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Giant Bombcast

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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

Giant Bombcast 781: GASLIGHT DOGS

March 21, 2023 22:08 - 2 hours - 106 MB

We're joined by Mike Minotti of GamesBeat today to chat about frustrations with Fire Emblem Engage, continued wet times in Resident Evil 4 Remake, and the chillest of times in Tchia. We've also got stories like a new Persona, EA delisting and then relisti

Giant Bombcast 780: Matt Rorie's Alpha Protocol

March 14, 2023 22:27 - 2 hours - 94 MB

Make sure you drop some Rs for good ol' Rordawg. We chat about the wet and scary Resident Evil 4 demo, Dead Island 2, Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania, PS5 Pro Rumors, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 779: The Greatest Jewish Wrestler

March 08, 2023 00:55 - 2 hours - 92.5 MB

Despite the title NO WRESTLING TALK TODAY because Bakalar is driving the Bombcast with Grubb and Mike Minotti and Matt Rorie are tagging along to talk about Returnal, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, Xbox and PlayStation news, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 778: young elmo

March 01, 2023 00:25 - 2 hours - 94.1 MB

Jan and Grubb are joined by the homies Michael Higham and Jesse Vitelli to talk about their time with Final Fantasy XVI, adventures through Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe, Miyamoto not wanting us to worry, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 777: Show Me the Law

February 21, 2023 22:32 - 2 hours - 103 MB

We landed on a Triple 7 baby! This week we talk about PSVR 2, Like a Dragon: Ishin, Atomic Heart, Microsoft and Nintendo's 10 year deal, Baby Seals, and more!

Giant Bombcast 776: Mario Mommy

February 14, 2023 22:28 - 2 hours - 106 MB

The best way to celebrate Valentine's is by listening to the Giant Bombcast with your significant other! We chat about Wild Hearts, the Game Boy and Game Boy Advance NSO lineups, Metroid Prime Remastered, and all of the video game news in the last week!

Giant Bombcast 775: Hunter Biden Kaitos

February 07, 2023 22:30 - 2 hours - 109 MB

This week we're joined by our dear friends Michael Higham and Jesse Vitelli to talk about a scary number of owls, finishing Hi-Fi Rush, our predictions for the next Nintendo Direct, jamming in Theatrhythm, and more!

Giant Bombcast 774: Anime Soup

January 31, 2023 22:41 - 2 hours - 108 MB

We're joined by our friends Mike Minotti and Michael Higham this week to celebrate a certain season, discuss Hi-Fi Rush, Like a Dragon: Isshin, 343 and Microsoft news, Star Wars delays, games closing, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 773: Weird Jesus Vibes

January 24, 2023 22:17 - 2 hours - 97.5 MB

The crew is back to talk about how Forspoken nails the New York experience, Fire Emblem Engage, the new Dual Sense Edge controller, Marvel's Avengers shutting down, and more!

Giant Bombcast 772: Time Week

January 17, 2023 22:10 - 2 hours - 98 MB

This week on the Giant Bombcast we find time to examine the very concept of time and space. We also chat about One Piece Odyssey, circle back to the Case of the Golden Idol, The Last of Us TV show, NPD numbers, Ubisoft's continued woes, and emails about t

Giant Bombcast 771: GARLIC BOYS

January 10, 2023 22:17 - 2 hours - 91.3 MB

We're back this week to talk about Chained Echoes, Xbox's "Developer Direct", Apple and a rumored AR/VR device, the liquid metal in your PS5, Neil Druckmann announcements, and more!

Giant Bombcast 770: Mad Slinky Tricks

January 03, 2023 23:42 - 2 hours - 106 MB

We're back from the Holiday break! We discuss our individual adventures during the break, a handful of news stories like Starfall's release date, Jess' continued ventures into the world of VR, and Jeff Grubb shaving his head!

Giant Bombcast 769: TRAILERD

December 27, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 54.1 MB

For the final episode of the Giant Bombcast of the year we answered some lovely emails, talked about what we were excited about for 2023, AND DID MATH!

Giant Bombcast 768: DARK PATTERNS

December 20, 2022 22:00 - 2 hours - 89.1 MB

The GOTY smoke has cleared and we're still standing! Let's wrap up the year and talk about some news, High on Life, Crisis Core Final Fantasy 7 Reunion, the Vampire Survivors DLC, and even more!

Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2022: Day 3

December 14, 2022 22:22 - 3 hours - 136 MB

After getting through 10 categories we have now arrived at the main event: THE TOP 10 GAMES OF 2022! What game will reign supreme? Will any surprises make it onto the list? Have any back alley deals been made? Whatever the outcome is, we will stand Towe

Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2022: Day 2

December 13, 2022 22:42 - 2 hours - 120 MB

Welcome to Day 2 of our GOTY deliberations! On today's schedule we've got five more catergories: Best New Fortnite Skin, Best Running Around, B-Game of the Year, Most Disappointing Game, and Best Music of the Year. Get ready to dab away into infinity and

Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2022: Day 1

December 12, 2022 21:58 - 2 hours - 112 MB

Nothing wrong with a little pivoting if plans gotta change! We gathered together to celebrate and discuss Game of the Year 2022 all in Tower Unite. Today we cover five categories: Soulja Boy Presents Best Game For People Who Drink Beer And Get Drunk or S

Giant Bombcast 767: Kojima Muppets Crossover

December 06, 2022 22:51 - 2 hours - 89.1 MB

With GOTY in the distance we gather around to chat about Callisto Protocol, trying to make sense of Dwarf Fortress, detailing the updates to Fortnite, a ToeJam and Earl movie, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 766: Human Slide Whistle

November 30, 2022 00:25 - 2 hours - 88.9 MB

After the long Holiday weekend we're back to talk about Goat Simulator 3, becoming VTubers with Sony's help, getting Luigi'd, our individual to-do lists for GOTY, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 765: Big Corn's Pocket

November 22, 2022 22:54 - 2 hours - 98.6 MB

This week we've assembled the unholy trinity (with some special appearences) to discuss Jeff Bakalar's time at AEW Full Gear, Jan falling out of love with Pokemon, Atari 50 being a darkhorse for GOTY, and a roundup of video game news!

Giant Bombcast 764: Empathy and Stuff

November 15, 2022 23:48 - 2 hours - 107 MB

Our dear friend Michael Higham joins us as we talk about Somerville, Pentimate, the Game Awards nominees for 2022, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 763: Mead Mommy

November 08, 2022 23:56 - 2 hours - 105 MB

BOY, we've recovered from Extra Life weekend and we're here to talk about games! Farming in Harvestella, Marvel Snap's new battle pass, arranging in Little to the Left, and of course God of War Raganarok and Sonic Frontiers impressions. We got today's rou

Giant Bombcast 762: Forlorn Hohoho

November 01, 2022 22:39 - 2 hours - 107 MB

Good bye spooky season and hello November! Jess chats about Signalis, Vampire Survivors, Marvel Snap's stranglehold over Jan and Grubb, and Bakalar gets the boys back together in Modern Warfare 2. We cover the newest game news and all of your burning ques

Giant Bombcast 761: EXPANDALONE

October 25, 2022 22:25 - 2 hours - 109 MB

We're joined by Michael Higham today to help celebrate Filipino American History Month! Today we gush about Marvel Snap, Gotham Knights, and Bakalar shares his God of War Ragnarok impressions. Grubb also guides us through today's video game news and we ge

Giant Bombcast 760: Tactician Festival

October 19, 2022 00:46 - 2 hours - 89.6 MB

We're joined by Dany Peña today to chat about his time with G4 and his team at XPlay. We also chat about SCORN, some upcoming Silent Hill rumors, jury duty, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 759: Rings of Flour

October 12, 2022 00:55 - 2 hours - 105 MB

After a whirlwind week in NYC we're back in our respective homes to chat about games, coffee, and the newest news! We're joined by our Most Friend Mike Minotti from GamesBeat!

Giant Bombcast 758: The Ted Danson Pack

October 04, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MB

Since we're out traveling we prerecorded this badboy! This week we answer a bunch of emails and other assorted questions from the community!

Giant Bombcast 757: Comic Sans 2

September 27, 2022 22:50 - 2 hours - 86.1 MB

We're joined by Niki Grayson for today's Giant Bombcast! We discuss going Blobbo mode, NBA 2k23, Sessions: Skate Sim, the Modern Warefare 2 Beta, Prodeus, the return of E3, and much more!

Giant Bombcast 756: Emulation Hose

September 20, 2022 22:42 - 2 hours - 111 MB

We're joined by special guests Imran Khan and John Warren! Today we cover the hottest games like the Diofield Chronicles, Hyper Demon, Disney Dreamlight Valley, our experience with PSVR 2, and ESPN NFL 2k5? We also cover the GTA leaks, the new Iron Man ga

Giant Bombcast 755: Stealth Poodle

September 14, 2022 00:59 - 2 hours - 122 MB

This week we recap the Nintendo Direct, get into a lengthy discussion on Immortality, gush about splatting in Splatoon, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 754: Scott Hall Effect

September 06, 2022 23:06 - 2 hours - 111 MB

We've got a terrifying trio for today's Bombcast! We have a lovely chat about Ooblets, Tinykin, and touch on what Immortality is. We also breakdown some Silent Hill rumors, UK game sales charts, and more!

Giant Bombcast 753: LUCYWATCH 2022

August 30, 2022 23:08 - 2 hours - 134 MB

This week we're on the lookout as Lucy joins Jeff Bakalar in person! We start the show with news on the new Assassin's Creed game, Logitech's new gaming device, Game Pass updates, and a potential Nintendo Direct. We also chat about Soul Hackers 2, Tinykin

Giant Bombcast 752: Slob on my Gog

August 23, 2022 22:21 - 1 hour - 109 MB

This week we chat about a small indie game called "Fortnite", hitting the green in Cursed to Golf, and board the Midnight Fight Express. We also get into our impressions on the new Saints Row,recap Opening Night Live of Gamescom, and a bunch of other game

Giant Bombcast 751: butterzone

August 16, 2022 23:17 - 2 hours - 144 MB

This week we chat about the upcoming Rollerdrome, how amazing Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered looks, starting a cult in the GAME OF THE WEEK with Cult of the Lamb, THQ's new South Park game, Take-Two's original Middle-earth game, and some proper glizzy dis

Giant Bombcast 750: Quasi-Illegal

August 09, 2022 23:17 - 2 hours - 150 MB

We're joined by Fanbyte's Michael Higham as he regails us with his experience at EVO 2022, Jan and Grubb dig into Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Street Fighter 6 updates, the third Sonic movie's release date, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 749: Software Plus Art

August 02, 2022 22:36 - 2 hours - 134 MB

We're back this week to talk about Digimon Survive, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Bakalar finishing Stray, Mortuary Assistant, and the Ambrose Islands in Hitman 3. Grubb brings us all the news planned with GTA VI, Sony's business plans, updates on AEW: Fight Fo

Giant Bombcast 748: Software Plus Art

August 02, 2022 22:36 - 1 Byte

We're back this week to talk about Digimon Survive, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Bakalar finishing Stray, Mortuary Assistant, and the Ambrose Islands in Hitman 3. Grubb brings us all the news planned with GTA VI, Sony's business plans, updates on AEW: Fight Fo

Giant Bombcast 748: Dirty Little Slime Man

July 26, 2022 22:18 - 2 hours - 120 MB

We're joined by Nerium from Fanbyte as we talk about Live A Live, Into the Breach DLC, the new Hitman 3 DLC, we do a quick GOTY check-in, and then all of the biggest gaming news of this week!

Giant Bombcast 747: Eternal Money

July 19, 2022 23:51 - 2 hours - 151 MB

The crew is back this week to talk about Jan's Vegas exploits, Jess finishing Neon White, Tam and Grubb talk kitties, game unions forming, Skate 4 going free to play, and even more!

Giant Bombcast 746: Nooks and Crannies

July 12, 2022 23:14 - 1 hour - 131 MB

Steamdecks are still coming in hot and tickling the fancy of more then one on this podcast. Grubb's got a ton of news, and Bakalar supplies us with the voice of the people in the Email segment.

Giant Bombcast 745: The Naka Cut

July 05, 2022 22:51 - 2 hours - 129 MB

After a long weekend we're back to talk about the Cuphead DLC, Overwatch 2, hot dogs, Sucker Punch leaving Sly behind, and a bunch of other game news!

Giant Bombcast 744: Tingle Specialist

June 28, 2022 23:41 - 2 hours - 126 MB

Bakalar is back from his trip! He regails us with tales of algae and food, we continue to gush about Neon White, Jan's time in Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes, we recap the recent Nintendo Direct, and even more game news!

Giant Bombcast 743: Assassin's Cream

June 21, 2022 23:00 - 2 hours - 137 MB

HELLO all of our Mid Sized Sedans out there! We're back this week to talk about TMNT Shredder's Revenge, gush about Neon White, breakdown all the Final Fantasies on the horizon, controller news, and discuss optimum nuggest strategies!

Giant Bombcast 742: Goat Adjacent

June 14, 2022 23:01 - 2 hours - 148 MB

Jan and Tam are back to report on Summer Game Fest, Street Fighter 6, and we have a whole GRIP of news to breakdown. THIS IS A LOOSE SET OF TIMESTAMPS THAT IS SET TO THE FREE VERSION OF THE AUDIO BOMBCAST. 7:43 - whatcha been playing 11:11 - street fight

Giant Bombcast 741: THROAT GOAT

June 07, 2022 21:12 - 1 hour - 56.9 MB

We've got some housekeeping to take care of and sodas to "chug"!

Giant Bombcast 740: Bagelmonger

May 31, 2022 18:59 - 2 hours - 122 MB

We got up reallll early this week to gab on about Jess' continued adventures in Chrono Trigger, Tamoor joins us to talk about Elden Ring and other stuff, we also get into a whole grip of Sony news and other assorted nonsense!

Giant Bombcast 739: FULL BALL CONTROL

May 24, 2022 23:54 - 2 hours - 150 MB

We Celebrate Pac-Man's birthday by swinging into Golf Gang, Multiversus, Apex Legends Mobile, V Rising, along with some more Death Stranding sequel scuttle, and PlayStation Plus' new tiers!

Giant Bombcast 738: OG Daddy

May 17, 2022 23:00 - 2 hours - 155 MB

We've got a boat load of news today! We talk about the titles getting added to PlayStation Plus, Jim Ryan's hot newsletters, and of course the Silent Hill leaks. We squeezed in some game talk with Teardown, Trek to Yomi, and Loot River as well!

Giant Bombcast 737: Fifa Lockhart

May 11, 2022 00:02 - 2 hours - 152 MB

We got the hottest releases like Duke Nukem Forever leaks, finding humanity in Citizen Sleeper, smooching in Sucker for Love, hittin' pegs in Peglin, and all your emails and gaming news!

Giant Bombcast 736: Gritty Gex Reboot

May 03, 2022 23:11 - 2 hours - 150 MB

It's Tuesday so let's all embrace the Giant Bombcast warmly. We gab about Video Game Rap Beefs, Nintendo Switch Sports, Rogue Legacy 2, the Bugsnax DLC, Embracer embracing more companies, a new Warcraft game, and even more!

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