The Community Spotlight - 10/03/2014
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Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight, I am your host as always! If you have been having issues with paying for a subscription on Giant Bomb Rorie has a detailed explanation about the issues over here. In summary, a new payment process is coming in the future. The Giant Bomb engineers plan on retiring the old Giant Bomb API as seen here. Warmachine not only has made some great Metal Gear Scanlon fan-art, but has also made the PSD file accessible for everyone to edit and play around with! With that let's get on with the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight!
Awesome Art
The Metal Gear Scanlon Fan Art thread continues to please as the video series comes to a close this week! Special thanks to @zleunamme @warmachine @gunstarred @randiolo @humanity and @soap(above) for the great works of art this week!
Clip of the Week
- Special thanks go to @hamst3r for making a promo video for the Giant Bomb Extra Life effort! Also @turboman has a new "Best of Giant Bomb" video worth checking out!
Community Activities
- The Giant Bomb Forza Horizon 2 Car Club - Learn How you Can Join the Car Club Over Here!
- Smash Bros 3DS Friend Code Exchange Thread - Hookup with Other Users Here!
- rFactor 2 Race League - Join the Community Race League Over Here!
- Giant Bomb Dota 2 Fantasy League - Sign Up for Season 2 Over Here!
Wonderful Wikis
Forza Horizon 2 and Smash Bros 3DS are the big games this week and you can learn more about both on our wiki pages! Also special thanks go out to @yummylee for doing a bang up job on the Resident Evil: Deadly Silence wiki page.
Best of Blogs
Raven10 writes about why he thinks The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is one of the most beautiful games he has ever played with pictures to prove his point. With October in full swing Mento has started a new Octurbo blog series all of which follows his entertaining picture format! He is joined by TheManWithNoPlan who used October as an excuse to play Symphony of the Night. A new month also means that BlackLagoon is back with a list of all of the games coming out for the PS Vita. Speaking of great round ups FLStyle is back with a blog about the upcoming events for the FGC. GunStarRed continues to examine the questionable Simple Series franchise with Special Forces this week. TurboMan has his most recent Best of Giant Bomb video in blog form and is asking for suggestions for his next episode. Colorwind discusses the great games from the past he wished would be ported to next generation consoles, whereas Tireyo expresses his disappointment with the social aspects of the Miiverse. Podcasts are back! Well not really, but Sparklykiss is working on a new podcast featuring members of the Giant Bomb moderation team. thatpinguino not only has a "Deep Look" of Brave Fencer Musashi, but also a blog about the inner intricacies of Magic the Gathering. bonbolapti bats for Hyrule Warriors and blogs about why it's a great game for him. billygoat117 extrapolates upon what he thinks are the biggest problems facing Destiny going forward. MeatsofEvil continues to share his Extra Life 2014 Persona 3 experiences. MooseyMcMan played catch up with his PSN+ games, whereas Ford_Dent continues to examine the madness of Killer7. Finally bobafettjm is back with a blog showcasing his work on the wiki.
- One of the Most Beautiful Games I've Ever Played (By: @raven10)
- Octurbo: Bonk III: Bonk's Big Adventure [Day 2: Lords of Thunder, Day 1: Rondo of Blood] (By: @mento)
- Drop a Blog On It! (Symphony of the Night) (By: @themanwithnoplan)
- Simple Blog Get! 4: Tom Clancy's Advanced Tactical Blogfare (By: @gunstarred)
- Best of Giant Bomb 68 - What is Firewatch? (By: @turboman)
- 5ive: Games That Have Never Been Ported (By: @colorwind)
- My Personal Experiences With Nintendo's Miiverse (By: @tireyo)
- Giant Modcast Ep. 1 - Moon Power! (By: @sparklykiss)
- October Vita Lineup and Upcoming Titles (By: @blacklagoon)
- ThatPinuino's Magic Lessons: Delving for Secrets (By: @thatpinguino)
- One for the Ganon-dork in Me (By: @bonbolapti)
- The Fall Classic 2014 Preview (October 10-12) Live from Raleigh, North Carolina and a Whole Bunch of Post-EVO News! (By: @flstyle)
- Destiny's Biggest Problem (At the Moment) (By: @billygoat117)
- My Journey to Extra Life 2014: Persona 3 - Week 3 (By: @meatsofevil)
- Deepish Look: Brave Fencer Musashi- The B Movie of Action Adventure (By: @thatpinguino)
- PlayStation Plus Catch Up: September Edition (By: @mooseymcman)
- I Went Back to Killer 7 Again (Part Two) (By: @ford_dent)
- Weekly Wiki Update - Sunday, September 28th 2014 (By: @bobafettjm)
Fantastic Forums
If you have been playing Smash Bros. 3DS or Cookie Clicker RPG join our discussion threads for both on the site! With the Fall season in full effect talk about the games you are excited to get your hands on, and also feel free to discuss what you think is the best zombie game ever.
- Super Smash Bros. Discussion Thread (By: @yummylee)
- Fall 2014 Upcoming Games Discussion Thread (By: @aegon)
- Cookie Clicker RPG Discussion Thread (By: @rahulricky)
- What's Your Favorite Zombie Game? (By: @jeust)
Lovable Lists
The always irreverent and nonsensical supermike6 has a list of his seven all time favorite driving games! OF COURSE IT'S A JOKE LIST! TobbRobb lists out the games that are preventing him from making progress with his gaming backlog, a situation we are all familiar with.
- Top 7 Driving Video Games of All TImeeeeeeee (By: @supermike6)
- Stuff I Waste Time on That Stops Any Backlog Progress or Other Mediaconsumption (By: @tobbrobb)
Useful User Reviews
- @sunjammer's review of Destiny
- @yummylee's review of Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
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