Giant Bombcast 599: Podcasts Are for Vampires

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Giant Bombcast 599: Podcasts Are for Vampires

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183 minutes

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Sep 3, 2019

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Some old friends show up in the studio to talk about playing the Avengers game, the greatness of Control, merging Destiny characters, new iterations of old arguments, and the week's fraught events in the game industry.

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Sep 3, 2019

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Giant Bomb discusses the latest video game news and new releases, taste-test questionable beverages, and get wildly off-topic in this weekly podcast.

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Giant Bombcast 598: The Tank, the Healer, and the Damage-Dealer: Noclip's Danny O'Dwyer lands in the studio on his way to PAX to get deep into Control, Outer Wilds, and Creature in the Well, ponder Tom Holland's age-appropriateness, speculate about new-console launch lineups, and discuss at length the noble cockroach. by Giant Bombcast
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Giant Bombcast 592: Extra Ribcage Edition: The Switch Lite is the big story of the week, but we also touch on Dragon Quest Builders 2, SolSeraph, and FFXIV, get deep into the future of Capcom fighting, contemplate cinematic fatalities, argue about pigs in blankets, and get in the mud at the demoli by Giant Bombcast
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Giant Bombcast 606: PlayStation Vita 2: This week we're bowled over by The Outer Worlds, Jan talks Digimon puberty, the Analogue Pocket looks super slick, Blizzard attracts the ire of Congress, and we... hate the '80s? by Giant Bombcast
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Giant Bombcast 472: Weird-Looking Space People: GameSpot's Peter Brown and a mysterious world traveler join us for a Nintendo Switch road report, some PAX highlights, more deep dives into Breath of the Wild, and the John Carmack lawsuit of the week. by Giant Bombcast
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Giant Bombcast 607: The Wang Chung Zone: This week: EA's (back) on Steam, Death Stranding comes to PC, a COD: MW report, some Blizzcon speculation, details on our Extra Life plans, and more of the worst (best) songs of the '80s, as chosen by you! by Giant Bombcast
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Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2019: Day Three Deliberations: It's time to soldier through the end of this list of 2019's most notable games. No game will be forgotten! Only awards remain! by Giant Bombcast
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Giant Bombcast Game of the Year 2019: Day Two Deliberations: Our second day of discussions takes us deep into our list of 2019's most important games and the impressions they left on us. by Giant Bombcast
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Giant Bombcast 599: Podcasts Are for Vampires

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