Giant Bombcast 11-18-2008

It's the video-game podcast that eats like a meal, where we discuss Left 4 Dead, Halo Wars, our Gears of War 2 Zune giveaway, the romantic relationship between dinosaurs and automobiles, Brad's dad, and more. And we do it all with robot voices!





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Giant Bombcast 11-18-2008

It's the video-game podcast that eats like a meal, where we discuss Left 4 Dead, Halo Wars, our Gears of War 2 Zune giveaway, the romantic relationship between dinosaurs and automobiles, Brad's dad, and more. And we do it all with robot voices!


Giant Bombcast 11-11-2008

This week's topics include Resistance 2, Mirror's Edge, other people's property in LittleBigPlanet, Fallout 3's cultural sensitivity, the used-game scourge, Infinity Ward's bolt-action beef, and more!


Giant Bombcast 11-04-2008

We shake off Halloween and do our best to avoid politics with in-depth discussions of Vinny's DJ ghosts, Brad's internet-savvy ant farm, the NXE, The Beatles, Marcus Fenix at home, impossible achievements, and more!


Giant Bombcast 10-28-2008

We get juiced up on goji berries to discuss the current tsunami of new releases, including Dead Space, Far Cry 2, Fallout 3, LittleBigPlanet, and Guitar Hero World Tour, as well as Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, John Carmack's rockets, and more.


Giant Bombkast: Ed Boon Edition

Jeff, Brad, and Ryan sit down with Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon to discuss MK's place in the world of fighting games, the state of arcades, the potential for Mortal Kombat Vs. Street Fighter, and more.


Giant Bombcast 10-21-2008

We return to the glorious US of A to discuss the current deluge of hot, hot games, including Fable II, SOCOM: Confrontation, Saints Row 2, LittleBigPlanet, and much more!


Giant Bombcast 10-12-2008

We wrap up our business in Tokyo with talk of cosplayers, Kingdom Hearts, more terrible Swedish candy, capsule toys, and more.


Giant Bombcast 10-10-2008

With the second day of the 2008 Tokyo Game Show behind us, we discuss Halo 3 Recon, White Knight Chronicles, Let's Tap, Yakuza 3, the current state of TGS and video-game trade shows in general, and much more.


Giant Bombcast 10-09-2008

Brad, Jeff, and Ryan wrap up the first day of the 2008 Tokyo Game Show with some of their personal highlights.


Giant Bombcast 10-08-2008

Giant Bomb's J-pop ecstacy nightmare continues as the boys take a trip to Akihabara.


Giant Bombcast 10-07-2008

We're live from Tokyo in this very jet-lagged edition of the Giant Bombcast! Topics of discussion include Speed Racer, Street Fighter IV, beef bowls, Vodka Drunkinski, Marcus Fenix's face scars, and more!


Giant Bombcast Red Alert 3 Edition

Jeff and Ryan are joined by EALA's Amer Ajami and Greg Kasavin in this bonus podcast to discuss some of the finer points of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3.


Giant Bombcast 09-30-2008

Giant Bomb designer Dave Snider joins Ryan, Brad, and Vinny to discuss Warhammer key parties, making bootleg versions of Eye of the Tiger in Guitar Hero: World Tour, droopy pipes, Return to Castle Greyskull, and much more!


Giant Bombcast 09-23-2008

What do the first weekend of Warhammer Online, the Jenny McCarthy virus, Ice-T's MySpace page, The Sims: The Movie, Metal Gear Solid Existence, and Need for Speed: Burnout all have in common? Listen to this week's Bombcast to find out!


Giant Bombcast 09-16-2008

The Giant Bombcast celebrates this great country of ours with discussions of Fable II, The Force Unleashed, Rock Band 2, bees, strict NATs, Transformers tech specs, Hawaiian juice, and much more!


Giant Bombcast Spore Edition

The Giant Bomb crew pontificates about Will Wright's intergalactic life simulator, Spore.


Giant Bombcast 09-09-2008

We celebrate the ninth anniversary of the Dreamcast and discuss Crysis Warhead, BioShock on the PS3, the musical mystery behind Killer Instinct 3, the rumored launch of the New Xbox Experience, the current state of PC piracy, and much more!


Giant Bombcast 09-02-2008

We get back to our regularly-scheduled podcast and discuss the candy-filled fun of Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise, vent about Mercenaries 2: World in Flames, speculate about Capcom's next fighting game revival, and more!


Giant Bombcast PAX08 Edition

We wrap up day two of the 2008 Penny Arcade Exposition with special guests Rich Gallup, Alex Navarro, and Matt Rorie, as well as an inordinate amount of cursing. Cover thine virgin ears!


Giant Bombcast 08-26-2008

This week's podcast includes Denis Dyack's sinister machinations, our absentee highlights from Leipzig, Ryan Payton's departure from Kojima Productions, the rumors about potential Halo 4 rumors, Brad's mysterious disappearance, and much more!


Giant Bombcast 08-19-2008

This week's topics include Too Human, the terrible parents behind professional Guitar Hero players, the current state of Alan Wake, why we're not at Leipzig, and more!


Giant Bombcast 08-12-2008

We discuss Bionic Commando: Rearmed, Blizzard’s diabolical pyramid scheme, goatees, Hitler, and much, much more!


Giant Bombcast 08-05-2008

We drink some hemp milk, hate on Soul Calibur IV’s giant fake boobs, and review the E3 Critics Awards.


Giant Bombcast 07-29-2008

We get back to the business of talkin' 'bout games, with topics including the latest from Telltale, more Activision Blizzard merger drama, MK vs. DC at Comic-Con, Geometry Wars 2, the eagle-punching potential of a new Karateka, and more!


Giant Bombcast 07-22-2008

Giant Bomb is go! With the user submissions piling up, the guys take a quick break to discuss the new site and answer some of your questions.


Giant Bombcast 07-17-2008: Electronic Three Edition

We close the books on E3 2008 with our thoughts on Red Alert 3, The Agency, Left 4 Dead, The Force Unleashed, Saint’s Row 2, and much more!


Giant Bombcast 07-16-2008: Electronic Three Edition

With the second day of E3 under our belts, we share our thoughts on Rock Band 2, Prince of Persia, Wii Sports Resort, Alpha Protocol, Killzone 2, Soul Calibur IV, Borderlands, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, The Who, and much, much more!


Giant Bombcast 07-15-2008: Electronic Three Edition

After a seemingly endless day at Electronic Three, we discuss Gears of War 2, the Nintendo, Sony, and Activision press conferences, Dragon Age: Origins, upcoming games from Capcom and EA, Fallout 3, and much more!


Giant Bombcast 07-14-2008: Electronic Three Edition

The Giant Bombcast joins forces with the Boss of Bosses for our first day wrap-up of E3 2008.


Giant Bombcast 07-08-2008

This week’s Bombcast topics include comic books, The Force Unleashed, Unreal Tournament III, Sega Channel, everyone’s favorite raccoon shylock, piñata whacking, Donkeykong Man, Denis Dyack’s latest antics, Peter Molyneux’s Whammies, and more!


Giant Bombcast 07-01-2008

In this week’s edition the boys discuss Diablo III, their boggling obsession with J Allard, the war of words between Treyarch and Gearbox, the latest PS3 firmware update, Denis Dyack’s internet shenanigans, Fruit Stripe Gum, and much more!


Giant Bombcast 06-24-2008

With Vinny out of the office, Ryan, Jeff, and Brad discuss the six degrees of GuitarFreaks, the inevitable return of Razor Callahan, the truth about World of Lost Vikings, and the cure for a young child’s fear of paintings.


Giant Spoiler Snakecast 06-19-2008

The Bomb Squad does its best to spoil Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots in this special edition of the Giant Bombcast. Seriously, if you don’t want to hear MGS4 story details, TURN BACK NOW. HERE THERE BE MONSTERS.


Giant Bombcast 06-17-2008

The Bombcast crew talks up the latest Tecmo drama, the massive Intellisponse survey leaks, yelling at the Nintendo DS, west-coast basements, the semantics of Mega Man, and more.


Giant Bombcast 06-10-2008

This week we discuss Nolan Bushnell’s Boogie Nights, Call of Duty 5, Harder, Faster, More Challenging Portal, Levelord’s involvement in Duke Nukem Forever, Metal Gear Solid 4, and more!


Giant Bombcast 06-03-2008

The Giant Bombcast welcomes two new additions in this exciting episode, which includes discussion of disgusting Swedish treats, hands-on with Street Fighter IV, our begrudging excitement over Neopets, Itagaki’s dramatic departure from Tecmo, and more!


Giant Bombcast 05-27-2008

This week we discuss the latest Xbox Live Arcade drama, the high cost of pretending to rock out in Guitar Hero: World Tour, Prince of Persia casting news, the return of Oddworld, the continued ESA exodus, the future of Mega Man, and more!


Giant Bombcast 05-20-2008

We stay medicated in this four-player podcast as we discuss tattoo placement in Gears of War 2, a surprising musical omission in Haze, product placement in MGS4, the various uses of a rapier, Richard Pryor tapes, and much more!


Giant Bombcast 05-13-2008

We give ourselves heart murmurs with too many energy drinks as we discuss the nuts and bolts of Banjo-Kazooie, the mashup potential of Guitar Hero IV, Super Mario Bros. 4, Lego Pulp Fiction, the semantics of Hell, and more!


Giant Bombcast 05-06-2008

We hit the redline with the latest from Sony, a treatise on Card Sharks, free Rock Band songs, modular solutions for virtual modern living, the future of X-COM, Dr. Dre Kart Racing, and plenty of GTA4. That’s how you play the game!


Giant Bombcast 04-29-2008

Jeff and Ryan fight a losing battle against sleep depravation in this very special, very felonious, very short episode of the Giant Bombcast.


Giant Bombcast 04-22-2008

Jeff and Ryan are joined by a very special guest this week as we discuss MKVDC, the troubled Metal Gear Online beta, the multi-instrument future of Guitar Hero, the state of Games for Windows Live, and much more!


Giant Bombcast 04-15-2008

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!


Giant Bombcast 04-08-2008

This week we give you all we’ve got with discussions of the stuff that plants crave, Kazooie’s Funtime Party Assassins, Ikaruga, what the X in Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X. stands for, and more.


Giant Bombcast 04-01-2008

Get on the yellow bus with Jeff and Ryan for another edition of the Giant Bombcast! This week we turn our eyes towards Cinnabon: The Drink, the end of superbike confusion, the next exciting project from the people who brought you Meet the Spartans, the problems with Liars’ Day, terrible pasta, the off-road future of Burnout, and much more!


Giant Bombcast 03-25-2008

It’s a veritable menagerie of idiots in this week’s Giant Bombcast as we’re joined by Alex Navarro for discussions about Grand Theft Auto IV: Greater Toronto Area, 50 Cent II: The Dollar, synthoids, the Harlem Globetrotters of pizza, and more!


Giant Bombcast 03-18-2008

The Giant Bombcast continues its slow-motion explosion with Jeff and Ryan’s thoughts on Lost: Via Domus, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, an Ice Cube side-scroller, Guitar Hero: Beatles, Ed Boon, Blu-ray versus HD downloads, the flavor of Scottish girders, technofear, and more!


Giant Bombcast 03-11-2008

In our inaugural episode of the Giant Bombcast, Ryan and Jeff discuss delicious WoW-inspired energy drinks, the hidden depth in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the brilliant filmography of Mark Dacascos, and much more.


Arrow Pointing Down Podcast 03-04-2008

As promised, the latest episode of the Arrow Pointing Down Podcast, featuring Internet celebrities Ryan Davis, Jeff Gerstmann, and Alex Navarro! Join us as we discuss the top news stories in the world of video games, new releases, and drinks!


Arrow Pointing Down Podcast 02-24-2008

Your new favorite podcast that is sometimes, tangentially about video games is back! This week beverage enthusiast Jeff Gerstmann, freelance gigolo Alex Navarro, and I bask in the afterglow of GDC, guzzle horrible energy drinks, contemplate legal action against McDonald’s, declare Cobra a 2008 Oscar winner, and so very much more! Join us, won’t you?


Arrow Pointing Down Podcast Beta

Welcome, and thank you for participating in the soft launch of the Arrow Pointing Down Podcast! There’s no explicit format yet, and it probably should’ve been encoded it at a lower bit rate, but hey! Fuck it! This week, Ryan and Jeff ramble pointlessly over Skype about Gatorade, HD-DVD, GDC, and more! Next week, there’s apparently going to be another show! And maybe another guest! And prizes? By listening to this podcast, you may be eligible to win hundreds of millions of gold krugerrand. This is a lie!