Hey everyone! It's that time of year again, Extra Life season!
First off, if you don't know me yet, hi! I'm (Turbo)Shawn, and I've been doing social media & editing for Giant Bomb for most of the year now. More relevant to this article, I'm the captain of Team Giant Bomb for Extra Life 2023! I've been doing all the behind-the-scenes work on getting everything organized on our end for this event. (Yes, that means that if you need to talk to any of us about Extra Life stuff, I'm your guy. Feel free to reach out!)
COMMUNITY STREAM DETAILS:
Giant Bomb is a major contributor to Extra Life efforts every year, and it's because of viewers like you. Thank you. (Sorry, couldn't resist.) Part of that is all the wonderful people who volunteer their time to stream and raise money for the cause! As such, we're highlighting you this weekend with a schedule of community streams that will be featured on giantbomb.com/chat when they can. Here's an up-to-date schedule of everyone who's signed up to be part of the Community Stream weekend:
Friday, Nov. 3rd:
| Twitch Name | Stream Content | Times Streaming (Eastern) |
| JUnit90 | Lots of multiplayer games | 9AM-9PM |
| ThatPinguino | Signalis | 5PM-8PM |
| trashsquad | Variety | 8PM-3AM |
Saturday, Nov. 4th:
| Twitch Name | Stream Content | Times Streaming (Eastern) |
| Thatbendorf | Fortnite, Sons of The Forest, Ghost Recon Breakpoint, Timberborn, Hi-Fi Rush, Warhammer: DarkTide | 8AM-8AM (25 Hours) |
| petersalmon93 | Rock Band 4, Rocksmith, Yakuza | 8AM-8AM (25 Hours) |
| PvtWeaksauce | Variety | 8AM-8AM (25 Hours) |
| jmfowler | A weird mix of 16-bit era Disney games, Castlevania, and maybe some TMNT | 8AM-12AM |
| atrainn | A ton of games, and pinball for a while | 9AM-9AM |
| GabrielCantorVT | Dark Souls | 9AM-6PM |
| GPink | Lots of MiSTer gaming including PS1/Saturn/N64, Wario Ware: Move It and Jackbox Party Pack 10. | 9AM-8PM |
| Hindermania | Baldurs Gate 3, Robocop and more | 9AM-9AM (25 Hours) |
| Jepheroth | Many different games old and new | 9AM-9PM |
| JUnit90 | Lots of multiplayer games | 9AM-9PM |
| NOT TWITCH: youtube.com/XboxEra | A lot.... mostly Game Pass ones. Halo Infinite, Forza Motorsport and many more | 10AM-10PM |
| trashsquad | Variety | 11AM-11PM |
| ArbitraryWater | Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, probably some other junk | 1PM-7PM |
| seakae | WWE 2k23, Spider-Man 2, Mario Wonder, Marvel Snap, and maybe doing some live drawing. | 1PM-3AM |
| Swansons | Variety of games and retro games | 12PM-12AM |
| riostarwind | PS1 + PS2 games that came out in Japan, Zelda randomizer | 12PM-12AM |
| gameboy8877 | Spider-Man 2, Atomic Heart, Jusant | 11AM-11AM (25 Hours) |
| oleetku | Mario 64, House Flipper, Jackbox, Sonic Shuffle, Voxelgrams, The Incredible Machine, Tabletop Simulator, The Island of Dr. Brain, Deep Rock Galatic, and BeamNG.Drive | 12PM-12AM |
| chewy21 | Ark: Survival Evolved, Risk of Rain 2, Baldur's Gate 3, Starfield, etc. | 11AM-11AM (25 Hours) |
| mngoldy | Variety of games, one of my incentives is to spin a wheel and play whatever game it lands on. So could be putt putt saves the zoo. Could be COD and everything in-between. I can say for sure I'm playing Until Dawn, until dawn | 10AM-10AM (25 Hours) |
| ShaxnKitsune | Resident Evil 2/3, random retro games | 1PM-1AM |
Sunday, Nov. 5th:
| Twitch Name | Stream Content | Times Streaming (Eastern) |
| oleetku | Mario 64, House Flipper, Jackbox, Sonic Shuffle, Voxelgrams, The Incredible Machine, Tabletop Simulator, The Island of Dr. Brain, Deep Rock Galatic, and BeamNG.Drive | 8AM-8PM |
| Jepheroth | Many different games old and new | 9AM-9PM |
| riostarwind | PS1 + PS2 games that came out in Japan, Zelda randomizer | 12PM-12AM |
| Swansons | Variety of games and retro games | 12PM-12AM |
| ZombiePie | Thayer's Quest & Bot Colony | 12PM-7PM |
| seakae | WWE 2k23, Spider-Man 2, Mario Wonder, Marvel Snap, and maybe doing some live drawing. | 1PM-11PM |
| trashsquad | Variety | 2PM-6PM |
| kamkonek | Clone Hero | 8PM-10PM |
STAFF STREAM DETAILS:
Now, we've been teasing it here and there, but our plans for Staff Stream weekend(s!) are as follows:
- Saturday, November 11th
- 9AM-3PM Eastern: Grubb & friends (including yours truly!)
- 3PM-3AM Eastern: Giant Bomb West ft. GameSpot friends
- Saturday, November 18th
- 12PM-8PM Eastern: Giant Bomb Midwest ft. The Windbag Live from the Dancave
I'll update this section with any additional details that arise, but at least now you know what to expect and when to tune in!
BETTER, TOGETHER
In case it hasn't sunk in yet, this whole thing only happens because of you. Please, tune in to all the different streams at the usual spot, tell your friends, and donate at the handy URL tinyurl.com/GBXL2023.
All in, now. Let's make this another event to remember!