The Community Spotlight - 02/10/2011
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Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Community Spotlight! Well there's a lot of housekeeping to go over this week so let's get into it! Whiskey media employee Daniel (aka Internet Daniel) has posted some Whiskey Media Quest stats worth checking out. There's a counter petition to Ryan's petition to end the NDX podcast...it is far more popular than Ryan's petition. I'm not sure where to put it but I guess this is appropriate, but a handful of users are working on a substantial Dawn of War 2 game guide. Check it out if you are interested. However probably the biggest news this week probably was the announcement of the two new additions to the mod team (PsEG & Sweep). Congratulations guys!
Then there were memes...Some think it is obnoxious or annoying to make designs or t-shirt based on every little thing that the guys talk about. I on the other hand am completely astounded by the creativity that the Giant Bomb Community is sometimes capable of! I mean check out some of these designs:
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Wonderful Wikis
Well we have a truly unusual medley of wikis this week. The return of the great showcasable Street Fight characters is here. Blood is a fantastically written wiki for a game many have never heard of. PsEG's wiki article for the Aston race track is everything you ever needed to know about that track. If you ever needed advice on escaping a sinking car then you should check out the escaping a sinking car concept page, it's also hilarious. Finally Plants vs. Zombies gets bonus points for being a wonderfully formatted wiki.- Blood
- Makoto
- Aston
- Beyond Good & Evil
- Escaping a Sinking Car
- Plants vs. Zombies
- Bionic Commando Rearmed 2
User Reviews
- Vito_Raliffe's review of Sports Champion
- EXCellR8's review of Test Drive Unlimited 2
- DaavPuke's review of APOX
- DocHaus's review of Mindjack
- BurningStickMan's review of Beavis and Butt-Head in Virtual Stupidity
- Bennyishere's review of Bionic Commando Rearmed 2
Lovable Lists
Once again nostalgia is the name of the game for the lists this week. With Marino's list truly tapping his nostalgia for his favorite games for the various systems he has owned during his video game playing life. Many thanks to Video_Game_King for having created as many wiki pages as he has. Vi02 explains how he has culture his gaming tastes and preferences over the years. Finally user killerjt points out that there are a lot of food branded games that have been release in the history of video games.- Game Boy Games for the 3DS Store (By: MormonWarrior)
- My Starting Point: Formative Gaming (By: Vig02)
- Every Game I Have Ever Played Plus Estimated Time Spent (By: endresults)
- Favorite Game per System (By: Marino)
- All the Wiki pages I've Created (By: Video_Game_King)
- Food & Food Branded Games (By: killerjt)
Best of Blogs/Fantastic Forums
As the games keep rolling the Giant Bomb Community keeps writing. Jakob187 continues to extols the virtues of the Dead Space franchise. Mento compares Dead Space II to Doom II and observes the change in game design over the years. Nikral talks about good documentaries about video games. Make_Me_Mad has posted his first blog about Re-Enduring the Persona 4 Endurance Run. ZanzibarBreeze has made a wonderful time capsule of the great HotSpot moments back in 2006. Finally congratulations to user EpicSteve for his successful Achievement Contest!- Old vs. New: Doom II vs. Dead Space II (By: Mento)
- This is an Extremely High Amount of Anime for One Blog (By: Video_Game_King)
- NGP Impressions Part 2: The Return of the King (By: Valkyr)
- Digging Into Dead Space: The Supplemental Materials (Part 1) (By: jakob187)
- Digging Into Dead Space: The Supplemental Materials (Part 2) (By: ibid)
- The Almost Definitive Guide to Video Game Documentaries (By: Nikral)
- From the Bomb First Impressions/Look - Dragon Age II (By: RelentlessKnight)
- Post Your Nintendownload-Xpress Audio Clips Here (By: TurboMan)
- Re-Endure the Persona 4 Endurance Run: Episode 1 (By: Make_Me_Mad)
- The Best of the HotSpot (2006) -- 8 Hours of HotSpot Goodness (By: ZanzibarBreeze)
- 75th Annual EpicSteve Achievement Contest: Winners (By: EpicSteve)
- Shillin' ...OR: I Just Got my First Check from SurveySavvy (By: BlazeHedgehog)
User Created Podcast
Author's Note: Blah blah blah comment and provide a link to something you think is worth showcasing...Look this was one of the most exhausting and time consuming Spotlights I have ever worked on...I don't want to talk about why. However don't be shy in pimping your own wonderful creations. I'm gonna take a nap now if you don't mind.....
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