The Community Spotlight - 12/29/2011
By ZombiePie 21 Comments
For Auld Lang Syne My Dears!
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! As you may expect this edition of the Community Spotlight has a heavy emphasis on Game of the Year content as 2011 is quickly coming to a close (some of you may even be reading this by the time the New Year has passed)! So with that let's go over the 2011 site announcements one last time. Game of the year editorial content is coming out in a wave now and the Game of the Year Bombcasts are going up! Even with all of this Staff content don't forget to check out the Intern Game of the Year deliberation videos. There are less than 550 $35 discount memberships left for interested users. Get them while they are there! The site is running critically low on Wiki Tasks so please if you have any ideas on what deserves a Wiki Task we are open to suggestions.
Community Highlights
- Giant Bomb Community GOTY - Join the Effort to Name a GB Community GOTY By Going Over HERE!
- 3rd Annual GB100 GP Endurance Race - Jan. 1, 2012 8:00 PM EST - Vote for the Race Track and Sign Up HERE!
- Photoshop Jeff Gerstmann as a Banana with an M16 Contest - Use Your Photoshop Skills at a Chance to Win a Free Game Over HERE!
- Hero_Swe's New Year's Eve Steam Give-Away - Due January 1st - Post in This Thread Over HERE!
- Official Steam Gift Trading Thread - Trade Steam Games By Join the Group Over Here!
- The Comprehensive 2012 Releases List - What Games Are Coming Out? Check Out This Thread Over HERE!
Wonderful Wikis
- 285 Code 6
- Battlefield 3
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
- Dead Space 2
- Batman: Arkham City
- Mortal Kombat
- Saints Row: The Third
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Portal 2
- Dark Souls
- L.A. Noire
- The Witcher 2
- Bastion
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
- Gears of War 3
- NBA 2K12
Best of Blogs/Fantastic Forums
- Whiskey Media Radio Dave Mod for Fallout: New Vegas (By: Brackynews)
- AlexW00d's GOTY Blog: 2011 Edition (By: AlexW00d)
- PixelPrinny's End of the Year Award Blog (By: PixelPrinny )
- Blog #52 - You Should at Least Try These 2011 Games + Awards (By: AlisterCat)
- BoG's Top 10 of 2011 (By: BoG)
- My Game of the "Year" 2011 (?) (By: BlazeHedgehog)
- The Mandatory 2011 Top 10 (By: Sunjammer)
- Hardware Review: Playstation TV (By: Bassman2112)
- My Top 3 Games of the Year - 2011 (By: Sooty)
- Call Me Crazy...but To The Moon is my "Game" of the Year 2011 (By: themangalist)
- My Best and Worst 3DS Games of 2011 (By: Hailinel)
- Best of Games of 2011 -Jorbear Edition- (By: jorbear)
- Mento Miscellany 10/26/11 (By: Mento)
- My End of 2011 Awards - Part One [Part Two] [Part Three] (By: dankempster)
- The 2011 Christmas Mega-Blog - Part Two (By: dankempster)
- GOTY 2011 WARNING: I Like Liking Things (By: j3ffro919)
- Hitlerchu's 2011 Top 10 GOTY Listmania: Now with More Meat! (By: Enigma777)
- Mytoptenoftwentyeleven (By: GunstarRed)
- Bearhardt's "Gotta Pick Ten Before The Year Is Over" 2011 Edition (By: Bearhardt)
- Top Ten Games of 2011 that Didn't Actually Come Out in 2011 (By: No0b0rAmA)
- Old but New - My Game of the Year Awards 2011 (By: Daiphyer)
- Hizang's 2011 Awards (Not My 2011 GOTY Year Awards) (By: Hizang)
- My Gaming 2011 in Summary (By: Icemael)
- Not So Late to the Party: Skyrim (By: ahoodedfigure)
- Game of the Year Stuff 2011 - Top 10, 5-1 (Game of the Year Jimbo_N Directory) (By: Jimbo_N)
- My Tribute to the Bombcast (By: Valames)
- Tinkering with Skyrim - Skyrim Mod Guide (By: DJJoeJoe)
- Impressions of SWTOR So Far (By: LethalKi11ler)
- I Play Porn Games for the Story // 12.25.2011 (By: Psycosis)
Lovable Lists
- Alas, Poor Yorick (Best Floating Skulls in Video Games) (By: Mento)
- GOTY 2011 (By: mak_wikus)
- GOTY 2011 (By: StarvingGamer)
- GOTY 2011 (By: Googly)
- Bracky's 2011 GOTY (By: Brackynews)
- GOTY 2011 (By: DarkShaper)
- GOTY 2011 (By: spilledmilkfactory)
- GOTY 2011 (By: skate4fungirl)
- My Top Ten Games of 2011 (By: takua108)
- GOTY 2011 (By: slowbird)
- Abstract Game of the Year Awards 2011 (By: Pepsiman)
Great Guides
Useful User Reviews
- Omali's review of Postal III
- Bwast's review of Star Wars: The Old Republic
- zDarkHerald's review of The Legends of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
- Gold_Skulltulla's review of Not Tetris 2
- jillsandwich's review of Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
- taxonomic's review of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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