Best of the Giant Bombcast, 2014 (12hrs w/ 4hrs of emails)

We at This Year (really, I) have just put together this best-of for the 2014 year of the Giant Bombcast. It's a compilation of the show's best moments from 2014 -- spanning from the cast's commentary on Sony's CES keynote in the very first episode of the year through to the Game of the Year stuff that they just closed with. And, of course, all the stuff in between!

What is the Giant Bombcast? Humans with knowledge may stand before us, issuing us a response as plain as their faces: "Why, person with question, it is a podcast about video games." But is it really? A man fries egg shells under the belief he is cooking egg 'whites.' A Russian shortwave station blares in the background. A corporate face outlines the parameters for defining "the most extreme." Inquiries are raised regarding drinking water from a pool that has human excrement in it. Tears are almost shed over the current absence of Syphon Filter. Australians use emails as a proxy for fighting a civil war. Jeff has decided he'd like to see Lucy. What is the most disappointing game? What does one do if their father is named Dwayne Johnson? Should we respect Super Mario Sunshine? These questions and non-questions are raised here in this block of text, but you can only hope to find resolution if you listen to this twelve-hour compilation of one of the greatest podcasts of all time: the Giant Bombcast.

Because it's so long (twelve hours!) I've split the best-of into two parts. Download Part A here and Part B here. When Apple refreshes their systems (or however that works) they'll be on iTunes, or you could just grab the RSS feed to get them right away.

Here are some timestamps:

Part A
0:03:45—Introduction
1:41:40—What'cha Been Playin'?
3:15:40—Brad went to the Dota gathering
4:04:40—News

Part B
0:01:40—Emails: January to June
1:48:45—Emails: July to December
4:39:50—Game of the Year
5:27:50—Miscellany

The original post has marginally more information, if you'd like. Thanks for all the support and positive feedback over the years! It really means a lot to me. These always get a really positive response, which is super nice to see obviously. Hopefully you like this year's collection of the Bombcast just as much as the preceding years. :)

Didn't know you still did these thanks dude.

@laserbolts: Hes done these before :O I'm gunna check those out

Damn dude, 12 hours. Thanks for this.

these are always terrific, glad you still do these

Yay! New This Year!

I still can't even imagine the work that goes into these. Especially with a podcast as long as the Bombcast.

Awesome! Loved last years edition

Awesome! Thank you.

Now I can relive 2014 Giant Bomb in 2015!

Been waiting for this. Thanks duder!

Thank you so much for these! You do phenomenal work.

Thanks to everybody for listening and for your positive comments! I really appreciate it. :)

Well, I listen to the show weekly (obviously!) and pick out the bits I like. After that, all that remains is cutting them out, assembling them into a logical order, and mastering the show. So from the cutting the clips out part through to mastering the show, I'd say that's about a six hour process. It's worth it since everybody enjoys them so much. And the show has been self-sufficient for most of its life, with our listeners (you guys!) donating to pay for my hosting and stuff. So it's not too burdensome for me. I create them for myself as well; I find it's easier to carry around a best-of on my phone rather than a whole bunch of episodes.

Thank you so much for this! I love going through the older episodes every know and then; they really are a great representation of the bombcast.

Thanks again man!

Man this seems awesome. Thanks for doing this!!

I fucking love this guy. Thisyearcollection is an amazing website.

Awesome stuff! Looking forward to listening to it!

I hope this provides a good documentation of this years hard beef in the email section regarding jobs and countries.

I look forward to these every year. Thank you.

You have been responsible for taking up literal days of my life with these - I absolutely love what you're doing, your compilations of 1UP Yours and EGM Live especially.

Also I have to say, your podcast descriptions are goddamn amazing.

YES!

I love these!!

Thanks for all the hard work in making these duder!!!

The gathering of the dottaos

God bless you sir. I love these for when I'm travelling overseas.

That's awesome, but I wish you would have broken them up into smaller chunks. Either way, good stuff.

Thank you for doing this every year. I really enjoy these and have gone back many times to listen to these compilations. I'll have to give a donation for hosting this year. Thanks again. Now to download the new ones.

Thanks for doing these every year. All these podcast compliations are a godsend when I'm on a long car ride or at a particularly slow day of work.

You're doing gods work

I've always loved your soothing NPResque voice dude. I bet it would sound really good saying "you're listening to NPR and this is Fresh Air." Keep up the good work homie.

Oh cool, loved listening to these when I first started following Giant Bomb to catch up on the older stuff.

Thanks for putting the work into this!

Thanks again!

Thanks again for all the kind words! And thanks for listening. I forgot to mention it at the top of the show, but if you enjoyed listening please do rate/review us on iTunes. :)

Thank you! I spend more time on them than I should.

Thanks haha! That's nice to hear!

Thanks for doing this! When on long road trips my wife and I will sometimes queue up one of your collections, and we're pretty much set for a good chunk of the day. It's great!

I started doing this for Ryckert's stories but fell off the project only three weeks in.. THAT is what we need... egg whites..... smh

I've enjoyed these every year! Thanks for putting in the time once again. Great stuff.

Now I know this is a thing I've started from '08

Cheers bud! I got a lot of admin work from home this weekend so this will make things heaps better!

Huge thanks! Love that you do these.

Thanks for this, I've fallen into a big "listen to every type of podcast" hole recently to expand my horizons. I'll be sure to check out your other stuff.

Started listening and hearing the A-Striker thing again reminded me to ask you guys: has there ever been any clarification on why Jason pronounces it that way? It is certainly not how the German 'Österreicher' is pronounced, and it seems like a safe bet that the 'oe' represents 'ö.' In my head I have a whole theory on how the misconception could have arisen, but before I lose myself to unhealthy speculation, is there a simple explaination to all this that I've missed? Is there another thread about it? I'm reluctant to ask Jason directly as I can totally see this being a topic he gets pestered about.

On topic, thank you so much for these compilations!

Awesome! I love these so much, I've listened to many of your compilations. :)

@zanzibarbreeze: Great work once again. And another front page promo.

Fantastic! These are always a treat. Thanks!

@voidoid: The A-Striker thing I suspect is a nickname the rest of the staff cooked up for him because it's easier-to-pronounce/catchier than the actual pronunciation? His first time on the bombcast he definitely didn't introduce himself as "A-Striker".

I love these! Keep up the awesome work, duder!

@marino: Thanks very much! I appreciate it. :)

I'm a few hours in. Fantastic work as always!

@bweadcrwumbs: he said it wasnt awe-striker like that gi joe thing. Pretty sure he told them it was a-striker. But i may have to refresh my memory on that. :)