Giant Bombcast

A slow-ass news week leads to discussions of open-world fatigue, Brad's honorable ancestry, Tales of Monkey Island, 1 vs. 100, Asteroids: The Movie, a sequel to Super Mario Bros. 2, and air horns. So very, very many air horns.

What do Chris Cashman, Starcraft rap songs, Fallout/Doom crossovers, the fury of the BioWare doctors, different approaches to motion controls, and the future of Midway all have in common? Listen to this week's Giant Bombcast to find out!

We chop it up with Dave on the topics of Martian gorillas, necklaceness versus necklessness, Bobby Brown, modded Tiger Woods controllers, more Natal nonsense, Activision's grisly corporate ladder, among others. Caution: HOT!

Jeff has conflicted feelings towards Vince Vaughn, Vinny loses sleep to Trash Panic, Brad gets incensed at this week's DSiWare offerings, and Ryan recovers from too much weekend fun in this week's episode of your favorite in-flight shopping magazine.

We try to keep things brief as we collect our thoughts on E3 2009 and discuss Jack Tretton's affinity for steaks, stock E3 conversations, spider ants, gun scorpions, the power of sequels, and what we're playing now that the show's over.

We close out the show with special guests from Pandemic Studios and Mythic Entertainment.

We're not gonna lie: guests from Capcom, GRIN, Gamasutra, and Jellyvision make this hands-down the craziest Bombcast ever.

We're joined by Obsidian's Matthew Rorie as we discuss the Nintendo and Sony press conferences, much of Activision's offerings, Mass Effect 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Supreme Commander 2, and more!

Jeff and Ryan give a quick update from the Activision booth.

Jeff and Ryan discuss what they think they know about Nintendo's upcoming press conference.

We reflect on the Microsoft, Electronic Arts, and Ubisoft press conferences. Also, pizza!

Jeff and Ryan discuss what they think they know about Microsoft's upcoming press conference.

We get ready for E3 with an overview of our show schedule, some announcement speculation, our most anticipated games, plus the usual Bombcast digressions and shenanigans.

We hint at Giant Bomb's plans for the big show and discuss the diminishing returns of teasing a teaser, how to punish rage-quitters, ICP's wrestling league, Bionic Commando truth and reconciliation, our appetite for Fallout 3 DLC, and much more!

We kick off this week's Bombcast with an all-natural sugar rush before crashing into discussions of 50 Cent's Dead Sea Scrolls, Mike Tyson DLC, Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom, Kojima's next, the latest 3D Realms drama, the end of Factor 5, and more!

This week we're joined by Treyarch community manager Josh Olin, who stops by to chat about the upcoming map pack for Call of Duty: World at War. We also discuss PopCap's rise to prominence, dog-monkey versus monkey-dog, Duke Nukem, and much more!

Giant Bomb designer Dave Snider sits in for Vinny for our special Cinco de Mayo episode as we discuss some upcoming site features, the next PSP, the lineage of terrible Ninja Turtles games, 50 Cent on the Moon, and much, much more!

Jeff returns from London just in time for a deluge of UK snacks and to talk about Bethesda's 2009 lineup, the importance of exclamation points, Scratch: The Ultimate DJ, Six Days in Fallujah, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, dream sandwiches, and more!

It's dinosaurs vs. grizzly bears vs. great white sharks vs. Pink Floyd's The Wall The RTS vs. HAGs vs. rotten eggs vs. Vin Diesel vs. John Madden vs. Weekend at Bernie's III vs. the FREAKING MOON on this week's edition of the Giant Bombcast!

The Bombcast maintains its status as the flyest video-game podcast around with frank discussions of skull-based vodka, drinks disguised as soy sauce, Bionic Commando, torture porn, Will Wright's Stupid Fun Club, week two of DSiWare, and much more.

Adam Boyes and Chris Kramer from Capcom US come by to discuss downloadable games, working with Japan, the Capcom-Unity, and of course, Fox Hunt.

With Brad out of the office, we invite gamecop Giancarlo Varanini to fill the fourth chair as we drink bird-nest-based beverages, recount Jeff and Vinny's nightmare weekend in Houston, appraise the initial DSiWare offerings, and more.

Ryan and Vinny fight a losing battle against the GDC fever as we address Jeff's Punch-Out!!-induced inner turmoil, Brad's excitement over the ill-named League of Legends: Clash of Fates, cloth maps, Don King, suave bananas, and more!

Ryan and Brad sit down with Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk at GDC 09 to discuss both Dragon Age: Origins and BioWare's origins.