 07, 2012 23:42 - 2 hours - 79 MBThis week we do battle with dodgy technology to bring you "Brad Shoemaker", the triumphant return and immediate retirement of Energy Drink Taste Tests, Iron Brigade for PC, the future of Persona, life after Mass Effect 3, and more! #crackinwise
Giant Bombcast 07-31-2012
August 01, 2012 04:11 - 2 hours - 82 MBWe discuss the 3DS XL, grinding coins in New Super Mario Bros. 2, Dumbo rides, California Extreme, Snoop Lion, the drunken value of half a hot dog, and more!
Giant Bombcast 07-24-2012
July 25, 2012 01:40 - 2 hours - 77.4 MBIt's our 300th podcast! To celebrate this most momentous occasion, we talk about…video games. And other nonsense. You won't want to miss it!
Giant Bombcast 07-17-2012
July 17, 2012 20:44 - 2 hours - 79.7 MBWe prepare for the end-days with Jim-Bakker-endorsed food buckets, ham radios, suburban crime, chemtrails, hummingbird masks, modem sounds, the Gizmondo, cable TV, the Commodore 128, CPS2 games, Dyad, Olympic sex, and more!
Giant Bombcast 07-10-2012
July 11, 2012 02:32 - 2 hours - 57.1 MBLet's get a little buzzer going up in here as Drew Scanlon joins us to talk numbers stations, the proper way to operate a HAM radio, The Secret World, Downloads of a Nintendo persuasion, and how to figure out if the computer that's recording your podcast
Giant Bombcast 07-03-2012
July 04, 2012 01:18 - 2 hours - 81.1 MBWe prepare for the Molotov cocktail of American holidays with fireworks fantasies, Cisco on Cisco on Sisqó, the unexpected legacy of Spec Ops: The Line, One Winged Angel vs. Freebird, the end of Radical, the state of Sega, launch-day server woes, and mor
Giant Bombcast 06-26-2012
June 27, 2012 00:23 - 3 hours - 83 MBIt's like a bucket of confetti for your ears as we talk zombies, Globetrotters, Law & Order, LEGO Batman 2, Quantum Conundrum, Phantasy Star Online 2, The Amazing Spider-Man, Spec Ops: The Line, beer delivery technology, Spencer's Gifts, and more!
Giant Bombcast 06-19-2012
June 20, 2012 04:37 - 2 hours - 80.7 MBWe talk Microsoft Surface, fresh Wii U hands-on impressions, the Diablo III real money auction house, the ideal ratio of alcohol to Amnesia: The Dark Descent, the categorical failures of Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor, and, of course, our inevitable guest a
Giant Bombcast 06-12-2012
June 13, 2012 01:08 - 2 hours - 59.8 MBWith E3 2012 mostly behind us, and our bodies brimming with coconut water and Portillo's, we step up to the plate with a Japanese curveball of StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, car adventures, Jason Rubin, Tomb Raider, and more.
Giant Bombcast E3 2012 Day Three
June 09, 2012 04:25 - 3 hours - 95.5 MBWe close out the show with IGN's Greg Miller, 343 Industries' Frank O'Connor, Josh Holmes, and David Ellis, Hello Games, Eric Pope, Alex Rigopulos, and John Drake from Harmonix, Justin McElroy and Russ Frushtick from Polygon, and, of course, MAGIC.
Giant Bombcast E3 2012 Day Two
June 07, 2012 18:51 - 4 hours - 115 MBWe're joined by Geoff Keighley, Ed Boon, Rich Gallup, Rocco from Mega64, Iron Galaxy's Dave Lang, Sony Computer Entertainment's Adam Boyes, Disney Interactive's John Vignocchi, Stephen Totilo, DrinkBox Studios, Alphonso, and, of course, Hawkman.
Giant Bombcast E3 2012 Day One
June 06, 2012 17:38 - 3 hours - 92.8 MBWe end our first day on the show floor with Jake Solomon and Garth DeAngelis from Firaxis, Mikey Neumann from Gearbox, Cowboy from Naughty Dog, Chris Tilton, Cards Against Humanity's Max Temkin, Will Smith and Norm Chan, and David Jaffe!
Giant Bombcast Pre-E3 2012: The Sealed Envelope
June 05, 2012 20:00 - 2 hours - 61.4 MBWe send a message to the future with our (now hilariously out-of-date) pre-show predictions, as well as the last of Jeff's Judges' Week secrets.
Giant Bombcast E3 2012 Day Zero
June 05, 2012 16:55 - 2 hours - 64.6 MBWe burn the midnight oil wrapping up the day's press conferences with Jeff Green, Brad Muir, Michael Pachter, Ben Gilbert, and Alexander Sliwinsky.
Giant Bombcast Pre-E3 2012 With Paul Barnett
June 01, 2012 23:15 - 20.8 MBBioWare's Paul Barnett is a regular fixture of Giant Bomb's E3 coverage. Apparently Paul has more important things to do this year, so we check in with him before we take off for the big show.
Giant Bombcast 05-29-2012
May 30, 2012 03:37 - 3 hours - 83.5 MBWe spend even more time talking Diablo III while also finding the time to discuss drinking and old age, getting your car towed, home owners associates, Hitman, Way of the Warrior 2, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, the 38 Studios aftermath, Ecto Cooler, and Who
Giant Bombcast 05-22-2012
May 22, 2012 23:45 - 2 hours - 74.1 MBWe’ve got spit-roasting pigs with Peter Dinklage, long babies, the finer points of eating your friend’s leg, The Last of Us, XCOM Enemy Unkown, Diablo III, Dragon’s Dogma, annular solar eclipses, BREAKING NEWS, the dire state of 38 Studios, and mor
Giant Bombcast 05-15-2012
May 16, 2012 02:15 - 2 hours - 71.4 MBIt's the secret cow level of podcasts as we discuss Diablo III, Max Payne 3, game delays, the fate of 38 Studios, and more!
Giant Bombcast 05-08-2012
May 08, 2012 20:51 - 2 hours - 80.3 MBUnemployment enthusiast and master sleuth Adam Sessler joins us this week to talk GameSpot TV, Infinity Ward vs. Activision, arts vs. crafts, AdamSessler.com, The Money Machine, Minecraft, hot tubs, Thunderbird, and more!