Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight, and I am honored to be your host once again! First off I would like to apologize for the late deployment of this edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! Some things regarding my family came up, and I was unable to get this done until Saturday. Anyways here is your site based housekeeping! First off there are changes ins tore for the Giant Bomb Premium Service, and you can read all about the changes here. Did you miss the Giant Bomb Game Jam? Well don't worry because you can still play all of the wonderful products of the jam session over here. Please if you would give @havochq a found of applause for organizing the event. Another major user run event was the Giant Bomb Community Endurance Run! If you missed the event, but still would like to help their fundraiser for Pencils of Promise you can still donate to the effort here. Anyways with that let's get on with the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight!
Clips of the Week
- As you can see @turboman is back and he has another wonderful edition to his "Best of Giant Bomb" video series. So check it out and then find the link to his blog in the "Best of Blogs" section to find out where you can thank him for his hard work. @viper created the great music compilation video for Metal Gear Scanlon 3.
The Giant Bomb Weekly Gallery
Our very own @thatpinguino went ahead and created Magic the Gathering cards for the various members of the Giant Bomb staff as you can see below. Their abilities and classes are based on their personalities and behavior, and you can read more about the reasoning behind the cards here.
Community Activities
- Giant Bomb Community Endurance Run Donation Page - Help the Community Reach its $3,000 Goal for Pencils of Promise Over HERE!
- Mortal Kombat X PS4 PSN ID Sharing and Community Discussion Thread - Join the PS4 Community Over HERE!
Best of Blogs
- What Makes a City Builder Fun? A Critical Review - Is there a place for a new SimCity game? Well FranticRain tries to get to the bottom of what makes a "fun" city builder game, and what the necessary parts are to the genre in general, on his latest blog - (By: @franticrain)
- My First Gamejam - What was it like to be a participant in the Giant Bomb Game Jam, or a game jam in general? Well it just so happens that MikeLemmer participated in the event, wrote about it, and it just so happened to be the very first game jam he ever participated in! Check out his very interesting take on the event and game jams in general - (By: @mikelemmer)
- Best of Giant Bomb 76 - I Have No Keyboard - TurboMan is back! As to be expected he has another AWESOME edition of his "Best of Giant Bomb" video series, but don't just watch the video! Drop him a comment on his blog and give him recommendations for his next episode as well - (By: @turboman)
- Deep Look: Final Fantasy IX- Speed Run Tips: Gulug to Disc 4 - The Giant Bomb Community Endurance may have past, but please still check out thatpinguino's latest Deep Look for Final Fantasy IX to see how he prepared for the last part of his marathon/speed-run of Final Fantasy IX (By: @thatpinguino)
- Xenoblade Puts a Nice Coat of Paint on JRPG Conventions, but Unfortunately the Color of That Paint is Beige - Xenoblade Chronicles recently was re-released on the 3DS, but Marokai went and played the Wii version and discusses why he thinks it is an incredibly flawed game afflicted by his least favorite JRPG tropes (By: @marokai)
- Axioms, Surgeons, Remixes, and More! - MooseyMcMan may have played Surgeon Simulator, NES Remix 2, Noby Noby Boy and Geomtry Wars 2; however Axiom Verge is what Moosey played the most of last week. Read all about Moosey's thoughts on Axiom Verge, as well as his impressions of the other game on his latest blog - (By: @mooseymcman)
- Bloodborne: The Good And The Bad - Friend of the site LtSquigs has played a lions share of Bloodborne and seeks to narrow down what he thinks was both good and bad about the game on his latest blog this week - (By: @ltsquigs)
- Bloodborne Week One - Adjustment and then Happiness - In order to finally have fun while playing Bloodborne Fredchuckdave had to make a few significant changes to his play-style. Read all about what he did to exponentially increase his enjoyment of Bloodborne and share your thoughts about themon his latest blog - (By: @fredchuckdave)
Join the Discussion!
- Giant Bomb Bloodborne Community Therapy/Venting Thread - Has Bloodborne been driving you crazy lately? Well LackingSaint wants you to join him in venting about the parts of the game that you have found to be frustrating, and see what other users can do to help you cope - (By: @lackingsaint)
- The Old Games Show Suggestions Thread - Have you been enjoying the Old Games Show? Well if you have any game suggestions for future editions of the feature go ahead and drop a comment on this thread! - (By: @lovcol)
- Hearthstone: Blackrock Mountain Heroic Strategies and Decks - The Hearthstone community wants YOU to join them in sharing tips and tricks that you have discovered with the new Blackrock Mountain card-set for both veterans and newcomers alike! - (By: @zevvion)
- Do you Play Old Games/Old Consoles? - Inspired by comments by Mr. Rorie feel free to join the community "poll" in regards to how many of you are actually active retro-gamers - (By: @freezyfrog)
Lovable Lists
- My Top Ten Games of 1998 - 1998 was a formative year in gaming for TheSilentGod, and he shares which games helped him develop as a gamer on his top ten list for that year - (By: @thesilentgod)
- The Essentials: Dreamcast - ATD88 cannot help but feel nostalgic about the Dreamcast, and using the most recent Bombastica for Soulcalibur has created what he thinks are the most "essential" games for the platform - (By: @atd88)
- RPG Franchises That Desperately Need New Entries - ATD88 was on a bit of a listacular streak this week and also created a list of RPG franchises he most wants to see get revived during this current generation of consoles - (By: @atd88)
- 2D Real-time Spaceship Adventure Games - bdhurkett is looking to create another genre based list, and this week hopes to enlist your help in creating a comprehensive list of every 2D real-time space adventure game - (By: @bdhurkett)
Wonderful Wikis
So just to clarify because there appears to be some confusion. The link below is for the console version of Mortal Kombat X. There is also a wiki page titled "Mortal Kombat X Mobile," which the Giant Bomb wiki Moderation Team and myself would like to remind you to NOT attach consoles or the PC platform pages to. Anyways even if Mortal Kombat X is not out yet we still have an awesome page for the game as you can see below. Also with the release of Xenoblade Chronicles on the 3DS here is your friendly reminder that we have an awesome wiki page for the game in general.
Useful User Reviews
- @humanity has written one of the most MASSIVE reviews for Bloodborne ever at +3,000 words.
- @gamer_152 uses his review of OlliOlli to explain why he thinks it is both an innovative and intense skating game worth playing.
- @machofantastico uses his review of Valiant Hearts to discuss why it is an emotional and historical trip you should take.
- @wemibelec90 had an absolute blast with HarmoKnight and you can read all about it on his review.