We have provided donuts and coffee for this Townhall so you feel comfortable asking all of your hard hitting questions about the inner workings of the website.

Dan Ryckert and Mike Minotti continue their jetsetting journies and have gone from Gamescome to London to watch AEW's All In! Listen as they give their impressions in a random AirBnb in the middle of no where!

The Blight Boys went to SummerSlam in Ohio and recount their tales to Jan as we recap SummerSlam 2024's whole card and chat about how excited we are about the current state of wrestling!

Jeff Grubb has brought the GB at Nite couch again to sunny Los Angeles, but this time we put it on a stage in front of a live audience! We've assembled some surprises, fun, and some heavy hitters for these segments on the couch!Segment 1: Brad Shoemaker, Mary Kish, Jason Schreier, John Drake, Patrick Klepek, Matt RorieSegment 2: Parris Lilly, Elyse WIllems, Ify Nwadiwe, Alanah PearceSegment 3: Tom Caswell, Lucy James, Tamoor Hussain, Emma Fyffe, Mike Minotti, Niki Grayson, Bailey Meyers, Jan Ochoa

Jeff Grubb and the whole Giant Bomb crew have brought a couch to Los Angeles for Summer Game Fest! Let’s fill it with friends and shenanigans in and around the industry.Segment 1: Simon Dasan, Seth Rosen, Sam WinklerSegment 2: Jake Steinberg, Jason Fanelli, Mark Medina, Taylor Cocke, Geuillermo LeozSegment 3: Dash Oshry, Casper Van Dien, Celia Bee, David Kim, Ash Thukral, Trey PowellSegment 4: THE NASTY BOYS - Charlie Wacholz, Jesse Vitelli, Alex Van Aken, Eric Van Allen, Moises Taveras, Kenneth Shepard, Michael Higham, John Carson, Ryan TatumSegment 5: Louise Blain, Crista Castro, Bryan Singh, Jurge Cruz-Alvarez, John Warren, Rayme VinsonSegment 6: Greg Miller, Tim Gettys, Blessing Adeoye Jr., SnowbikeMike, Andy Cortez, Dan Ryckert, Mike Minotti

WE'VE LOADED UP THE COUCH WITH NOTHING BUT SUPERSTARS TO HELP CELEBRATE GEOFF KEIGHLEY'S SUMMER BIRTHDAY OF GAMES!Segment 1: and Mike Minotti, Lucy James, Tamoor Hussain | BACK ROW: Niki Grayson, Dan RyckertSegment 2: Tom Caswell, Jake Dekker, Lexi Luddy | BACK ROW: Jill Grodt, Kurt IndovinaSegment 3: Emma Fyffe, Wout van Halderen, Tom Ohle | BACK ROW: Del Walker, Ronell CrawfordSegment 4: Ash Parrish, Alex, Joey Ferris | BACK ROW: Peter Hunt Szpytek, Diego Arguello

We've got our dear friends Alex Boniello and Mike Minotti joining the podcast today to chat about our general feelings on wrestling right now, a bit of AEW Dynasty, where Mania might be next year, and somehow talk about Disney Lorcana as well.

The wrestling is actively being contained! Dan, Jan, and Grubb go over Wrestlemania XL one more time, chat about the current state of WWE and AEW, the security cam footage of CM Punk and Jack Perry, and also go over AEW Dynasty's card!

Jeff and Jan (and eventually TurboShawn and Grubb!) sat down with the fine folks at the Giant Bomb Discord to answer your questions about any and everything!

Dan and Jan have finished the story and have finished wrestling! There's no more after this! Recording conditions were a bit funky but they improve at around the 48 minute mark! 

Dan and Jan have descended on Philadelphia to finish the story! We go over the cards for night 1 and 2 and dgive our predictions of who will take home the gold and prove victorious!

It feels like a whole different world since the last time we talked proper about wrestling on the website!

Bakalar, Jan, Grubb, Mike, and later Shawn pop in to hang out with the Giant Bomb Discord to answer various questions about the website and more!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929531/advertisement

Jan, Dan, Jeff, Mike, and Niki team up to talk about wrestling! We chat about CM Punk woes, Jade Cargill jumping ship, and recap the PPVs/PLEs!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5929531/advertisement

EVERYONE'S BEEN ASKING AND HERE IT IS: ANNETTE!

Dan and Grubb pour 40s directly into RoboMitch as they all watch the masterpiece that is RoboCop. (Movie starts at ~5:00ish)

Bakalar and Jan hang out in the discord and answer YOUR questions about the state of the site and even what's happening with pinball!

Dan and Bianca sit down with Papa Ryckert to hear about his teeth and lust for coupons.

We sit with Alex Navarro and discuss Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2.

Renowned pro wrestling commentator Jim Ross joins Jeff, Giancarlo, and Dan via phone to discuss his WrestleMania-week live show and answer a handful of our questions about the world of professional wrestling.

Brad runs through the ups and downs of Destiny 2's year-two expansion.

Alex Swaim's interest in the technical side of video game art has prompted him to spend lots of time looking at the parts of virtual worlds we hardly ever think about.

Dan, Grubb, and Jan cozy up and share their impressions on the Super Mario Bros. Movie! Be warned there are light spoilers so listen with caution!

One of the most popular charity speedrunning events is getting ready to kick off its summer event on Sunday. We caught up with organizer (and speedrunner!) Andrew Schroeder to learn how such an event is put together.

Narrative designer Anna Megill was part of a panel at PAX that gathered game writers together to discuss building stories for wider audiences and the missteps along the way.

Our daughter is sleepwalking and having visions! It's only right to drink a 40oz and watch a movie to help the problem!

Papa Ryckert spent two weeks in the hospital after a rough appendectomy. Now he's ready to talk about the messy details and his surprise visit from a nurse.

Austin chats with new Giant Bomb guest contributor Bruno Dias about interactive fiction, the technical reasons for "environmental storytelling," and the potential for narrative in VR.

Robot Invader founder and horror fanboy Chris Pruett breaks down the genre's DNA, and name-drops a bunch of games you've never heard of.

Alex and Ben sit down to discuss everything Persona 5. They leave no stone unturned as they get into everything from best dungeon, to best music, to best girl.

Another set of policy changes for Microsoft's next console, another interview trying to figure out as much as we can.

Haters, don't read this. Lovers... hello.

Broforce developers Duncan and Shaz Greenwood traveled to PAX to show off their early access game. We chat about working on games with your significant other, figuring out what exactly is Broforce 1.0, and more.

Tom "Inkblot" Cannon is teaming up with tournament organizers to help make watching fighting games more competitive and more fun.

OtherSide Entertainment's game director swings by the studio to chat about Nuke.com, Underworld Ascendant, and everything in between.

The Evil Within marks the father of modern survival horror's return to the genre. A man of few words, designer Shinji Mikami explains why he's back, what it's like to work with an American publisher, and what scares him.

With only a couple of months to go before release, Brad sat down with the director of Doom Eternal to talk about going back to Hell.

Microsoft user researcher Deborah Hendersen explains how her team works with developers to make better games by talking to players early in the design process.

Turns out it is an exciting time to be a wrestling fan again! We go through the big shakes ups in the industry, Summerslam reactions, and more!

Sony Santa Monica's Cory Barlog stops by to talk about father-son dynamics, his years away from Kratos, and hanging out with George Lucas.

Matt and Jan are BACK with special guest Stephen Fu to talk about fears, fish, and our favorite rangers!

Tribute Games co-founder Jean-François Major explains why Mercenary Kings is now coming to PS4, and life after WIZZZZZZZZOOOORRRBBBBBBB.

Gunpoint is a hell of a debut from designer and ex-PC Gamer writer Tom Francis. We talk about why he's thought about making games for years but never took the chance.

Game Designer Nina Freeman explains how Star Maid Games' Cibele uses a virtual desktop and a faux-MMO to tell a story about the complicated (and sometimes hasty) relationships of the internet generation.

Austin recently interviewed David L. Craddock, author of Dungeon Hacks, a new book chronicling the history of the roguelike genre. Listen to them chat about everything from procedural generation to mods to Dark Souls 2.

Benjamin Rivers is the creator of the choose-your-own-horror game Home, coming soon to iOS. Patrick called him up, and they wouldn't stop talking about horror games, movies, and everything in-between.

Asylum Jam, taking place this upcoming weekend, is gathering developers to widen the scope of horror.

A conversation with DreamQuest Games founder Christopher Williamson, whose Kickstarter project for Alpha Colony was $28 short of its $50,000 goal. The problem? He needed more than $50,000 to make it.

Brad and Jeff ran off to a dark, dark room in Los Angeles to see The Division running on an Xbox One.

Let's chat in a taxi about what we're doing today.

Former Insomniac Games programmer Nathan Fouts has been doing it indie on his own for years. He's also been going out his way to make his games more accessible to the disabled.

We've got the one true Jeff to tell us everything we need to know about E3.

While Microsoft might not be ready to nail down specifics on some of the most incendiary topics surrounding the Xbox One, Jeff still covers friends lists, achievements, apps, and a handful of other topics in this 20-minute talk recorded shortly after the

Mythic Entertainment GM Paul Barnett can't be bothered to listen to things like "rules," so instead of 10 games, he's got 10 moments. And instead of a text list, he came into San Francisco to sit down and chat.

Joe Fielder, formerly of both Irrational and GameSpot, joins me to discuss the weird and wild new game from a group of BioShock veterans.

Austin sits down with tabletop RPG designer and new Giant Bomb guest contributor Quinn Murphy to talk about the unique joys of collaborative storytelling and dice rolling.

Shawn Allen explains how his upcoming game, Treachery in Beatdown City, channels personal experience for its slate of diverse characters, and what other creators can learn from his approach.

Austin and new guest contributor Rob Zacny talk about growing up with strategy games, the current state of the genre, and what excites them about 2016.

The latest court ruling was handed down earlier this week, and Law 360 reporter Michael Lipkin's here to explain why it's likely the end of the road.

Designer Samantha Kalman was on a PAX panel called "Queers in Gaming: Gamer vs. Gaymer," in which the panelists tried to explore the challenges of making more inclusionary games. Before that panel, we chatted about the current state of the dialogue.

Alex and Brad chat about two respective Xbox One and PS4 exclusives.

Before leaving for surgery, Ben Pack was instructed to keep an audiolog of his activities "while on drugs." This is his story. NOTE: The audio quality drastically improves a few minutes in.

Kotaku's Gita Jackson joins Number One and Numero Uno to chat about her 50-year plan.

It's that time of the year...to get to the bottom of whatever's going on with wheat.

It is no longer the year of Luigi. We're lost. So we asked some "experts" for help.

Dungeon Keeper isn't the only game getting warped by new business models. Touch Arcade's writer Shaun Musgrave breaks down how the SNES JRPG has been "modified" for 2014.

The rest of E3 remains a blur, but to keep it real, Patrick spoke into a microphone the whole time. Listen for knee-jerk reactions to games, news, and the show, while taking in the many interviews he conducted during E3 2013.

Yes, VGCW fans, I asked him about the story editor. I'll leave it to you to decide if you're satisfied with the answer.

PAIN DON'T HURT. We promised we'd do it and here it is! A big thank you to everyone that hung out and got us to the goal of talking over Roadhouse after the Giant Bombathon.

Austin chats with game designer Sean Vanaman and actor Rich Sommer about Firewatch's development, the joys of voice acting, and a few esoteric board games.

Firaxis is bringing XCOM: Enemy Unknown to iOS, and it works better than you might expect. Lead designer Jake Solomon ruminates on the porting process, and watching his daughter play touch-based games.

Hello sweet cenobites and cinnamon rolls! The crew has gotten together to watch the original Hellraiser (1987)!

This week we're joined by Will, who will fix this episode if it breaks.

The creator of Mega Man is busy refreshing his Kickstarter page for Mighty No. 9, a spiritual successor that's already passed $1.5 million. At PAX, we talked about how this game came to be, and Japan's awareness of Kickstarter.

While making The Room, Fireproof learned how toxic the mobile world has become. Porting the game to PC gave it a chance to look back on that journey, and it's not pretty.

Abby and Ben are joined by a SLEW of special guests and get down to important E3 matters such as "what is your ideal price for a meatball sub?"

FREEQ is an audio-focused radio drama set in the future, but it was never designed for players who couldn't see. Until they asked.

Here's the full interview with WWE Superstar Roman Reigns, as heard in episode 13 of the Powerbombcast.

I've already explained why I fell in love with Dark Souls, but part of the reason I started playing was because of Giant Bomb's users loving it so much. So I asked them why. Warning: This podcast begins with colorful language.

Greg Wohlwend is the co-creator of Threes, the much talked about "cloned" game. What's a clone in 2014, anyway? We explore this and other questions in a lengthy conversation.

Ninja Robot Dinosaur's Shane Neville knows how to balance a game, having worked on Company of Heroes. Learn how his studio implemented in-app purchases for Shellrazer without feeling horrible about it.

The lead AI programmer on Halo 2 and 3, Damian Isla, has taken years of experience to his own game, a thrilling puzzler about a telepathic art thief.

Austin chats with new Giant Bomb guest contributor Rowan Kaiser about MMOs, Strategy Games, Dragon Ages, and the perils of being a freelancer.

Most of us just look at photo galleries. But what motivates people to wear these elaborate costumes? With years of cosplay under her belt, writer and cosplayer Maddy Myers sheds light on this passionate craft.

Jeff sits down with Jim Crawford to talk about the follow-up to Frog Fractions, the ARG that got us here, and everything in-between. (There are things in here that you'd probably consider a spoiler.)

Do you watch the Throne? Join the experts--Austin Walker, Jeff Gerstmann, and host Alex Navarro--in this special premiere edition of the Giant Bomb Game of Thrones podcast.

The publisher you're surprised is still around hopes to help smaller developers make a bunch of cool stuff. You know, like Costume Quest 2. VP of publishing Casey Lynch laid out the company's vision to me this week at GDC.

Kotaku writer Evan Narcisse, whose parents were actually born in Haiti, joins me to discuss the moral, ethical, and emotional reactions we experienced playing Assassin's Creed IV: Freedom Cry. WARNING: Spoilers ahead.

Mythic Entertainment General Manager Paul Barnett swings by to talk to Jeff Gerstmann about his concept of a "golden era," what it means to run a studio, why you'll probably never see a new Road Rash, and the weird, almost-exclusively British love of Para

Unlike Adam Jensen, Zoe Quinn asked for this. She's had both a chip and a magnet implanted in her hand that allows her to feel magnetic fields and interact with NFC devices. It's...crazy. So we hopped on Skype to talk about it, and some ideas she has for

BioWare gameplay designer Manveer Heir's talk at GDC this year was "Misogyny, Racism and Homophobia: Where Do Video Games Stand?" We spent a few minutes chatting about why he gave this topic a closer look.

Sonic's back!

Zakn is just one of the many EVE Online players who traveled to Iceland for its annual gathering. More than 1,400 from around the world come to spend only a few days together. We traveled to the source for answers.

Here's the audio edition of our review for Marvel's Spider-Man on the PlayStation 4.

From the clouds to the sea, we get the scoop on what's going on with Infinite's downloadable content.

Brad sits down with the Fullbright co-founder to chat about life after Gone Home's success, making games in order, putting together puzzles in zero-g, and turtles in space.

My interview with Amnesia designer Thomas Grip from last year was apparently full of lies. I went to San Francisco for some damn answers.

Bandai Namco's Brian Hong tells us whatever it is he knows about the new RPG from From.

We linked up with Disney's John G. Vignocchi a few weeks ago to cover Infinity's long road, what he thinks about the next Star Wars movie, some stuff about Tron, Metal Gear Solid V, and the weirdest thing that happened to him during the development of NBA

In the debut episode of Armed and Rangerous, Matt Shipman and Jan embark on the most morphetudiness journey that is the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers!

Austin talks with Cloudhead Games Denny Unger about The Gallery: Call of the Starseed, competing virtual reality platforms, and the challenges and potentials of exploration and storytelling in VR.

Polygon's Patrick Gill & Allegra Frank stop by to compete for the coveted Giant Bomb Department of New Business Internship, and end up cussing a lot.

Emanuel Maiberg wanted to know if getting an edge in Counter-Strike and other games was as easy as cheating websites make it out to be, so he went undercover to find out.

Lionel Gallat was an animation director at DreamWorks, and helped craft blockbuster films like Despicable Me and The Lorax. Secretly, though, he wanted to make video games. With the help of crowdfunding, he hopes to tell the story of a tiny mouse on a big

Flower and Halo 2600 (?!) have entered the museum's permanent collection. Film and media art curator Michael Mansfield explains how the museum picked these games, and explains why the time is now for the medium.

International Flipper Pinball Association president Josh Sharpe speaks with me about some crazy news from Oakland, California, and the state of pinball in 2014.

We're joined by a slew of guests to talk about first e3s, third e3s, and what exactly is going on in Master Chief's suit.

John, Mark, and Hiroko aren't just at GDC to hang out and drink beer (though that happens). They're also helping Japanese game designers explain their vision. Here's how.

The forbidden podcast door has SWUNG OPEN! Super Eyepatch Wolf and Mike Minotti join us to chat about Money in the Bank, AEW's Forbidden Door, and where we're at with good ol' wrasslin'.

Austin has a spoiler-filled chat with guest contributor Heather Alexandra about The Division's vision of post-disaster New York.

Two years ago, Bryan Lunduke made a game about creating the most popular Linux distro. It was a joke, but became oddly popular. Then, he decided porting it to MS-DOS was the funniest thing in the world. He's got a point.

Writer, designer, and musician Maddy Myers recently published a three-track EP of Metroid-inspired tracks called "Peace in Space." We talk about her love of Metroid, and why Samus Aran has remained so popular.

For some people, making add-ons for popular games is a hobby. For Ben "Bronto ϟ Thunder" Retter, it's his livelihood. What are the ins and outs of creating your own commercial content for a game made by people you don't even know?

Rorie and Bakalar dip into the Giant Bomb Discord to chat with the fine folks over there to answer their burning questions, again!

Polygon's oldest brother, Justin McElroy, and Kotaku's resident musician, Kirk Hamilton, join us to ponder David Cage's latest.

Vinny, Brad, and Rorie chat off the cuff about their first weekend with From's new RPG. Warning! Contains tons of random info about the game's first dozen hours.

Dan Ryckert and Jeff Gerstmann find a quieter corner of E3 2017 and discuss the vibe (and lines) of the show floor. Includes an uncredited cameo!

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon revels in its influences in a way most games only do through easter eggs, and feels like the personification of its creative director, Dean Evans. Dean's an exceptionally smart, funny guy who has zero problem liking crappy things.

Titan Souls designer Mark Foster explains how his project started as a demake of Shadow of the Colossus, and why players and bosses having one-hit deaths is so important.

Chris Dahlen wrote the script for Mark of the Ninja, which gave him the unique opportunity to have first-hand experience with the challenges of stories in video games.

Nordic Games acquired a bunch of THQ franchises earlier this year, including Darksiders, MX vs. ATV, and Titan Quest. The company's head of business and product development, Reinhard Pollice, breaks down what it's like to participate in the auction of a d

Zombies, Run! and The Walk have been big successes for Six to Start, even as some in the fitness world are still scratching their heads.

One of gaming's most outspoken designers on Twitter, Hideki Kamiya needs little introduction. Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, Okami--the list goes on and on. Next up is The Wonderful 101, which became our starting point for a conversation on his past, prese

Brad Shoemaker sits down in the studio to run through everything that makes the second Hitman tick.

Rorie and Bakalar dip into the Giant Bomb Discord to chat with the fine folks over there to answer their burning questions!

Outlast creative director David Châteauneuf recounts the development of his first horror game, his obsession with Evil Dead, and how his parents used to terrify him.

Alex "The Mittani" Gianturco is one of EVE Online's most notorious players, the leader of Something Awful's Goonswarm Alliance. He was also victorious at B-R5RB.

Where are we? When are we streaming? What's going on in Los Angeles next week? Get all the answers right here!

In the last two and a half years, the Dans have gotten married and moved across the country. Also, one of them procreated. Find out which one on this Danswers reunion!

Filipino-American History Month may be in October but Jan and Michael Higham from GameSpot are BACK to continue celebrating FAHM (on Filipino time)! This round we're joined by Lizzie Killian of FIFTYcc, Belinda Garcia of Ubisoft, Jem from Private Division

As competitive games become more popular, Chicago's Robert Morris University wants to attract the young talent dumping hundreds of hours into them.

Patrick spends 30 minutes talking PS4 policies with Scott Rohde, SVP of product development at Sony's worldwide studios division. Online passes? Charging for multiplayer? External hard drives? We cover it all.

Two co-founders of Vigil Games, including artist Joe Madureira, are starting from square one with a new studio.

Jeff sits down with Ben to discuss Tetris Effect for PlayStation 4.

Patrick was given just a few minutes to learn a little bit more about Microsoft's huge moves in the last 24 hours.

The former Microsoft employee is channeling his recent experiences into a VR-enhanced space adventure called Adrift. We briefly caught up with Orth at E3.

The Interview Dumptruck travels to PAX East 2013! Metro 2033 and Metro Last Light are based on the universe created by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky. We chat about the difficulties getting published in America, the origins of Metro, and why his work is

Giant Bomb Guest Contributor Patrick Miller chats with Austin about GDC, the FGC, and probably some other three letter acronyms too.

How an attempt to give away free copies of Wadjet Eye's Blackwell Deception went haywire, and tens of thousands of keys disappeared into the night.

A graphical overhaul of Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey is only the first step in the designer's big plans for the future of the beloved series. If people buy it, of course.

The huge response to our recent feature on the developers of Skullgirls asking for $100,000 to implement a new character surprised even us. Learn more by listening to our interview with Lab Zero Games CEO Peter Bartholow.

The future of Virtual Console? Metroid? Other Retro games? The status of Earthbound? These are things I wanted to know. Sadly, Nintendo's senior communications director, Charlie Scibetta, wasn't budging.

Abby and Ben team up to bring you coverage of what E3 is like on the inside. They're not bitter about it being open to the public at all!

Ben is out with a bad tummy so Polygon's Pat Gill joins Abby for some good wholesome E3 fun!

Co-founder Mike Wilson has been around the gaming block a few times: id Software, Ion Storm, Gathering of Developers. With Devolver Digital, he wants to empower developers by helping them only where they need it.

Austin sits down with guest contributor Ian Williams to chat about his history with gaming, the state of labor in the games industry, and wrestling metaphors.

What better way to finally watch a piece of cinematic history than with 4 other belligerent people screaming about the movie the whole time? Join us as Jeff Bakalar watches The Terminator for the first time! We watched this on Amazon Prime Video, but it

Former Beastcast guest (and new Giant Bomb guest contributor) Gita Jackson joins Austin to chat about Dwarf Fortress, fantasy novels, and the best hypothetical CW show ever.

Darknet is a cyberpunk-influenced VR puzzle game that's been in development for over a year. Designer E McNeill has been messing with Samsung's Gear VR device for months, and spoke with us about VR's transition to mobile.

Abby and Ben are joined by The Real Will Smith to do some serious games journalism and, of course, stick it to the haters.

Author David Craddock is piecing together the history of Blizzard North and the Diablo series across three books, starting with Stay Awhile and Listen. We chat about the process of writing the book, and the best stories he heard.

We're BACK and we're EATING FOOD into the mic.

Rorie and Bakalar dip into the Giant Bomb Discord to chat with the fine folks over there to answer their burning questions, again again!

Christopher Kinniburgh was one of 300 people chosen to receive a Steam Machine from Valve. We chatted about how he was picked, and what it's been like to live in the future.

Abby and Ben are joined by Industry Professional Jeff Gerstmann who offers some hot tips about impressing Cliffy B and drinking. Howdy Doody!

We're joined by a bevy of guests and end up talking mostly about farts.

Patrick managed to grab Double Fine designer Brad Muir in-between GDC panels to talk a little MoHun, and the process of setting up two different systems to play one game.

Before he was dying hard, Bruce Willis had a little more hair and an album!

Sony's Adam Boyes discusses the PlayStation 4's ability to hold its liquor and other pertinent topics.

Austin had a chance to chat with Henrik Fåhraeus (Game Director at Paradox Development Studio) about the success of Crusader Kings II, the studio's upcoming sci-fi strategy game Stellaris, and the many ways that game rules can build stories.

A warlock, another warlock, and a titan walk into a podcast studio and talk about their favorite story moments, Destiny 1 vs Destiny 2, and what they want to see from future DLC.

Tom Happ is developing the heavily Metroid-inspired Axiom Verge all by himself. It looks absolutely amazing, and tried to learn a bit more about it at E3 this year.

Oren Ronen wanted to share the visual novel Danganronpa with people, so he started translating it on Something Awful, long before the game "officially" came out. He, uh, doesn't natively speak English or Japanese.

It took more than 10 hours and 1,000 deaths for Primeguard to take down Bungie's Vault of Glass challenge. Here's how they did it.

The Stanley Parable is a phenomenally interesting and thoughful mod for Half-Life 2. Now, creator Davey Wreden is remaking it. Why? How? Maybe Steve "I'll just butt into this interview, Patrick" Gaynor can help us figure it out.

If you read my article on Spelunky last week, which was based on my conversation with creator Derek Yu, you'll want to hear everything that didn't make it into the article, too.

Austin chats with new guest contributor Nick Capozzoli about mobile strategy game Subterfuge, how architecture influences his writing, and the state of games criticism.

The prolific Spelunky player keeps setting world records, and it just might be enough to let him quit his job.

Patrick had a chance to speak with Papo & Yo designer Vander Caballero last September. They discuss the inspirations behind Papo & Yo, the huge emotional response it generated, and what it's like to say goodbye.

We're joined by @DanRyckert for a maximum chill recording.

Video games are getting older, and institutions like The Strong are doing their best to preserve, archive, and exhibit its past.

Ten minutes and fewer questions with the man behind the Metal.

The Legend of Zelda, Secret of Mana, and others are a huge part of what the team behind the ridiculously good looking (and playing!) Hyper Light Drifter is aiming for.

Austin sits down with Heather Alexandra, Giant Bomb's latest guest contributor, to chat about her favorite games, her history as a critic, and the difference between "best" and "favorite."

To Marcus Lindblom, translating EarthBound was just one of many projects. It was a special one, but the game was a flop. Years later, he's finally learning just how much people love that series.

Mark "Seleene" Heard is not only a former CCP designer, he's part of EVE Online's Council of Stellar Management. Members are chosen through a player-driven election, and are charged with communicating the will of the people to the developers. It's just as

Austin sits down with the CEO and COO of Paradox Interactive to chat about the company's history and growth, storytelling through strategy games, and the state of labor conditions in the games industry.

Manfred “Manny” Sideous is the player who wasn't able to pay a bill...and paid the price. His group, Pandemic Legion, was marching forward until disaster struck.

Alex and Austin ascended a labyrinthine tower only to come face to face with a viking. Oh, also, they saw Assassin's Creed: Syndicate and For Honor.

Q3 goals: Increase social engagement by 10%, increase returns of used underwear by 40%, fire everyone and replace them with robots.

A conversation with fighting game commentator (and lawyer!) David "UltraDavid" Graham about the government recognizing competitive gaming, the tensions around the term eSports, and much more.

Game critic Brendan Keogh was struck by the messages embedded in Spec Ops: The Line, so he started writing about it. 50,000 words later, he had the book "Killing is Harmless: A Critical Reading of Spec Ops: The Line."

Destructoid Features Editor Steven Hansen joins Number One and Numero Uno for a chat about sports and politics.

Austin chats with new guest contributor Janine Hawkins about touching anime faces, petting Pokemon goats, and the bonds that form when fighting the alien menace.

Live from the windy city, it's Abby and Ben for another episode of My First E3! The dynamic duo is joined by Dan and Vinny for a performance review & stories of THEIR first E3!

Microsoft's senior director of Xbox console marketing stops by to discuss the unique challenges of selling a premium, half-step console upgrade.

GDC begins as mission designer Hugo Giard and director of narrative design Jill Murray discuss the challenges of making a game about slavery, and expanding the scope of game stories.

As holiday 2015 looms, the head of marketing for Xbox swings by to dish about the platform's past, present, and future.

Ben and Jan give some predictions and impressions on the little crime solving electric mouse, Detective Pikachu!

Ryan Black is a lawyer. Dr. Tyler Black is psychiatrist. They're twin brothers, and they have some very interesting theories about where the law and video games might intersect in the not-too-distant future.

Brad saw a demo of Dark Souls 3 with Miyazaki-san. Austin asks about it!

Sony's President of Worldwide Studios weighs in on all sorts of topics with just days to go till the PS4 launch.

In this episode we talk about if we like to kiss with our eyes open or closed.

Rorie and Bakalar host our first Premium Discord Q&A with special guests Dan Ryckert and Jeff Grubb. This replay is free for all to listen.

Patrick's been at E3 2013 for a few days now. But ever since he left for the airport in San Francisco, he's been rambling into a microphone about what he's seen, what he's played, and when he's tired. What a terrible idea.

The developer of celebrated adventure games Ben There, Dan That and Time Gentlemen, Please is building his own take on Spelunky. And living in the middle of nowhere.

It's been 10 years since the launch of Screened.com, so Rorie, Alex, and Joey get together to talk about the site, the memories, and, of course, the movies.

Tank aficionado Paul Barnett swings by the Giant Bomb studios to talk about game design philosophy, philosophers, Sonic Mania, and perhaps a tangent or two.

Brad played through Anthem like one and a half times and lived to tell about it.

Vinny, Abby, Jan and Brad have all finished Naughty Dog's latest game and they're here to talk about every bit of it. Yes, even that part.

Jan Ochoa and the homie Michael Higham from GameSpot have put together a short series of podcasts to celebrate Filipino-American History Month! Today we collected folks in GAMES MEDIA to talk about and share our experiences as Fil-Ams in games and in life

Richard Lemarchand was a lead designer at Naughty Dog, where he worked on the Uncharted series and other games. Now, he's a visiting associate professor of the interactive media division at the University of Southern California's school of cinematic arts.

Dan, Brad, and Vinny played Breath of the Wild and found ample floor space at E3 to sit down and chat about it.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown senior designer Ananda Gupta teases what's in store for the game's upcoming expansion.

Steven Applebaum and his partner, Ryan Hoss, are obsessed with the Super Mario Bros. live action film. Not only do they run a fan site, but they've partnered with one of the screenwriters to produce a sequel in comic form.

The Kickstarter project has just a few days to go, but designer Simon Karlsson finds time to chat about the reason he wants to tell the story about a father who accidentally runs over his son. Yes, you read that right.

Talkin' about E3 on the way to E3!

In the debut episode of Bak 2 Skool, Dan and Jeff travel through history to understand how electricity became a thing, why batteries are cool and what the hell is behind static shocks.

Brad talks to design director Mackey McCandlish about Respawn's new battle royale, and where the titans and wallrunning went.

With End Game 7 on the horizon, Alex talks to the chairman of VGCW about the history of the league, what's going down Tuesday night, and what it is that makes watching AI-controlled versions of popular video game characters duke it out in a wrestling ring

Microsoft used Gamescom to reveal its Independent Developers @ Xbox program, and I had a chance to talk with the director of the program about what the company hopes to accomplish.

Voxels are everywhere in EverQuest Next, thanks to Miguel Cepero's Voxel Farm technology. The man is betting big on a technology most associate with Outcast, and he explained to me why we shouldn't dismiss it.

17-Bit creative director Jake Kazdal talks about life after the frustrating release of Skulls of the Shogun, his goals for the future, and his new baby, Galak-Z.

Finally, a game for the platforming masochist who doesn't think games are hard enough. Cloudberry Kingdom's developers have spent four years perfecting an algorithm that develops brand-new levels on the fly--and it works.

We tracked down BioForge director, programmer, and producer Ken Demarest to discuss the origins, development, and legacy of his 1995 game.

Jeremy Snead, director of the documentary Video Games: The Movie, speaks with us about getting the chance to cover the history of his favorite medium.

Alex Rigopulos, Greg LoPiccolo, Eric Pope, and Ryan Lesser sit down with us to discuss the return of Rock Band, DLC and hardware backward compatibility, and the process of creating a crowd-funded game.

I have consulted with Giant Bomb's resident elder gods and they have returned with insights into the perfectly understandable timeline of the modern Mortal Kombat games.

The usually loud and brash game designer has adopted a softer, more apologetic tone when pitching his spiritual successor to Eternal Darkness, Shadow of the Eternals. WARNING: some Eternal Darkness and Game of Thrones spoilers!

Lead designer Nels Anderson explains Klei's decision to pull the trigger on Mark of the Ninja: Special Edition, and what it means for fans of ninjas 'n stabbing.

The only thing stranger than Frog Fractions itself is the story of how the game came to be, as told by developer Jim Crawford.

When a studio goes under, that's usually the end of it. But after Blitz Games imploded, the UK developers tasked with resurrecting Sega's quirky series didn't give up.

Sam Barlow has developed a penchant for making games featuring intimate interviews about traumatic experiences. Austin sits down with Barlow to perform his own intimate interview, hoping to uncover some of the hidden influences on Barlow's latest game, He

Passage and The Castle Doctrine designer Jason Rohrer believes our newfound culture of video game sales is hurting players and developers at the same time.

Patrick and Brad talk The Evil Within, Wolfenstein: The New Order, and Elder Scrolls Online.

Austin and Vinny investigated the offerings from Square-Enix's Western developers. They found detailed environments, interlocking systems, and lots and lots of explosions.

Grubb, Jan, and Dan got together in person to talk about WRESTLEMANIA! They discuss both nights, talk about the business developments at WWE, and more!

Alexandere Sabourin is a senior artist on Outlast, an Amnesia-inspired horror game where a photojournalist decides investigating an insane asylum is a smart idea. What scares a developer of scary games? Find out.

Paul swings through the office on his way to beautiful Cyprus and he brings with him tales of tanks, life on the R&D side of games, a slip of paper that says "Reid Yamamoto" on it, his six standouts of 2016, and... Star Fox?

Thomas Grip is the co-founder of Frictional Games, who brought us the terrifying Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Their next project? SOMA, a sci-fi horror looking to explore the idea of the human soul.

We're joined by our friends at Waypoint, as well as a special mystery guest, to talk about Fortnite.

Mick Foley talks Wrestlemania moments, Daniel Bryan talks predictive beard technology, and Steve Austin crafts a pretty spectacular analogy for wrestling fame.

Ben, Dan, and Vinny gather around to talk about 2018's God of War and all things spoilerific about it. Plot details, favorite moments, and sick combo strats are all contained within!

With Danny out, this episode of Danswers turned into a conversation about comedy and sex between the American Dan and his college buddy-turned-Comedy Central star.

Austin Walker and CNET's Jeff Bakalar sit down with Braid designer Jonathan Blow to talk about The Witness (his new game), the history of adventure games, and what it might mean to make "honest" art.

A few minutes with the designer of Gravity Bone, 30 Flights of Loving, and the upcoming hacker-centric Quadrilateral Cowboy.

Here's Alex Navarro's review of this year's Assassin's Creed.

Christopher Livingston runs the DayZ blog "hey are you cool" (heyareyoucool.tumblr.com), in which he recounts hilarious, sad, and boring stories from the apocalyptic frontlines.

The boys have been thrown over the top rope and are joined by our dear friends Mike Minotti and John Blud to talk about the Royal Rumble and the road to Wrestlemania!

An all-too-short conversation with 24 Caret Games designer Matt Gilgenbach about making a game that channels his real-life issues.

Jeff Gerstmann shares his thoughts on Forza Horizon 4 with one Brad Shoemaker.

On this week’s show we’re covering one of the mainstay pillars of the internet, porn, and why it’s so infuriatingly difficult for legitimate sex workers to reliabily make a living through platforms like OnlyFans. And given the nature of this week's

Papa Ryckert swung by Manhattan to chat with his son about NYC vs. Kansas, balding, home improvement, dogs, and the origins of human language.

We're joined by a surly crew for this our season finale. Topics of discussion include butt implants, soup, and more.

Routine wants to explore the terror of a very familiar object in the sky, and its developers want to show as little as possible before the game's done.

After seeing the Adam Sandler nostalgia bomb Pixels, Alex and Austin needed to sit down, sigh, and work through a few things together.

Drew, Vinny, and Austin talk about robotic dinosaurs, post-post-apocalypses, and MYSTERIES.

The former designer on games like Deus Ex and BioShock 2 is getting up close and personal for his debut independent effort, The Novelist.

Austin chats with the latest Giant Bomb guest contributor, Jason Imms, about his article and some of their favorite games to come out of TrainJam 2016.

If you thought that the state of wrestling couldn't get any odder in 2022 here we are! We're joined by Mike Minotti and Jordan Olds of Albummer to talk about the fallout of this wrestling packed weekend.

A recent partnership with Unity should allow a wider variety of games to show up on Facebook. I chatted with product manager for games George Lee about how it's trying to change Facebook's image.

In our finale special guest Janina Gavankar joins us to talk about what it's like to be a professional Fortnite player.

After two months of blood, sweat, and tears, Abby and Ben finally got their shot at the big time.

Eyjolfur Gudmundsson is EVE Online's chief economist. Like real-life, its economy goes up, down, and has recessions. CCP even has an Internal Affairs department to regulate those with too much information.

Home designer Benjamin Rivers is tackling something altogether different with Alone With You, a dating sim-inspired adventure with a gender ambiguous main character meant to attract a wider audience.

Bakalar, Jan, Grubb, and eventually Dan hung out with the fine folks on the Giant Bomb Discord to answer ALL of your questions!

A conversation with the co-director of the movie that destroyed an entire summer for me.

Last week, Riot Games declared its paid players could not stream everything from DOTA 2 to...Fat Princess? It eventually backed down, and I called up OnGamers senior eSports editor Rod Breslau to learn more.

SoundSelf, which is currently raising money on Kickstarter, is all about going WHAAAAAAAAAAAA into a microphone. Sort of. Literally. Kind of. Look, just listen.

It was, uh, interesting.

So...when? Three experts flew to Iceland to provide us with some answers. EVE Online Fanfest 2013 was host to three "Make EVE Real" panels, in which leading scientists broke down how some of EVE Online's technology may show up sooner than you think. Techn

Ben and Jan are joined by a couple FF7 experts to break down all things Final Fantasy VII Remake. What was the reason the FF team finally started working on the remake? What could Remake 2 look like? Why is Tifa best girl? All this and more will be answer

La Mulana's creators are reaching out to other Japanese developers at GDC, and the PLAYISM service hopes to unify them. Asterizm VP of game production Takumi Naramura and Active Gaming Media content acquisition director Joshua Weatherford talk about their

Our long-running Giant Spoiler Snakecast series returns with a top-to-bottom discussion about every inch of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. Spoilers.

Samantha Kalman drops by to discuss making music in Denmark, Unity documentation, the indie development life, and more.

I did not expect to have a WWE designer name drop one of my favorite Japanese PS2 wrestling games. Not that I'm complaining.

The creative director for one of 2014's most surprising games talks about how MachineGames made Wolfenstein relevant in the modern age.

Austin and Alex sit down with new Giant Bomb guest contributor Mike Drucker to talk about comedy, localizing games, and the unfulfilled promises of 1990s VR.

The battle for whose voice is more rattled on Friday morning rages on. The Fullbright Company designer Steve Gaynor talks about showing Gone Home, a game best suited for a quiet place, at a stupidly loud venue like GDC.

Rorie, Bakalar, and Jan are here to answer questions from our lovely community.

Austin chats with Gino Grieco, the latest Giant Bomb guest contributor, about writing, martial arts, city planning, and network security. You know, four very closely related topics.

Lucas Pope spends his time traveling, and it got him thinking about the life of the men and women who work at immigration checkpoints. Pope reflects on his design process, and how players react to his empathetic games.

Some ex-38 Studios developers want to Kickstart a game based on popular indie wrestling league CHIKARA...but it's not a wrestling game. Alex sits down with Rotary Games' Jared Hall-Dugas and Jesse Smith to find out just what Rudo Resurrection is all about

Cards Against Humanity's Trin Garritano, Sentris developer Samantha Kalman, and Treachery in Beatdown City designer Shawn Allen joined me at PAX Prime to share stories about how to be a good person on the Internet. This feels...appropriate.

The final episode of My First E3.................?