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Community Spotlight - 04/28/2011


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Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant bomb Community Spotlight, and I'm glad to say that no servers were harmed in the creation of this feature. There's a couple of major things I need to go over before the showcase starts. Firstly browser based games are formally being allowed into the database. Please read the wiki (AND DON'T EDIT THE RULES!!!!!) and possibly try to work on the massive wiki task on adding browser based games to the database. On Formspring Jeff confirmed that a Giant Bomb homepage re-design is coming soon. For those of you who are WIKI CRAZY check out the slew of Wiki Tasks we have for you to accomplish for massive points! SO without further ado let's turn this Spotlight on!

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Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant bomb Community Spotlight, and I'm glad to say that no servers were harmed in the creation of this feature. There's a couple of major things I need to go over before the showcase starts. Firstly browser based games are formally being allowed into the database. Please read the wiki (AND DON'T EDIT THE RULES!!!!!) and possibly try to work on the massive wiki task on adding browser based games to the database. On Formspring Jeff confirmed that a Giant Bomb homepage re-design is coming soon. For those of you who are WIKI CRAZY check out the slew of Wiki Tasks we have for you to accomplish for massive points! SO without further ado let's turn this Spotlight on!

Community Starlet

Will be added in at a later date, because SOMEONE WANTED TO GO TO BED EARLY!

Important and Fun Game Stuff

  • Giant Bomb Community StarCraft II Tournament #9 - Being held on May 7th (2:30 EST & 11:30 PDT) - Sign Up HERE!

  • Vito's Game Giveaway #15 + Bonus Portal Contest! - Due Saturday April, 30th - Try to win some FREE GAMES HERE!


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I guess I know why you never read my blogs: look at where you put the damn thing on the list. Move it up, at least past the Mentospectives and the regular blogs without recurring names of any kind.

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Hey! The Henti purge was not made by the user Me!

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@Video_Game_King: You get a blog featured on every spotlight so your blogs should be at the bottom to give over users a chance....don't be so selfish, pal. ;)
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@Daveyo520 said:
" Hey! The Henti purge was not made by the user Me! "
What's henti? Is that like the kinky variant on hentai?

@Unknown_Pleasures:

Oddly enough, my blogs don't get featured that often. I'm guessing it's because everybody already knows about them, maybe? Or maybe I'm not the type of person who always posts in these threads yelling "Hey, everybody should check out my Gish blog, it's totally awesome!".
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Dynasty Warriors 7 getting respect in the community spotlight?  Score.

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Oh, the podcast is up there


(I recommend not listening to that podcast).
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I made it this week. That's pretty good, I guess, as the next two parts will probably be next week. Maybe I'll start making a list of all the horrible game purchases I've made since I created my Ebay account. That should be fun, right?

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@Hailinel said:
" Dynasty Warriors 7 getting respect in the community spotlight?  Score. "
It's actually only there so we can ridicule you. That book's 700 years old, why don't you play something more recent? World War II was way more recent. So is Halo, which was actually written in the future. These facts are indisputable.
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@TurboMan said:
" Oh, the podcast is up there

(I recommend not listening to that podcast).
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As do I.
All is forgiven Mr Pie
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Oh wow, thanks for the placement! Kinda surprised that something of mine got up there without me requesting it. 

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@Unknown_Pleasures said:
" @Video_Game_King: You get a blog featured on every spotlight so your blogs should be at the bottom to give over users a chance....don't be so selfish, pal. ;) "
Great you guys are going back and forth...just like old times...talk about your favorite consoles or SNES games while you are at it.

@Jazz said:
" @TurboMan said:
" Oh, the podcast is up there

(I recommend not listening to that podcast).
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As do I.
All is forgiven Mr Pie
"
You people are so confusing sometimes...you complain when I don't showcase your podcast and now here you are saying that it's not a quality product....I swear you people need to make up your own mind.
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@ZombiePie said:
" @Unknown_Pleasures said:
" @Video_Game_King: You get a blog featured on every spotlight so your blogs should be at the bottom to give over users a chance....don't be so selfish, pal. ;) "
Great you guys are going back and forth...just like old times...talk about your favorite consoles or SNES games while you are at it.

@Jazz said:
" @TurboMan said:
" Oh, the podcast is up there

(I recommend not listening to that podcast).
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As do I.
All is forgiven Mr Pie
"
You people are so confusing sometimes...you complain when I don't showcase your podcast and now here you are saying that it's not a quality product....I swear you people need to make up your own mind. "
you haven't listened to the podcast in a long time have you?
Nah mate, we appreciate the shout.
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Oh man I should really finish that Dynasty Warriors 7 page.

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@ZombiePie:

To be fair, we did have a brief discussion about Final Fantasy VI on each other's walls, along with through PMs. He thinks it sucks, I know I'm right :P.
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Nice audiosurf page.

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The great porn purge is what caused Amazon Cloud service to shut down. True story.

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@Claude said:
" The great porn purge is what caused Amazon Cloud service to shut down. True story. "
Add it to the history books.

I just came up with the idea to keep a giant Bomb history book in the form of a guide on the site. It could be open to anyone to edit-in any notable Giant Bomb forum moments or milestones. Yet another idea that will likely never come to be.
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@JJWeatherman said:
" @Claude said:
" The great porn purge is what caused Amazon Cloud service to shut down. True story. "
Add it to the history books.

I just came up with the idea to keep a giant Bomb history book in the form of a guide on the site. It could be open to anyone to edit-in any notable Giant Bomb forum moments or milestones. Yet another idea that will likely never come to be.
"
Oh man, I'm terrible for doing that. I'll have an idea only to get sidetracked and just forget about it. That might be a good thing, I've had some pretty shitty ideas.
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@ZombiePie said:
" @Unknown_Pleasures said:
" @Video_Game_King: You get a blog featured on every spotlight so your blogs should be at the bottom to give over users a chance....don't be so selfish, pal. ;) "
Great you guys are going back and forth...just like old times...talk about your favorite consoles or SNES games while you are at it.

@Jazz said:
" @TurboMan said:
" Oh, the podcast is up there

(I recommend not listening to that podcast).
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As do I.
All is forgiven Mr Pie
"
You people are so confusing sometimes...you complain when I don't showcase your podcast and now here you are saying that it's not a quality product....I swear you people need to make up your own mind. "
It's never been a quality product.
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@ZombiePie: My favorite SNES game is Super Metroid, favorite console game is NBA Jam Tournament edition.....and I've known VGK for years now....back from the System Wars Union at Gamespot.
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@Unknown_Pleasures said:
" @ZombiePie: My favorite SNES game is Super Metroid, favorite console game is NBA Jam Tournament edition. "
I'm guessing there's a PS1 version of NBA Jam Tournament Edition, because knowing that it's on the SNES, your statement would make no sense.
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@Video_Game_King: Genesis version is better.
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@Unknown_Pleasures:

In terms of Aladdin, yes; in terms of NBA Jam, I have no effing clue.
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@Video_Game_King: In terms of both the answer is yes....You don't even have to get pass the main menu to know the genesis version is better....the title screen song on the genesis is much better than it is on the SNES.
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@Unknown_Pleasures:

*goes to YouTube* Eh, neither one is particularly good. I'd lean toward the SNES one, but just barely.
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COME ON, DAMMIT, BUG MRACOON FOR THAT STARLET! :P
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@LordAndrew said:
" @ZombiePie said:
" @Unknown_Pleasures said:
" @Video_Game_King: You get a blog featured on every spotlight so your blogs should be at the bottom to give over users a chance....don't be so selfish, pal. ;) "
Great you guys are going back and forth...just like old times...talk about your favorite consoles or SNES games while you are at it.

@Jazz said:
" @TurboMan said:
" Oh, the podcast is up there

(I recommend not listening to that podcast).
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As do I.
All is forgiven Mr Pie
"
You people are so confusing sometimes...you complain when I don't showcase your podcast and now here you are saying that it's not a quality product....I swear you people need to make up your own mind. "
It's never been a quality product. "
Dang, Pie must not be pleasant.
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This seems like a good place to plug my first review on GiantBomb.

The Next Big Thing

More than a spot in the community spotlight I'm looking for any constructive criticism anyone can offer, and this seems the place to be. I might start doing more if I feel I'm actually helping anyone with my reviews.

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@Video_Game_King said:
" @Unknown_Pleasures: *goes to YouTube* Eh, neither one is particularly good. I'd lean toward the SNES one, but just barely. "
I know this is 4 days old but are you kidding me?! NBA Jam Tournament Edition genesis main theme is one of the best video game tunes out there! Especially considering that it is a sports game, its really fucking good.
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@Unknown_Pleasures:

The best video game tune ever? Although I can't tell you what that specifically is, I can tell you that it definitely isn't that. I've heard much better video game music in my time. I mean, you know who I am, right?
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@Video_Game_King:  Key words: one of the best
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Oh wow, browser-based games in the wiki ... that's big news.

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@Unknown_Pleasures:

Key words: still, though, that's not true. I think I provided quite a few examples.
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@Video_Game_King: Pssh a bunch of weeaboo games....NBA Jam is a real american game with real american music.....and to me one of the best means its like in the top 100 and for me it is.
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@Video_Game_King: AND you didn't even provide a Donkey Kong Country 2 song as an example, that's an automatic fail.
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@Unknown_Pleasures:

Weeaboo games? Poor use of logic. If you're going to call me out for my love of weird Japanese shit, at least use a word that doesn't sound stupid. Otaku, maybe? Also, that doesn't really change the fact that those songs rule. Also, the top 100 is kind of weak. Limit that number a bit more. But even by those standards, I'm not sure the NBA Jam title screen music would fit in. I could probably pick out 100 better and more memorable songs, if I had to do just that.
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@Unknown_Pleasures:

You seem to think that examples are exclusive. That's an automatic fail of logic. However, I will throw you a bone in the form of Jib Jig.
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@Video_Game_King: Yeah the term is dumb but hey that's what people came up with....if it was up to me I would just call them Japanese wannabees.....and its in my top 100 that's for sure cause its a classic, you wouldn't understand unless you grew up playing the game, the tune is really nostalgic for me and I think its great....I had both the SNES and genesis versions growing up and I always played the genesis version a lot more because it was far superior.
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@Video_Game_King: I don't use logic you should know that by now.
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@Unknown_Pleasures:

Not entirely. I wouldn't go with either term, because Japanese wannabee is clunky as hell.

Eh, I wouldn't say that it's a classic. Nostalgia does not make a song classic, even if the songs that get me nostalgic are also the ones I consider to be classics. I'd post some of those songs, but I never know which songs will make me nostalgic.
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@Video_Game_King:@Unknown_Pleasures:  Guys stop it. It may have been funny the first time but now your just spamming this Spotlight. 
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@ZombiePie: I wasn't even aware that it was funny to begin with but alright. When's the starlet going to be added
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@Unknown_Pleasures:  Probably never. mracoon is head deep with school work, but I'll do one for this week.
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@ZombiePie: Nice....my offer still stands as well just so you know.
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I guess my podcast this week is probably gonna have to wait till next week's, as I doubt I'll have it ready in time for tonight. What time are you closing acceptances?