Best The Minigames Podcast Podcasts (2024)

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852: GrandMah-Jong 2:24:22

2h ago2:24:22

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This week the Blight Boyz have returned from their wrassling excursion, Jan gets invited to an underground Mahjong den, Mike relives the wonder of the Beyond Good & Evil remaster, SteamWorld Heist 2 is stealing our attention, and the Tomba! remaster is a pleasant package. We also recap all of the biggest video game news in the past week such as the…

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Giant Bombcast 852: GrandMah-Jong

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This week the Blight Boyz have returned from their wrassling excursion, Jan gets invited to an underground Mahjong den, Mike relives the wonder of the Beyond Good & Evil remaster, SteamWorld Heist 2 is stealing our attention, and the Tomba! remaster iBy Giant Bomb

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Giant Bombcast 851: REVENGEANCE (Fantasy Critic Recap)

2d ago

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We got a two man pod today as Shawn and Jan chat about the layoffs at Game Informer, the retro phone games that Shawn is playing, and they recap where everyone stands so far in this year's Fantasy Critic league!By Giant Bomb

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851: REVENGEANCE (Fantasy Critic Recap) 59:15

1h ago59:15

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We got a two man pod today as Shawn and Jan chat about the layoffs at Game Informer, the retro phone games that Shawn is playing, and they recap where everyone stands so far in this year's Fantasy Critic league!By Giant Bomb

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Giant Bombcast 851: Weinerville

6h ago

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This week we continue the spurring Liquid Death discourse as Jan recounts his travels to San Diego Comic-Con, Dan explains the intricacies of Demon Slayer Sweep the Board, Mike talks about his Star Wars Outlaws preview, and we all gush about Thank GoodnesBy Giant Bomb

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851: Weinerville 2:11:58

2h ago2:11:58

2:11:58

This week we continue the spurring Liquid Death discourse as Jan recounts his travels to San Diego Comic-Con, Dan explains the intricacies of Demon Slayer Sweep the Board, Mike talks about his Star Wars Outlaws preview, and we all gush about Thank Goodness You're Here. We also talk about the biggest news in gaming like the WoW team unioninzing, SAG…

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Giant Bombcast 850: REVENGEANCE (The Mount Rushmore of Mario Party Minigames)

12d ago

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Grubb, Dan, Mike, and Shawn are finishing the week by talking to y'all about their time with Marvel Rivals, Final Fantasy VI, and Nintendo World Championships. After that, they decide the Mount Rushmore of Mario Party minigames!By Giant Bomb

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850: REVENGEANCE (The Mount Rushmore of Mario Party Minigames) 1:06:24

2h ago1:06:24

1:06:24

Grubb, Dan, Mike, and Shawn are finishing the week by talking to y'all about their time with Marvel Rivals, Final Fantasy VI, and Nintendo World Championships. After that, they decide the Mount Rushmore of Mario Party minigames!By Giant Bomb

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849: REVENGEANCE 56:43

1h ago56:43

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This week on Bombcast Revengeance, we discuss our initial impressions of Nintendo World Championships NES Edition and draft teams of the best video game animals!By Giant Bomb

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850: POTENT 2:45:50

35m ago2:45:50

2:45:50

We're well-travelled this week as Jan recounts his travels in Japan and Shawn talks about his time going to EVO 2024! The gang talks about the NYT Mini crossword, Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition taking over lives, and Concord being simply okay. We also talk about the biggest stories in video game news and all of your emails! JEANS!…

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Giant Bombcast 850: POTENT

15d ago

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We're well travelled this week as Jan recounts his travels in Japan and Shawn talks about his time going to EVO 2024! The gang talks about the NYT Mini crossword, Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition taking over lives, and Concord being simply okay.By Giant Bomb

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1.6 Huizinga's Homo Ludens 1:02:44

11h ago1:02:44

1:02:44

Martin Roth, of the Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, joins me to discuss Homo Ludens, Johan Huizinga's 1938 study of play and culture. Martin and I discuss the way that Homo Ludens can be considered the first "game studies" book, but also all of the ways that it is more complicated and surprising than its repu…

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Giant Bombcast 849 REVENGEANCE

19d ago

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Yes, *849* Revengeance. Maybe this episode is from the past. Maybe you're just from the future. Maybe Shawn forgot to upload this one after failing to do so over Denny's wifi in Vegas. Who can say. But it's here now, so please enjoy the crew talking aboutBy Giant Bomb

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Giant Bombcast 849: Government-Mandated Mario

20d ago

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Grubb, Dan, Mike and Shawn are here to talk to you about getting into FromSoftware games, the return of weird Capcom, and almost losing to a baby in Mario Party. After that, good discussions about a slow news week, and your emails!By Giant Bomb

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849: Government-Mandated Mario 2:28:44

41m ago2:28:44

2:28:44

Grubb, Dan, Mike and Shawn are here to talk to you about getting into FromSoftware games, the return of weird Capcom, and almost losing to a baby in Mario Party. After that, good discussions about a slow news week, and your emails!By Giant Bomb

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Giant Bombcast 848: REVENGEANCE (Concord Beta Impressions)

4d ago

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This week on Bombcast Revengeance we discuss our initial impressions on our short trip through Concord!By Giant Bomb

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848: REVENGEANCE (Concord Beta Impressions) 46:14

19h ago46:14

46:14

This week on Bombcast Revengeance, we discuss our initial impressions on our short trip through Concord!By Giant Bomb

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Buy Low Drink High 1:56:16

2d ago1:56:16

1:56:16

This episode we discuss Namor, Pat's ideal faction, and tournament head space. Recorded 6/?/24 Acquire Alfredo's widgets @ https://www.museonstore.com/products/size3tacotruck-widget-set-for-marvel-crisis-protocol?ref=SIZE3TACOS Join our discord and tell us why we're wrong at - https://discord.gg/FNVVvfzucm…

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1.5 Agon and Ancient Greek Society -- David Potter 41:54

28d ago41:54

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Historian David Potter joins me to discuss the concept of agon, or competitive play, and how it animated everything in ancient Greek society from sports to education to politics to art. And Plato's The Republic, often considered the foundation of Western philosophy, was an attempt to end the agonistic nature of society.…

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Giant Bombcast 848: Lil Bangboo

21d ago

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Hello to our lil bangboos! Dan and Grubb are back! We talk about vacationing, getting our faces scooped out, hot pulls in Zenless Zone Zero, Star Wars Hunters, odd naming conventions in Super Monkey Ball, Hollow Knight, and Psychonauts! We also catch up oBy Giant Bomb

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848: Lil Bangboo 2:03:17

4d ago2:03:17

2:03:17

Hello to our lil bangboos! Dan and Grubb are back! We talk about vacationing, getting our faces scooped out, hot pulls in Zenless Zone Zero, Star Wars Hunters, odd naming conventions in Super Monkey Ball, Hollow Knight, and Psychonauts! We also catch up on all the hot video game news and all of your emails! For all your Metal Gear Scanlon rewatchin…

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847: The Old Castle 2:11:15

1M ago2:11:15

2:11:15

Everything is breaking down but the Bombcast persists! We chat about Until Then, Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, Dragon Age: Inquisition, a little bit of Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, and some more Shadow of the Erdtree! We also get through today's top stories in games such as the Dead Rising remaster, Switch 2 woes, a new Crazy Taxi, and more!…

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Giant Bombcast 847: The Old Castle

13d ago

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Everything is breaking down but the Bombcast persists! We chat about Until Then, Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, Dragon Age: Inquisition, a little bit of Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail, and some more Shadow of the Erdtree! We also get through today's topBy Giant Bomb

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1.4 Maria Lugones (and David Graeber) -- Miguel Sicart 1:02:10

1M ago1:02:10

1:02:10

Miguel Sicart, author of Playing Software, joins me for a playful, even anarchist discussion which was supposed to be about the work of Maria Lugones but ended up being about Lugones, Graeber, Almodóvar, Maradona, and much more. You can find Miguel's work here: https://miguelsicart.net/By Graham Culbertson

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Giant Bombcast 846: LITTLE CLOWN BOY

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We're back and refreshed to chat about our current adventures in Shadow of the Erdtree, disassociating in 1000x Resist, and Lucy shares a whole slew of impressions on various games (This Bed We Made, The Alters, Still Wakes the Deep, and Fallen Aces). GruBy Giant Bomb

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846: LITTLE CLOWN BOY 2:08:10

22d ago2:08:10

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We're back and refreshed to chat about our current adventures in Shadow of the Erdtree, disassociating in 1000x Resist, and Lucy shares a whole slew of impressions on various games (This Bed We Made, The Alters, Still Wakes the Deep, and Fallen Aces). Grubb breaks down all of the hottest stories in video games and also all of your lovely emails!…

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Giant Bombcast 845: REVENGEANCE (Shadow of the Erdtree Mini-Review)

2M ago

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We're rounding out the week by bringing in Tam to talk about Shadow of the Erdtree and Lucy to talk about Tales of the Shire! After that, the Mount Rushmore of British game studios (innit)!By Giant Bomb

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