Giant Bombcast

We brought the couch to hang out with our friends the night before The Game Awards 2024! We chat about being in and out of the industry, pizza, and what we're expecting from the big show!Segment 1: Karen Han, Brian David Gilbert, Elyse Willems, James Willems, Emma Fyffe, and Ify NwadiweSegment 2: Danny Peña, Riana Manuel Peña, Briana White, Robbie Daymond, Jordan Minor, and Gabe Durham, Eric Van AlenSegment 3 - WARFRAME 1999: Ben Starr, Neil Newbon, Amelia Tyler, Melissa Medina, Elsie Lovelock, Trieve Blackwood-Cambridge, Keving Afghani, Alpha TakahashiSegment 4: Rebb Ford, Wout van Halderen, Celia Bee, Parris Lilly, Jurge Cruz-AlvarezSegment 5: John Drake, Mary Kish, Michael Higham, Harris Foster, Alix Wilton Regan, Ronnell CrawfordSegment 6: Shawn McDowell, Mike Monitti, Dan Ryckert, Jeff Bakalar, Lucy James, Tamoor Hussain, Niki Grayson, Jan Ochoa

We're back from The Game Awards and a week away in Los Angeles to recap GB@Nite, the Countdown to TGAs, and other miscellaneous shenanigans we had together! We also find some time to talk about all of the announcements from last week and your emails!

We got together before we're actually all together in Los Angeles to chat about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Marvel Rivals, and a handful of other games. We also chat about more Switch rumors resurfacing, LEGO Fortnite updates, and even more news until the Game Awards dominates the news cycle later this week!

Jan is back and sharing his adventures in Japan checking out Monster Hunter Wilds! We also chat about revisiting a couple other games from earlier in the year like Lorelai and the Laser Eyes, Vampire Survivors, Dragon Quest III HD-2D, and more! After that, the biggest stories from this past week along with your emails.

Tam's back in the hosting seat while Jan's on assignment to talk with Grubb about his newfound love of Disney, Mike about his continued love of Disney, and Shawn about the most Disney thing of all: Motorcycles. After that, plenty of games, news, and of course... EMAILS!

We're doing the Bombcast a bit early because this is gonna be a funky week! We chat about all of the nominations to come out of The Game Awards and a couple other news stories. We also chat about Black Ops 6, Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake, Diablo IV, and more games! Hope you have a great Deek Week.

The Bombcast is all rested up after the three day weekend to chat about enjoying Black Ops 6, Kingdom Hearts II in 2024, hanging out in Webfishing, the power of the PS5 Pro, and solving mysteries in Rise of the Golden Idol! We also recap the hottest news that's happening around gaming and read your lovely emails.

Tam's back in the hosting seat and joined by Grubb, Dan, and Mike to tell him all about Giant Bomb's wild Extra Life 2024 stream and give their updated thoughts on Black Ops 6, the latest Jackbox games, and Pokémon TCG Pocket. After that: News from Nintendo, PlayStation, and more, and YOUR emails!

This week we go back to the year 1991 with Black Ops 6 and Indie Horror game Fear the Spotlight, we chat about our brief time with Dragon Age: The Veilguard and the Monster Hunter Wilds Beta, as well as another Metaphor: ReFantazio check-in. We also recap the hottest and biggest news popping off like PlayStation shutting down Firewalk Studios, the developers behind Concord.

This week we crown the four games that are the SCARIEST! Is a creepy mansion and a dog bursting through the window enough to keep a game on Mt. Rushmore?

This week we've got a SPOILERCAST for Nintendo's Alarmo, a whole bunch of Steam Next Fest Demos like Star Vaders and Ballionaire, grappling rockets and clouds in Echo Point Nova, and punching dudes in Batman Arkham Shadow. We also recap the latest situation happening with the team behind Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown, a grip of Nintendo Switch 2 stories, and many more!Visit https://bit.ly/GBXL24 if you'd like to sign up to stream for Giant Bomb's Extra Life team this year or make a donation towards Children's Hospitals!

We have ourselves a little party as Dan tells us all about Mario Party Jamboree, Grubb attacking and parrying the GOTY backlog with Nine Sols, jumping and gliding in Europa, examining holes in Silent Hill 2, and a couple more games as well! We also examine metaphors in Metaphor: ReFantazio and dive into all of the newest video game news!

Our friends Lex Luddy, Jessica Cogswell, and Michael Higham join Shawn and Jan to chat all about Metaphor: ReFantazio as they skate on swords and destabilize governments!

This week we select the all of the Gokus when given the Goku option in Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, Mike and Jan gush over Metaphor: ReFantazio, Grubb hits the balls with Pinball Spire, and a handful of other games too! We also recap this week's top stories and the best emails!Dan's impression of Mike "Jimming the camera" at every innuendo: https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/original/153/1530215/3635508-danjimming.gif

We cap off the week by tying up some loose ends with a couple games and talking about our time with the long awaited Silent Hill 2 remake from Bloober Team!

We've got Jason Schreier on the podcast today to chat about his upcoming book, Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment! We also talk about Dan's adventures at the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto, Japan, the gang enjoying more of their time in Echoes of Wisdom, going through a bullethell in Kill Knight, and Mike starting a child gang war in Frostpunk 2. We also find time to answer an email and talk about the week's biggest news stories! Preorder Jason's book here: https://www.hachetteboo

We have Lex Luddy on the show to talk about Startmenu starting a Patreon! We also chat about Balatro on mobile, some PS3 gems, and building bed bridges in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom!

This week we chat about the new Epic Mickey remaster, Shawn tells us his thoughts after finishing Astro Bot, some visual novel shenanijans, and we gab about our favorite titles from UFO 50. We also catch up on all of the news around the industry like the 30th Anniversary PS5 Pro, Concord's bloated budget, and much more!

Our dear friend Tam joins us for a spell to chat about his preview impressions of Dragon Age: The Veilguard and then the gang plans their attack on the rest of the year's video game releases.

Lucy James joins us today to chat about Fields of Mistria and Farewell North, while we also chat about Plucky Squire, Wild Bastards, I Am Your Beast, Yars Revenge, and a whole lot of other games! We also talk about rumblings that the Switch 2 may just be called the Switch 2, Skate launching into early access next year, EA revisiting Battlefield, and even news stories!