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Game of the Year 2017: Day Four Deliberations
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Game of the Year 2017: Day Four Deliberations

It's day four of the awards, and that means it's time for Best Debut, Best Styyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyle, Best New Character, and Best Story.

12/28/2017
Game of the Year 2017: Day Three Deliberations
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Game of the Year 2017: Day Three Deliberations

On the third day of Game of the Year, my true love gave to me Best World, PLEASE STOP, Best Wolfenstein II Moment or Sequence, and Best Sequence.

12/27/2017
Game of the Year 2017: Day Two Deliberations
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Game of the Year 2017: Day Two Deliberations

Day two brings cheer, nog, Best Multiplayer, Hottest Mess, Best Surprise, and Best Music.

12/26/2017313:18
Game of the Year 2017: Day One Deliberations
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Game of the Year 2017: Day One Deliberations

Ye olde video game arguments commence with 2017's Old Game of the Year, Best Shopkeeper, Most Disappointing Game, and Best Looking Game.

12/25/2017
Seasons Greetings From Giant Bomb
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Seasons Greetings From Giant Bomb

A message of thanks, and some quick housekeeping on our upcoming Game of the Year schedule.

12/22/2017
512: Nectar From Hector
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512: Nectar From Hector

Procedural building maintenance can't stop us (for long) from talking about the greatest of the Jaguar, competitive Catherine, how to Get Over It, eggs any style, crypto-gamer-cash, and your final emails of 2017.

12/19/2017
511: Baby in a Jar (Premium)
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511: Baby in a Jar (Premium)

It may be December, but there's plenty of news in the wake of the Game Awards and PSX. Also: PUBG on Xbox, the Monster Hunter World beta, Fighting EX Layer, Slurpee opportunities, and more!

12/12/2017121:14
510: Ken's Alpha Hair
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510: Ken's Alpha Hair

We take a break from GOTY deliberations to talk about... other video games, the Mario cereal, improv teams, Mega Men, old arcade boards, and undercover narcs!

12/07/2017156:45
509: Tom Nook's Grim Rictus
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509: Tom Nook's Grim Rictus

Our impossibly full studio brings you a chaotic discussion of the games of the day, live trivia play, the dire state of loot boxes, the meats of the Mushroom Kingdom, and the ongoing mystery of the fingernail bandit.

11/28/2017178:11
508: Xfinity Heavy Industries (Premium)
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508: Xfinity Heavy Industries (Premium)

Loot boxes keep rearing their randomized heads all through this podcast, but we also manage to chat at length about our GOTY cram lists, Battle Chef Brigade, the perilous fate of the Trap Trebek, baby shampoo taste tests, and definitely not what the best Metal Gear Solid is.

11/21/2017162:50
507: Mon Martha (Premium)
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507: Mon Martha (Premium)

This week we're cramming in games new and old, from Battlefront II and Mario Odyssey to Nier and Horizon, with a dash of EA acquisitions, Mario movies, Xbox One X sales, prank call analysis, discarded Sega hardware, and a brand new producer!

11/14/2017142:11
506: CornFights.com (Premium)
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506: CornFights.com (Premium)

This week it takes us two hours to talk through all the big new releases flying to and fro, and that's before we even get to Blizzcon news, industry downsizing, trophies 4 cash, the perfect Street Fighter, and historic Monopoly scams.

11/07/2017167:21
505: Put the Suit Jacket On, It's Time! (Premium)
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505: Put the Suit Jacket On, It's Time! (Premium)

Greg Chiller... sorry, Miller joins us for a terrifying Halloween show full of Wolfenstein II, Mario Odyssey, Sony's Paris Games Week showing, the fate of the Visceral Games, and some really bad costumes.

10/31/2017
504: Tell Kent's Wife Where the Stuff Is (Premium)
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504: Tell Kent's Wife Where the Stuff Is (Premium)

Virtual Reality's own Will Smith joins us to gab about Fire Emblem Warriors, PUBG hacks, secret Switch firmware, new Hitman stuff, old Xbox games, more storage units, and the recent allegations roiling the industry.

10/24/2017192:53
503: Virtual Kevtris (Premium)
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503: Virtual Kevtris (Premium)

This week's scrappy show covers Gran Turismo Sport, The Evil Within 2, Super NES wizardry, the shocking closure of Visceral Games, the latest VR goings on, runaway segment music, and your emails!

10/17/2017163:04
502: Bad Wood (Premium)
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502: Bad Wood (Premium)

We've come through the smoke and flame to talk about Shadow of War (and its loot boxes), the truth about Mugman, Street Fighter V's Arcade Edition, many much Gundams, shower spiders, Erik Estrada, and disturbing genetic facts.

10/10/2017168:39
501: Wavy Tube Physics (Premium)
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501: Wavy Tube Physics (Premium)

The spookiest month begins with indie favs like Steamworld Dig 2 and Cuphead, a Destiny 2 raid post-mortem, Forza progression woes, Red Dead 2 trailer impressions, bootleg Star Fox 2 carts, and your b-mails!

10/03/2017171:46
500: Half Jax (Premium)
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500: Half Jax (Premium)

After pondering the advanced age of this podcast, we get back to business with Ruiner, Hob, Destiny 2 raid prep, Battle Royale beef, hopes and dreams for Borderlands 3, and thoughts on our tolerance for cold nuggs.

09/26/2017167:03
499: The Huge Dudes (Premium)
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499: The Huge Dudes (Premium)

Ben and Jason gives us a deep dive on Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, we try to shake our endgame Destiny 2 addiction, the words "Grand Theft Auto VI" are spoken, and Tokyo Game Show looms!

09/19/2017160:07
498: Cat Spanker's Alley (Premium)
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498: Cat Spanker's Alley (Premium)

This week it's hard to talk about anything besides Destiny 2, but we also touch on Fortnite's Battlegrounds, the second coming of the NES Classic, bad YouTube behavior, worthless video game systems, Mario's embrace of the bourgeoisie, and Kinects in casinos.

09/12/2017169:15
497: Tasteful but Stupid (Premium)
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497: Tasteful but Stupid (Premium)

PAX pox and heat waves can't stop us from convening for some real early Destiny 2 impressions, more on Mario + Rabbids, a quick PAX indie roundup, musings about mobile Puzzle Fighter, and the grave injustice of SNES cart reproductions.

09/05/2017145:03
496: SiN Is My Half-Life (Premium)
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496: SiN Is My Half-Life (Premium)

This week we talk about kinky rabbids, the Half-Life that wasn't, martial arts Dark Souls, the Switch voice chat boondoggle, the crime of butter on sandwiches, and your emails!

08/29/2017168:35
495: Sludge Trudgin' (Premium)
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495: Sludge Trudgin' (Premium)

We've played a ton of games and now we're talking about 'em! Among them are Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Sonic Mania, Agents of Mayhem, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, Monster Hunter: World, Dauntless, and MatterFall. Also: Gamescom! Also: scorpions!

08/22/2017179:30
494: Fievel Fight (Premium)
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494: Fievel Fight (Premium)

This week we round up as many new releases as we can, like Sonic Mania, Starcraft Remastered, and Matterfall, run down the end of the International, ponder card games, weigh in on scorpions and Riff Raff, and try on our best accents.

08/15/2017168:05