Giant Bombcast 764: Empathy and Stuff
128Our dear friend Michael Higham joins us as we talk about Somerville, Pentimate, the Game Awards nominees for 2022, and even more!
#giantbombcast #bombcast #pentiment #somerville
00:00 - Intro
00:30 - Hello and Here We Are
02:20 - Bakalar Has the Floor
05:00 - NHL 2K23
06:50 - Bakalar Has a Vision
13:33 - Havestella
15:00 - Somerville
25:00 - Tactics Ogre Reborn
33:36 - Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
45:24 - The Washed Boy Old Games Minute (Xenosaga, Digital Devil, OG God of War)
58:16 - GAME OF THE WEEK: Pentiment
01:13:47 - Break 1: BetterHelp and Indeed
01:17:23 - We back with Quiznos
01:21:45 - The Game Awards Nominees
01:36:10 - God of War Ragnarok Launch was Big
01:40:34 - PS5 Slim Coming Soon?
01:47:20 - Sony and NFTs
01:50:05 - Naughty Dog Hires Fortnite Veteran as "Monetization Designer"
01:55:33 - Phil Spencer and Call of Duty's Future
01:59:20 - Phil Spencer and Xbox's Mobile Future
02:07:24 - Cyber Punk 2077 DLC
02:08:40 - Elden Ring Sales Reach $17.5m
02:10:39 - Rockstar Turns Down GTA Movie Pitch
02:12:30 - European Commission Responds to Activision Sale
02:15:01 - Break 2
02:15:06 - We back with Emails!
02:15:58 - Which Sonic Character You Kissing?
02:18:00 - First Time in Japan
02:23:21 - Manual Espresso Machines
02:28:07 - Non-English Words
02:36:20 - We out! Here's what's popping
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