02/03/2015

Our very favorite Irishman Danny O'Dwyer joins us to shake off Super Bowl hangovers and talk about European American Football, the down low on Dying Light, SOE's sudden independence, the dangers of Mendocino County, and the most learned analysis of Nintendo financials you'll hear anywhere.

Feb 3, '15

01/27/2015

Everyone's back from San Antonio and other parts unknown to run down PAX South before addressing the pertinent issues of the day, like that new Majora's Mask, Dying Light, Norm MacDonald's storied career, multiple Resident Evils, the plight of the noble lobster, Saints Row's Saints Row, and the futility of life as a meaningless hologram.

Jan 27, '15

01/20/2015

This century is 15 percent over, and it's high time we pondered the important questions! For instance: What are Colin Quinn's current whereabouts? Is Gat out of Hell any good? What the heck is up with Rock Band? When, where, and what is Nintendo's next handheld? And what's the deal with that Sphere Grid, really?

Jan 20, '15

01/13/2015

Video games, and the people who love them! Herein lies discussion of The Talos Principle, emulated Marios, Internet video archival strategies, Drew's adventures in spacefaring, the magic of Puyo Puyo Tetris, and illicit uses for your cough syrup.

Jan 13, '15

01/06/2015

Welcome to 2015! We're getting our obvious Back to the Future II jokes out of the way nice and early so we can move on to more important topics like holiday hijinks, Dan's debilitating disease, console network outages, the white whale that is Mike Tyson, ripping off human fingers, and the unlikely renaissance of... Warframe?

Jan 6, '15

Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2014: Day Five

No brakes on the GOTY train! We're plowing through to the Best Game of 2014, but not before we also name Best Horror Game, Worst Game, and the coveted PLEASE STOP.

Dec 30, '14

Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2014: Day Four

We're coming down the home stretch, but there are still winners to select for Hottest Mess, Best Moment or Sequence, Best Local Multiplayer, and Best Styyyyyyyyyyle!

Dec 29, '14

Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2014: Day Three

The deliberations rage on, with winners for Best New Character, Best Early Access Experience, Best Console Exclusives, and Best Debut emerging from the fray.

Dec 28, '14

Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2014: Day Two

Game of the Year continues! It's time to hash out the winners of Best Story, Best Music, Best Short-Time Game, and Most Disappointing Game.

Dec 27, '14

Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2014: Day One

Our annual awardstravaganza commences with deliberations on 2014's Old Game of the Year, Best Surprise, Best-Looking Game, and, uh, Most Likely To Be Frog Fractions 2!

Dec 26, '14

12/23/2014

With the rest of the team out for the holiday break or feverishly finishing up our Game of the Year content, Jeff and Matthew sit down to take a handful of your questions on a variety of topics.

Dec 23, '14

12/16/2014

A couple of tall, dark and handsome clowns blow into town to tell the tallest tales of comically large telephones, Jeff's history with the Dark Carnival, the latest Surge surge, the "truth" about the Wa "brothers," November hardware sales, the likely whereabouts of Charlie Nash, and... beards.

Dec 16, '14

12/09/2014

Who went and gave the video game industry permission to break all this news in December? We convene our eight-seat roundtable of experts to discuss all the latest happenings at the Game Awards and PlayStation Experience, along with the passing of Ralph Baer, the latest Assassin's Creed leak, and the ever-popular Emails!

Dec 9, '14

12/02/2014

The holidays are almost upon us, and we're cramming every last person we can into this podcast just for you! The entire current Giant Bomb staff is here to discuss the games of the day, the perils of home ownership, why you'd want a mortgage, living in geodesic domes, the smell of the Internet, and the hardest choice any of us has ever made.

Dec 2, '14

11/25/2014

We're reconvening the drink council for a very important test before moving on to the regular business of, uh, talking about whatever. There's a new Geometry Wars! Master Chief Collection is still broken! Smash Bros. came out! Little girls hate Quick Looks! Dan has restaurant recommendations! And more! Exclamation mark!

Nov 25, '14

11/18/2014

Rorie substitutes in for Drew to chat about the latest Age of Dragons before we move on to kneecap last week's shoddy releases. There's no talking in the library, but plenty of talk about Far Cry 4, the new GTA V, Corbin Bernsen's directing career, PlayStation Vue, and the birth of a being known only as... Danime. Power perceived is power achieved.

Nov 18, '14

11/11/2014

The fourth quarter is HEATING UP, and Giant Bomb Action News is on the scene to report on Assassin's Creed: Unity, the Master Chief Collection, "new" Blizzard games, the Mario Stack Rank, the return of one Mr. Hawk, and the true identity of the rap game Kojima.

Nov 11, '14

11/04/2014

Dan's back from his Kansas City odyssey to regale us with tales of... well, you'll see, plus the annual Call of Duty check-in, Freddie Mercury's Sunset Overdrive, the true value of Donkey Kong Country, Dennis Dyack's re-return, the latest Canseco mishap, the state of Internet in the Middle East, and the creepiness of some Akihabara cafés.

Nov 4, '14

10/28/2014

We're fresh (?!) off of Extra Life to recap strategies for stayin' up all night, Drew's globetrotting adventures, more on Sunset Overdrive, the not-very-mysterious identity of Quartermann, Xbox price drops, and the gastric processes of vampires.

Oct 28, '14

10/21/2014

With Drew wrapping up his odyssey on the other side of the world, Jason's back to keep the podcast party going with more on Bayonetta 2, Sunset Overdrive, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, Killer Instinct Season 2, Axl Rose's favorite pinball phrases, some bygone E3 reminiscing, and Dan's uncanny knack for hanging out with random celebrities.

Oct 21, '14

10/07/2014

We're back from Black Rock City with all the latest on art cars, sex tents, desert drugs, and video games! Matthew "Matt" Rorie joins us to chat Driveclub, Alien: Isolation, even more on the Destiny endgame, beaver butts, the 900th P, and Dan Ryckert's feelings on haute cuisine.

Oct 7, '14

09/30/2014

Quarter four is upon us and it's all games all the time around here, with in-depth chattin' about Shadow of Mordor, Forza Horizon 2, Super Smash Bros. 3DS, and Gauntlet. Well, fine, you can also hang around for our favorite hangover avoidance strategies. Wouldn't want anyone to think this is a video game podcast or anything.

Sep 30, '14

09/23/2014

It's an Irish invasion as GameSpot's Danny O'Dwyer joins us to talk about the right way to enjoy Destiny, the wrong way to parse English accents, whatever the hell Final Fantasy is now, and the perils of programming video games. It has been two (2) weeks since we used a non-food-related image for this podcast.

Sep 23, '14

09/16/2014

Destiny still rules the video game talk around these parts... but then, who just listens to this podcast for games? Especially when you can also hear about hot topics like dying on Mars, drinking on battleships, the John Carmack Tweet of the Week, and TWO POINT FIVE BILLION DOLLARS.

Sep 16, '14

09/09/2014

Destiny is here and it's time to talk about it. Once we've gone over our first few hours with Bungie's latest, stick around for further discussion of Drew's introduction to local wrestling, Dan's recipe for bathtub chicken, and the popularity of Giant Bomb among certain royal families.

Sep 9, '14

09/02/2014

Join us as we mop up the last little bit of PAX Prime business before moving on to more pressing discussions about eating bugs, Sony's TGS news, Frasier Pinball, the marvels of food science, and how to survive the apocalypse.

Sep 2, '14

08/26/2014

Not even the earth shaking beneath our feet can stop us from talking about bad Mario Kart tournaments, Infamous: First Light, the feasibility of Star Citizen, the Amazon/Twitch deal, Smash Bros. leaks, and another of Dan's awful, awful stories.

Aug 26, '14

08/19/2014

With Dan out at SummerSlam, Matt Rorie joins us to... have a lengthy conversation about professional wrestling, not to mention discussions of platform exclusivity, the Gamescom meat grinder, John Romero's return to shooters, and how to protect your virtual property with a car battery.

Aug 19, '14

08/12/2014

Jeff is back in the office...just long enough to tell us about his budding career as a pro Blitzball player. Brad played games other than Dota. Drew did battle in Golden Gate Park. Dan's been hanging out with the riff raff again. All this, plus your scariest emails!

Aug 12, '14

08/05/2014

Newly minted Sony company man John T. Drake has completed his cross-country trek just in time to discuss the mystery of Matt Kessler, the riddle of Dan Ryckert, the curse of historic Barkerville, and the dilemma of Dwayne Johnson.

Aug 5, '14

07/29/2014

We're live from the great state of Silicon Valley, USA with a hot list of summer tips to keep your water usage cool and conservational! Then you can beat the heat with the latest on Firefall, Destiny, Velvet Sundown, The Last of Us Remastered, and the enduring legacy of G.I. Joe.

Jul 29, '14

07/22/2014

Brad's fresh off a plane from The International 4 to talk about rare couriers! Oh, and also Dota 2. Drew is a Ghostship Snowpiercer. Jeff plays too much bingo. Dan Ryckert doesn't know how to cook. Plus your incredible edible emails!

Jul 22, '14

07/15/2014

Sentris developer Samantha Kalman drops by to chat with us about GaymerX2, the value of programming, the Nintendo 64's forgotten lineup, electronic sports, the secret identity of Freezyfrog, microbial science, and Dan Ryckert's odd, odd palate.

Jul 15, '14

07/08/2014

July rages on with discussion of important games like horseshoes. Also we discuss Cliff Blezinski's new operation, Gearbox's new hobby-grade meta-growth video gaming product, Destiny's ninety different versions, Mighty No. 9's hat-passing techniques, and how expensive it'll be to hook a new Kinect up to your PC. Brad Shoemaker compiled all the emails this week.

Jul 8, '14

07/01/2014

Brad returns from vacation to discuss his handheld travel adventures while Jeff and Drew wax poetic about the news of the week, shooting Nazis in their privates, buying Japanese PSN games, and your emails. This week: Why can't Jeff stop playing Marvel Heroes? It's not that good of a game! Oh, also we hired two people and they're on this week's show to introduce themselves. So check that out!

Jun 30, '14

06/24/2014

Drew and Jeff are joined by a pair of guests as we discuss table flipping arcade games, the mysterious appearance of Vince, EA's UFC, Primal Rage 2, floppy disk versions of Strider, and "football."

Jun 24, '14

06/17/2014

E3 2014 has come and gone, and we're left to pick up the pieces with further ruminations on No Man's Sky, Battlefield Hardline, Far Cry 4, and Destiny, along with Drew's weekend combat experience, Danny's Irish plague, Rorie's E3 at home, and the one email that should never have been read. Huh?

Jun 17, '14

E3 2014: Day Three LIVE!

We close out the show with our impressions and a lineup of guests that includes Ed Boon, Zoe Quinn, Geoff Keighley, Alexa Ray Corriea, Josh Sawyer, Abbie Heppe, Rami Ismail, Paul Barnett, and more!

Jun 13, '14

E3 2014: Day Two LIVE!

We're joined by Some Brothers McElroy, Cara Ellison, Casey Lynch, Mikey Neumann, Beef O'Brady, Seth Killian, Wes Phillips, Jeremy Hoffman, Chris Charla, Mike Mika, Dennis Wedin, Nathan Vella, Kris Piotrowski, Greg Rice, Rayme Vinson, Abbie Heppe, and more more more more morrrrrrrreeeeee!

Jun 12, '14