Giant Bombcast
1,285 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day 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 11-23-2010
November 23, 2010 23:26 - 2 hours - 67.5 MBWe 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
November 16, 2010 22:52 - 2 hours - 66.3 MBBrad 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
November 09, 2010 22:59 - 2 hours - 59.1 MBWith 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
November 03, 2010 02:29 - 2 hours - 67.8 MBLadies 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
October 27, 2010 01:02 - 2 hours - 63.8 MBShirtless 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
October 20, 2010 00:11 - 2 hours - 71.5 MBWe 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
October 13, 2010 02:30 - 2 hours - 66.7 MBWe 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
October 05, 2010 23:45 - 2 hours - 65.2 MBThe 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
September 29, 2010 00:43 - 2 hours - 57.4 MBWe 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
September 21, 2010 22:52 - 2 hours - 76.4 MBIt'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
September 15, 2010 00:44 - 3 hours - 83.1 MBWe 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!
September 08, 2010 21:28 - 46 minutes - 21.1 MBGiant 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
September 07, 2010 23:05 - 2 hours - 55.7 MBWe 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
September 06, 2010 19:19 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBEnjoy 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
August 31, 2010 22:55 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBGiant 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
August 25, 2010 02:34 - 2 hours - 62.7 MBVinny 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
August 18, 2010 00:22 - 2 hours - 66.1 MBWith 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
August 10, 2010 23:19 - 2 hours - 61.3 MBArachnophobia 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 08-03-2010
August 03, 2010 21:01 - 2 hours - 61.1 MBThough Brad spends an inordinate amount of time talking about StarCraft II this week, we still find time to talk a little truck, debate the console future of Battlefield 3, discuss John Riccitiello's hair-suit, and much more. Good luck, have Batman!
Giant Bombcast 07-27-2010
July 27, 2010 22:32 - 2 hours - 63 MBVinny and Ryan recount their weekend adventures in arcade-hunting, Brad exhibits a Pavlovian response to the very mention of StarCraft II, and Jeff goes toobin' with Toobin'.
Giant Bombcast 07-20-2010
July 21, 2010 02:26 - 2 hours - 60.1 MBWe're joined by a very special guest on this week's Bombcast, where we talk about our classic arcade experience at California Extreme 2010, the dark arts of Limbo, the fate of 1 vs. 100, bad video-game television shows, and much more!
Giant Bombcast 07-13-2010
July 14, 2010 01:40 - 2 hours - 61.7 MBDave sits in while Brad recovers from a non-fish-can-related food injury and we do some competition-grade jaw-jacking about Singularity, Puzzle Agent, EVO 2010, Internet awfulness, vinyl collectors in space, pre-LC, the laziness of zombies, and more!
Giant Bombcast 07-06-2010
July 07, 2010 05:58 - 2 hours - 65.3 MBWe return from celebrating America's Birthday with all our fingers and toes miraculously intact to christen Giant Bomb's new San Francisco offices with plenty of hot, sweaty talk about Crackdown 2, Singularity, illegal fireworks, and more!
Giant Bombcast 06-29-2010
June 30, 2010 01:19 - 2 hours - 64.3 MBWe talk about Sherlock Holmes, EVE Online, Uplink, Risk: Factions, APB, Transformers: War For Cybertron, DeathSpank, and more, before being driven absolutely mad by the sounds of deliberately broken electronics in our final Sausalito-based Bombcast!
Giant Bombcast 06-22-2010
June 23, 2010 02:49 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBWe return to our regularly scheduled Bombcast with a little E3 wrap-up. Jeff and Brad indulge their compulsive Mortal Kombat needs, Ryan considers Kinect achievements, and Vinny keeps the Bombcast blue!
Giant Bombcast E3 2010 Day Three
June 18, 2010 21:31 - 2 hours - 81.2 MBE3 2010 is over! As the Lakers win the Finals and LA riots outside, we produce plenty of our own chaos with special guests Dino Ignacio, Paul Barnett, Leigh Alexander, Eric Pope, Chris Tilton, and alcohol.
Giant Bombcast E3 2010 Day Two
June 17, 2010 10:02 - 2 hours - 81.7 MBThis is one for the books. Nearly three hours of Jeff Bridges, regrettable impressions, even more regrettable wagers, Spec Ops: The Line, Rock Band 3, Dance Central, SOCOM 4, Fable III, Gears of War 3, Halo: Reach, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Def Jam: Raps
Giant Bombcast E3 2010 Day One
June 16, 2010 08:20 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBWith day one come to a close, we rap about the Nintendo and Sony press conferences, Zelda, our hands-on experiences with the 3DS, Jack Tretton, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, and more Mortal Kombat than the law will allow.
Giant Bombcast E3 2010 Day Zero
June 15, 2010 09:21 - 1 hour - 35 MBWe run down the day's events, including the Microsoft, Electronic Arts, and Ubisoft press conferences, plus some first-hand Kinect experiences and the oversized Activision soiree at the Staples Center.
Giant Bombcast E3 2010 Day Minus One
June 14, 2010 07:55 - 27.3 MBWe snare a wood nymph and bring it back to the Bomb House to tell us all about Microsoft's Cirque du Soleil show, the Kinect reveal, and the Xbox 360 slim. Also, white smocks for everyone!
Giant Bombcast 06-08-2010
June 09, 2010 03:08 - 2 hours - 58.7 MBIn our last regular Bombcast before E3 2010, we discuss overconfident drum reveals, Kid Rock's authenticity, Ice-T on the internet, Infamous 2, Kevin Butler's E3 presence, Activision's independence, Gene Simmons, Hulu on the 360, PSP fire sales, and more!
Giant Bombcast 06-01-2010
June 02, 2010 00:23 - 2 hours - 56.7 MBWe return from our glorious three-day weekend rested and ready for lengthy discussions about Red Dead Redemption, Alpha Protocol, Crackdown 2, Killzone 3, J Allard and Robbie Bach's departures from Microsoft, Insomniac's multiplatform deal, and more!
Giant Bombcast 05-25-2010
May 26, 2010 02:09 - 2 hours - 59.6 MBJeff returns with tales of Tron: Evolution, Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned, and mini-cheeseburgers. We also dig into Red Dead Redemption's slow start, Blur's kart comparisons, Killzone 3, the trajectory of J Allard, and much more!
Giant Bombcast 05-18-2010
May 18, 2010 23:36 - 2 hours - 55.7 MBGet ready for a little three-man dance as Ryan, Vinny, and Brad shed light on what makes Damnation so awful, the dry heat of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, the Bruckheimerian appeal of Split/Second, the ongoing Korean Starcraft scandal, and more!
Giant Bombcast 05-11-2010
May 11, 2010 21:31 - 2 hours - 59.9 MBWe're joined by two very special guests as we discuss Skate 3, Alan Wake, EA's multiplayer offensive, in-game advertising, Michael Ironside's LittleBigPlanet 2 audition, Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and much more on this week's Bombcast!
Giant Bombcast 05-04-2010
May 04, 2010 21:39 - 1 hour - 54.6 MBGerstmann goes off on headshots, Vinny gets Dieseled, Brad defends his slap-worthy sunburn, Ryan succumbs to the madness of the Mickey Rourke Whopper, and we still find the time to talk about some damn games on this week's Bombcast!
Giant Bombcast 04-27-2010
April 27, 2010 23:49 - 2 hours - 60.2 MBWe tackle Just Cause 2 mods, Super Street Fighter IV, Starcraft haircare products, Halo: Reach, the cameraman in Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, the intellectual property rights for RZA's mocap, the fool's promise of another GoldenEye game, and more!
Giant Bombcast 04-20-2010
April 20, 2010 22:05 - 2 hours - 56.2 MBJeff tells us all about the games of Captivate 2010 and we reflect on last week's Xboxalypse, plus discussions of Nick Nolte's role in South Korea's Starcraft scandal, Nolan Bushnell's glorious return to Atari, and, you know, other stuff! Bombcast!
Giant Bombcast 04-13-2010
April 13, 2010 21:59 - 2 hours - 63.2 MBWe discuss high-score tactics in Yar's Revenge, Bleszinski vs Bieber, the birth of Respawn Entertainment, the exciting conclusion to our Splinter Cell: Conviction wager, the potato turducken, and, if you can believe it, much more!
Giant Bombcast 04-06-2010
April 07, 2010 01:04 - 2 hours - 61.6 MBTested.com's own Will Smith and Norm Chan join Ryan and Vinny to discuss the finer points of technology vs. science-ology, iPad return policies, OCD in Just Cause 2, the most expensive game of Scrabble ever, Liar's Day highlights, and more!
Giant Bombcast 03-30-2010
March 31, 2010 00:51 - 2 hours - 64 MBJeff returns from the Beast Coast and Brad recovers from a bad case of Banana Mouth just in time to discuss UFC Undisputed 2010, PAX East highlights, Just Cause 2, and more edge-of-your-seat console firmware conversations than you can possibly handle!
Giant Bombcast 03-23-2010
March 23, 2010 21:44 - 2 hours - 69.3 MBIt's your favorite Farmer's Almanac with the latest on the Nintendo 3DS, Dragon Age: Awakening, God of War III, Command & Conquer 4, Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising, Super Street Fighter IV, David Cage's take on one of our favorite Flash games, and more!
Giant Bombcast 03-16-2010
March 17, 2010 01:59 - 2 hours - 62.7 MBWe recover from GDC 2010 to bring you the latest on Splinter Cell: Conviction, Mafia II, Medal of Honor, Final Fantasy XIII, Yakuza 3, Hunted: The Demon's Forge, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Modern Warfare 2 DLC, PlayStation Move, and much more!
Giant Bombcast GDC 2010 Day Two
March 13, 2010 07:22 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBWe're joined by Mega64 and 5th Cell for our second and final GDC 2010 Bombcast, where we spend more time talking about Tommy Tallarico, new objects for Scribblenauts 2, and, surprise surprise, Lincoln Force than we do the actual Game Developers Conference
Giant Bombcast GDC 2010 Day One
March 12, 2010 09:40 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBA rotating cast of characters from 343 Studios, Irrational Games, 38 Studios, and Capcom--among others--join us for some chaotic conversation in our first podcast from GDC 2010.
Giant Bombcast 03-09-2010
March 10, 2010 02:03 - 2 hours - 66.6 MBWe are joined by special guest "Vinny Caravella" as we warm up for GDC 2010 with close calls with Bam Margera, the scrum master certification process, the literal definition of Phoenix Down, Ryan's Abe Lincoln action game, and much more!
Giant Bombcast 03-02-2010
March 03, 2010 01:45 - 2 hours - 70.9 MBWe break into our regularly scheduled podcast to talk about today's Infinity Ward news, then it's on to a sleepy discussion of Metroid: Other M, God of War III, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and something that qualifies as much, much more!
Giant Bombcast 02-23-2010
February 24, 2010 01:50 - 2 hours - 67.1 MBA smokey-voiced stranger pulls up a chair and joins in on our discussions of Heavy Rain, StarCraft II, C&C4, Dragon Age, Prince of Persia, Borderlands, Just Cause 2, Bad Company 2, Alan Wake, Fallout: New Vegas, and more. Damn, that's a lot of games!
Giant Bombcast 02-16-2010
February 17, 2010 07:14 - 2 hours - 61.1 MBTopics open for discussion in this week's support group include Vinny's crippling Mass Effect addiction, Jeff's irrational fear of Myst, Ryan's inappropriate Wii Shop music fixation, and Drew's... well, Drew's thing is off-limits for now.
Giant Bombcast 02-09-2010
February 10, 2010 01:26 - 2 hours - 58.4 MBWe turn in our guns and our badges for this episode about fake websites, BioShock 2, the end of Xbox Live, the fourth Sonic the Hedgehog game, the most delicious Pokemon, Holodays, modern monocles, intern abuse, and more! We don't care what the commission