Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight, and I, @zombiepie, am honored to be your host as always. Things have returned to normal as the nacho cheese induced nightmare known only as the "Big Live Live Show Live" fades away in our collective memories. Just a few announcements and bug reports this week. Firstly, if you are a user that uses the Safari browser and have had issues with videos not loading, please drop a comment over here. Our engineer @jslack is working on the case but needs your input in order to remedy the problem. The next issue that a lot of users have chimed in about relates to the audio sync on videos hosted on the site. If you have been having this issue please report offending videos that have this issue over here. @questengine would like to remind users that his Taboo-style game using the Giant Bomb API has been updated, and he's looking for input on how to make it better over here. With that let's get on with the latest edition of the Community Spotlight!
Clip(s) of the Week
@twitterlegend has created another Animated Bombcast clip this week! This clip animates Brad's dog like tendencies, and The Dog House moment from the Bombcast a ways back.
The Giant Bomb Weekly Gallery
- Our first image is an animated .gif from @fobwashed who has embarked on a wonderful journey to create pixel art for the big names of PAXAMANIA. @humanity not only created our awesome banner this week, but also theorizes that Jason just may be The Batman. @twitterlegend combined Lucha Deer with Tumblr nonsense. Finally Jason Critelli on Twitter created a poster for Dan's boxing gym if it existed.
Gallery
Community Activities
- Community iRacing.com Skippy League - Get the Dates and Learn How to Join HERE!
- Giant Bomb Marvel Heroes 2015 Community Guild - Just a Friendly Reminder that the Guild is Still Open to All After UPF!
Best of Blogs
- Pixely Wrestlers (By: @fobwashed) - As you can see to the right Fobwashed has been working on some AWESOME pixel art featuring the staff and their friends in their PAXAMANIA personas. Check out everything else he has done right here!
- Jeff in Games is Back! My "Art" Project (By: @humanity) The Bloodborne x Jeff banner this week came from Humanity, and if you'd like to tell him that he did a job well done you can do so over here.
- Deep Look: The Souls Series- Fixing The Accessibility Problem (By: @thatpinguino) - The latest edition of thatpinguino's Deep Look blog series debates how The Souls Series can address its "accessibility problem," while still remaining true to what made it special in the first place.
- So, I Finally Played Demon's Souls...And Metal Gear...Quest? (By: @mooseymcman) - Speaking of the Souls Series MooseyMcMan finally got around to giving Demon's Souls a try. Read all about his folly in Demon's Souls and his Metal Gear Solid plans for the future right here.
- Barkerville: Inspirations & Barkerville .11: Collision Correction (By: @mikelemmer) - MikeLemmer is the mad genius behind the Barkerville fan-game from the Giant Bomb GameJam from a while back. In his first blog he discusses why he has a close relationship with Simon's Quest, and in the second blog he breakdown how he's improving the game to make it more enjoyable.
- Attempting to Gain Insight Into the Cult of Kingdom Hearts. Cue the Pop Music (By: @marokai) - Marokai decided to take up the insurmountable task of understanding the cult like appeal of the Kingdom Hearts franchise. Check out a few of his theories on his latest blog here.
- The Keyblade Chronicles (By: @dankempster) - dankempster on the other hand extrapolates upon his own "relationship" with the Kingdom Hearts franchise, and shares out his next blog series which will break down seven of the franchise's entries in great detail.
- RElapsed Fan - Resident Evil 0: Post-game Thoughts(By: @nightriff) - Nightriff finally completed Resident Evil 0 as part of his Resident Evil retrospective, and explains why he thinks this Resident Evil entry is incorrectly maligned.
- Let's You and Me Fight: The Intro (By: @ford_dent) - Ford_dent has an unusual relationship with the fighting game genre. Whether it be the big names or obscure anime fighting games he has always wanted to get deeper into the genre. So check out his plans to correct this problem right here.
- May Vita Lineup and Upcoming Titles (By: @blacklagoon) - A new month means that BlackLagoon has another comprehensive list of all of the games coming out for the PlayStation Vita. At least thank him for doing a good job at something that Sony continues to not do.
- Monthly Roundup, April 2015 (By: @majormitch) - Axiom Verge and The Talos Principle are the games that consumed most of MajorMitch's April in terms of gaming, and read what he thought of both on his latest blog.
- Scenic Routes: Super Mario 64 (Part Five) and Mento's May Mastery (1-2-3-4-5-6-7.) (By: @mento) - Mento's been busy with a new daily series focusing on spring cleaning his Steam backlog. He also found time to add to his in-depth Super Mario 64 critique.
Join the Discussion
- Big Jeffery - MS Paint Challenge (By: @dkraytsberg) - Join the "Community Challenge" this week and see how well you can draw Jeff just using MS Paint. The results thus far have been hilarious, by the way.
- PAX Prime 2015 Roll Call! (By: @fobwashed) - PAX Prime 2015 tickets are already sold out! That must mean some of you already know that you are going to the event. If that is the case drop a comment on our roll call thread and see if you can hookup with other users heading there too.
- Mortal Kombat X Jason Discussion Thread (By: @watchmen877) - Jason Voorhees has already graced Mortal Kombat X in the form of DLC, but what are your thoughts on this crossover? Not just that, but what is the viability of Jason in comparison to the rest of the cast?
- Summer Movie Roundup for 2015 (By: @finaldasa) - Movies are already coming out for the summer onslaught of loud action films, reboots, and shameless sequels that nobody asked for. If you are feeling even a twinge of excitement for any of these masterpieces then boy do I have the thread for you.
- Are You at All Interested in the Next Assassin's Creed? (Community Poll & Discussion Thread) (By: @humanity) - Voice your (dis)pleasure regarding the next upcoming face and neck stabbing simulator in this poll thread.
Lovable Lists
- Cozmic's Dream Arcade (By: @cozmicaztaway) - Cozmicaztaway has created a list of games, both new and old, that he would love to populate his "dream arcade." Check out his list and hopefully get ideas for your own.
- Gaming Bucket List(By: @bartok) - bartok has a rather significant gaming bucket list the he fully intends to complete...one of these days. So check out his bucket list and recommend where he should start first.
- Games Beaten in 2015 (By: @moeed) - Moeed already has thirteen games on his completed list for 2015. How are you doing?
Wonderful Wikis
- Kerbal Space Program - To mark the official release of Kerbal Space Program check out our wiki page for the game to learn everything about it, and how it has developed over the years.
- Gehrman - A very special thank you in store for @yummylee as he worked on a number of Bloodborne character pages this week and last week. As a result of this each page has avoided the very common fate of most character pages of being completely empty.
- Eileen the Crow
- Father Gascoigne
- Queen Annalise
- Henryk
Useful User Reviews
- @jaypb08 explains why he was thoroughly disappointed with Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor in his review of the game.
- @perryvandell details why he enjoyed The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD overall, despite having mixed opinions about the game when it first came out.
- @wemibelec90's review of Xenoblade Chronicles for the 3DS breaks down why he thinks it is a less than satisfactory port of the original.