Hello and welcome to the latest and belated edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight and I, @zombiepie, am happy to be your host once again. Now as many of you may have noticed there wasn't a Community Spotlight last week, which was due to the madness of PAX bewitching everyone on Giant Bomb. However, rather than ignore all of the wonderful community creations and contributions from two weeks ago I have gone ahead and compiled TWO SPOTLIGHTS for the price of one! You hear that Valve and Humble Bundle? I can peddle my wares for FREE! Anyways before you enjoy your TWO Community Spotlights here is the site housekeeping for the last two weeks:
- Did you have any issues in regards to purchasing a Giant Bomb premium subscription during the current sale? Well contact Mr. Rorie over here and he will be happy to help! Also read what the issue may be as well.
- We you one of the lucky ones that got to see the Giant Bomb crew at Parlor Live during PAX? Well Mr. Rorie wants YOUR input on what you thought about the location! Feel free to share what you liked and disliked about the location and set-up!
- Engineer @jslack has an update on how the CBSi and Giant Bomb engineers plan on addressing all of the video playback issues on Giant Bomb.
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The 09/05/2015 Community Spotlight
Clip of the Week
- Huh? (By: @turboman) - TurboMan has created a compilation video of Drew sarcastically saying "Huh?" durung Metal Gear Scanlon 4.
The Giant Bomb Galleria
- BANNER Professa Killah and Dr. Tracksuit Posters (By: Luke Freitag) - The PAX Royal Rumble may have been on the chaotic side, but these posters still are awesome!
- Giant Beastcast Car Design (By: @datarez) - datarez made an AWESOME custom paint job in honor of the Giant Beastcast in iRacing.
- Animal Crossing Giant Bomb T-shirt Design (By: Moon Doggo) Moon Doggo is still playing with AC: New Leaf and in the meantime made this GB shirt design.
Community Activities
Best of Blogs
- The Allure of the Consoles I Never Owned (By: @bigsocrates) - BigSocrates questions why he feels a certain "allure" when it comes to old video game consoles that he never owned on his latest blog.
- Are People Getting Bored of Free-to-Play Mobiles Games? (By: @michaelenger) - Is there still a future for free-to-play mobiles games? Was there ever one? michaelenger asks both of these pertinent questions here.
- September Vita Lineup and Upcoming Titles (By: @blacklagoon) - A new month means that BlackLagoon is back with a convenient list of all of the games both big and small coming out for the PlayStation Vita!
- Life, Death, and Player Choice (SPOILERS!) (By: @donchipotle) - If you do not mind spoilers related to Until Dawn check out DonChipotle's gut reaction to the ending of the game, and how it impacted his opinion of the game overall.
- Butterfly: A Retrospective on Life is Strange: Episode Three (By: @gamer_152) - Giant Bomb Moderator Gamer_152 continues his blog series on Life is Strange with a comprehensive look at the ups and downs of the third episode.
- Game Design's New Maxim: Do Not Waste The Player's Time & ST-urday #010: Shufflepuck Café (By: @mento) - Shakespeare once said that "Brevity is the soul of wit," and Giant Bomb Moderator Mento explains how and why that appears to be a governing tenet of modern game design. Mento also continues his retrospective on the Atari-ST with a detailed look at the sci-fi air hockey sim Shufflepuck Café.
- The Hottest Take on Far Cry 4, Only a Year Late! (By: @darth_navster) - Darth_Navster may be a year late in getting his hands on Far Cry 4, but now that he did he's written this massive blog related to it.
- Fifteen Minutes of GAME: Secret Chainsaw Caves of Cogmind the Flea (By: @bdhurkett) - bdhurkett played a smattering of games on his backlog for exactly fifteen minutes to determine which ones he should play more of.
- Helping Kratos Work Out His Anger and Other Excellent Uses of Time and Money (By: @arbitrarywater) - ArbitraryWater went through the first God of War game, and shares his thoughts on how it has aged as well as what he thinks the appeal of the game is.
- Toys To Lifer: 30 Minutes With Disney Infinity 3.0 (By: @hunkadunkasaurus) - Hunkadunkasaurus really enjoys "toys to life" games and discusses his mixed first impressions of Disney Infinity 3.0.
- The Next Generation (By: @dankempster) - dankempster discusses why he is torn between the major consoles for the current generation, and seeks your help on how to remedy this on his blog.
Join the Discussion
- MGSV Phantom Pain - General Discussion & Tips [NO SPOILERS] (By: @sunbrozak) - Our official NO SPOILERS Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain general discussion thread can be found here. Users that wish to discuss mechanics, locations, tips, and or generalized thoughts about The Phantom Pain should comment here.
- MGSV Emblem Sharing Thread (By: @eaxis) - Show off your user created emblem in The Phantom Pain with the rest of the Giant Bomb community over here!
- MGSV Gameplay Videos Thread [Only Limited Spoilers Allowed] (By: @fredchuckdave) - Have you captured any fun video clips of your (non-spoiler!) adventures in The Phantom Pain? If so post them here for other community members to enjoy!
- Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls U.S. Release Discussion Thread (By: @madman356647) - Danganronpa: Ultra Despair Girls is officially out in the U.S., and if you want to discuss the spin-off with others that have given it a shot head on over here.
Lovable Lists
- The Prospective Retrospective Loved Games List (By: @themasterds) - There are only a handful of games that TheMasterDS truly "loves" and you can see which ones graced his list over here.
- Best of 2007 (By: @ryanodonnell) - ryanodonnell continues his retrospective of the best games of the early 2000s with a list related to 2007.
- My Top Ten Games of 2006 (By: @thesilentgod) -TheSilentGod continues his retrospective look at all of the years of gaming that he has experienced with this top ten list of the best games from 2006.
Useful User Reviews
- @redbullet685 has written a review of Until Dawn and shares why he thought it captured the feeling of a slasher flick.
- @vert_vermillion shares his iffy and conflicted thoughts related to Lost Dimensions on his belated review of the game.
Wonderful Wikis
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - What is quickly becoming the biggest gaming release of the year also has a mighty impressive wiki page to boot.
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The 08/29/2015 Community Spotlight
Clip of the Week
- DMX Goomba - Where the Coin At? (By: @maximumpad) - What happens when you mash-up DMX's "Where the Hood At" with Jeff's DMX Goomba impression? Why, you get this gem!
New Super Mario Bros (Jeff Gerstmann is Still a Threat Mix) (By: Troasta) - Troasta on YouTube synched Jeff's DMX Goomba impression to the New Super Mario Bros. "Wah Wah" music.
The Giant Bomb Galleria
- BANNER Brad Shoemaker in Monster Musume (By Psikick) - Tumblr user psikick did something very bad to an image of Brad Shoemaker thanks to photoshop.
- Giant Bomb x Star Trek: The Next Generation (By: @zzombie13) - ZZoMBiE13 has drawn the entire Giant Bomb staff, plus extras, as members of Star Trek TNG.
- Rumble 2015 Poster (By: @pkjr92) - pkjr92 got ready for the 2015 PAX Rumble the only way that he knew how...by making an awesome poster!
Gallery
Best of Blogs
- StarvingGamer's Super Delayed First Evo-Trip Blog (By: @starvinggamer) - StarvingGamer went to EVO 2015 and has created this fantastic travelogue, including plenty of pictures, over here.
- 9 Years Later & Gears of War Still Proves to be a Bloody Good Time (By: @yummylee) - Yummylee had a smashing time with Gears of War: Ultimate Edition and discusses why he thinks the first Gears of War game still holds up.
- The Most Important Peace Walker Tapes to Listen to Before MGSV (By: @truthtellah) - Check out TruthTellah's breakdown of what anyone playing The Phantom Pain should know from Peace Walker over here.
- Comic Commish: Freedom Planet&ST-urday #009: Mega Lo Mania (By: @mento) - What is Freedom Planet? Well check out Mento's latest Comic Commish to find out all of the game's interesting ideas and story beats. Plus, another Atari ST retrospective. This game got a Genesis port too though, so... maybe someone else played this one.
- The Problem with MOBA (By: @sgtsphynx) - SgtSphynx uses the acroym "MOBA" to creatively discuss why he dislikes MOBA games on his latest blog.
- Thoughts on Shadowrun: Hong Kong (By: @darth_navster) - Check out Darth_Navster's thoughts on Shadowrun: Hong Kong based on what he has played of it thus far, and feel free to join him here!
- I Remembered That I'm a Musician and Stopped Watching Anime Long Enough to Write Some Music (By: @hamst3r) - After taking a long hiatus, Hamst3r has returned to what he knows and loves: making music! Check out his most recent tracks over here.
- Grandia 2 & Better Combat Basics (By: @mikelemmer) - With the release of Grandia II on Steam MikeLemmer shares the mechanics that he still enjoys playing to this day.
- Blops III Beta, More-derlands, and I Finally Played Limbo (By: @mooseymcman) - MooseyMcMan played a ton of the Call of Duty: Black Ops III beta and talks about that, and a number of other games.
- Reactive: A Retrospective on Life is Strange: Episode Two (By: @gamer_152) - Moderator Gamer_152 continues his retrospective of Life is Strange with a deep look at episode two.
- Super Mario Maker Appears to be Made for Literally Everyone (By: @joemotycki) - Joemotycki discusses why he thinks that Super Mario Maker is a game that is "for everyone" on his latest blog.
Join the Discussion
- Metal Gear Scanlon V: The Dantom Pain Waiting Room (By: @selfconfessedcynic) - It is happening! During Giant Bomb's Pre-PAX Panel it was announced that Drew and Dan will in fact be playing through the entirety of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain in the near future! Share how excited you are over here.
- Until Dawn Thoughts and Story Discussion Thread [SPOILERS WARNING!] (By: @wolfgame)- Do you feel like discussing Until Dawn, including spoilers? Feel free to join this spoiler-riffic story discussion thread!
- YouTube Gaming Launch Discussion Thread (By: @hassun) - What are your initial impressions of YouTube Gaming? Share them with the Giant Bomb community over here.
- Hearthstone: The Grand Tournament Impressions Thread (By: @acura_max) - Share your initial impressions of The Grand Tournament, and all of the new cards that it has added, if you are a Hearthstone fan/player over here.
Lovable Lists
- My Favorite Games of 1999 (By: @patanu) - patanu looks back on the year 1999 and pontificates what he thinks were the gaming highlights of the year.
- Most Anticipated Games and Expansions (By: @wuddel) - There are more than a few games that Wuddle is excited about and you can see what they are, and his thing for underwater games, over here.
Useful User Reviews
- @bdhurkett'S review of A New Beginning details why he was ultimately disappointed with the game after completing it.
- @extintor took some time to re-examine Kojima's treatise on space exploration, Policenauts, and shares why he thinks it doesn't stand the test of time.
- @mento's review of Legend of Grimrock 2 discusses how it is an improvement on the first in more ways than one.
Wonderful Wikis
- Gears of War - This is just your friendly reminder that Gears of War: Ultimate Edition will not be receiving a separate wiki page from the current Gears of War wiki page. Please detail all changes that the Ultimate Edition has made to the original game on this wiki page.
- Duskers - Let's all give @meatsofevil for having sunk in a MASSIVE wiki submission to the Duskers wiki page that details everything you would possibly want to know about the game.