Bombcasting from the start - am I crazy?

I've been a member here for just under a year, but I'm ashamed to admit I just discovered how awesome the Bombcast is during E3 '11. I Started listenind religiously after that, but I feel like I missed a lot of cool (and crazy) stuff. So I'm picking up with the first Giant Bombcast and listening to all of them from the start. I've already listened to the 2009 and 2010 year end debates, but am going to listen to them again when they come up in order so I can hear how people's opinions evolved over the course of the year. I expect I can knock out 4 or 5 a week, plus keeping current.

So am I crazy?

Go for it, you won't have reason to be bored for months now.

when i started driving a long distances the bombcast is perfect listening. I also liked hearing about games that i missed and and am able to pick up for cheap.

You're crazy.

But it's something I've thought about doing, too, even though I've been listening since the start. It'd be nice to hear them talk about games that I didn't play at the time but had returned to after the fact.

I did the same thing back when I decided to start listening to it.

I did the same thing back when I decided to start listening to it.

You're not crazy; I've done this three times. Go for it.

@supermike6 said:

You're not crazy; I've done this three times. Go for it.

@SethPhotopoulos said:

@ajamafalous said:

I did the same thing back when I decided to start listening to it.

@ajamafalous said:

I did the same thing back when I decided to start listening to it.

We are all crazy!

@ajamafalous said:

I did the same thing back when I decided to start listening to it.

Hell nah. Still listen to those classics. Relevancy is for the birds.

I end up re-listening to the older Bombcasts on a regular basis (basically whenever I'm playing a game since I've gotten to a point where I don't play games without any background audio) and also whenever I need to drive long distances. So I've probably listened to each Bombcast as least two or three times.

They get better as you go backwards so go for it. Dont forget the Arrow Pointing Down episodes.

I did that at the start of this year when I started listening to the bombcast.... I just got caught up on the back log. (to be clear I have listening to the current ones when they comes up)

We are all sons of bitches.

Whenever you have doubts about your sanity, remember this: I love you.

@Atramentous: I Started with the first APD show and the use of Skype just threw me off. I may go back to those as a bonus, but I just couldn't get past it.

Not crazy at all. Those old bombcasts are some classic stuff, including an especially great string of episodes at the end of 2008 (the 12-02-08 episode is still my favorite of all time). So many legendary bits in that back catalogue: Hemp milk, djungelvral tasting, all of the episodes from when they went to TGS, Fuck You Uno, Marcus Fenix at home, hot sandos, scan the background... good times! 
 
It's also cool because so many of the predictions they made on those older episodes ended up being scarily accurate.

Check out How To Build A Bomb; it's a video series of Jeff and Ryan building GiantBomb as a company from day 1.

I did the same thing about 3 months into being a regular listener. Its not too bad if you listen to it while getting things done.

@Red12b: Oh god! My real name is Matthew, making me wonder if...oh no...it can't be...I'm Tyler Durden.

Yeah man. I joined around E3 last year, decided to hit up the archives over the summer. Not so much for 'getting all the in-jokes', but just because the bombcast is a quality show.

Evolution is fun to watch when it's sped up really fast.

Not really. I mean I've done it 3 times already.

You are mad, sir.

Mad.

I'm sort of doing this too, when I'm at uni i can't really listen to it due to time, so i've got a few months worth to go through... but i lagged behind due to holidays and i go back to uni wednesday, i'm gonna have a lot to listen to soon

@Asmo917: it's funny, I just started going back to arrow pointing down and catching up myself last week. I think I started listening to the bombcast in 2009 sometime so I have missed at least a year.

I thought about doing this but instead I just listened to the 'Best of' series on youtube. Still waiting on best of '10 because I missed the first half of those.

Its a good thing to do to use up time travelling. I start my new job in 2 weeks and plan to listen too all the screened,tested and giantbombcasts I've missed (intentionally) for the past 4 months, should keep me going for a good little while! After they are finished I plan to watch the Persona 4 Endurance run (which I never got around to seeing at the time)

I did this a while back, but I was in high school and had more free time than I could manage. If you are in college, then you might be a little bit crazy.

You so crazy.

I listened to all the ones from early 2009 and earlier that I had missed when I decided to play the 1,000+ race Forza 3 career mode.

Its good for killing time while doing chores or any mundane stuff that doesn't require too much concentration. Time flies by fast when listening to the Bombcast.

I did the same thing. I started about a year ago so i didn't have quite as long of a backlog as you to get through, but it was definitely worth it. I usually listen to the old ones while i'm doing something else, like grinding achievement points in a game i've already beaten or something like that. It really helped to give me some more context to the history of the site, what they are all about, what their likes and dislikes are, etc. I also went back and played some old games that they talked about.

Done it more than a few times. Go for it, it'll be fun.

I've done the same thing. It's a pretty insane thing to do, but time flies by, and they're pretty much all great!

Go for it duder.

@Asmo917: You could always look for the "Best of the Bombcast" MP3s. They're shorter and are very funny.

Yes, yes you are. But do it anyway.

You're crazy

As some one who has listened to every bombcast from start to the most current 3 times already, your not crazy.... not by a long shot :P

I've always wanted to do this since I missed the whole first year. I've gone as far as 2 months back just so I could listen to every single podcast and stay up to date

Since we are talking about going back to the start, this seems like a good place to ask. What is the meaning of the "Arrow Pointing Down" podcast name? I don't remember it being mentioned on the podcast itself and I assume it was explained when they first launced the blog.

Frankly, I'm a bit jealous. As somebody who listened to them on Gamespot and immediately started listening from Arrow Pointing Down and has never stopped I wish I could listen to episodes I've never heard before ha.

@Mikemcn said:

I did the same thing about 3 months into being a regular listener. Its not too bad if you listen to it while getting things done.

I did exactly this, when I had no current podcast to listen to I just went back. After a few months I had gone through everything from the APD casts to the latest. There are some really awesome episodes in the backlog. You wont be disappointed!

not crazy at all. I listened to two years of the hot spot when i started listening to it. Although at the start their podcast was 15 minutes...

You are crazy, and it is a great idea if you have the time for it.

I have listened to it from the beginning and there are many little gems scattered throughout its entire history.

I would probably skip the new releases segments though as they are pretty meaningless now and not the best part of the bombcast.

@Sign said:

Since we are talking about going back to the start, this seems like a good place to ask. What is the meaning of the "Arrow Pointing Down" podcast name? I don't remember it being mentioned on the podcast itself and I assume it was explained when they first launced the blog.

Arrow pointing down is the podcast that jeff and ryan started before they officially announced giantbomb.

I've listened to every Bombcast twice (up to 2011) and was on my third run when I decided to start listening to the other Whiskey Media podcasts instead. They're really good!

Do it!