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Giant Bombcast 11-24-2009

by Derek Lavigne in Games808 days ago

The usual crew kicks off this festive week with their respective plans for Thanksgiving as well as some stomach-wrenching recipe ideas. A fairly long (and semi-spoiler-filled) discussion on Vinny and Jeff’s fun experiences with Assassin’s Creed II somehow leads into Jeff’s anger about Tony Hawk RIDE and plastic peripherals in general. Brad fully intended on playing Batman: Arkham Asylum over the weekend, but ended up playing a long string of smaller games which he slightly regrets, but does share about his time with Zelda: Spirit...

Giant Bombcast 11-17-2009

by Derek Lavigne in Games815 days ago

This week’s first segment is taken up by tales of big name games as the release season finally begins to come to a close. Vinny has been trying to play more Dragon Age, but says that his PC can’t keep up. Jeff’s weekend was filled with New Super Mario Bros. Wii which to him, is a little too much of the same. He also shares some feelings on Super Street Fighter IV now that embargoes are up.  Brad’s time has been taken up by Left 4 Dead 2, which he says is everything the first came could have been. Ryan then goes into a lengthy...

Giant Bombcast 11-10-2009

by Derek Lavigne in Games822 days ago

As it turns out, Vinny’s assignment last week was actually getting married (Congrats Vinny!). Not surprisingly, the game playing talk is largely taken up by Modern Warfare 2 this week with Jeff and Brad both spending large amounts of time on it after the latter found the game early in Chinatown. Ryan also gets in his recommendation in for Rabbids Go Home and Vinny shares an anecdote about stepping off a plane with his new wife and immediately going home to try and play Dragon Age: Origins. News this week kicks off with the unfortunate news...

Giant Bombcast 11-03-2009

by Derek Lavigne in Games829 days ago

With Vinny out on assignment, friend of the show Jared Rea sits in on the podcast to bring a wave of fighting and music games to the table. After a lengthy Tekken 6 discussion, Jeff talks about his evil impulse buy of DJ Hero: Renegade Edition and having to explain it even to the employees he purchased it from. Brad quickly discusses his loot addition swapping between Borderlands and Torchlight. Jared dives back into some more obscure fighting game tournaments as well as Forza 3, which Jeff has also been playing since some good Giant Bomb logos...

Giant Bombcast 10-27-2009

by Derek Lavigne in Games836 days ago

The Bombcast again starts off this week on bigger name recent release with Vinny discussing his experience with Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time. Talk of a recent press event that Vinny and Brad went to for Army of Two: The 40th Day then leads to a discussion on the merits of pre-order and pack-in bonuses, which all the guys seem to agree are largely a negative trend.  Afterwards, Jeff shares his excitement for DJ Hero, which seems to clear up his previous skepticism. News starts off once again with talk of the Modern Warfare 2 PC server controversy,...

Giant Bombcast 10-20-2009

by Derek Lavigne in Games843 days ago

After a rowdy and crowded podcast last week, the Bombcast is back to basics. Much of the first segment is taken up by talks of Brutal Legend and Borderlands. While there is praise abound for both, the guys seem to agree that Borderlands is the better game, although not without its flaws. NPD talk takes up much of the news section as a few surprises jump onto the charts this month. Although there seems to be no one shocked that PS3 topped the console charts following the release of the Slim and price drop, the news that The Beatles: Rock Band outsold...

Giant Bombcast 10-13-2009

by Derek Lavigne in Games850 days ago

This week’s Bombcast is crashed by Capcom’s Adam Boyes and freelancer John Vignocchi who bring along with them some champagne which makes for a crowded, at times even nonsensical show. Most of the first part of the show is taken up by John telling various stories that may or may not come back to haunt him later. Adam stays quiet for most of the time but doesn’t hesitate to crack open the alcohol. Getting into what they have been playing, Brad’s time has been eaten up solely by Uncharted 2 which, like many people, he feels...

Giant Bombcast 10-06-2009

by Derek Lavigne in Games857 days ago

Instead of jumping right into games they have been playing this week, the Bombcast guys address the large amount of hate the PSPgo has been receiving over the past week. Jeff went out and bought one on launch and says although he does not feel it should replace existing PSPs, it may be a good option. Ryan and Jeff also recall their weekend of playing pinball at the Pacific Pinball Expo. Brad also mentions that he will gladly be eating his foot on doubting how good Uncharted 2 is. News of the world starts out with the discussion of David Bowie now...

Giant Bombcast 09-29-2009

by Derek Lavigne in Games864 days ago

This week’s Bombcast starts off like usual with games everyone has been playing, which this week dominated by experiences with DJ Hero. They all tend to agree that it was better than they expected, although Ryan expresses some displeasure over feeling the controller is too crowded. Brad also shares his experience with Dead Space: Extraction and is stopped short of spoiling a party that he really wanted to share. The news segment, after quickly touching on TGS, talk turns to the rumored Super Street Fighter IV and what Capcom would need to...

Giant Bombcast 09-22-2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games871 days ago

Unlike many other gaming outlets, Giant Bomb decided that they will not be attending the Tokyo Game Show this year. The go into some detail about why and and how this decision was made and it sounds reasonable. TGS just isn’t the hotbed for news that it once was and not being there in person doesn’t seem like it will have a huge impact on coverage, Jeff is talking about his Halo ODST review here and this leads into some general Halo series discussion and Halo Reach speculation. Brad reviewed Scribblenauts and the verdict is not good...

Giant Bombcast 09-15-09

by Derek Lavigne in Games878 days ago

With the PAX Plague finally in recession things begin to resemble as close to normal as they possibly can down in the Bombshelter. Jeff runs through the multitude of games that he has been playing over the past week, which include the first four missions of Halo 3: ODST (the rest are embargoed) and Need For Speed: Shift. Ryan says he isn’t sold on ODST and things that it seems boring whereas Jeff seems to have the same opinion of Shift as he makes the point that EA may have alienated both the arcade racing fans and fans of sim-racing. Before...

Giant Bombcast 09-08-09

by Derek Lavigne in Games885 days ago

The first post-PAX Bombcast finds the Bombshelter in need of quarantine with Brad, Vinny, and Jeff all suffering the effects of the PAX Plague.  Ryan, however, feels fine and leads the group into reflections on the expo.  Jeff and Ryan agree that one of their favorite moments was getting a chance to sit down with Jerry and Mike from Penny Arcade for what became more of a discussion than an interview.  Ryan also explains how just getting to that meeting took Shadow Complex-like ingenuity.  The guys quickly run through how much fun they had at...

Giant Bombcast: PAX Edition

by Jon Cole in Games888 days ago

This live edition of the Giant Bombcast is packed to the brim with psuedo-celebrity.  Early in the show, Stephen Totilo brings some insight to the table concerning the bet between Vinny and Ryan about night-vision goggles in the new Splinter Cell game.  Everyone seems pretty impressed with Sony’s fall catalogue, with Ryan bringing special attention to Uncharted 2.  Jeff Gerstmann inevitably brings up 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand, because “where my skull!” can’t help but slip its way into a conversation with all these guys. The...

Giant Bombcast 09-01-2009

by Derek Lavigne in Games892 days ago

The crew is back together as Jeff returns from his week hiatus, which he explains almost took him to a random location on a plane, but ended up being a lot of relaxing at home.  A good portion of the first segment is taken up by Jeff elaborating on this notion, capped off by entertaining stories of each Giant Bomb member’s favorite griefing stories.  Discussions rounds out with Batman cape physics and fairground escapades. News of the world leads to talk of how Jeff does not think the recent Xbox 360 price drop really should even be counted...

Giant Bombcast 8-25-2009

by Derek Lavigne in Games899 days ago

With Jeff out on vacation, video producer extraordinaire Drew Scanlon takes the fourth seat at the table. The first part of the podcast is dominated by talk of Blizzcon, which was attended last weekend by both Brad and Drew. Extensive talk of all things Blizzard, including the upcoming WoW expansion, Cataclysm and the brand new Battle.net ensues. While Brad expresses his amazement at the near 1700 computers set up as demo stations, Ryan wonders how there has as of yet been no Korean version of Ocean’s 11 staged to steal data off of said computers. Discussion...

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