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The Community Spotlight - 06/29/2012

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Many Thanks to B0nd07 for teh Fantastic Banner! 
Many Thanks to B0nd07 for teh Fantastic Banner! 
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Community Spotlight! Sorry for delay but stuff happens when you least expect it. Anyways, for anyone who hasn't yet bought a premium membership yet you are in luck, because Giant Bomb is having a 4th of July weekend sale where you can buy a yearly subscription for just $35. If you are thinking of extending your current subscription remember you can check to see when your subscription is about to end over here. Just for kicks I see that one of you created a "The TV of Ryan Davis" joke Twitter account...funny. Now unfortunately there is some bad news to announce. Artist extraordinaire Turbo_Toaster is leaving Giant Bomb and will no longer be providing the site with with her art. Now with all this said please remember to follow the GiantBombSquad Twitter account to stay updated on all of the best user created content on Giant Bomb. Finally, hey, you....I don't like your girlfriend. 

Game Nights and Activities 

  • We are the Track Maniacs - Giant Bomb Community Phantasy Star Online 2 Beta Group - Sign Up for the Madness Here!
  • Giant Bomb Community Steamgifts Giveaway Thread - Look for Opportunities for Free Games or Set Up Your Own Giveaway Here! 

Wonderful Wikis 

 Rejoice at the return of the awesome concept pages too cool for Wikipedia or any other database for that matter. Faux Twitter being inspired from The Amazing Spider-Man Quick Look and Level Up Health Refill being a creation of wiki super-power Marino on the fly. Not to let a single character page go empty the Fire Emblem wiki editing community continues their good with with the character pages for Lyn and Kieran. Finally with the final "Meet the..." video for Team Fortress 2 out check out the Sniper and Pyro wiki character pages.

Great Guide 


GB user DrWhat has taken the time to create a wonderfully detailed translation and help guide for any English speaking users hoping to get into the Phantasy Star Online 2 Beta, but don't know a lick of Japanese. It is a fantastically written guide worth checking out even if you don't even have any interest in playing Phantasy Star Online 2. 

Lovable Lists

 GB user Mento continues to meet his weekly list quota by annotating the monsters he has summoned in Master of Magic. User Zenogiasu on the other hand has a list of 15 games that he realizes are bad in hindsight but can't help but like due to nostalgia. 

Best of Blogs 

User Hailinel continues his retrospective of the most notable video game end bosses with Lavos from Chrono Trigger. CharlesAlanRatliff gives you an update on all the fun adventures he continues to have in Japan. Sparky_Buzzsaw continues his RPG retrospective with his first blog entry related to Grandia whereas user dankempster continues his endurance run with Final Fantasy VII. Fobwashed provides some fun and enjoyable pixel art of Brad and Ryan, Mushir continues with his efforts to create a Giant Bomb themed playing card deck with his design for a very Ryan Davis King of Spades, and aurahack also provides some fantastic fan art on top of providing an update of what he has been doing recently. Fighting game enthusiast FLStyle has written up a comprehensive preview of EVO 2012 with every date and time you'd want to know if you plan on watching the event. User Draugen has broken down all of the major plot points related to the Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut DLC worth checking out if you don't mind spoiler and what to see what it has changed. User Noct finally got around to playing Driver San Francisco and discusses why he a lot of fun playing it. EquitasInvictus reminds you of when freeware was a thing with his recent blog while Zenogiasu asks the important question of what are good positive female characters and what makes them that. Video_Game_King is in a league of his own by playing Mega Man Zero 4 as well as a Chester Cheetah game as Mento continues to write equally hilarious blogs about his "jaunts" in classic CRPG games. VonFlampanker reviews Videogame Zinesters and user klamis didn't let the birth of his child stop him from writting a blog this week. Then of course JJWeatherman detailed the slew of PC games he played this week and Alaska_Gamer played the first the Devil may Cry games. 

Fantastic Forums

 If you are a user in the UK planning on attending Rezzed at Brighton check out AlisterCat's post to hook up with other users that plan on going to the convention. If you played Episode Two of The Walking Dead discuss the major story choices you made and talk about why you made them. User Nightriff wants you to vent your experience with your least favorite and video game bosses. Next with the release of the "Meet the Pyro" video vote on which Team Fortress character had the best video on the poll related to the subject below. Finally Giant Bomb has an Anime discussion thread created to let users to discuss the anime they have been watching...deal with it. 

Useful User Reviews 

User Created Podcasts 

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