The Community Spotlight - 12/03/2016

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight and once again I, @zombiepie, am honored to be your host this week. With the commencement of December we prepare for winter-time merriment and gluttony. However, it is not all doom and gloom as the chlorophyll producing centers of our deciduous wilt away, instead the winter game onslaught is starting. With the release of Final Fantasy XV this week the community is practically drooling about a number of pending releases. With that, let's move on to the proper Community Spotlight.

• A few months back @lionheart377 recorded a podcast with Alex and this week he managed to record a podcast with Adam Boyes where the two discussed games and the Giant Bomb community.
• A kind soul on Twitter named "tsiro," went ahead and created a Twitter account called "Giant Bomb History," which looks back on three videos from Giant Bomb's back catalog. Here's one example Tweet:

Clip(s) Of The Week

The Giant Beastcast Reacts To Death Stranding Game Awards 2016 Trailer (By: @mepsipax)

Mepsipax merged the Giant Beastcast's most recent discussion about the Death Stranding trailer with the trailer itself in the video clip.

Giant Bomb Galleria

GB Logo (Illustrator Practice) (By: @monkeyman04)

Here's Monkeyman04's recent illustrator practice on the Giant Bomb logo. Share your tips on how it might be improved.

Community Activities

The Giant Bomb Pokémon Sun/Moon League (By: @goranp)

The Giant Bomb Pokemon League is returning for Pokémon Sun/Moon! Join the planning process, or indicate if you are interested in joining the fun over here.

SFV Bimonthly Tournaments - Next Starts December 10th At 5PM PST (By: @l1ghtn1n)

The next Giant Bomb community Street Fighter V tournament is all set for December 10th! Learn how you too can join the fun NOW!

Best of Blogs

Well, That Was A Thing: On the 2016 Game Awards (By: @sam_lfcfan)

Sam_lfcfan breaks down the highest of highs and the lowest of lows the 2016 Game Awards subjected to audiences.

Rising Tombs, Falling Titans, and More! (By: @mooseymcman)

Rise of the Tomb Raider and Titanfall 2 defined a majority of MooseyMcMan's November. Read all about it over here.

Fighting Final Fantasy IX Part 50-61: Help! I Think I'm Playing The "Wrong" Final Fantasy Game in 2016!(By: @zombiepie)

While most are having fun with Final Fantasy XV, ZombiePie is stuck playing Final Fantasy IX. Read all about the Sisyphean torment he has been subjecting himself to.

Tales Of Link And The Free-To-Play Experience (By: @generic_username)

Generic_username dabbled in the dark arts of mobile FTP JRPG spin-offs with Tales of Link. Learn more about the game and its mobile trappings.

A Lovely Drive Along the Mediterranean Coast: Thoughts on Forza Horizon 2& How Hitman Sidesteps the Clockwork Worlds Content Problem (By: @darth_navster)

Darth_Navster extrapolates upon his connection with Forza Horizon 2, and how the game taps into his love for road trips. Darth_Navster also discusses the "Clockwork Worlds Content Problem," and how Hitman avoids it.

Blast From The Past: Dragon's Crown On PS3 (By: @mikelemmer)

MikeLemmer decided to give Dragon's Crown on PS3 a shot, and shares why he doesn't entirely regret his decision to play it.

Pokémon Sun Nuzlocke Challenge - Chapter One (By: @danielkempster)

danielkempster is attempting the "Nuzlocke Challenge" in Pokémon Sun! See how the first day went, and which pocket monsters he is rocking.

Do Game Developers Interact With And Participate In Games Criticism Enough (And Vice Versa)? (By: @theflamingo352)

TheFlamingo352 pontificates on what the "correct" level of interaction between developers and games critics is, and where that relationship currently is.

Sickness Makes the Heart Go Yonder: Quick Thoughts on Dishonored 2 (By: @egge)

Egge briefly comments on the technical issues and interesting character moments he has had with Dishonored 2.

Sunday Summaries 27/10/2016: Hitman Episode 1 & Axiom Verge & Born to Clean. World is a Mess. Burn it all 1989. I am trash man. 410,757,864,530 Cleaned Up Viscera & Welcome to Go! Go! GOTY! 2016 (Day 1: Inside, Day 2: Headlander) (By: @mento)

Mento certainly isn't relaxing this December, as he hits men, verges axioms, cleans up viscera and takes on a last ditch effort to clear his 2016 backlog in time for GOTY. (How is the title section longer than this explanation paragraph?)

Join The Discussion

Final Fantasy XV Impressions Sharing Thread [No Spoilers] (By: @zevvion)

It's the biggest release of the week, and I would be bereft to not include this discussion thread this week. So, what are your early impressions of Final Fantasy XV for those of you that picked up the game?

Old Game Of The Year - 2016 Edition (By: @clagnaught)

What is the game released prior to 2016 that absorbed your time the most? Share and discuss your favorite game this year that may be sprouting a few gray hairs, but whose age isn't a concern for you.

Mario Maker 3DS - Still Worth It Despite No Online Level Sharing? (By: @professoress)

Is Mario Maker 3DS still worth it despite no online level sharing? Join our community debate related to the matter over here.

Can A Franchise Lose Something When Streamlined/Simplified? (By: @adequatelyprepared)

Can a franchise lose something when streamlined/simplified? Share your perspective in this recent community case study.

Favorite Mega Man Game 1-6? [Poll & Discussion Thread] (By: @dogbox)

Inspired by Alex's recent foray into the Mega Man franchise we now have a poll for your favorite Mega Man game from the mainline series. Feel free to vote for Mega Man 1 through 6 over here.

No Man's Sky Patch Discussion Thread (By: @beefygrandmole)

What are your impressions of the latest patch for No Man's Sky? Will base development draw you back into the game, or is it still a disappointment? Share your thoughts with our community.

Lovable Lists

Personal Game of the Year Musings 2016 (By: @amishzambie)

Amishzambie has not yet decided on which games will grace his 2016 GOTY list, but here are his articulate musings related to the games he managed to play this year.

GOTY 2015 (Adjusted) (By: @mento)

Bucking the trend for end of year lists, Mento instead produces a modified version of his 2015 GOTY list from last December that now includes all the 2015 games he's played since then. Find out what got pushed where, and perhaps consider your own updated top tens of yesteryear.

Useful User Reviews

• @lazyaza completed Rise of the Tomb Raider and explains why the whole game has brilliant pacing and escalation.
• @pistolpackinpoet's Titanfall 2 review highlights why he thoroughly enjoyed the game's campaign and fluid combat.
• @bassman2112's Titanfall 2 review is one of the strongest and easiest recommendations he has ever made for a video game.
• @riostarwind extrapolates why he is firmly "Team Jeff" when it comes to The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask on this review.

Wonderful Wikis

Final Fantasy XV

It comes as no surprise that our wiki page for Final Fantasy XV is nothing short of amazing. Please check it out and learn all about its long, interesting history.

I'm seeing a different linked tweet up there, just FYI.

Indeed. A tweet for a warehouse fire.

Shame it's DotEmu.

Aw! Thanks for putting my "little" logo on this list. ^_^

I am a horrible person for laughing at this.

Character of the Year: Schick Hydrobot.

Ah cool, thank you guys for featuring my post! Pretty stoked right now.

That tweet is lit.

Ok. For a second there I just thought "tsiro" had a pretty dark view of GB history.

That tweet confused me so much

Hey tsiro, why didn't you take https://twitter.com/GiantBombHistory

What's with the "you'll never have another Community Spotlight" announcement at the beginning?

@vovin said:

Yeah, forreal, what gives?

@Coreus: the name is too long! Twitter is pretty restrictive about @-name lengths, I think because they (for now) still count that towards tweet limits.

Thanks for the shout-out, @marino! Glad that y'all are enjoying them so far! (I'm looking forward to getting into Goty season and hopefully getting some deep-cut Goty Vids.)

Thanks for the mention!

ditto

Say it ain't so, Marino! You're a Giant Bomb community Lynch-pin. (name riffing provided at no extra cost)

Indeed I saw the linked Tweet of Dave Lang trolling Windjammers fans, and was mirthful, but am still not satisfied vis-a-vis the future of the Community Spotlight as it was not an incontrovertable official statement. I apologize for the inconvenience. Time to dust off my tin-foil hat collection -- including that one with the jaunty feather, it goes well with my eyes

... Do delinting rollers even work on tin-foil? What am I getting into here

"So this was a thing...."

HA!! Oh, so funny!

This was a weird weekend for me to take off.

The Community Spotlight is fine.

So um - title says we are not getting another one of these? This was not mentioned anywhere else in the post - clickbait title or did I miss something?

@zaldar: It's a reference to this video from GDC 2014:

Excuse my ignorance, I'm just a simple Canadian who knows nothing about Twitter. GB has become one of my main means to kill time and I like browsing through the peoples' art so I was hoping it wouldn't go away.

Glad you aren't leaving

This clickbait situation is like when games make the joke about fetch quests, and it's a fetch quest.

This is the kind of thing someone says when everything isn't fine.

Oh no, does this also mean that Brad's leaving? I knew it, others hated him anyway.

@devoureroftime said:

I may be wrong, but it just dawned on me that the title was probably a riff on Dave Lang doing the "You will never have another Windjammers" bit. It took me way longer than I care to admit to notice that.

For all those confused about the title... This site is full of inside jokes, and that was one of them. Fuck Dave Lang

Thanks for featuring my podcast with Boyes, dude!