Giant Bombcast 941: Purple Nermal
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🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 150 minutes
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Editor's Note: The audio gets a *little* crunchy from 0:08:03 to 0:28:58 due to a recording issue. Sorry!
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0:00:00 Intro
0:27:36 Donkey Kong 64
0:32:37 Donkey Kong
0:35:11 LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight
0:42:58 Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
0:50:20 Sektori on Switch 2
0:52:38 Mixtape
1:03:22 Forza Horizon 6
1:11:07 Nintendo announces Pictonico, a new mobile game that turns your photos into mini-games
1:13:39 Sony’s single player games will no longer be releasing on PC
1:17:15 PS Plus price hike for new subscribers
1:27:28 GTA 6 preorder smoke; Strauss Zelnick says it’s already 18 months behind the original plan
1:29:54 Subnautica 2 explodes out of early access after a legal war
1:33:46 Two unannounced Xbox controllers surface, including Elite Series 3 and ‘Cloud’ pad
1:38:50 LEGO 2K Drive is being delisted after just three years
1:39:37 LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight featured Rockstar Games in its credits
1:41:13 Worth Mentioning Plex Pass is jumping in price from $250 to $750 in July?
1:44:20 GRUBB SCOOP: A new Nintendo Direct should drop by mid-June
1:47:33 EMAILS!
2:11:21 Grubb Guesser
2:18:38 YouTube Super Chats
2:24:52 Outro
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey! Hey, everybody, it's Tuesday, May 19th. |
| 0:29.9 | Welcome to the giant bombcast, episode 941. |
| 0:34.5 | I'm your host, Jan O Choa, joining me as always, |
| 0:38.3 | co-captain of the ship, |
| 0:40.8 | ready to flip all the Nunchaku, |
| 0:43.7 | all the sticks connected with chains, |
| 0:46.9 | flip them around his body, |
| 0:48.2 | and yours. Jeff Grabb. |
| 0:50.9 | I would be happy to be a blunt force weapon guy. I don't need blades. Give me just things that hurt people. |
| 0:57.2 | That's right. Speaking about someone that hurts people, he is. Soul brother number one. He'll make your |
| 1:06.3 | liver quiver, your bladder, splatter. He'll freeze your knees. The hardest working man in games media. |
| 1:13.3 | Dan Rickert. |
| 1:14.6 | That's me. |
| 1:15.3 | Hello. |
| 1:16.0 | Hi, I'm Dan. |
| 1:16.9 | I put those smoked cheese and some tomato soup last night, and it was delightful, Jan. |
| 1:20.6 | But that's good. |
| 1:21.6 | Speaking about delightful, speaking about smoked, even though 420 was almost a month ago, the smoke is still out on the |
| 1:29.6 | street and he has nothing but a delightful demeanor constantly surrounding him. |
| 1:37.0 | Jeff Backelor. |
| 1:38.7 | Oh my God. |
| 1:39.6 | Jan, how can anyone predict who you're going to announce with these zinging and zagging? |
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