Hello. I know we're ankle deep in 2015 already, but I really want to do another year wrap-up. I spent much more time writing about music in 2014 , so I'm a bit behind. I love writing about new music even more than games, so if you're interested at all, please have a look at that stuff too. thanks :) ANYWAYS... Like I've done for the past two years before, top tens have just become arbitrary. I'...
THERE IS NO GAME OF THE YEAR I don't need to tell you how much of a crazy or bummer year it's been. What better time than now to push that "let's stop rating and ranking video games!" agenda? The definitions of "video game" are only getting more blurred. I cannot compare ten games to each other anymore! How do you compare Gone Home, BattleBlock Theater, and Outlast? Completely different experie...
There is honestly no point in making a top ten of 2012 list this year. I haven't even played enough 2012 games to occupy a top ten list! I still want to write about the few experiences I had in 2012 though, because I feel they are relevant. So here is an arbitrary awards system entirely built around an excuse to write about games! Let’s face it, most end of year write-ups are. I’m just being tr...
A significant chunk of my youth has curled up and died for good this week. I just read this from punknews.org , which they read from Ted Leo , that the iconic California pop-punk record label, Lookout! Records is out of business. Lookout! is probably best known for being the first home to a bunch of nobodies called Green Day. In the early ninetees, Green Day sold copies of their two Lookout! al...
Hello again. Let's share what cool new music has come out in the past two months! ------------------------------- Songs from each release listed can be heard here ----------------------------------- Architecture in Helsinki - Moment Bends OK, wow. What an incredible disappointment this is. I know this band lost a lot of fans with their Tom Tom Club inspired Places Like This (2007), but I just f...
Hello again, citizens of Giant Bomb. In January, I did a music roundup post, and had fun with it, so I want to try and do it every month. Unluckily, February was rather barren, so I've combined it with March, which was an overload. A whole bunch of stuff came out this month, and this is only what I personally found… [first off, you can listen to a samples from all of these albums HERE!] Peter B...
It's so hard to keep track of new releases, even for bands I like. Maybe the community can do this monthly thing where we discuss what got our attention. Here's the haul I bought in the past month… Mixtape of songs from the releases and some quick blurbs.... Cake - Showroom of Compassion Remember being young and ironically singing "The Distance" in that deadpan voice and thinking "what a random...
I've noticed a few "fav quotes from the bombcast" threads in the forum, and thought I'd share this compilation with the community. Semi-inspired by Joystiq's "Podcast Zero", I made of collection of my favorite moments over the last year of "New Releases!" on the bombcast. This was intended just for my co-workers and I, who frequently share podcasts to ease the 8 hour daily desk jobs we have, bu...