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Giant Bombcast 09-01-2009

by Derek Lavigne in Games990 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 Games997 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...

Giant Bombcast 08-18-2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1004 days ago

Great news– more Shadow Complex talk!  This game is almost talked-out, but Ryan is one of the few with a less than glowing opinion.  While he is enjoying the game in short bursts, he says that he just can’t play it for over 45 minutes in a sitting.  Although this is not completely positive, it’s not exactly scathing commentary. This may be the first time we’ve heard any real skepticism about Brutal Legend.  Vinny and Brad are sharing some of the finer details with Jeff and Ryan here and Jeff in particular is not liking...

Giant Bombcast 08-11-2009

by KirePDX in Games1011 days ago

Jared Rea joins the Bombcast this week, and it’s surprising to find someone who knows as much about Street Fighter and arcade cabinets as Jeff Gerstmann.  So, it’s a half hour and a discussion on EVO tournament etiquette before they even get into current games. Everyone played Shadow Complex, the upcoming Xbox 360 Metroidvannia side-scroller, over the weekend and like it. Ryan polished off Prototype and thought more of story than Brad, while Vinny finally finished Fallout 3, but is now caught in the DLC. Jeff recently played some Command...

Giant Bombcast 08-04-2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1018 days ago

Fallout 3 saw is last piece of downloadable content this week with the Mothership Zeta release on Monday.  Bethesda has done an amazing job in keeping the game fresh and Vinny played through almost the whole thing over the weekend, so there is plenty of talk about it here.  If you haven’t picked up Fallout 3 yet, you may be better off waiting for the inevitable “game of the Year” edition that will release this holiday with all the DLC though. The Matrix Online shut down with all of its servers going off-line on July 31st.  Leading...

Giant Bombcast 07-28-2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1025 days ago

Brad was out of the office in his hometown in North Carolina over his birthday last week and he has plenty of food related stories to share.  If you haven’t lived in the South before, it sounds like a whole different world. Jeff and Vinny got a chance to check out Borderlands and they are sharing their very positive experience here.  The game has come a long way from many making fun of the millions guns the game has to people clamoring for it.  The decision to change the art style seems to have done wonders for the perception of the game. There...

Giant Bombcast 07-21-2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1032 days ago

The guys threw a Giant Bomb shindig including fighting games and many adult beverages last Friday and they have more than a few things to share about the night.  It is always cool to see sites like this holding community events, hopefully they do more of these. The Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition will include night-vision goggles, and from the sound of things, Jeff and Vinny have more than a few ideas about what to do with them.  The Giant Bombcast always brings the laughs, but Jeff’s emphatic explanation of why he needs the goggles is...

Giant Bombcast 07-14-2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1039 days ago

Over last weekend the guys made there way out to California Extreme.  This is one of the biggest annual “arcade game and pinball celebration” events around.  It sounds like the guys had a good time playing some classic games.  You’ll have to wait until next year if you missed it, but it sounds well-worth the admission price. Ryan and Vinny are doing a multi-part look at The Matrix Online.  It has been 4+ years since its release, and boy does it show.  This was probably never an amazing game and now it pretty abysmal, but that...

Giant Bombcast 07-07-2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1046 days ago

The first episode of Telltale Game’s Tales of Monkey Island is out and it is good.  Telltale is mad up of a lot of the original LucasArts people so this makes sense.  Go pick up the season pass on Steam for $34.99. Okay, get this, a company called Galloping Ghost is allegedly making a digitized fighting game in the style of Mortal Kombat.  The only difference is that this is 2009.  Just go check out the screenshots. It gets one more mention–  Asteroids, the movie. Covered topics and games: July 4th, Infamous, Trine, Call of Juarez,...

Giant Bombcast 06-30-2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1052 days ago

Another lengthy edition of the the Bombcast.  1 vs. 100 continues to grab attention.  It sounds like a great casual quiz game experience and being free is the thing that really makes it. The Conduit has not gone over too well at the Giant Bomb offices.  Check out Jeff’s review for all the details. There is some very serious and lengthy discussion about the acquisitions that have taken place over the past few weeks.  There is a lot of these going on, but weirdly enough, it sounds like it is to the benefit to almost all involved. The topic...

Giant Bombcast 06-23-2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1060 days ago

1 vs. 100 is proving to quite a bit more entertaining than a lot of people probably expected.  While many seem to be enjoying it, the feeling here is that it wouldn’t be anything worth paying for. Fight Night Round 4 is out and it sounds to be a fairly good boxing game getting a 4 out of 5 stars.  The problem here looks like it going to be a generally declining interest in the sport.  According to Jeff the scanning-in your face onto a boxer feature works well though. The guys are talking about some Project Natal and Sony price drop stuff...

Giant Bombcast 06-16-2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1066 days ago

There has been a serious case of Trash Panic addiction going around the Giant Bmb offices with Vinny not being able to put it down.  Sony continues to put good, quirky games on PSN.  At $5 it sounds like a worthy purchase. Project Natal being on Jimmy Fallon is very interesting.  It shows that Microsoft is really interested in evangelizing the technology even a year out from release.  It is also cool to see these kinds of things being pushed into the mainstream with guys like Jimmy Fallon actually being into games and technology.  What is up...

Giant Bombcast 06-09-2009

by Jonathan Downin in Games1074 days ago

We get a nice and concise Bombcast this week after the total inundation of podcasts from the guys last week. They crew is summing up their favorites from E3, but you probably have a pretty good idea of what they liked already.  Here we go: Jeff – Borderlands, Brad – Just Cause 2, Vinny – Assassin’s Creed 2, Ryan – Splinter Cell Conviction/The Beatles: Rock Band. Ryan has some interesting stories about his time with The Sims 3 over the weekend and there are obviously some cool/weird things that you can do in that...

Giant Bombcast E3 2009 Day Three

by Jonathan Downin in Games1078 days ago

E3 coverage is wrapping up and the Giant Bomb guys are joined by a few more guests to discuss the show floor and talk about the games they haven’t touched upon yet.  Paul Barnett and Carrie Gouskos of Mythic entertainment have a lot of E3 stories to share, including a few including Tim Schafer. Star Wars: The Old Republic sounds like it has a lot of potential.  So many have been clamoring for a good Star Wars MMO that it looks to possibly be the only real potentially successful competitor to World of Warcaft.  Paul has a lot of good things...

Podcasters’ Favorite Podcasts | Part 6 – Giant Bombcast

by Jonathan Downin in Features1079 days ago

This is a very special week.  E3 has proven to be one of the best in years, and if that weren’t enough, we have another installment of our weekly feature, Podcasters’ Favorite Podcasts.  Okay, these things aren’t exactly equal, but this is a big one. Ryan Davis of the Giant Bombcast is here sharing his favorites this week and we couldn’t be happier.  If you say that you are not familiar with this podcast, we don’t believe you. It is probably literally impossible that you are on this site and don’t know the...

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