It’s Nintendo week on the Giant Bombcast as we discuss all the hot new games that were shown at last week’s media summit in San Francisco. We also discuss the return of Interplay, get angry at Wired and meddling marketers, and more! As always, you can send any questions to bombcast (at) giant bomb (dot) com!
Special thanks to Phil for providing all of the music you hear in the Bombcast. He’s currently on the road with his band Malpais, so if you like what you hear here, go check him out!
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first!
cant wait to see what drinks are on the show! ill check it out right after i finish listening to 1up yours
Hey Ryan would it be possible to add a running time to the podcasts in future updates?
woot, awesome guys. This is now probably my new favorite video game podcast. Well done.
no drinks this week!?!?!
DRINKS FTW!!
freaking out !!?!?!#?@!$?#@?!$!
Waiting on the iTunes.
Yes, I’m horribly inpatient
my bad, just got to the drinks
DRINKS BEGIN ABOUT 10 MIN INTO BOMBCAST!!!!
FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
w00t cheers all
It must have been an insanely busy day. I commend you.
Wooh finally. I’m proud of you guys for writing all the stories today. Great job.
damn that was a lot of stories today. NICE! EeEEeeEeeeeEeEeeee!
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giant bomb!!!!!!!!
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Whoo! Lots of posts today!
Thank god for two reasons, the podcast kicks ass and now the damn podcast freaks will shut the hell up.
JAM!!!
Stoked.
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1up Yours
Hotspot
best 3 gaming podcasts i listen to religiously, keep it up guys
Yay! I have been waiting for this bad boy all day!
do a live gta 4 opening and or game play
I JUST HEARD JEFF GERSTMANN SAY THE F-WORD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE.
My reality has been shattered.
Podcast got my blood up for sure.
Note: The Lakers have the best record in the Western Conference. So, you WILL have to deal with Lakers playoff games during E3.
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You must’ve missed out on some of those GameSpot E3 DVDs
Great podcast as always. I’m excited about the user features you guys were discussing. Also for some reason http://www.#^#spot.com for some reason randomly doesn’t work a lot so this has really become my only source for video game related stuff because I don’t really like IGN and some of those other sites.
Best ending EVAR!
PLEASE DO GTA4 LIVE EVENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!….thank you
Downloaded……Well done………Well done
Great Nintendo coverage and podcast. Thanks for all the updates as well.
Yeah, they really should do some videos for Gta4.
Hey,u gotta do a GTA4 marathon. Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! Do it! GTA4 marathon. Do it! We’ll be here with our own copy to do multiplayer if requested. Just do it. For the people. GTA4 marathon. Do it. Do it.
Chehalis = “Shah-hey-liss”
Great podcast guys, loving the ideas for user features.
Looking forward to the next!
Good mix of love and hate this week.
Downloading now to listen to whilst out today.
SAWEEEEEEEEEEEEET =) =)
Haha, nice.
I always love you guys’ podcasts. They always make my day.
Waiting till my evening run to listen. Thanks for the podcast, gents!
Cheerwine! When you see those tall and short fountains around NC, the tall one dispenses Sweet tea, the short one Cheerwine. We love it here.
“For more on this, or any other stories in the world of video games, check out GiantBomb.com”
Priceless
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Justice is served
Source: kotaku.com
Date: 4th April 2008
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When long-time GameSpot reviewer and editorial director Jeff Gerstmann was let go from the site last November—with sources pointing to his review of Kane & Lynch: Dead Men as the catalyst for his termination—fingers were also pointed at executive Josh Larson, VP of games at parent company CNET. Larson, who replaced former Editor in Chief Greg Kasavin, was implicated by anonymous GameSpot employees to have had the “church-and-state separation between the sales teams and the editorial team” “cracked” under his tenure. Whether the VP, Jeff’s supervisor at the time, was the key decision maker in letting Gerstmann go we can’t confirm, but we can confirm that Larson will be leaving the company next week.
Internal communication informing employees of the cut were forwarded to Kotaku last night, indicating that a “new management structure means that Josh Larson’s position as VP, Games is being eliminated and Josh will be leaving the company.” CNET announced last week that it would cut 10 percent of its work force, about 120 employees. We contacted GameSpot Editor in Chief Ricardo Torres to verify the news this morning.
Torres confirmed that Larson’s last day would be April 9, but declined to comment much further on the restructuring, citing the “internal” nature of the news.
It was clear that, at the time, Larson’s capabilities as editorial lead weren’t well regarded by some of the GameSpot staff. The anonymous “gamespot” commented at sister site Valleywag that Larson was “a suit […] who had no editorial experience and was only involved on the business side of things.” The anonymous commenter lamented that the presence of the sales team had become much more visible under Larson’s watch, with other contributors going on and off record with less than favorable comments of CNET management.
In the months that followed Gerstmann’s dismissal, GameSpot lost a sizable portion of its editorial staff, with reviewers Alex Navarro, Frank Provo, Ryan Davis, Brad Shoemaker and Jason Ocampo leaving for other, sometimes unspecified opportunities. Torres told us that GameSpot continues to bring on new editorial talent and plans to continue its coverage “with the same breadth and depth we have in our previous 11 years.”
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RSS feed for poscast is still broken.
Loved the wired rant.
great podcast, nintendo news was cool, and mario kart is excellent
What’s with the cheap shot at BoingBoing?
The podcast isn’t loading on my itunes. Anyone else having this problem?
Yeah, Patrick, I think the RSS feed isn’t updated or something. I don’t use iTunes (I use ZENcast Organizer) and it’s not working there either.
Sorry Ryan, but the Lakers aren’t crap this year (they’re the #1 seed in the Western Conference), so E3 in LA might be a pain.
Hey fellas,
The blob game your chatting about is avaliable on the PC for free….
http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=401276
W00T, W00T!
I’ve seen Cheerwine around the south for a while, but it’s pretty rare. They must have had a deal with Pepsi or something in the late 80s or early 90s, (maybe to help them combat Cherry Coke) because I remember it showing up in machines for a while, but that doesn’t mesh with the anti-yankee sentiments.
Haven’t listened to it yet since it’s not up on itunes right now, but what’s this crap about Ryan trashing the Lakers? The number team in the west? Not cool, Ryan. Not cool. Kobe for MVP.
Buttmonk3y: Thanks for the link. I’ll check that out.
No worries David. The one Jeff playec might have more to it, but basically the same thing. Enjoy
OMFG! MDK3!!!
Lakers ARE good this year, so we will have trouble parking-FIXED.
I would be thrilled to see another Descent and Freespace game. Descent seems more marketable than Freespace since it fits more of a FPS template, just with (get ready for it) 360* of freedom!
I listen to several podcasts, but I have never “emailed” any of them with questions. I’ve already emailed this podcast, twice.
And, I agree, I have no faith that the G.I. Joe movie/game will be even close to good. I just felt that there’s some real potential for somebody, somewhere, to make an awesome game out of the license. Too bad it will never happen.
Great Bamcast, boyos!
look out, that cheerwine loses its fizz quicker than Fruit Stripe loses its flavor!
Ran out of drinks i guess? Or were you over-energized so you wouldn’t drink anymore o that stuff today.
Downloaded the podcast last night and its on my ipod, but not showing up on my Itunes? Weird Error.
Still not on iTunes! plz fix!
P.S. Beer = teh best beverage?! Discuss!
I downloaded it from iTunes like 10 seconds after this post went up. Are you subscribed to the feed, or are you just trying to find the new episode in the podcast section of the iTunes store? Make sure you’re subscribed and use the Podcast tab in your iTunes library.
Trying to manually get each episode from the Podcast section of the store may be the reason why you’re behind. At least, it’s the only reason I can think of.
Weird can’t find it on your RSS-Feed nor is it listed either on my american or my german iTunes account.
And I have a subscription to your podcast also had never a problem gettin your episodes before.
I’ll try it later on my Mac at work….
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Awesome BombCast. I need me a Wii so I can play Strong Bad. I love Homestar.
I can’t find it on itunes either! I’m subscribed and everything.
Wow! i had no clue you guys kenew anything about homestar! i was surprised to hear stuff about it.
GTA4 gameplay marathon. For the people. Do it. Do it.
Good to hear it again guys. Thanks
GiantBomb accounts? Check. Amazing Podcasts? Check. Giant Bomb.com?! CHECK!
Now I’m excited for WiiWare 0_o World of Goo sounds cool.
I request a 2 hour GTA4 marathon like what Jeff and Alex did for Madden
Great bombcast, i love when Jeff gets very passionate and starts yelling on the cast!
My iTunes isn’t working.
This was a short one lads. I hope that you guys are going to do the same for up coming events, im very interested in which direction Midways are going after last year. Im finding the games industry a very fragile place at the moment. Loved your comments about the GDC and E3, if it was a 24hr party no work would ever be done, I think game players, should leave confrences to games developers and journalists as yourselves.
One request Jeff please dont scream on the GBC, I listen to it in my car and sometimes you scare the shit out of me. The last thing I want it to say on the coroners report is that I died due to a car crash brought on by Jeff screaming. Second thought that sounds like an awesome idea, scream away.
Thanks for answering my question, I’ll try to come up with some more for the next bomb.
Note: E3 is July 15-17. NBA playoffs will be over by then. So you will NOT have to deal with Lakers games during E3.
Aie. I could have sworn it downloaded last night, but I go to sync my iPod and the most recent episode is just plain gone from iTunes today. Madness.
Like some of the other people said, the Lakers are the number one seed in the West so you will have problems at E3. This is now the only podcast that I listen to since the HotSpot has gone down in quality recently.
Next week for drinks how about you guys drink some water. It will cleanse some of those god awful energy drinks out of your system.
Another solid podcast, though iTunes doesn’t seem to have it yet. Or perhaps something is wrong on my end. Either way, good stuff.
so i was think what do you guys think thet they will ever make a MMA game
Ryan…I couldn’t help but get on this site while listening to this podcast at work right now and rebuke you for saying the Lakers suck (or something like that). They clinched first place a couple of days ago. I hope you’re stuck in lots of traffic and can’t park during the finals in LA. Other than that, you are cool. DAAAIIIGHT!
just a little bit of info, every GTA game have been release in Australia none were banned
Oh. My. God. I just heard Jeff Gerstmann say the word “motherfucker.”
I am now complete.
An FYI for those who do care about MKWii while the Wii Wheel is not the competitive play controller of choice, neither are the cube or classic pads. From what I hear the Wii-Remote and Nunchuck is the ideal as it gives you all the analogue control but tricks and wheelies are easier to pull off with the remote chuck combo.
Great cast, thanks.
THE RETURN OF THE CURSE OF THE CREATURES GHOST!!!
OT http://www.jimandthem.com
More hate rants in the Bombcast. I want you to “go off” on something every week like Denis Leary used to do back when he was funny. You can even make it game related if you like but you know, not important.
I can’t beleive you guys! The obvious choice for a GI Joe game would be something along the lines of the Xmen Legends or Marvel Ultimate Alliance games.
Maybe not the movie, but a regular GI Joe game in that style would totally rule.
I just finally had a chance to listen, anyway… at about 70 minutes into the podcast, you guys were discussing the location for E3 and that this year it was going to be at the LACC. Ryan, you were a little disappointed that it was going back there and your response was, “Well at least the Lakers are crap now so you don’t have to worry about playoff games…” Please stick to what you guys are very, very good at and that’s video games and the like. Please no sports. Last time I checked the Lakers were the #1 seed in the West have home court advantage for the Western Conference playoffs. It looks like parking may be an issue.
Yikes! I spoke too soon. If E3 is in July, then my comment is all for naught because the NBA playoffs should be done by early June. I feel silly, I’ll wait til I know all the facts next time.
is brawndo in stores?
So “crap” means, being #1 in the West? :p Sorry Ryan.
Anyway guys nice to hear a shout out to Crash Team Racing. I just loaded it on my PSP, it is worth playing again! Great show keep it up guys.
Just another great bombcast…I’m really into what you’re doing and what your intentions to the future of giantbomb.com
For those who said it was the first time they heard jeff say a f-word, well..you haven’t followed his work..not the first time and not the last..By the way, nice anger moments in the bombcast..I always loved you two shouting like hell..
And Ryan be careful with your words..you never know when you gonna hit a wound( talking about the Lakers incident in case you didn’t notice..don’t care..i’m not from us either so..the last time I cared for nba was when Jordan played..and I’m 18 )
OH, I almost forgot to mentioned..that was a priceless ending jeff..just priceless (was it prepared or was pure improvisation?? the big question..we will never know…)
Did you guys happen to see the ‘HAZE Mantel Corporate Vision’ video on PSN ?
It has some KoRn music at the end .
“To me videogames are like a religion …”
Speaking of Jeff’s F-bomb, it’s definitely not the first time. On the last GameSpot E3 video that Jeff and Greg Kasavin appeared on together they both dropped F-bombs I believe. I was actually a little more shocked to hear Kasavin drop one
“”I JUST HEARD JEFF GERSTMANN SAY THE F-WORD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE.
My reality has been shattered.”"
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:O dido
Who are “the folks upstairs”?
guys, we wanna se more how to make a bomb becouse we want to see how it looks in there when its all done and furnechurned!
wanna se your everyday workplace, when you do some extreem gaming and so on! 
good podcast btw. love it! keep it real and say the next time that you guys are gonna vistit sweden sometime, meet some chick
BioShock wasn’t #92, it was #29.
its good to see u back jeff and ryan
Rated M! XD
so new podcast today???
LOVED IT the ending took me back to the OLD days
“for more on this or other stories from the world of video games checkout” <– I really thought he said gamespot.com @ first
please JEFF keep saying that @ the end I beg you makes me feel warm & happy and brings us all back
I also wouldn’t mind hearing more of the F-bomb other then that I loved it so keep it up guys
please?
Guess on new podcast tonight, usually up way before 11 EST
o yeh 4got u guys live in a different time zone. its 11:24 pm here wat time is it at your end?
… nvm i just realized it says when people post sry my bad
I hope there’s a podcast this week. I’m sick of listening to the Hotspot cause all they do is joke about random topics they don’t really say what they think.
theres one coming today
whens this week’s coming up
What? No new Podcast yet?