1 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:32,759 Hey, everybody, welcome the Giant BombCast a Vengeance. It's holiday week here 2 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:38,320 at gb HQ, so we got Thanksgiving off, Thursday, Friday off this 3 00:00:38,399 --> 00:00:42,840 week. If you're not in the States, I hope you're having a lovely 4 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:45,799 Thursday and Friday. But I thought it'd be neat to go around the horn 5 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:50,880 and ask the crew what they were thankful for this year. Since I'm editing 6 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:57,000 it, I'll start, Yeah, I am thankful for my partner, folks, 7 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,560 homies, I mean you, big Dog, and of course thankful for 8 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:06,079 the Little Dog's count. But I am especially thankful for this team, y'all, 9 00:01:07,599 --> 00:01:11,239 for Jeff Backlar, Dan Reiker, Jeff Grubb, two more Hussein, 10 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:15,280 Lucy James, and the whole extended fan of Mike Minatti, Nicki Grayson, 11 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,760 Sean Turbo, Shan McDowell, Bailey Myers, Emma Fife. You know what 12 00:01:19,879 --> 00:01:25,000 shouts out to you, too, big big dog, Carlos Yo, this 13 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:30,319 team lots of ups and downs, dramatic ups and just as dramatic downs. 14 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:34,439 But yo, yo, yo, yo yo. You got to have those 15 00:01:34,519 --> 00:01:40,359 peaks in valleys to define the landscape of us. Have I used that before? 16 00:01:40,560 --> 00:01:44,319 Yes, But I'm fine to use it now. Not to toot our 17 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:48,599 own horn, but yo, I'm honest to God, honest to God's favorite 18 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,359 podcast. I think we're doing a bang up job. But I am also 19 00:01:53,400 --> 00:01:59,200 super duper duper duper thankful for you listening at home. I've shared this sentiment 20 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,840 multiple times, but I am thankful for you listening, in watching, whether 21 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:09,120 it's the podcasts, the streams, videos, whatever we're putting out, I 22 00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:15,280 am thankful for you at home. Whether you're an OG fan from the Game 23 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:20,360 Spot days to the Air Pointing Down days, the Pedaluma days, the office 24 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:25,680 Whiskey Media, or whether you're a new listener. I love you, gang. 25 00:02:28,039 --> 00:02:30,960 Now let's hear from everyone. Take it away, person I've put next. 26 00:02:35,599 --> 00:02:38,759 You know, it's this time of year that you've really kind of stop 27 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:43,639 and reflect on the people that impacted you and kind of showed you the way 28 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:49,719 when you thought kind of lost. And I just remember I was playing Sonic 29 00:02:49,759 --> 00:02:53,560 the Hedgehog two thousand and six, and it was like a jungle level and 30 00:02:53,599 --> 00:02:57,039 I didn't know where I was going. I was turned all around. I 31 00:02:57,080 --> 00:02:59,800 wasn't sure, and I thought like, oh, silly me, I'll go 32 00:02:59,840 --> 00:03:04,400 in this direction over here, this this seems right, and someone we're very 33 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,599 close with here a Giant Bomb, Mike Manaughty. You know, I'm thankful 34 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:12,960 for him for saying, no, no, Dan, don't go that way. 35 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:16,479 That's not where you need to go. You should turn around and go 36 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:22,560 back this way. It's clearly the critical path. And look, he was 37 00:03:22,599 --> 00:03:24,719 wrong and he sent me back to the to the beginning of the level. 38 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:29,400 But hey, you know what the intent was there. He had good intentions 39 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:30,680 and everything. So I mean, he was completely wrong and wasted a lot 40 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:35,439 of time and it was very frustrating everything. So yeah, I guess I'm 41 00:03:35,439 --> 00:03:38,120 not when I say it that way, I guess I'm not that thankful for 42 00:03:38,159 --> 00:03:49,240 it. So yeah, I guess not. Hello, everybody, it's Mike 43 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:54,039 Manatty. I just want to wish everybody who's celebrating a very happy thanks Giving. 44 00:03:54,240 --> 00:04:00,560 I really want to thank everybody a part of Giant Bomb in the community 45 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,719 for being so welcoming to me over the last year, being so nice to 46 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:08,000 me. It really has just been one of the one, honestly one of 47 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,960 the best years of my life, being able to be a part of all 48 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:16,240 this so much, being able to enjoy things like songs and art and all 49 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:20,240 that stuff I never thought I would get to experience. It really has been 50 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:26,399 amazing. Thank you so much to Gosh, the staff of Giant Bomb, 51 00:04:26,519 --> 00:04:32,519 Jeff, Jeff Dann, Jim tam Lucy, Sean, Nikki DMan Bailey for 52 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:38,879 also just you know, letting me pal around and be myself, be my 53 00:04:39,199 --> 00:04:46,319 impish, childish but endearing and charming Mitchie self on all that Giant Bomb content. 54 00:04:46,399 --> 00:04:51,000 Also shout out to my crew over at games Beat, Rachel, Jordan 55 00:04:51,079 --> 00:04:57,959 and Dean for always doing such amazing work over there. Uh yeah, that's 56 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:00,680 that's it everyone. Hope you all have a great holiday. If you're not 57 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,319 having a holiday, hope you just have a great rest of the week. 58 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:15,399 I will be seeing you around. Take care this Thanksgiving. I'm really thankful 59 00:05:15,519 --> 00:05:20,839 for, you know, the train blog. I'm really thankful for that training 60 00:05:20,879 --> 00:05:25,199 blog. It was something that we were very excited to do, and you 61 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:29,240 know, I'm so glad that it's available for everyone to watch. Jan. 62 00:05:29,519 --> 00:05:32,279 I appreciate that you put in all the effort, Jan to make it go 63 00:05:32,439 --> 00:05:36,480 up when you said you would. Jan, I'm sure there's hundreds of thousands 64 00:05:36,519 --> 00:05:43,480 of people out there that are very very much enjoying our long dal journey that 65 00:05:43,519 --> 00:05:49,319 we cataloged using our phones and various other devices on this very unique experience Jan. 66 00:05:51,959 --> 00:05:58,040 So yeah, I'm very thankful for the content that Jan worked hard on 67 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,639 to put up this year. I'm also very thankful for all of my friends 68 00:06:01,639 --> 00:06:06,439 at Giant Palm and being able to sit down with them and shoot the ship 69 00:06:06,519 --> 00:06:13,079 and play games with them. I checked with Lucy as she said, I'm 70 00:06:13,199 --> 00:06:18,199 very thankful for vacations, which is very fair and warranted. So yeah, 71 00:06:19,639 --> 00:06:29,839 bye, Okay, what up, homies, I'm on vacation right now. 72 00:06:29,959 --> 00:06:35,519 I'm in Amsterdam. I am thankful for the exchange rate being pretty decent right 73 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:40,680 now, to be honest, the abundance of wine over here. Not so 74 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:43,319 the fact that I can take a vacation because it's been a long time and 75 00:06:43,319 --> 00:06:45,879 I'm with my friends and I'm having a lovely time. But I love you 76 00:06:45,959 --> 00:06:58,439 all to miss you. Goodbye everyone. It's your friendly neighborhood social media guys, 77 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:02,120 Sean, or as you might know me, Bet Turbo Sean introducing myself 78 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,879 because I just realized this is an audio podcast and a lot of you all 79 00:07:05,959 --> 00:07:11,240 probably don't know my voice super well yot, So there you go. I 80 00:07:11,319 --> 00:07:15,519 wanted to say that I'm thankful for games being good, just like across the 81 00:07:15,639 --> 00:07:20,319 board nowadays. I don't need to explain to you all that twenty twenty three 82 00:07:20,519 --> 00:07:24,879 is an incredible year of gaming, especially if you listen to the BombCast. 83 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:28,040 You know that already, but just the fact that you can fire up a 84 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,240 game that you might be excited for, it's just a good time. It 85 00:07:31,279 --> 00:07:33,600 didn't always used to be that way. Like while as a kid, you 86 00:07:33,639 --> 00:07:38,360 can fire up a game and it might suck, and we don't really have 87 00:07:38,439 --> 00:07:42,360 anymore. Also, I have a few duds that inevitably end up on Blake 88 00:07:42,399 --> 00:07:46,319 Club relayed shows. So I just wanted to say, hey, games are 89 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:49,120 cool, and shouts to all the doves make them. Really you don't get 90 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,879 enough love. And if any of you are listening to this, just hey, 91 00:07:51,959 --> 00:07:55,439 no, you appreciate it, because this has been one hell of a 92 00:07:55,600 --> 00:08:01,040 year for game creation as well, and you all definitely deserve more kudos for 93 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,600 that. And I just want to say thank you to everyone at Giant Bomb, 94 00:08:03,879 --> 00:08:09,360 the crew, the community, everyone involved. You've all been really great 95 00:08:09,399 --> 00:08:13,279 to me over the past six ish months that I've been doing stuff around here. 96 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:18,959 And whether I'm making a silly little TikTok or helping out with TNT or 97 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:22,199 other on camera stuff. It's always awesome being able to wake up and make 98 00:08:22,279 --> 00:08:26,560 cool stuff with cool people. So thank you all for that. I really 99 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:31,759 appreciate it and hope that you all are having a great weekend and a great 100 00:08:31,759 --> 00:08:41,200 holiday if you celebrate. Thanks y'all. Okay, let's let's see what am 101 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:48,320 I thankful for. Jan you asked me to record something where I talk about 102 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:52,120 just the holidays, what I'm thankful for, Thanksgiving and all that. I'm 103 00:08:52,159 --> 00:08:56,720 thankful that I get to work alongside so many talented people, so many people 104 00:08:56,759 --> 00:09:03,879 that just give a shit. You know. I think that's a very hard 105 00:09:03,720 --> 00:09:13,559 trait to come by at this point. Just finding people who care. That's 106 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,480 important. Caring is important. It's something I tell my kid all the time. 107 00:09:18,039 --> 00:09:22,559 Just give a shit, right, that's all. Try your best, 108 00:09:22,799 --> 00:09:30,159 give a shit. So I'm thankful for getting to share my work time with 109 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:35,200 not just talented people, people I can rely on, people who are thoughtful 110 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:43,799 and kind, but also people who I consider my close friends and not my 111 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:52,000 you know, idiot nor me friends, my other friends, my cool friends. 112 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:58,960 Yeah, I'm thankful for getting to spend as much time with my son 113 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:09,080 and as as someone who grew up with a father who you know, worked 114 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:16,440 nothing insane, but certainly for the time, probably like I guess the average 115 00:10:16,519 --> 00:10:20,720 right of someone who's commuting into Manhattan every day. You know, only really 116 00:10:20,759 --> 00:10:24,679 got to see my dad during the week for about maybe twenty minutes thirty minutes 117 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:31,679 a night. And you know, a lot of times I compare that relationship 118 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:37,639 that I had with him to what I have with with little dib here, 119 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:43,360 and it's just night and day. Get to see him so much. Maybe 120 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:46,559 too much. No, I'm kidding, it's just crazy. It's just the 121 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:54,399 difference between the generations is wild and super super thankful for that. I'm thankful 122 00:10:54,519 --> 00:11:03,799 that certain I'm thankful that certain labor empowerments have occurred this year and my wife 123 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:07,360 can get back to work that she has so desperately wanted to do. That 124 00:11:07,519 --> 00:11:15,320 is awesome. I wish more of that was spreading throughout American labor, but 125 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:20,840 you know, through organizing, one step at a time, we will slowly 126 00:11:20,919 --> 00:11:26,960 chip away. Yeah. I'm thankful for a lot of stuff. Thankful for 127 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:35,799 everyone who takes the time to interact with our content, engage with our content. 128 00:11:37,879 --> 00:11:39,960 I know it means a lot to a lot of people, and that 129 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:43,000 just means the world to us. So I think, I know I don't 130 00:11:43,000 --> 00:11:48,120 have to say it and speak for the rest of us, but super thankful 131 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:54,919 and grateful for all of that. And you, the person who is listening 132 00:11:54,960 --> 00:12:01,159 to this right now, Yeah, I'm talking to you. I'm thankful for 133 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:09,440 you, Thankful that you made it your business to hit play on this podcast, 134 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:15,759 and it just means a lot. I think. I know we say 135 00:12:15,759 --> 00:12:18,360 it a lot, but we say it a lot because we mean it. 136 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:26,279 Thank you for helping us continue to do what we do. If it brings 137 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:28,320 you joy, if it brings you comfort, if it allows you to escape 138 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:33,759 to a better place, whatever the reason, it doesn't matter. At the 139 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:35,799 end of the day, we are just thankful for you. Have a great 140 00:12:35,799 --> 00:12:50,960 holiday everyone, See you in la Hey, y'all, it's Nikki. Hope 141 00:12:52,080 --> 00:13:00,080 you are having a day or week full of love and gratitude for you and 142 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,879 your friends and your family and the folks around you. Or if this is 143 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:09,159 a year or a time that you need to take space for yourself, I 144 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:13,919 hope that you are taking that space and creating an environment that is comfortable and 145 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:22,759 one that you feel able to love yourself in Jan asked us to do little 146 00:13:22,279 --> 00:13:28,639 little things talking about the things that we are grateful for this year, and 147 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:35,519 it's been for me personally a very weird year. I have not felt particularly 148 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:41,159 settled kind of at all. But something that has been really helpful to me 149 00:13:41,399 --> 00:13:52,039 and something that I've absolutely been grateful for is the warmth of others and the 150 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:56,879 reciprococity is that the word is that a word does anybody fucking know of the 151 00:13:58,399 --> 00:14:03,919 people around me? And just grateful for the care and the thought that other 152 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:11,320 people have when they think about me. And that's something that I have been 153 00:14:11,399 --> 00:14:16,759 very bad at recognizing and appreciating, and I've tried to make intentional decisions about 154 00:14:16,759 --> 00:14:22,480 that this year. So feeling extra grateful for that, extra grateful for Jan 155 00:14:22,919 --> 00:14:31,279 and back Alart and Grub for thinking about me when they were looking for someone 156 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:35,840 to help Sean out on socials. It was a blast to hang out at 157 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:41,559 Summer Games Fest earlier this year, and to be kicking around with y'all here 158 00:14:41,559 --> 00:14:48,120 at Giant Bomb has been an incredible thing for me and my health and my 159 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:50,639 mind to make me still feel like I have a place in this business. 160 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:58,240 So I'm appreciative of all of that, and thank you listeners for welcoming me 161 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:03,159 and Barley with open arm as much appreciated. Have a great holiday, or 162 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:07,759 if it's just Thursday to you, have a great Thursday, or if it's 163 00:15:07,799 --> 00:15:11,799 Friday. I don't know when Jan's putting this out. Jan, please save 164 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:28,720 me, help Jam help. Happy Thanksgiving everyone. This is Jeff Greb live 165 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:33,879 from the Columbos Recording Studio, taking a little break to wish you happy holidays 166 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:37,200 and to say yeah, I'm thankful for all of you. Thanks to Jan 167 00:15:37,279 --> 00:15:41,080 for putting this together. I don't want to take up too much of your 168 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,840 time. I know you're ready to get back to Turkey and the holidays, 169 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,759 but if you're listening to this, I wanted to give you some useful information. 170 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:50,120 Here are my ten movies that you can watch with the family on Thanksgiving 171 00:15:50,120 --> 00:15:54,960 weekend. These are not necessarily about Thanksgiving, but I think they're good movies 172 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,480 to watch on Thanksgiving. I'll give you the reasons why. Obviously. Number 173 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:03,120 one is Planes, Trains and Automobiles, a great Thanksgiving movie about trying to 174 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:08,120 get home. It's got that good melancholy of of how you might feel if 175 00:16:08,159 --> 00:16:11,240 you are separated from your family and the people you want to be around and 176 00:16:11,399 --> 00:16:15,879 traveling and all that stuff, and it's very funny. I like that movie 177 00:16:15,879 --> 00:16:19,720 a ton, watch it every year. Rocky has the most awkward Thanksgiving date 178 00:16:19,799 --> 00:16:25,279 scene you've ever seen. It's a must watch. You know. If you 179 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,360 can't handle that, just put on Rocky four and you'll be good. Paul 180 00:16:27,399 --> 00:16:32,279 Blart Mall Cop two is a good one to sit down and just like marvel 181 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:36,320 at how it was made, and then you can go listen to God until 182 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:41,600 death do us Blart the McElroy's podcast that they do every year on Thanksgiving where 183 00:16:41,639 --> 00:16:45,360 they rewatch this movie and have to talk about it, and that's a good 184 00:16:45,399 --> 00:16:52,960 time. Adams Family Values That has a great Thanksgiving scene where the Native Americans 185 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:56,399 get a little bit of revenge on the Pilgrims. It's a classic. Those 186 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:00,679 at nineties Adams Family movies were really, really good good. This is the 187 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:03,000 second one. You don't have to watch the first one. You can just 188 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:06,920 hop right into this, but both are really good movies. The Apple This 189 00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:11,400 is a musical. It's like Rocky Horror Picture Show meets The Room. This 190 00:17:11,519 --> 00:17:15,759 is also a real riot to watch with people just kind of get everyone around 191 00:17:15,799 --> 00:17:18,480 and be like, hey, you want to see some real shit. Let's 192 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:22,279 let's get into the shit. That's a good one. It's there's a one 193 00:17:22,319 --> 00:17:26,200 where this guy's landlady said, you know what, you just need to watch 194 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:30,599 it. It's incredible over on Netflix if you only have if you're like I 195 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:33,759 got Netflix, Jeff go to Go to the Mystery Signed Theater three thousand episodes, 196 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:37,359 the ones they made for Netflix, and Go to Avalanche. Not about 197 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:41,359 Thanksgimming, but I found that this one's a real crowd pleaser. Me and 198 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:45,480 my wife have watched this one a whole my life. I know you just 199 00:17:45,519 --> 00:17:48,839 said that, didn't you. Me and my family have watched this a bunch 200 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,960 of times and we never get sick of it. It's a real good one. 201 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:56,240 It's like one of those seventies disaster films and it's just a real trash 202 00:17:56,240 --> 00:18:00,720 and I have a good time with that one. Obviously. Knives Out is 203 00:18:00,759 --> 00:18:03,359 a really good vibe movie. I think for that time of year. It's 204 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:07,000 got a lot of good oranges and browns and I don't know, I just 205 00:18:07,039 --> 00:18:10,079 love the feel of this and it's one I think I did watch last Thanksgiving. 206 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,279 I'm like I might make a tradition out of that, because I really 207 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:17,880 like that movie, Garfield's Thanksgiving. I've never seen this, but I'm not 208 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:21,319 one to be above a meme, So maybe we can watch that this year 209 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:26,160 together, everybody. And then finally, crazy Stupid Love with the best romantic 210 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:30,319 comedy ever made. It is. It is a true classic movie. Steve 211 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:37,559 Carrell, the Handsome Guy, a few other people that kid from that movie. 212 00:18:37,839 --> 00:18:40,160 Let's I'm bad at this. That's why I write about video games. 213 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:44,680 I'm not good at that either. All Right, happy Thanksgiving me everybody, 214 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,720 travel safe, you know, be nice to your family, ignore your uncle, 215 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:56,000 and we'll see you guys back next week. Hey, everybody, it's 216 00:18:56,079 --> 00:18:59,960 Bailey. I just want to say I'm so thankful that I've been able to 217 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:06,079 participate in all the giant bomb shenanigans that I've been able to join in on 218 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:11,759 this year. I look back at my journey in this industry and having started 219 00:19:11,799 --> 00:19:17,319 doing stuff I really really hated, just really boring market the press releases I 220 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:21,400 wrote, and looking at where I am now, where my job is just 221 00:19:21,839 --> 00:19:26,160 play video game, make joke about video game, talk to cool people that 222 00:19:26,319 --> 00:19:30,960 I like about video game, and make fun of them for not playing video 223 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:33,319 game the way I think they should be playing video game, and I just 224 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:41,200 could not be more grateful. I am particularly thankful to the community for being 225 00:19:41,279 --> 00:19:48,359 as open and welcoming as they've been. Hopefully I can continue to heckle all 226 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:55,559 your faves for many eons to come, because if I don't, who will. 227 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:10,400 Happy Thanksgiving? Yo? And that's it. I hope you're having a 228 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:12,920 RESTful break if you have one, but if not, we'll see you soon. 229 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,319 Buddy. M