The latest Spotlight is up over here. 

As usual, I have a blog, a review and a list for your Spotlight. Hope all that bad Beta business isn't keeping the mods too busy.

I think this shall make for the perfect video to headline your next Community Spotlight, coming straight to you from ''giantbomb.ru''. It's kinda disrespectful if you ask me; they're clearly ripping their ideas off of Gamebomb.ru!

@takashichea said:

Wiki Works

• Brom
• Groose

Whoo, it's thanks to the LPers for providing excellent snapshots. I'll try to put in more wiki pages before this night is over!

So the Fire Emblem wiki community has returned? I must say that I've missed you all.

Wiki Works

• Brom
• Groose

Whoo, it's thanks to the LPers for providing excellent snapshots. I'll try to put in more wiki pages before this night is over!

Congrats everyone! I need to try out Persona 4 someday. Back in January, I had an enjoyable experience with Valkyria Chronicles. While Final Fantasy 7 was purchased first (for my little sis), Final Fantasy XIII was my first Final Fantasy game. It was an okay game after I got used to the battle mechanics.

Somehow, I wrote this blog in the 1860s.

ZombiePie! New This Year podcast for your consideration: the best of Blue Jam, as inspired by a recommendation from Jeff.

So...the beta site just went public to all users.

Needless to say this is going to keep me a little busy for the remainder of the week.

Am I the only one that think's Rap Man simply stole sir-mix-alot's flow from the very first word he utters?

Other than that, nice collection of stuff to read.

@Demoskinos said:

Daww was hoping my DmC review would have been on the docket this week.

You could probably recommend it here for next week. That's how my stuff gets here, anyway.

Daww was hoping my DmC review would have been on the docket this week.

I've heard it before, but that Space Jam/Rap Man mix is great stuff.

Oh cool, the DmC screenshot thread got a mention, thanks.

@ZombiePie thanks for including me in the spotlight!

@Fobwashed you should create "a best of list of best of lists"

Thanks for mentioning the "Let's Make A Game" project @ZombiePie

@Video_Game_King said:

@ZombiePie said:

Finally arahack compares the relationship and progress of the Souls franchise to that of Persona 3 and 4.

Are you typing with an accent? I hate when writers do that.

You fixed a typo with a typo now.

I give up in life.

Also, everyone needs to check out the Ni no Kuni wiki page on the beta site. I suspect a certain @Giant Bomb moderator would get a good laugh over that page.

MMMmmmmm. . . . More lists =)

@ZombiePie said:

Finally arahack compares the relationship and progress of the Souls franchise to that of Persona 3 and 4.

Are you typing with an accent? I hate when writers do that.

You fixed a typo with a typo now.

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! If you want some fun stats related to the site apparently Divekick was the #1 most frequented game page this week. If you are interested in reading Ryan's scathing review of Fuji Mongolian BBQ, which you may recall from the most recent Bombcast, someone found it on Yelp. Also related to food is Drew's recipe for his Fritos-Breaded Chicken sandwich that you may have seen on this weeks' "I Love Mondays" video. sgt1shot1kill is the user that sent the amazing poster for the last Mailbag and has uploaded it to the site over here. Finally someone mashed up Rap Man with the theme song to Space Jam...the results are amazing:

• Let's Make a Game 2013 - Join the Let's Make a Game Community Project and Make an Actual Video Game - Get the Details and Sign Up Here!

Wonderful Wikis

Well if you have been keeping up on the news you know that both Atari and THQ have fallen on less than fortunate luck. THQ is essentially no more, which is unfortunate as our wiki page for the company is stellar, and the same can be said about Relic's page. This also unfortunately means that Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Online may never see the light of day. Atari has two company pages on the site and you should check both of them out as they are extremely detail and explain why.

• THQ
• Relic Entertainment
• Atari SA
• Atari
• Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Online

Best of Blogs

The Metal Gear Rising demo has struck a cord with numerous users on the site and Mikey2D in particular who broke down his impressions of the demo on his latest blog this week. JJWeatherman blogged about why he would encourage anyone to play Kentucky Route Zero despite its short game time, whereas I_smell celebrates the release of his indie game on Steam after failing before. Colourful_Hippie talks about why he thinks it is time to retire his 360 despite all of the fun he has had on the platform. Video_Game_King strikes yet again this week and blogs about his adventures on a couple of fun but weird JRPGs, and he is joined by Mento who tackled numerous "weird" Wii games including Fragile Dreams. Having played BlazBlue CSE FluxWaveZ compares the two games and discusses what features from BlazBlue he'd like to see featured in Persona 4 Arena 2, and on the note of Persona 4 fellow moderator Marino popped his Persona 4 virginity by playing Persona 4: Golden and talks about how it was the best 96 hours he has spent in a long time. Now I know that most of you are done with Game of the Year blogs, but plainplease has created a highly humorous 2012 award blog listing the best examples of rolling in 2012. RecSpec finally got around to Mass Effect 2 as part of his effort to finally get through the entire Mass Effect franchise, simultaneously MarkWahlberg got around to blogging about his thoughts about Mass Effect 3 as someone who only knows the Extended Cut Ending. Gamer_152 was completely enamored with Thirty Flights of Love and talks about why on his blog this week, whereas bonbolapti talks about his dislikes of Final Fantasy: All the Bravest as well as DmC. MajorMitch finally got to Torchlight II and found it's similarities with Diablo II a little uncanny and Sarumarine recently played FTL much to his delight. GrantHeaslip played catch up with his Final Fanatsy XIII blog series with two entries this week whereas MisterBananaFoam returned to the curious world of Donkey Kong 64 for his. Finally aurahack compares the relationship and progress of the Souls franchise to that of Persona 3 and 4.

• Metal Gear Rising: Demo Impressions (By: Mikey2D)
• The Value of Zero (By: JJWeatherman)
• My Steam Release, and Other Things (By: I_smell)
• I...I Think I'm Done With My 360 (By: Colourful_Hippie)
• Old School RPGs Funnier Than Anything I Could Write About Them (By: Video_Game_King)
• Wonderful Wii Wiirdness 2: The Wiiquel (By: Mento)
• What I Would Want in a Persona 4 Arena 2 (By: FluxWaveZ)
• Persona 4: The Virgin (By: Marino)
• The Rolies 2012 (aka. Rolls of the Year, aka. ROTY) (By: plainplease)
• The Pile: Mass Effect 2 (By: RecSpec)
• A Cryptic Heist (By: Gamer_152)
• Act II is Always a Desert (By: MajorMitch)
• My Turn: Bloggin 'bout Mass Effect Tres (By: MarkWahlberg)
• SSC 22 - Emotional Jumping Puzzles (By: bonbolapti)
• Final Fantasy XIII Part 6: Catching Up [Part 7: Battles, Villains, and Music] (By: GrantHeaslip)
• Recently Played: FTL (Faster Than Light) (By: Sarumarine)
• dot dot dot - two: A Conflict of Specialness (By: aurahack)
• Sparky's Update - MW3, WWE '13, and iPad Goodness (By: Sparky_Buzzsaw)
• MBF's Retraux-Spective: Donkey Kong 64 - Part 4 (By: MisterBananaFoam)

Fantastic Forums

The forums are alive with discussions about recently released games this week. The Cave, Metal gear Rising: Revengeance's demo, and the current state of violent video games all have particular discussion thread worth checking out. If you have ever dabbled in the dark arts of custom video game box cover art show off your art or print outs on the thread about them. If you bought the PC version of DmC post your high-res screenshots on the screenshot thread. Finally, if you can recall the last time you really wanted to go back to an old game just for nostalgia sake describe your last "nostalgia attack" on the thread discussing them.

• What was Your Last Nostalgia Attack? (By: Video_Game_King)
• DmC Screenshot Thread (By: Colourful_Hippie)
• So Does Anyone Use or Make CUSTOM Covers for Their Games? (By: LiquidPrince)
• The Cave Impressions Discussion Thread (By: Sessh)
• Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Demo Impressions Discussion Thread (By: Brighty)
• If Violent Games Were Ever Banned... (By: oraknabo)
• Games That Have Some Sort of Commentary on Violence? (Possible Spoilers) (By: Nottle)
• Let's Talk About Twin Peaks (By: thabigred)

Lovable Lists

As always list maniac Mento graces us with a new and creative list, and this time it annotates the notable games with towers in them. Hizang went with a personal list of the top games that made him care about video games, and jonnyflash80 has taken the task of creating a list of every single terrible movie licensed game. It goes without saying that Jonnyflash80 needs and wants your help for his list.

• Tower Power (By: Mento)
• These Games are the Reason Video Games are Awesome (By: Hizang)
• Bad Movie Licensed Games (By: Jonnyflash80)

Useful User Reviews

• Little_Socrates's user review of Half-Inch Heist
• Little_Socrates's user review of Temple Run 2
• lordgodalming's user review of Devil May Cry HD Collection
• Mago's user review of Paper Mario: Sticker Star
• VeniVidiLudi's user review of The Cave
• Mento's user review of Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon

User Created Podcasts

• The Mighty Electric Box - 01/21/2013
• TL;DL Episode 19: Pajama Party!