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The Community Spotlight - 11/02/2012

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Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! With the doldrums of the charity marathons behind us the site is going full speed ahead to cover all of the big games coming out now. In case you did miss the 24 Hour Halo Marathon it is now available to listen to for all users. A member of the Forza Horizon made a wonderful car design inspired by Ryan Davis and the most recent membership t-shirt. Also "inspired" by Ryan Davis was the nightmare fuel of a video titled "Fuck Ryan Davis." Also, a bit of a warning in regards to all the big games coming out. Spoiling the ending to any or all major releases on the forums is not tolerated, regards if a staff member does so on a livestream. Failure to keep this in mind will result in moderation. Finally check out these amazing fake political advertisements directed against the Giant Bomb staff: 
  
    
    
  

Community Activities and Game Nights 

  • Assassin's Creed III PSN ID Friends List - Stab Fellow Users in the Neck Over Here!
  • Need for Speed: Most Wanted Xbox Live Gamertag List - Hook Up With Other Users Over Here!
  • Need for Speed: Most Wanted PSN ID List - Hook Up With Other Users Over Here!
  • Need for Speed: Most Wanted PC/Origin Friends List - Hook Up With Other Users Over Here!
  • Medal of Honor: Warfighter PC Community Server - Join the Server Over Here! 
  • Giant Bomb vs. GameFAQs Persona 4 Arena PS3 Tournament - All Set for November 17th -  Sign-Ups Over Here!
  • PC Gaming Hub - See What the Weekly Plans are for the GB PC Gaming Community Over Here!

Wonderful Wikis 

Hey big games are coming out! Yeah that's right Assassin's Creed III and WWE '13 both mark the latest entries in annualized franchises. Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward has gain a great deal of detail for its wiki entry after a wiki task was completed for the page. If the Quick Look got you interested in Natural Selection II check out its wiki page for more details. Curious to learn more about the "hopping demons" from the Sleeping Dogs: Nightmare at Northpoint DLC? Rest assured, Giant Bomb has an oddly detailed wiki page for the "Jiang Shi." Finally with the HD re-release of Okami check out the wiki page for teh original game to see why so many people care so strongly about the game. 

Best of Blogs 

ArbitraryWater bit the bullet for the entire Giant Bomb community and played a slew of terrible and bad Interplay developed video games and discusses why they are so bad on his latest blog. BraveToaster provides a description of his adventures and thoughts on Guild Wars 2 after playing it for two weeks. D_Bones and DarkFury have both started looking at the games and game experiences they enjoyed the most as the year gets closer to ending. Mento took the theme of the day of the dead to its literal meaning by blogging about the depictions of the Grim Reaper in video games, related is yeah_write's blog where he discusses how errand quests in Darksiders II have reminded him how he hates errand quests and why. Fattony12000 got around to Borderlands and Hotline Miami this month, whereas Apocralyptic got around to a slew of 360 and downloadable titles. Jakob187 is using the dungeon editor in to recreate all of the levels from the first Doom game and you should check out his blog to see how his progress is coming. Video_Game_King continues his trend of playing old school video games looking at two Japanese games with plenty of monsters in them. IrrelevantJohn bought his very first fight stick and chronicles his first experiences with it, while BlazeHedgehog continues his video blog with a look at some Halloween themed goodness. MMMman blogged about why he enjoys his Windows Phone but laments the fact that it is terrible at playing video games. FinalDasa gave Dark Souls a try but mostly spent his time on his blog raging about Dark Souls. MajorMitch and Sparky_Buzzsaw both wrote their weekly blogs and F1000003 continues his effort to play every single James Bond video game. dankemspter continues to slog through Final Fantasy VII, and finally BitterAlmond equivocates on why he thinks Hotline Miami is a "masterpiece."

Fantastic Forums 

This month is national novel writing month and in case you are the creative type join the other members of the Giant Community that are rearing to write their own books. If you have played Pid talk about your impressions of the game in the official discussion thread for it. Finally in case you missed Tested's Octoberkast GB user Benny has compiled a list of links of all the times Giant Bomb staff 

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User Created Podcasts 

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The Community Spotlight - 10/26/2012

By ZombiePie 18 Comments

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Many Thanks to deathstroke75 for the Banner!
 
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Community Spotlight! $25,976.44. That's how much money the entire Giant Bomb ExtraLife group raised. Alexis and Drew alone raised $17,439. I'd like to take the time to thank Matt Pascual for organizing the ExtraLife group and encouraging Alexis and Drew for participating in the event. Also great work to everyone else who participated and to everyone who donated to make this possible. No news on the archive for the Halo Marathon yet though. For those that don't know Will Smith and Norman Chan are holding their yearly Octoberkast to raise money for Child's Play this weekend! Expect various guest appearances by Giant Bomb staff and friends for those that plan on watching it. If you were curious to know what Patrick's thought are about G4 ending its game reviews and news direction, as someone who worked at G4, you can read about them over here. With that let's get on with the latest edition of the Community Spotlight!

Community Activities and Game Nights 

  • The Giant Bomb Forza Horizon Car Club and Race Night - Learn How to Get Invites to Forza Horizon Race Nights Over Here!
  • Giant Bomb Persona 4 Arena Tournament #4 (PS3) - All Set for October 27-28 - Sign Up Over Here!
  • Giant Bomb Persona 4 PS3 Arena Team Tournament #2 - Set for October 27-28 - Sign Up With a Partner Over Here!

Wonderful Wikis 

Are you ready to spend another $1,000 on Spyro theme figurines? Even if you are not be like Jeff and read about all the new stuff that's in Skylanders Giants. Hotline Miami is getting alot of positive buzz and if you don't know why check out the wiki to see why it's a bunch of unadulterated violent fun. The latest edition of the Medal of Honor franchise is ou and like Call of Duty it has a wiki page filled to the brim with information on guns. If you have never heard of A Game of Dwarves then check out the surprisingly detailed wiki page for the game as a crash course lesson on the game. Finally Skulls of the Shogun is out this week and you can read up on why it's a downaloadable title worth your attention. 

Best of Blogs 

User Phatmac decided to finally play Resident Evil 4 for the first time and discusses what has and has not aged very well, on the flip-side Daneian wrote a blog that described how Resident Evil 4 has a perfect "silent tutorial" that should be borrowed from for other games. JeanLuc shows off his fan-made poster for Gaige from Borderlands 2 that you all can check out and are encourage to provide criticism for. Blogging menace Video_Game_King wrote a blog about his experiences and thoughts on Devil may Cry 4 and Super Mario 64 DS, whereas MooseyMcMan explains his fascination and frustrations with Tokyo Jungle as well as his time with Burnout Paradise. FLStyle gives you a comprehensive update on the Fighting Game Community with a blog about the 2012 Canada Cup. Mento, inspired by his enjoyment of Dishonored, wrote a blog about games with stealth mechanics despite not really liking stealth games, whereas Apathylad wrote about various iOS games that he played and which ones he recommend you play if you have an iOS platform. Pixel art master Fobwashed discusses two different styles of pixel art and want you to talk about which one you prefer, on decision making morecowbell24 details why he prefers Demon's Souls to Dark Souls on his latest blog. Oni decided to go back to Diablo III and beat it on Inferno difficulty and extrapolates on how he did it, wemibelec90 also decided to go back to a game with Persona 4 Arena in his attempt to play a fighting game online competitively. Sparky_Buzzsaw had a very DLC week with Dawngaurd and the Mechromancer in Borderlands 2. MajorMitch gives you a gaming update related to the fourth episode of The Walking Dead and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. dankempster went back to his backlog and fooled around with GTA: Vice City, FIFA 12, and a slew of JRPGs which he talks about on his blog this week. Did you know that Jeff Goldblum was in an FMV game? Well check out BlazeHedgehog's blog to see what it looks like! F1000003 is back to his effort to play all of the video games with his blog about Everything or Nothing and AdzPearson discusses his time with Yakuza 4. 

Fantastic Forums 

If you are playing Forza Horizon post picture of your cars and vinyls to impress the rest of the community on the official screenshot thread for the game. If you are playing Zero Escape instead, discuss the story and branching decisions in the game as well as provide tips and trick for the puzzles on the Zero Escape story/puzzle discussion thread. Has your "China Don't Care" or "Fuck Ryan Davis" shirt ship yet? If so post pictures of you wearing your shirts, one of the few times when you can wear them without fear of being attacked, to show off how they look. Microsoft is releasing a lot of stuff this week so talk about your impressions of Windows 8 or the latest edition of the Xbox Dashboard if you have any strong opinions about either. With Halloween coming soon are any of you dressing up? If so talk about your plans and remember to post pictures on the Halloween costume thread. Finally participate on the discussion of the year...does Brad look better with or without a beard? 

Lovable Lists 

Mento is getting into the spooky mood with a list of games you could play for a horror game marathon. RetroHelix85 has created a list of every Quick Look for a game show game with links to the Quick Looks included. 

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The Community Spotlight - 10/19/2012

By ZombiePie 20 Comments

Many Thanks to B0nd07 for the Banner This Week! 
Many Thanks to B0nd07 for the Banner This Week! 
 Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! If you didn't know this weekend is the ExtraLife charity weekend. Even if you are not able to set up your own livestream check out the streams run by your fellow users on the ExtraLife thread. Also Alexis and Drew will be running their very own 24 hour Halo marathon this weekend so check out the chat this weekend whenever you can. Also dannyodwyer gives you the skinny on what GameSpot has planned for ExtraLife. I know a number of you reading this are Giant Bomb t-shirt buyers still waiting for you China Don't Care shirts. All your shirts have been printed, and will be shipped out no later than the end of the week! If you haven't received your shirt you need to contact orders@socialimprints.com. In another case of amazing user creativity check out this Forza Horizon design based on the GB 2013 Membership shirt design. Finally check out GB user cuxun's awesome animated video of Jeff's lame Unfinished Swan pun: 
  

Community Activities and Game Nights 

Every Bit Counts! Help Raise Money for Children Charities This Weekend! 
Every Bit Counts! Help Raise Money for Children Charities This Weekend! 
  • ExtraLife 2012 GiantBomb Team! - Play Games, Heal Kids October 20th - Join the Community Effort Here!
  • Giant Bomb Horizon Race Night - Set for Tuesdays, 8:00 PM ET - Join the Giant Bomb Race Night Community for Forza Horizon Here! 
  • Join the Giant Bomb PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Beta Tag Team Group Over Here!
  • Final Game Night On GB's Battlefield 3 Server - Set for October 25th - Join the Final Send Off of the Server Over Here! 

Wonderful Wikis 

Forza Horizon is the big game and has been getting a great deal of buzz and to be expected the Forza community have ensured the wiki page for Horizon is awesome and worth checking out. I had no idea what Mugen Souls was before checking out the wiki page game and if you don't have any idea you should check out the page as well. Carmageddon is coming out for a lot of digital platforms now and as a result users have added a lot of good content on the page. The NES is 27 years old! Crazy, right? Doom 3 got a redux, but check out the main wiki page to see what Doom 3 is all about. However the big highlight this week is Praxis joining the 200,000 wiki point club in large part due to his amazing work on the Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession War wiki page. Congratulations to him and the wonderful work he has done on this site! 

Best of Blogs

Due to the fact that the last Spotlight went out a whole day late we do not have as many blogs this week as normal. Anyways user FluxWaveZ went back and played Persona 2: Innocent Sin and discusses how he feels it's a perfect old school JRPG. Simultaneously, FluxWaveZ was far less enthused with PlayStation All-Stars and explains what isn't hooking him from the beta so far. Alaska_Gamer decided to play Resident Evil 4 for the first time and details why something feels lost to him trying to play it nowadays. Mento continues his always entertaining "Brief Jaunt Through" blog series, this time he shares his hilarious adventures with Age of Wonders. Fallen189 wrote a blog detailing why the procedural gameplay of XCOM: Enemy Unknown makes it a tense and always rewarding game to play. ArbitraryWater also played XCOM: Unknown and went into the game as a fan of the original and breaks down why he's having a lot of fun with the game. PerfidiousSinn gave the most recent Mortal Kombat game as someone who "sucks at fighting games" and describes why he struggle with the games' stiffness. User wumbo3000 wrote a blog about why he enjoys both L.A. Noire and Phoenix Wright for bringing back the investigative crime genre despite being completely different styles of game. StarvingGamer analyzes what he feels is one of the biggest problems with Resident Evil 6, the dissonance between the games' tone and mechanics. Little_ Socrates isn't able to play The Walking Dead anymore thanks to a massive bug and describes his general feelings about bugs in games. Finally MajorMitch details why he wasn't all that amused by Tokyo Jungle, but had a lot of fun with XCOM. 

Fantastic Forums 

If your still interested at tackling Tokyo Jungle DarkestZam just made your time with the game a whole lot easier with a complete map of the game with all of the locations on it. Finally we have reach that time of the year again...yes that's right it's time to discuss which games you think are worthy of being called "Game of the Year." However, don't let that forget about the games of ill-repute. Talk about the worst games you played this year also on the official discussion thread for "Worst Game of 2012." 

Lovable Lists 

Video_Game_King has started a very difficult project of trying to list every game that calls out the player by name during the game. He needs your help with coming up with more examples to put on his list! Mento is getting into the spooky spirit just like Patrick and has created a list of all the games he has played that feature ghost ships. Hunter5024 created two lists this week. One listing his favorite video game endings and another of prominent game companies that he thinks can do better than what they have been doing so far. User rockyhorrorgerri is a better person than most of us and likes to sit through the credits sequences for games all the way through and has created a list of all the games she has viewed completely. Finally TepidSharks is a dreamer, but a dreamer with a great idea. He's decided to create a list of characters taht would be great in a potential Avengers vs Street Fighter game. 

Useful User Reviews 


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The Community Spotlight - 10/13/2012

By ZombiePie 24 Comments

Let Me Show You My Fairway.... 
Let Me Show You My Fairway.... 
Hello and welcome to the belated weekly Community Spotlight! I would like to apologize for this being late, however a few personal matters came up this week the prevented me from doing this Spotlight on the usual time. Beyond the late Spotlight did anyone notice that Jeff changed his profile avatar? If so what do you think about his new one? If you are in the mood for another mind blowing statistic get this, Gamebomb.ru's YouTube page is about to exceed 60,000,000 video views and 200,000 subscribers! Ryan was on another edition of GameSpot's Quoted For Truth and seems to be making yelling at GameSpot employees a habit. The fine marketers of GameSpot and the Giant Bomb staff would appreciate if you all took the time to fill out this comprehensive form about our community demographics. Finally the Giant Bomb PC Game Night Community has posted this highly entertaining compilation video of their recent adventures with Arma 2: 
      
  

Game Activities and Communities 

  • Let's Make a Game 2012 - Join the Community Effort to Make a Video Game Over Here!
  • XCOM: Enemy Unknown Steam ID Multiplayer Posting Thread - Hook-Up With Fellow Users to Play Online Over Here!

Wonderful Wikis 

The Giant Bomb Community has done a bang up job with the XCOM: Enemy Unknown wiki page continuing the tradtion of the Giant Bomb community honoring Sid Meier games with awesome wiki pages. The same can be said about Pokemon Black/White Version 2...You all sure do like your Pokemon judging from the crazy good wiki page for teh game. The excitement for Dishonored  has transcending onto the game's wiki page. Finally if you are even a bit curious about Retro City Rampage check out our wiki page for teh game to see a comprehensive list of all of the modes and filters that are in the game. 

Best of Blogs 

Dankempster is back to his usual grind of trying to beat Final Fantasy VII and user Sarumarine discusses his take on the grind that is Resident Evil 6. Hizang bit the bullet and bought a 3DS XL and discusses the trials and tribulations of trying to find a battery charger for it, whereas Phatmac finally bought a DS and talks about his first impressions of the handheld. A lot of users are still playing Borderlands 2 and the other big releases last month like MajorMitch, BitterAlmond, and Alaska_Gamer. RedRocketWestie wrote a blog defending the Kinect as a a poor piece of hardware but not a disappointment. Apocralyptic detailed his adventures in XCOM: Enemy Unknown in the form of a diary while on the flip-side Forderz rationalizes why he enjoys failing at XCOM and struggling with the battles in the game. Video_Game_King took the time to play Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver and Moon Crystal whereas user Mento briefly jaunted through Synergistic's Birthright. GB user Mento also provides a very entertaining MS Paint webcomic for your amusement. Gamer_152 implores you and the entire gaming community to stop getting angry at PETA because it is counter-intuitive. Encephalon continues his blog series looking at games he likes that have thing in them that he doesn't like, with the game this time being The World Ends With You. Daneian implores you to check out Double Dragon Neon's soundtrack even if the game doesn't appeal to you and TurboMan has started a gaming marathon blog series that intends to showcase numerous games from Tim Schaffer's adventure game days starting with Full Auto. 

Fantastic Forums 

Chapter 4 of The Walking Dead has come out and if you have played the episode discuss your decisions and their impact on your play through over there. If you plan on going to PAX East 2013 talk about what you are looking forward to and where you are staying in the PAX East 2013 discussion thread. Have there been any notable new video game characters that stuck with you this year? If so talk about them in the thread about the "Best New Character of the Year," and why you feel like they are a great character. Are you having a tough time with XCOM: Enemy Unknown? If so check out the help and hint thread to see if experts can assist with any missions yo are stuck on. Finally if you have been playing Dishonered talk about what your impressions are as well as what you think of the game on the discussion thread about the game. 

Lovable Lists 

I had to go back to the backlog once again this week but I have some interesting ones at least. KurbiosShoe (man I wish that was my username) has created a list of video game objects he wished he had in his possession. MysertiousBob has created a list of characters that aren't "good" per-say but he still kind of likes one way or another. Finally Giant Bomb user Costello has created a list of all the games he has played that did not have quests or a quest system in them. 

Useful User Reviews

User Created Podcasts 

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The Community Spotlight - 10/5/2012

By ZombiePie 14 Comments


Many Thanks to dennisthemennis for the Banner This Week! 
Many Thanks to dennisthemennis for the Banner This Week! 
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! For those of you who are interested at listening podcasts that the staff have been guesting on then this is the week for you. Brad was on a Resident Evil 6 Spoilercast at Gamespot, and Patrick guested on the Idle Thumbs podcast with his old 1up.com buddies. Also related to Patrick is that he's getting close to producing his own video series titled "Spookin' With Scoops," if you have any suggestions as to what scary games he should play recommend them over here. Also check out Patrick's Twitch.tv account to watch he first test editions of Spookin' with Scoops. Our very own professional sexual hamburger, Sweep celebrated his birthday this week! If you enjoy GB user TurboMan's Best of Giant Bomb Quick Look videos he's taking recommendations as to what he should include in his next video. Also if you haven't seen them already the old Whiskey Media interns are getting back together to make new Metagame videos for you to enjoy. Finally someone on YouTube took all of the Persona cross Giant Bomb fanart and made this mash-up video: 
  

Game Activities & Communities 

  • Giant Bomb Community Persona 4 Arena Tournament #3 (PS3) - Set for Oct. 6-7 - Sign Up or Watch the Livestream Here!
  • Giant Bomb Persona 4 Arena (PS3) Team 2 vs. 2 Tournament - Set for Oct. 6-7 - Sign Up or Watch the Livestream Here!
  • Giant Bomb Guild Wars 2 Community Guild Membership Reset Upcoming! - Get All the Details of the Guild Reset Over Here! 
  • Resident Evil 6 Co-Op Hookup Thread - If You Want to Find a Co-Op Partner for the Campaign Head On Over Here!

Wonderful Wikis 

So Resident Evil 6 came out this week...and everyone proceeded to have conflicting opinions about the game. Well don't let that discourage you to check out the crazy detailed wiki pages for everything Resident evil this week because they are all crazy good. Once you are done looking over those pages check out the detailed pages for a couple of PC games that came and went this week, those being War of the Roses and Carrier Command. Finally get nostalgic by reading over the Marvel Super Heroes wiki if the Quick Look for Marvel vs. Capcom Origins peaked your interest, and check out the Sid Meier's SimGolf wiki to see why Ryan thinks it's nothing short of amazing. 

Best of Blogs 

Yummylee being the resident Resident Evil expert has written an incredibly detailed and impassioned blog post about his thoughts and issues with Resident Evil 6 for you to read. User CornBREDX went retro and went back and played Heart of Darkness and discusses how it was ahead of its time and if it has held up. Video_Game_King also followed the trend of writing length blog posts with a blog detailing his adventures and thoughts about Xenoblade Chronicles as well as Clock Tower. Sarumarine finally go around to playing Demon's Souls but talks about why he prefers Dark Souls instead. FluzWaveZ  go his hands on Zero Escape: VLD's demo and shares his first impressions of it, simultaneously user Yadilie imported Ys Celceta and shares his first impressions of the game as well as shares what the import process was like. Apocralyptic's monthly update blog was admittedly digital with much of his time spent on Spelunky and The Binding of Isaac whereas Fattony12000's monthly update blog was predominately about Borderlands and Magic the Gathering. Mento complied a list of random thoughts about Borderlands 2 and how he thinks it could have been better while Marino compiled the stats for the month of September on which of you were the most active users last month either on the wiki or forum side of Giant Bomb. DoctorWelch accomplished his goal of learning the programming language C and gives you an update on his future plans whereas BlazeHedgehog provides his final impressions of Black Mesa Source. MMMman  explains why he can't sink in the same amount of time he spent with Borderlands 2 as he did with the first game and dutchbear10 provides a spoilerific blog about his choices in Episode 3 of The Walking Dead. EpicSteve provides his take in the growing controversy of video games depicting war as someone who served in Afghanistan. and Gold_Skulltulla has written a recap of Bennett Foddy's talk at the NYU Game Center conference. 

Fantastic Forums  

The forum highlight for this week handily is gravitypenguin who shares his rather impressive Aigis Persona 4 Arena fight stick. Now that the NDA for MechWarrior Online has lifted ask people who were in the recent closed Beta any questions you have about the game. Or if you were in the MechWarrior Online Beta share your thoughts on the official discussion thread. Also if you have purchased Resident Evil 6, much to Brad Shoemaker's chagrin, talk about how you feel about the game, good or bad, on the discussion thread for the game. 

Lovable Lists 

GB user VikG is a new user who has started his Giant Bomb usership by making a couple of personal lists related to his most notable PC gaming moments as well as people he consider to be important to the development of the video game industry. Finally we see the return of Giant Bomb list master Mento with a list of notable guns that are not in or referenced in Borderlands 2. 

Useful User Reviews 

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The Community Spotlight - 9/28/2012

By ZombiePie 22 Comments

 

Many Thanks to B0nd07 for the Banner! 
Many Thanks to B0nd07 for the Banner! 
Hello and welcome to the much belated latest episode of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! Now some unfortunate news related to some recent event some of you may have noticed earlier this week that Giant Bomb was targeted for a spam attack. The situation is being dealt with and the spammers have been limited to a slower less noticeable rate than last weekend. In better news the 24th was Dave Snider's birthday! Check out these Persona cross Giant Bomb inspired computer wallpapers. For those that are wondering when the "China Don't Care," and "Fuck Ryan Davis" T-Shirts will ship Ryan has confirmed that the manufacturer plans to send them out on Monday. For those of you that have already signed up for or have donated money to the Giant Bomb ExtraLife charity event you will be in good company on October 20th because Alexis and Drew are planning on doing a 24 Hour Halo Marathon to help raise money for children charities. If you didn't know Ryan was on GameSpot's video podcast, Quoted for Truth. Finally check out this video for someone playing the Giantdubstep song by Hamst3r on expert:  
  

Game Activities & Communities

  • Borderlands 2 Gun and Loot Trading Thread - Swap Guns with Other Users Over Here! 
  • Eurogamer 2012 Expo Hookup and Discussion Thread - Discuss the Event and Plan Meet-ups If You Are There Over Here!
  • DOA 5 Community/Help/Discussion Thread - Post Anything and Everything You Have to Say About DOA5 Over Here!
  • Giant Bomb World of Warcraft: Mists of Panderia Guild - Talk About the Land of the Mystical Pandas Over Here! 
  • Torchlight II Online Group Thread - If You are Looking to Play With Fellow Users Comment Here!

Wonderful Wikis 

Hey Dead or Alive 5 is out this week so read about all of the insanity about the game on its wiki as well as the character page for Ayane. World of Warcraft is drunk on panda mystery with Mists of Panderia. The wiki page for the worst font typeset in existence, Comic Sans, got a little boost of respectability with its new and improved concept page. 

Best of Blogs

User FLStyle has created dueling blogs this week with a blog about why Final Fantasy Tactics is one of his favorite RPGs ever made and what the Season's Beating: Ascension fighting game event is all about this weekend. AjayRaz continues and complete his retrospective blog series on DOA this week. DarthOrange discusses why Playstaion All-Stars highlights some mascot issues with Sony whereas Apathylad discusses what he saw and experienced at a WiiU showcase event. Mento points out the pros and cons of different styles of group combat on his wonderfully titled blog. Video_Game_King and Alaska_Gamer both went back to the past in terms of what games they detailed on their blogs. EpicSteve has a very loot centered blog detailing Torchlight II and Borderlands 2. User yeah_write points to Mark of the Ninja and Bastion as games that hurt their stories by adding unnecessary choice, simultaneously user buckybit expresses his frustrations with XCOM Enemy Unkown's controls on his latest blog. User yeah_write also wrote a blog related to the return of the roguelike in the video game industry. nintendoeats explains why GameMaker is a fun place to start attempting at video game programming for anyone interested in making their own games. Apocralyptic shares the fun time he had at the Boston Indie Game event. And Sweep...oh dear Sweep breaks down his failed attempts to play FTL. User dankempster makes his glorious blogging return with an update on all of the gaming he has done recently and MajorMitch doing the same. Finally user shinboy630 provides an extensive blog about his journey to reach level 80 in Guild Wars 2 worth checking out if you are still on the fence about Guild Wars 2. 

Fantastic Forums 

We have a handful of games that have had the Giant Bomb community discussing various topics productively and civilly. User Napalm discusses and admits to his recent fascination with Frito Pies. DoctorDanger asks which franchise you'd like to completely reset and how you would do it. Finally Phatmac has spawned a civil discussion over whether or not pixel art in indie games is overused and why he's not a fan of the art style. 

Lovable Lists 

It's back to the backlog for this week of user lists. You ever lose a game and many years later re-obtained it? Well that's what GB user IesuNoel's list is all about. GB user GalacticDonut on the other hand has created a list of his favorite "Holy Shit" moments in video games. 

Useful User Reviews 

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The Community Spotlight - 9/21/2012

By ZombiePie 19 Comments

 

 Special Thanks to Everyone Who Has Been Producing All of the Giant Bomb x Persona 4 Fan Art!     
 Special Thanks to Everyone Who Has Been Producing All of the Giant Bomb x Persona 4 Fan Art!     
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! Things have finally mellowed out after the insanity of the third Big Live Live Show! Live! If haven't seen them check out Norman Chan's behind the scenes photos of the event for a little insight of the inner machinations of the BLLSL. Dave Snider would like to inform all concerned users who saw "sponsored links" on forum posts that this was a bug and if you continue to see sponsored links on improper parts of the site please contact him. Patrick has published his wonderful and awesome wedding pictures online for you to check out and enjoy. The Giant Bomb Dwarf Fortress Succession Thread is coming to a close so read up on the "years" of of adventures the community has had in the game. Finally if you couldn't tell from the banner for this week...AMAZING things are happening on the Persona 4: The Golden Duder Project thread. 

Game Activities 

  • Giant Bomb Borderlands 2 Community Mixer - All Platforms Welcomed! - Find Some Co-Op Buddies Over Here!
  • Giant Bomb Persona 4 (PS3) Arena Team Tournament - Help Make the Tournament Happen By Heading Over Here! 
  • Giant Bomb Persona 4 Arena (PS3) Community Tournament #3 - Get the Details for the Tournament Over Here!
  • #TeamBrad Shirt Ideas Thread Let's Help Make This Happen! - Publish Your Own or Check Out the Short Designs Over Here!

Wonderful Wikis 

Hallelujah and Great Scott! Big games are actually coming out now! Borderlands 2 is captivating the Giant Bomb community and this can be clearly seen on the wiki page for the game which breaks almost everything in the game. Also let us not all forget that Giant Bomb is pro-Claptrap. But Borderlands is not the only big came out this week, no let's not forget about Torchlight 2 and the attention to detail that the community has put on the Torchlight II wiki page. Finally with the HD version of Jet Grind Radio finally out give the wiki page for the original game a look to see why people care so much about the game. 

Best of Blogs 

Giant Bomb user Jan doesn't just impress you this week with his 3D modelling skills with his Arwing fan model, but also from his amazing Plants vs. Zombies Gangnam Style mashup video, which is now approved of by Popcap. User nintendoeats shares a bunch of educational TobbRobb discusses why he thinks that Dark Souls's notoriety of being a punishingly difficult game is misplaced, while on the flip side user TwoLines supports his thesis on Dark Souls being the best modern Castlevania game yet. Video_Game_King continues his always entertaining blog series on the difficulty of "originality" in the video game industry, as well as a blog chronicling hi adventures in Dwarf Fortress. Mento starts up a new "Brief Jaunt Through," this one being on Might and Magic VII as well as publishing a fun MS Paint comic of the events and skits seen on the BLLSL 3.Another user who has started up a great blog series is Ajayraz who is writing up a retrospective blog series on the Dead or Alive franchise as the release of DOA 5 approaches. DuskVamp keep you updated on her heartwarming adventures with Wrighteous86 in Chicago. User wumbo3000 explains why all of the hype related to Saints Row: The Third caused him to be slightly disappointed after playing the game recently. BraveToaster shares his thoughts on the most recent CGI Resident Evil movie and ZanzibarBreeze shares his six and a half hour audio file of the best Bombcast moments from 2010. MajorMitch gives you his weekly gaming update and this one explains his disappointment with The Last Story and re-examination of the first The Legend of Zelda game. Metal_Gear_Sunny continues with Persona 4, BlazeHedgehog details his first impressions of Black Mesa, and finally benjaebe compares and contrasts player choice in The Walking Dead with Mass Effect. 

Fantastic Forums 

And the awesomeness of the the creative side of Giant Bomb continues with brandonleedy's AMAZING banner and wall paper inspired by what he hopes will be Ryan and Patrick's Jurassic Park video series, "Jurassic Lark." Fattony1200 has gone back to his archives of the Giant Bomb TNTs and is now "animating" them for your enjoyment. Finally if you have encountered any cool or "badass' guns in Borderlands 2 post your stats or pictures of your gun on the official "Badass Gun Club."

Lovable Lists 

Mento makes his triumphant return this week and has written up a list providing advice on how RPG mascots should and should not be done. CoffeeBob provides a list of character whom he believes have great theme music but aren't really interesting characters. Finally Nightriff has started up a list of all the games he has beaten for this fall. 

Useful User Reviews 

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The Community Spotlight - 9/14/2012

By ZombiePie 18 Comments

#TeamBrad All the Way! Also Special Thanks to B0nd07 for the Banner!
#TeamBrad All the Way! Also Special Thanks to B0nd07 for the Banner!

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Community Spotlight! For those that may have missed it this was the week of the third Big Live Live Show! Live! and if you are wondering there will be an archive of the main and premium stream of the event. However let's give a hand to all of those at Giant Bomb and Gamespot that made the event possible. On that note check out a buy the latest Giant Bomb Membership T-Shirts or get a Premium Membership that gives you the T-Shirt with your purchase. Beyond the Live Show check out the latest edition of Random PC Game if you are a subscriber, and for those that missed it Dave plans to keep them coming and has Blade Runner on his list of Random PC Games. Friend of the site Hamst3r has finally released his latest music program ezmuze+ 2.0 for your enjoyment. Finally I'll leave you with this:

Game Activities

  • Big Live Live Show: Live! 3! Screenshot & GIF & Photoshop Thread - Post Any BLLSL Animated .gif or Screencap Madness Here!
  • The Official Borderlands 2 PSN Co-op Friendship Badass Thread - Hook Up With Other Users Here!
  • Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Community Thread - Play Online Matches With Other Users By Heading Over Here!

Wonderful Wikis

Brad Shoemaker is the true highlight this week defeating his arch-nemesis, the mile high achievement in Call of Duty 4. Oh and Mark of the Ninja, Tekken TAG Tournament, and FTL came out this week, but really all Brad all the time for this week.

Best of Blogs

Once again the community showcases its artistry in amazing ways this week. We have not one but two Giant Bomb cross Persona fan art showcases this week brought to you by Fobwashed and SupernormalStep. Fobwashed also shows off some pixel art featuring Alexis in a wrestling singlet while BestUsernameEver provides some retro Giant Bomb fan art. Marino is both a master of the StreetPass and Everquest as seen on his dueling blogs this week, Demoskinos examines his love and excitement for Dead or Alive 5 while Video_Game_King examines the problems with the term "originality" in the video game industry and gaming culture. DrRandle show off what the heck the Penny Arcade game board is all about whereas Lysergica33 breaksdown what the PC version of Dark Souls is all about now that he has completed it. Apocralyptic gives a gaming roundup on top of a annotation of all of his pre-orders for fall as well as the reasons for his pre-orders. Prestige has created a TNT episode guide in forum form making finding episodes of TNT easier to locate and watch. ArbitraryWater examined Inquisition and its attempts to exploit old PC game nostalgia and on the flipside ahoodedfigure examined the video game trope of "Mary Sue." Mod Sweep blogs about his excitement for Steam's Big Picture mode whereas yeah_write provides an example of how a single feature can convince someone to buy a game. BaconGames explains how he help create the myth of the "Lang Zone," bobafettjm breaks the 1,000 wiki page mark, and Kapalaka showcases some awesome cosplay.

Fantastic Forums

So waht do you think of the new membership t-shirts? Love them or hate them talk about how you feel about them on the discussion page for the shirts. It's American football season and if that means anything to you head on over to the NFL discussion thread. Finally if you can think of any games iwth great manuals comment on sodacat's thread.

Lovable Lists

Ravenlight gets a shout out for making a list annotating everything Katamari on a single list. A feat almost as crazy as the games!

Useful User Reviews

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The Community Spotlight - 9/7/2012

By ZombiePie 17 Comments

 

Many Thanks to Everyone from the TNT Banner Making Community for Providing the Site with Promo Banners for 2 Years Now! 
Many Thanks to Everyone from the TNT Banner Making Community for Providing the Site with Promo Banners for 2 Years Now! 
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! The big news this week is that Jeff has published a new and slightly reformed Wiki Editing Guide worth looking over. If you didn't catch any of them check out the 600+ images from PAX Prime 2012 that Marino took. There's a bit of happy news to report this week with GB users Virago and Rowr announcing that they have gotten married! The Giant Bomb TNT banner making community officially celebrates its second anniversary of providing the site with front page banners for TNTs. The Giant Bomb Coommunity has been in a mashup mood crossing Jeff's "I'm Megatron" quote with the Transformers 1986 movie and someone else syncing the Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeros trailer with Kanye West's "Power." Finally here's the latest edition of Giant Bomb user TurboMan's Best of Quick Looks video feature: 
  

Community Activities 

  • Giant Bomb PS3 Persona 4 Arena Tournament #2 - Set for  September 15-16 - Sign Up Here!
  • Giant Bomb Plug.DJ Group - Show Off Your DJing Skills to Other Users By Heading Over to Here!

Wonderful Wikis 


We are on the cusp of the big releases with this week and hopefully the return of sizable wiki entries. That said the wiki page for The Last Story is no slouch with its comprehensive detail. Also for those of you who joined in on the TNT for this week check out the wiki pages for both DJ Hero games to see if you think the games are for you. Finally with the release of Rich Gallup's Fart Cat we see a new and much welcomed entry for the scatological humor concept page. 

Best of Blogs  

This week was busy with all sorts of blogging fun. Alaska_Gamer, buckybit, and Hailinel blogged about everything they saw and experienced at PAX Prime this year. Marino gives you all of the juicy community stats for the month of August. Video_Game_King rocked it like it was 2004 for his latest blog whereas ArbitraryWater also went old school by playing Icewind Dale 2. Metal_Gear_Sunny lamented the end of Summer with Rock Band Blitz while MajorMitch looks back at retiring his DS in light of more games coming out for the 3DS. User ztiworoh detailed why Sleep No More is worth your time and Xpgamer7 explains his fascination and first impressions of the Oculus. Dourin and jakob187 break down the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of Guild wars 2 and why they really like the game. CharlesAlanRatliff chronicles his foray into The Smithsonian's Art of Video Game exhibit and similarly user Gold_Skulltulla talks about his time playing games during the Soundplay game jam. User eccentrix continues to try and tackle his Steam game backlog whereas Jan continues to impress the community with his 3D modelling skills with a 3D model of the 3DS. Mikey2D starts off a blog series about his attempt to complete Yakuza Dead Souls while crithon explains why his attempt to get the trophies in metal Gear Solid 4 ruined his nostalgia for the game. On the note of Metal Gear Solid user Mento lists off his favorite Konami projects that have nothing to do with anything Metal Gear. Finally user MMMman discusses how our video game backlogs hurt us more than we may think. 

Fantastic Forums 


We have a couple of examples of user creativity to showcase this week. User brandonleedy has imagine if Giant Bomb was an Atari 2600 with his fan made 2600 boxart. User mooncake plays around with the idea of a minimalistic Giant Bomb logo. Finally user AssInAss has captured an animated .gif of our very own Bradshoemaker that I hope to see used (appropriately) on the forums from now on. 

Great Guides 


Whats that?! Are you surprised to see a guide showcase on the Spotlight? Well you should be happy to know that user Catalyst has created a helpful guide of all the successful Character Class combbinations he has tried in Guild Wars 2. In you have any other class combinations feel free to help him out with a yelp on the guide. 

Lovable Lists 


Hunter502 goes with a comprehensive list of video game bad-ass characters whereas Seijur0 annotates the best mustaches. They truely are one in the same when you think about it. Also jas0n shares you his personal list of the games that made his childhood. 

Useful User Reviews 

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The Community Spotlight - 8/31/2012

By ZombiePie 26 Comments

Many Thanks to B0nd07 for the Banner!
Many Thanks to B0nd07 for the Banner!

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! As you may have noticed from the lack of video content the last two days PAX Prime 2012 is in full effect and Giant Bomb was busy hosting its panel today! The third edition of the Big Live Live Show! Live! is all set for September 13th. Are you excited? Because you should be. Now that Guild Wars 2 has been released there are a slew of Guild Wars 2 community activities you can participate in ranging from joining the community guild to posting your own screencaps. Giant Bomb user SexyToad is creating a Giant Bomb user-map to show off where all of the Giant Bomb Community comes from. Giant Bomb blogging menace Video_Game_King celebrated his birthday this week. Finally if you haven't heard John Davison, the V.P. of GameSpot and the figurehead responsible for the GiantBomb/CBSi merger, has left GameSpot. Despite this Jeff and Patrick want you to know that the site will be fine and Jon's replacement, Ben Howard, is the co-host of the MondoMovie Podcast and the man that brought the world Danny O'Dwyer. Anyways let's get on with the latest edition of the Spotlight!

Community Activities

  • Giant Bomb Guild Wars 2 Community Guild - Join Lincoln Force Over Here!
  • The Luchadeer Manifesto - The Giant Bomb Guild Wars 2 Guild Rules - Read Theme Before Playing Here!
  • Offical Rock Band Blitz Username Thread - Post Your Gamertag to Play with Fellow User Here!

Wonderful Wikis

If you were unable to attend PAX Prime 2012, don't worry, the wiki page for the convention has you covered as to everything in and about the event. If you haven't checked out Guild Wars 2 yet then you can get a good idea of what the game is all about on its amazing wiki page. Rock Band Blitz and Lag Calibration show the community's affinity to everything rhythm related. On the matter for the Yonic and Phallic Imagery pages please keep in mind that any symbolic use of penis and vulva imagery should go on those pages and any depiction of female and male genitals should go on the nudity page.

Best of Blogs

JeanLuc wins the award this week for most creative user with his custom made Skyrim themed Monopoly board. Friend of the site forever, Matthew Rorie has written a blog about his belief of how even though Guild Wars 2 is iterative it's still a lot of fun while TaliciaDragonsong discusses her difficulties with trying to start and play the game. Mento gets to the bottom of trying to figure out how to make sandbox game better. Chalphy describes why he ironically considers Waluigi one of Nintendo's best new characters. The second part to the always heartwarming story of the American and British Giant Bomb users hooking up and exploring Chicago continues this week. AdzPearson's JRPG blog series makes a return as he describes his completion of Wild Arms 3 and his final thoughts on the game. Sarumarine describes why the characters and melee combat are what are drawing him into Sleeping Dogs whereas EpicSteve wrote two blogs about the various shooting games he played and why he highly recommends "The Ultimate History of Videogames" for anyone looking for a good read. The ever creative I_smell gives you a status update on his every creative works in indie games and fan art. Encephalon expands on his efforts to expand his video game horizons and why many gamers revert to narrow comfort zones. Metal_Gear_Sunny finally finished Persona 3 and gives you his spoiler filled thoughts and what he thought about the game as a whole. MajorMitch gives you his perennial weekly gaming blog and Hamst3r continues his Let's Play MADNESS with a Let's Play of To The Moon.

Fantastic Forums

Giant Bomb user FoliorumViridum has accomplish what is truly unbelievable, he's uploaded every episode of Jeff's old Points Report video from the GameSpot days on YouTube. There are plenty of fun and helpful threads for anyone who is playing Guild Wars 2. The year is almost over so do you have a personal pick for 2012's 2011 Game of the Year? If so comment on the official thread and say why. Are you excited for the Big Live Live Show!? Well talk about what you are hoping to see for the first edition of the show post Whiskey Media. If you have been playing Sleeping Dogs talk about all the hilarious and illogical things you have learned about Hong Kong and life. Finally if you are watching the livestreams for the DOTA 2 International Tournament comment on the official thread for the event.

Lovable Lists

A lot of people have been comparing various games to Castelvania so Giant Bomb user Mento has taken it upon himself to break down the main and important traits of Castlevania in order for a comparison for the series to be apt. Video_Game_King translates the various examples of Kanji characters in The Last Story. Finally Elyk247 has created a list of his personal favorite games.

Useful User Reviews

User Created Podcasts

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