Thank you sir!

" This is crazy awesome, was wondering when the 2nd part'd be out "

Great work, really enjoying this.

REALLY well put together, and unbelievably awesome for someone like me who only started following the guys after Giant Bomb was formed.  My only complaint is the breaks.  What the hell?  When you're listening to something that you can easily pause, you don't need breaks filled with crappy music every hour or so.  Other than that, absolutely amazing work!  Keep it up!

I really liked the 2005 edition.  It's interesting to hear from the Giant Bomb people before they were Giant Bomb.  I didn't know about the HotSpot or podcasts in general back then, so I feel like I'm discovering something new.  Also, the things they talk about are very interesting in hindsight when it comes to console details and speculation.  Now listening to the new one :D

That was some great stuff. Can't wait for more. Also could you either combine the two parters or post them in different posts? I use podcaster app for iphone and it can't see the first part for some reason.

2006 was the best year for Gamespot

" Also could you either combine the two parters or post them in different posts? I use podcaster app for iphone and it can't see the first part for some reason. "

You are a true hero! Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for these! Really appreciate it. I look forward to your future works as well. Be sure to keep us posted!

It's awesome that you've made this compilation. Though last year, I re-listened to all the episodes up until Jeff was fired, and shortly after until the rest of them left. Hell, I'll probably give this a listen again anyway.

The nostalgic part in me really want to give this a listen, but it doesn't seem to be on iTunes yet. Curse you Apple for making everything so convenient that I can't be bothered and/or have lost the ability to get an mp3 and put that into the iphone so I can listen. 

Loved this, brought back a lot of funny memories. Thanks for putting this together!

And I was worried that I had gotten a seat without electrical outlet during my 9 hour flight?!? 
 
This is more than enough... :) 

" @Interfect said:

" Please keep doing this for the hotspot. I never listened to anything Giantbomb related until Arrow Pointing Down started. "

You just reminded me that I wanted to say the following: if you guys have any podcasts that you think I should give such a treatment, please go ahead and suggest. Right now I have definite plans for the following; ie. these will be coming out over the next few months (which is why you should subscribe to the RSS feed):
 

• The HotSpot (2007)
• Giant Bombcast (2008 - 2010)
  
• 1UP Yours (2006 - early 2009) (1UP Yours 2006 is the next episode; should be hitting late Feb/Early Mar)
• Listen UP (2009)
• The Adam Carolla Show (2006) - For Adam Carolla fans, that's his morning radio show that ran from 2006 - 2009, NOT the current podcast.

 Also, I have secret plans to do end of year recaps for a lot of the shows this year, including the Bombcast, Weekend Confirmed, 8-4 Play, and other podcasts -- ESPN's Baseball Today, Too Beautiful to Live, The Adam Carolla Show etc. I can't promise those 100% but I'm clipping out the best parts of each episode as soon as it comes out, so those should hit December.  Again, if you guys have suggestions just throw them out there. The response has been positive; we've gotten about 700 downloads total so far. I won't lie -- I was hoping for more -- but as our scope expands, more word should get out.  I'll be hitting up the 2007 HotSpot archives soon, so if you have specific timestamps in mind feel free to PM me or send an email to thisyearcollection@gmail.com. "

" @ZanzibarBreeze: Out of curiosity: Did you ask for permission or just start doing this? "

Carrie sounds hot when she's pissed!

Thank you so much! You truly are a beast among men.

wow Kinect talk at 2:45:00 ish

Cool but when I try to download via the rss I can only get part 1 of the 2006 hotspot and not part 2. Is there anyway you could fix this?

I've got a question: when did GameSpot started doing the Hotspot? On their site it goes all the way back to the 20th of July, 2005. Was that the first show? If not, is there some place where I can find them? Cause if Jeff, Brad, Alex and Rich are always on the cast, I might listen to them all up to when Jeff was fired.

I love "YO RICH, DROP A BOMB ON IT SON!"  
 
I remember nearly dying hearing it all those years ago
 
Still laugh, nearly five years on

wow Kinect talk at 2:45:00 ish

"Cool but when I try to download via the rss I can only get part 1 of the 2006 hotspot and not part 2. Is there anyway you could fix this? "

" I've got a question: when did GameSpot started doing the Hotspot? On their site it goes all the way back to the 20th of July, 2005. Was that the first show? If not, is there some place where I can find them? Cause if Jeff, Brad, Alex and Rich are always on the cast, I might listen to them all up to when Jeff was fired. "

I hope there is mention of the Gizmondo Ferrari incident, more specifically DIETRICH!!! 
 
Good work with these by the way, was thinking of listening to some a while back but didn't really want to filter though to find the good stuff.

" @ZanzibarBreeze: Are you sure that's the first show? Check out this link:  http://www.gamespot.com/features.html?type=features&category=HotSpot&page=1  There seems to be more that precede the 20th of July podcast. But I can't seem to find the download button anywhere. Can you help? "

This is great.

hearing them talk about movies and how they are wrong and right is funny

This brings back so many memories, i will always remember hearing DAMN YOU DEITRICK for the first time. Thank you so much for this.

Awesome job! I subscribed to this on iTunes, but it won't download the second part of 2006's recap. Any help is appreciated!

" Awesome job! I subscribed to this on iTunes, but it won't download the second part of 2006's recap. Any help is appreciated! "

" Awesome job! I subscribed to this on iTunes, but it won't download the second part of 2006's recap. Any help is appreciated! "

" @GideonAmos said:

" Awesome job! I subscribed to this on iTunes, but it won't download the second part of 2006's recap. Any help is appreciated! "

It's weird, I can't find it at all in the iTunes store. Maybe it's local to the US store or something?  "

Thanks for making these it's great but really, I could do without the breaks. Or at least use some music with a more general appeal like some mellow tracks from old video games, I don't need electro to cleanse my palette.

This stuff is seriously great. Only listened to the 2005 one, but it's awesome to hear it all compiled like this. Good work!

You psycho. I love you. 

The recap of 1UP Yours (2006) is now up! Come get some. I'll put a proper blog post up here soon as well as one at 1UP.

Ah just remembered how much I miss Carrie Gouskos's rants. I always found her perspective interesting and she not bad about articulating it.

I think this is a great idea. 

Holy crap this is a beast! 
Thanks for your hard work!

It's amazing to hear how far video games have come in 5 years. These are great.

Dear ZanzibarBreeze   
Thank you so much for doing this. Brings back so many fun and awesome memories.

Wow, I totally forgot how crazy all those openings for the Hotspot were back in the day. Keep doing this, man.

Oh god, so much nostalgia.... Gamespot really was special wasnt it, all of the best journalists in one place... shame it went down the pan.

I'm not downloading that beast of a podcast, but is Jeff's explosion the infamous one on Youtube about DNF and "what are you DOING?!"

" I'm not downloading that beast of a podcast, but is Jeff's explosion the infamous one on Youtube about DNF and "what are you DOING?!" "