Giant Bombcast

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!

Most of the usual crew is out this week, so guest host Tam brings in Shawn, Niki, and Mike to run you through the wealth of PlayStation-related news, including the PS5 Pro's official announcement! They also talk about how much they love Astro Bot, Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection, and the Dreamcast, and respond to your emails!

Turns out Astro Bot is pretty good and we talk about it! Don't worry about it, we keep it pretty spoiler-free!

Join and listen to the gang recount their tales of visiting PAX West 2024 and swim in the waters as they do the most Seattle thing and decide on the Mount Rushmore of Gaming FISH! 

The Blight Boys are back from to chat about their adventures from PAX West, we talk about the dramatic updates happening with Concord just weeks after its release, more of our time with Star Wars: Outlaws, and so much more!

We are BUZZING here on the Bombcast this week as we have our dear friends Niki Grayson and John Warren from VGBees on! We chat about more of our adventures in Germany while attending Gamescom, Star Wars Outlaws, Tactical Breach Wizards, and other games that we checked out at Gamescom. We also catch up on all of the news from last week and answer all of your lovely emails!

Grubb, Shawn, Niki, and Emma are rounding out AAAAHHHGUST! on Giant Bomb by chatting about Emma's pickups from her recent trip to Japan, evaluating a peculiar ruling during the Pokémon World Championships, and doing a draft of SpOoOoOky video game characters!

Bailey, Mike, Dan, and Jan are coming to you LIVE from a hotel room in lovely Cologne, Germany to recount their tales of getting yelled at, eating copius amounts of chocolate, and attending Opening Night Live 2024 before the full week of Gamescom kicks off!__________________Magic Mind:Offer Code: BOMBCAST20https://magicmind.com/bombcast

Jeff Grubb and Jan Ochoa sat through and experienced the Borderlands movie and share their collective trauma and dismay about the movie!

This week, Bailey Meyers joins the podcast as we chat about yet another card game in Dungeons and Degenerate Gamblers, Doom + Doom II, Fields of Mistria and a little bit of Stardew Valley, and Grubb's time with Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster! We chat about all of the biggest game news like Meta shutting down Ready at Dawn, Tango Gameworks getting saved and acquired by Krafton, more Borderlands, and all of your lovely emails!

This week the Blight Boyz have returned from their wrassling excursion, Jan gets invited to an underground Mahjong den, Mike relives the wonder of the Beyond Good & Evil remaster, SteamWorld Heist 2 is stealing our attention, and the Tomba! remaster is a pleasant package. We also recap all of the biggest video game news in the past week such as the layoffs at Game Informer, a rumored new Yakuza spin-off, and much more!

We got a two man pod today as Shawn and Jan chat about the layoffs at Game Informer, the retro phone games that Shawn is playing, and they recap where everyone stands so far in this year's Fantasy Critic league!__________________Magic Mind:Offer Code: BOMBCAST20https://magicmind.com/bombcast

This week we continue the spurring Liquid Death discourse as Jan recounts his travels to San Diego Comic-Con, Dan explains the intricacies of Demon Slayer Sweep the Board, Mike talks about his Star Wars Outlaws preview, and we all gush about Thank Goodness You're Here. We also talk about the biggest news in gaming like the WoW team unioninzing, SAG-AFTRA calling for a strike against video game companies, Astro Bot controller getting revealed, and much more!

Grubb, Dan, Mike, and Shawn are finishing the week by talking to y'all about their time with Marvel Rivals, Final Fantasy VI, and Nintendo World Championships. After that, they decide the Mount Rushmore of Mario Party minigames!