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We've Got New Shows And A Premium Sale!

Check out details on our new shows, new contributors, and a wonderful low price for Premium!

If you missed it today on the Bombcast, we are going to be launching two new shows on Giant Bomb within the next week! First up, launching this Thursday, is Grubbsnax, our weekly interactive gaming industry news show hosted by Jeff Grubb, a reporter who's got arguably the best flow in the business. Tune in LIVE on Thursdays at 10am PT/1pm ET to check out the first episode! Each show will feature a Q&A portion where Premium members have access to ask Grubb whatever is on their minds about the games biz.

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Starting Monday July 5, Danny O'Dwyer and Tamoor Hussain will be making their way through the Soulsborne catalog. Introducing Borne to Run, where the duo will be exploring all the nooks and crannies of games from From Software...and beyond! Will they finish before Elden Ring comes out? Probably!

Then, starting on Monday July 26, Borne to Run will take a week off so that we can debut Guilty Treasures, Danny's monthly show where he'll be interviewing Giant Bomb staff about their favorite titles that maybe never went full mainstream.

The first episode of these shows will be free, but all episodes afterward will require Premium to view them in full. You can always try out a free trial of Giant Bomb Premium if you'd like, or you can lock in a year's worth of access to all of our Premium #content for the low, low price of $35 if you sign up before July 10th! If you renew at the full price before July 10th and would like the sale price, simply email support@giantbomb.com and we'll try to get you sorted - please have patience though as there is a lot of volume during sale periods!

And it doesn't end here: stay tuned for more show announcements throughout the summer. In July, keep an eye out for a new show from Tamoor Hussain, Lucy James and Jeff Bakalar as well as a brand new series from stinky man Dan Ryckert and Jeff Bakalar. All that, plus your usual dose of Unprofessional Fridays each week and fun! It's all actually happening!

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Oh man, this sounds awesome!

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I'm excited for Guilty Treasures, and lesser known games. I'm not too familiar with Grubb's work aside from a little YouTube stuff but I'm willing to give it a good chance. Plus we still have Tamoor, Lucy and more Ryckert stuff which I've been missing. Thank goodness for Fire Escape at least. I'm not into Souls games but I know a lot of other people are so there should be something new for everyone in the coming weeks/months.

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I just hope the coaching isn't too direct. Like don't give him anything but starter tips and hints unless he hits a wall HARD, especially since he's already finished Bloodborne. Like I can't beat the boss in multiple episodes hard. Otherwise it'll like be someone playing with a gamefaqs walkthrough.

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This is exiting!

Side question: Is GB done having an office now?

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Oh man, I can't wait to see the first episode of Guilty Treasures. With Jeff's tastes, I can't wait to see how Danny manages to cover the game he chose. (Could this be the start of a full-on Mr. Do! documentary? Maybe!)

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@hellbrendy: Jeff's said they aren't returning to an office this year. Don't know about beyond that.

I hope they do go back to an office, at least part time, at some point. Group calls are fun in their own chaotic, live way ... but there's just some stuff you can't do without everybody in the same room.

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Watching Souls games is usually a good time. I imagine Sekiro can get tough for him, but you can do it Danny!

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Exciting! Going to keep subscribing. Also would like to see rorie face more :)

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The first guilty treasure has got to be Sudeki, right?

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Ah man, such cool people but none of this content appeals to me and isn't the sort of thing I was hoping for when they said they were gonna change it up and do "New and Fresh" content. It isn't like we've already had any series of people playing through souls games on here, except for Load Our Last Souls....

and Breaking Brad: Demon's Souls....

and Breaking Bradborne....

and Jan plays Bloodborne...

but apart from from those 4 shows, this is totally new and fresh content.

The news show sounds like a monologued version of Bombing' in the AM with Scoops and the Wolf, and the guilty treasures sounds like it should be a podcast, but if the staff haven't talked about their guilty pleasure games in years and years of podcasts already, I'd be surprised.


I'm sure it'll do well and appeal to others though, but was really hoping for something a little more left-field.

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These sound great!! A split of members hasn’t been so beneficial to an audience since Mustaine left Metallica!

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I finally got premium after the free trial ended in December, because I liked the Hot Spot having four guys, all within a couple years of age, talking about having played games for 40 years. Then, we suddenly lost two thirds of the podcasts, which have been just about the only content I consume from GB. I don't know if the new shows are podcasts or videos, I don’t really want more videos, but I guess I'll see what happens thru the end of the year. Nextlander costs $120 a year in order to get anything close to what GB used to give, and I'm not sure I want to pay that much right now.

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Imagine it, boy.... Jeffs! *gestures out over the open plains* Jeffs as far as the eye can see!

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I'm cautiously optimistic about this. The thing that appealed to me about GB vs other YouTubers was that they had an actual studio to produce content and create wacky skits. It looks like for now, everything will still be done remotely and it's going to be behind a premium subscription.

Grubbsnax is totally my thing. I always wanted a condensed gaming news weekly summary because I don't have the time to listen to the Bombcast every week or sift through online articles.

Bourne to Run is something I feel that has been done to death. I know the Souls genre is very popular but they have got to do something to differentiate themselves from what is already out there.

Guilty Treasures is okay? I guess it wholly depends on the games that are chosen.

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Really looking forward to BTR. I'm sure plenty of people will disagree with me, but I kinda lost interest in the videos where you guys just do a raw stream of a game. I'm more into the edited, informative style of Let's Play videos.

Undecided on Grubb Snax but will definitely check it out. Very happy to see GB bringing back more produced content.

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@crashman06 based purely on the brevity with which he approaches Twitter, hes a natural fit.

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Sign me up....wait, I already am! Hooray!

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This article won’t play for me. It’s not even buffering. Just these weird letters all over the screen? Any help?

Stoked for these new shows!

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\( ̄︶ ̄*\)) 💘💖💗💓💙 Giant Bomb 💝🧡💜💛💚 ((/ ̄︶ ̄*)/

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Was wondering if I'd see any other slugs appear on this board. Already a fan of RKG, so looking forward to seeing Danny and Tamoor take on the Souls series too. As long as they don't call their character Finchy II, I'm sure they can make it 'their own'.

Seems like GB has plenty of fun stuff in store for us. Happy my sub auto-renewed! :)

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the guilty treasures sounds like it should be a podcast

absolutely not

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So excited for this. Happy with the new direction and fresh content, really glad things are getting revitalized :)

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YEAH! Exciting new stuff!

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What a thrill!

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As a long-time premium member, happy to see lots of new stuff in the works! Looking forward to hearing/seeing more about Guilty Pleasures which I think could be really fun.

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Hey Danny. As a premium member from p much day one I would love to talk about Robot Alchemic Drive.

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Really excited about these new shows! Feels like Christmas. Looking forward to being able to see the soulsborne games without the frustration, I've always loved the art design and whole vibe of those worlds. And I can't wait for Guilty Treasure that sounds like so much fun.

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Stoked for this!

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It's unfortunate none of these shows will make me stay premium. I don't want industry news and don't really find watching the From games to be much fun. None of Dan's other shows have ever clicked with me so I won't be interested in whatever that project is. From the total slowdown of other content on the site it sort of feels at this point like they are putting all their eggs in the new shows basket which is disappointing.

I really hope I'm wrong.

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I'm really digging Grubbsnax and cant wait for the other shows!

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more! I demand more!! love both these shows so far. fingers crossed we can get more from other creators soon

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Looking forward to Jeff Gerstmann's Pro Skater 4!

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God damn it Giant Bomb, just when I thought I was out, I think you pulled me back in.

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Is Borne to Run weekly (maybe I missed this somewhere)? I feel like if it’s weekly they aren’t going to finish all the Souls games before Elden Ring comes out

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Love the new shows so far, excited to see what else is in store!

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I think not.

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I was just thinking about how no one really appreciates Phantasy Star IV, and "Guilty Treasures" sounds like it's going to be all conversations like that, so I am thrilled to check it out! I always thought Encyclopedia Bombastica could use a 2nd person to chat to while playing.

@thevoice I think about RAD about once a month, I loved that weirdass game.