Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight and I, @zombiepie, am honored to be your host once again. With Christmas right around the corner, and Game of the Year content drawing nigh, the year is progressively drawing to a close. This Friday, the 18th of December, Giant Bomb had its LAST livestream of 2015. Starting on December 28th Game of the Year content will commence, and the staff are completing their respective Game of the Year lists as we speak. As with last year you can fully expect to see an absolute onslaught of guest Game of the Year lists this time around as well. With this all behind us let us get on with the site housekeeping:
- How do you get YOUR GOTY list or blog on the next Community Spotlight? Just drop me a link to it right here and I will promote it on the next episode!
- Questengine has made an app that lets you predict which games you think will grace the GB staff's GOTY lists! Test your luck and have a good laugh when the real results are revealed.
- In non-gaming related news Star Wars happened this week. If you wish to discuss everything and anything related to The Force Awakens INCLUDING SPOILERS this is the thread to check out. THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE YOU CAN DISCUSS SPOILERS! If you deliberately spoil the movie for any user your account will be suspended or banned!
- More interested in discussing The Force Awakens without spoilers? We also have a thread for you.
Clip(s) of the Week
- Knives vs. Bats - Giant Bomb Animated (By: @lackingsaint) - We have an early Christmas gift from LackingSaint as he has produced new episode of his always awesome "GiantBomb Animated" series. This one hilariously animates the "Knives vs. Bats" debate from a few years back. In the Galleria I also included a few animation cells of LackingSaint's progress while he was making the animation.
The Giant Bomb Galleria
- BANNER - Giant Bomb Fan Art Thing (By: @lava) - Lava tried his hand at making a Giant Bomb themed banner this week and shares the results for all of you to enjoy
- The Iron Grid Movie Poster (By: @monkeyman04) - MonkeyMan04 has created a poster based off of Vinny and Austin's robot football movie/game idea from the Giant Beastcast.
- What if... Drew had a Scouting Organisation - A Logo Design (By: @mjhwwbg) - mjhwwbg created an emblem for Drew if and when he creates his own Scouting organisation that fits him like a glove.
Gallery
Community Activities
- TrackMania 2 Stadium Server - Karsh has the Giant Bomb TrackMania 2 Server BACK UP FOR THE HOLIDAYS! The Server Will Go Down When Interest Dissipates!!!
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege Multiplayer Thread - Are you looking for buddies to play Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege multiplayer? Then drop a comment over here!
Best of Blogs
- Things Games Of This Year Did That I Have Liked (By: @dudeglove) - Rather than create the "standard" GPOTY blog dudeglove went through and chronicled all of the games that he just enjoyed playing in general this week.
- I Played too Many Games This Year: Here are Some Opinions on Them (By: @cav829) - Cav829 played a smattering of video games this year, and you can read what they were, and what he thought of every single one of them, on this extensive blog.
- Go! Go! GOTY! '15 & ST-urday #025: Rod Land (By: @mento) - Mento concludes his daily Go! Go! GOTY! series which looked at a heap of near-forgotten 2015 games throughout December. See what he thought of Apotheon and Citizens of Earth this week. No daily series can interfere with the weekly ST-urday, so find out what the Atari ST port of Rod Land is all about too.
- Top 10 Games of the Year 2015 (By: @qreedence) - User qreedence thoroughly enjoyed all of the games that graced his 2015 GOTY list, and you can read why on this detailed blog.
- GOTY 2015 - This Time There are Games (By: @myheaditches) - myheaditches shares why he found 2015 to be a solid year for gaming, including his favorite games of the year, over here.
- 2015 Game of the Year (By: @jasonr86) - From the highest of highs to the lowest of lows JasonR86 chronicles the most memorable gaming moments that he had this year on his latest blog.
- Mattallica’s Top 10 Games of 2015 (By: @_mattallica) - Not only did Mattallica find 2015 to be a solid year for gaming, but he also had no trouble coming up with ten games for his GOTY list.
- Game Of The Year 2015: DarkFury's Picks (By: @darkfury) - DarkFury shares which games that managed to crack his top ten best games of 2015 list, and why, on this list.
- Rio Starwind's GOTY Secondary Awards (By: @riostarwind) - RioStarwind hands out secondary awards for games from 2015 that accomplished special distinctions by his judgement
- The Old Games--My Old Game Backlog Project (By: @clagnaught) - Clagnaught shares the plan that he has developed in order to conquer his gaming backlog by the end of next year on his latest blog.
- Thoughts After Some Time with Star Wars: Battlefront... (By: @notnert427) - notnert427 shares his qualms with Star Wars: Battlefront regarding value after sinking in a good amount of time into the game.
- "Saints Row London" "and" "Boston Simulator 2015." (By: @mooseymcman) - MooseyMcMan got around to a couple of open world games in the form of AC Syndicate and Fallout 4, as seen here.
- 40 Hours in - Final Fantasy 14 (By: @dinoracha) - Dinoracha recently gave Final Fantasy 14 a shot, and shares his formative opinions on the game based on the forty hours that he played of it.
- Metal Gear Solid V is the Perfect Peace Walker Sequel (but a Terrible Metal Gear Solid 4 Sequel) (By: @darth_navster) - Darth_Navster comments on why he found MGS V to be a poor follow up to MGS 4, but a stellar follow up to Peace Walker.
- Rec's Video Game Song of the Year 2014 (By: @recspec) - RecSpec continues to look at the best video game music of years past, with a blog chronicling the music of 2014.
Join the Discussion
- Your 2015 "Pile of Shame" (By: @captain_insano) - How is your "Pile of Shame" looking like for 2015? Share the games from 2015 that you most regret not playing with the rest of the Giant Bomb Community.
- Would you Play a Kojima-less Metal Gear? (By: @mathj) - How important is Hideo Kojima to what makes Metal Gear special? With his leaving Konami official, would you be interested in playing a Metal Gear game not helmed by the master of wackiness?
- Armageddan Discussion Thread (By: @mesklinite) - Have any of you managed to complete Dan's latest Mario Maker abomination "Armageddan?" Even if you haven't feel free to join the community discussion about the level over here.
- DRLOTY 2015 Voting (By: @themasterds) - Speaking of Dan-related Mario Maker abominations...What do you think was the "BEST" Mario Maker level that Dan created this year? Vote and discuss your "poison" here.
- How Do you Feel About Undertale? (By: @beachthunder) - It may be taking the internet by "storm," but what are YOUR actual opinions regarding Undertale? Feel free to share them on our discussion thread.
- Do you Actually Finish Games? (By: @finaldasa) - How often do you actually finish the games that you start? Share your "completion rate" on our community discussion regarding this matter.
- Final Smash Bros. Characters Discussion Thread (By: @l1ghtn1n) - What is your reaction to the latest Nintendo Direct, and the next batch of DLC characters announced for Smash? Share them with the rest of the Giant Bomb community.
- What are your Dream VR Experiences? (By: @cmpltnoob) - With recent buzz surrounding the VR versions of Psychonauts and REZ, what are YOUR dream VR experiences? Share your hopefully non-vomit inducing picks over here.
Lovable Lists
- GOTY 2015 (By: @rmanthorp) - rmanthorp took time off his designing bad RPG Maker clones schedule, and created this 2015 GOTY list
- GOTY 2015 (By: @amlabella) - amlabella goes through the ten best gaming related experiences that he had this year on this 2015 GOTY list.
- Game of the Year 2015 Y'all! (By: @jthomeslice) - JTHomeslice has a little bit of everything represented on his 2015 GOTY list, ranging fromm silly JRPGs to AAA puzzle platformers, as seen over here.
- Best of 2015 (By: @rjayb89) - rjayb89 goes over the video games that topped his "Top Ten Games of 2015" list over here.
- GOTY 2015 (By: @claybrez) - claybrez briefly reviews his favorite video games from 2015 on his top ten GOTY list over here.
- Best Games of 2015 (By: @l33t_haxor) - L33T_HAXOR found 2015 to be an impressive year for indie games and shares why on his GOTY list for 2015 over here.
- Malestrom's GOTY List (By: @malestrom) - Due to him playing a limited library this year Malestrom included a number of games from years past on his GOTY list for 2015.
- Game Of The Year Countdown 2015 (By: @riostarwind) - You might find some of the games that graced RioStarwind's 2015 GOTY list a bit "surprising," so check out his completed list to see what they are!
- Game of the Year, Every Year (By: @recspec) - RecSpec is awarding his Game of the Year awards, but for every year in gaming that he can think of on this list.
Useful User Reviews
- @moonlightmoth compiles her final thoughts and impressions regarding Life Is Strange on her review of the entire series. Moonlightmoth also describes why she found Xenoblade Chronicles X to be a "painful" experience to sit through as a fan of the previous game.
- @riostarwind shares why he found Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken to be a relatively uneven gaming experience on his review for the game. Riostarwind also shared why he thinks the remaster for Deadpool is the least earned game remaster he has ever seen.
