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Weekly Ramblecast 217: 650k Guns
🕑 Added 2025-08-05 21:29:50 +0000 UTCRoughly 90 percent of this podcast is Brad sifting through a big bin of old GameSpot and Giant Bomb-era memorabilia while we all discuss and reminisce, so hopefully everyone is feeling good and nostalgic this week!
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:18) Jerseyquake!
(00:08:04) Hope y'all like nostalgia about the Giant Bomb and GameSpot days
(00:11:41) SO many lanyards
(00:18:07) The old GameSpot DVDs
(00:23:50) Make sure to grab those office name plates
(00:34:43) The touching Viva Piñata moment
(00:38:18) That Minecraft PAX party looms large
(00:42:50) The games industry transition circa 2012
(00:45:11) Old school games press junkets and preview events
(00:52:03) The recitation of the preview notebooks
(00:56:50) "On-site procurement" is a LIE
(00:59:53) Alex's hangover security badge
(01:04:11) Content and bye!
Comments
Mark Wilhelm
That Giant Bomb magazine Brad has is something I made and gave out at the PAX Prime after Ryan passed. I tracked you all down as you were getting dinner across from the convention center and everyone at the table got a copy, as did a bunch of friends of the site. I have polaroid pictures of folks cracking open the magazine and making faces. :) If y'all ever want to make a NXL zine, give me a holler.
Small Town Volcano
Dont worry if it feels self indulgent to walk down memory lane a bit, I was a huge fan of early gamespot and kept up with games coverage throughout and so hearing about that stuff is great!
Casey Neal
Alex your pin buddy was Gerstmann. I only know that because that was the only set I managed to get.
