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We also get into more thoughts on Saros, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 2 still holding up, and if Forbidden Solitaire is another deep card game like Balatro and Inscryption. We also get into today's headlines like GameStop trying to buy eBay, GTA 6 already trying to temper expectations, all of your emails, mystery ad...

We have a bunch of games to talk about this week as we dive all the way into Vampire Crawlers, check out all the bells and whistles of the new Steam Controller, explore Titanium Court, and more! We also get into the newest news and get to your lovely emails and Super Chats.

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We're here on a Tuesday to chat about Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream and how it is wholesome fun for everyone in the family, more thoughts on Pragmata, the Summer Cart 64, and REPLACED looking super neat but maybe a little lacking on other fronts. We also recap the news like Game Pass Updates with the price and what games it will still carry and more!

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This week we've got a whole bunch of games to talk about and they're all great ones too! We dive deep into how much we've enjoyed Pragmata, Jan's newest obsession with Pokémon Champions, Mouse P.I. for Hire being a surprisingly pleasant romp, Bully holding up, and more! We also dip into the news, guess some ads, and all of your emails! 

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We're still on the mend from various maladies at the moment, but that's not enough to keep the podcast down! This week we chat about the turn-based RPG musical People of Note, skittering around as an octopus in Darwin's Paradox, finally finishing Resident Evil 0 and seeing how it ranks with the franchise, and more game talk! We also recap the news, read your wonderful emails, and play a good ol' game of guessing what ad Grubb has brought to us this week.

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We're back from PAX East and we still have new stuff to talk about! We talk about RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike, Super Mario Bros. Wonder – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park, a NEW Nintendo 64 game in Junk Runner 64, Marvel MaXium Collection, and more! We also recap all of the most recent news like a new Star Fox game rumor, Disney interested in acquiring Epic Games, layoffs at Eidos-Montreal, and more!

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Before PAX East we've got to podcast! This week we dig into why we think Crimson Desert isn't for us and that's okay! We also chat about anime racer Screamer, surprise hidden gem in Mr. Sleepy Man, Resident Evil 0, and our time with Slay the Spire 2 multiplayer. We also recap the biggest news like Epic Games laying off 1,000 employees, Pokémon Champions news, and more for your gaming ears.

Also, happy birthday to the Jeffs!

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It's a Tuesday and we have to talk about video games! This week we talk about the final preview coming out of Pragmata, our continued adventures in Pokémon Pokopia, and diving deeper into the campaigns of Slay the Spire 2. We also chat about the DLSS 5 drama popping off as well as IO Interactive updates, PSSR, sales numbers, and more for your listening enjoyment!

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Not to surprise anyone but we talk about video games on this episode! We chat about everyone having a pleasant time improving their little towns in Pokopia, really enjoying our time in Marathon, being befuddled in WWE 2K26, and more games! We also go over this week's biggest news and all of your emails!

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Somehow we are also all Ditto and we have transformed to talk about Pokémon Pokopia, Resident Evil Requiem, some Insider Trading, and finishing off Sekiro! We also talk about proper burrito tech, recapping the Nintendo Indie World showcase, Pokémon Wind and Waves getting revealed, Myrient getting shutdown, and more!

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0:14:47 MIO: Memories In Orbit

We may not have won gold at the Winter Olympics this time but we have to podcast anyway! We continue covering the situation happening over the closure of Bluepoint Games at PlayStation AND the very big shakes ups happening at Xbox. We also chat about a whole slew of demos coming out of Steam Next Fest like Denshattack, Vampire Crawlers, Australia Did It, and the Sledding Game. Grubb also continues to talk about the SuperStation and shows off the Sinden Lightgun. We also get to your emails, superchats, and discuss animal biology.

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Happy Lunar New Year, we're back from another 3-Day weekend and ready to talk about games! We chat about CiniCross, REANIMAL, the state of pinball with Pokemon Pinball, the Virtual Boy app for the Nintendo Switch, the Pragmata demo out for the Switch 2, getting back into Overwatch, and God of War: Sons of Sparta being an okay game. We catch up on all of the hottest news stories and all of your emails too!

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We've got the MYSTBUSTERS on the pod today with Jerf and Dan out on assignment. Today we chat about Mario Tennis Fever and how it ranks with the rest of the Mario sports games, we also have relations with cats in Mewgenics, sit with the deep style of Romeo is a Dead man, race around in 4PGP, and more games! We also recap all of the news and all your emails.

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This week on the podcast we celebrate a successful ICE OUT charity stream that we did with our friends over at MinnMax, talk about climbing mountains in Cairn, having cozy adventures in Dragon Quest VII - Reimagined, diving in way too deep into Deadlock, and more game talk! We also recap the hottest news, our own internet woes, and all of your emails!

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This week we continue Dan's journey through Sekiro, go over Jan's hands on time with Resident Evil Requiem, Bakalar checking out the Reanimal Demo, Grubb checking out Escape from Ever After, and we determine that Highguard is FINE. We also go over the hottest news and all of your emails!
 
ALSO! This Friday at 5PM Central we're teaming up with our friends at MinnMax and putting on an ICE OUT charity stream! More details and information to come, but we hope you join us for a good cause!

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This week on the podcast we chat about a beyblade like game in From the Top, a PS1 looking Vampire Survivor-like with Vital Shell, circling back to Sekiro, Marathon's release date getting leaked, Highguard not paying for their spot at the Game Awards, all of your emails, and more!

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0:17:21 Last Sektori update, Grubb promises
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This week we somehow continue talking about Sektori now that Mikey has gotten a taste of it. We also touch on Big Hops, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles, and some older games too! We also recap the biggest headlines from the previous week alongside your emails. And somehow, we have a lengthy conversation about Popeye.

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We're back from break and we have games to talk about! We checked out Romeo is a Dead Man and enjoyed the cacophony it is presenting, loved hopping around in Big Hops, catching up on a bunch of games during the Winter Break, and enjoying a good rug. We also recap some news coming out of CES and your emails!

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We've made it to a New Year folks, so now it is TIME to crown a Top 10 games and ultimately THE GAME OF THE YEAR 2025 for Giant Bomb!

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0:03:01 Building the list and whittling it down
1:18:57 Ad Break
1:20:49 Ordering the Top 10
1:54:04 Outro

We've approached DAY 3 of Giant Bomb's Game of the Year deliberations! We've got a PACKED AND STACKED day for you before we get to the Top 10. Today we discuss the Best Moment/Sequence, Boomer Game of the Year, Best Friendslop, Best Cat from CATS, and DISSAPPOINTMENT of the Year!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS! As a gift from all of us here at GBHQ to you we have another day full of fun categories to deliberate over! Today we're talking about Best Gambling, Best Ninja, Best Z-Teamer, Best Multiplayer, and Game of the Year 2021!

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Game of the Year 2025 kicks off today! We've got a whole slate of categories to start this year's podcasts straight from our friends at Main Gear! Today we talk about and crown The, "Oh That Feels Cool" Award, Hardware Thing of the Year, Worst Blight, Best Game We Beat Kinda Funny And/Or MinnMax And/Or Game Informer at This Year, the Soulja Boy Award for Best Game For People Who Like To Drink and Get Drunk or Smoke and Get High of the Year, AND Best New Character!

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We got the whole gang together to squeeze in an episode of the podcast before we hunger down for Game of the Year season! We recap Jan's time at The Game Awards, a new Mega Man and Mike throwing his hat into the ring to make a robot, and more!

We've got a full house to give all of our thoughts on Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, we also chat about punching law enforcement in Unbeatable, soaking in the vibes of Skate Story, and more games. We also chat about what the mysterious TGA statue might be, Capcom rumors, Leon S. Kennedy popping back into the franchise, and all of your emails!

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We're back from the holidays to chat about Metroid Prime 4: Beyond! We go over Dan's review and answer some more questions that the crew has over the game. We also chat about Where Winds Meet, Marvel Cosmic Invasion, Demonschool, and we also get into some hardware with the AYN Odin 3 and the Analogue 3D!

Read Dan's full Metroid Prime 4 review here: https://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/metroid-prime-4-beyond-review/1900-805/

And watch the video discussion/podcast version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhtR86m8lW8

Dan has played through the entirety of Metroid Prime 4: Beyond (almost to 100% completion!) and decided he wanted to do a proper written review for it! This is the podcast companion to said review where he elaborates on his thoughts and fields questions from Grubb, Mike, Bakalar, and Shawn.

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Before we dip out for the Holidays for a bit we had to make sure to podcast! Today we chat about the chaos inside of Kirby Air Riders, the visual assault that is Sektori, Grubb finishing off Dispatch, Mikey trying Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, playing Metroid Prime 4: Beyond at the store, and even more! We also make sure to cover the hottest news and all of your lovely emails.

Happy Thanksgiving to those that celebrate, we're deeply thankful for all of y'all!

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This week we chat about the music and sensory overload in Lumines Arise, how great Absolum is to control, the emotional tearing of and Roger, whatever the hell is happening in Kirby Air Riders, the Analogue 3D, and we get to the bottom if folks should be worried about Metroid Prime 4 and the supposed sidekick revealed. We also get into all of the hottest news stories and your burning emails!

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This week we've got a whole bunch of games to talk about! We wax poetically about the documentaries in the Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection, more of us getting into Dispatch, Jan getting into E-Sports with Q-Up, continued chaos in Arc Raiders, Lumines Arise being a fever dream, and The Simpsons Fortnite being a great collaboration. We also recap all the hottest stories and all of your emails!

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We have recovered (mostly) from the Giant Bomb-A-Thon and are back to talk about games! We catch up on Ball x Pit, a little bit of tabletop in Warframe 1999 Operation Orias, Arc Raiders, the Simpsons in Fortnite, and Dispatch! We also recap everything that's happened in the world of video game news and get to your lovely emails!

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We set aside some time during the Bomb-a-thon to deliver you a delerium filled Bombcast where we chat about Pokemon Legends: Z-A, the AYN Thor, and other stuff that's popped off during the 24 Hour Stream.

Jan's out on assignment ahead of our BUSY Giant Bombathon week (10/27 @ 5PM Eastern for 24 hours!), so Mikey assembles Grubb, Bakalar, Dan, and Shawn once again to talk about their experiences with Ninja Gaiden 4, Pokémon Legends Z-A, the Xbox Ally, and more! As always, they follow that up with the news of the week and YOUR... EMAILS!

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Mike took out Jan. It's finally happened. He's become too powerful. But hey, at least we have another podcast to take our minds off of it. Inside: Impressions of Absolum and Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, a news roundup including a giant Pokemon leak, and of course... EMAILS!

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It's GOLF WEEK but we still got a bunch of games to talk about! We get together to talk about Grubb finishing Baby Steps, Bakalar finishing Cronos, Hades II continuing to wow, Consume Me teaching us all valuable lessons, Steal the Brainrot dominating the brain space of the youth, and LEGO Party definitively being a better party game than Mario Party. We also catch up on the news and hit up all of your emails!

We're back and not raptured at all! We got a whole slew of games to talk about like more Silent Hill f, Clover Pit, Ghost of Yotei, King's Quest 1, Baby Steps, Final Fantasy Tactics, Megabonk, and the biggest release: HADES II. We also chat about the EA Sale for $55 Billion, a new PS5 Pro, and more!

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Jan's back! Kind of! We hit a few tech snags while recording this one, BUT that didn't stop the usual crew from coming together to tell you all about the new Skate, Silent Hill f, Megabonk, and much more. After that, all the important video game news of the week (Kojima's making... A credit card?) and your emails!

Jan's out on assignment, so BAD BOY OF GAMES MEDIA Mike Minotti is leading Grubb, Dan, and Shawn through discussions about getting knee-deep into Hollow Knight: Silksong, the recent Nintendo Direct cashing in on our nostalgia, all of your wonderful emailed topics of the week, and more!

We've got a full house today to talk about the Marvel Tokon Beta, Cronos: The New Dawn, finishing Riven, diving all the way into Sudoku, and how Silksong has done more than live up to the hype.

HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG DISCUSSION FEATURING MINOR SPOILERS runs from roughly 1:24:12 to 1:56:28 (variable depending on how many ads you get beforehand).

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We're rolling out of a three day weekend and straight to the Bombcast! We chat about the Shinobi game, Gears Reloaded, Magic: the Gathering, Slay the Spire, and more games. We also chat about Nintendo having a direct very soon, Sony's live service Fairgames getting having more issues, Capcom and the Switch 2, a price for Hollow Knight: Silksong, and more!

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We're packed with video game talk this week as we talk about Metal Gear Solid Delta, Dan's time with Chibi-Robo, Jan's Gamescom preview of Onimusha, Pragmata, and Resident Evil Requiem, Grubb nearing the end of Expedition 33, and how great Shinobi: Art of Vengeance is! We also recap other Gamescom stories, the delays that Silk Song is causing, and more!

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