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The Community Spotlight - 04/28/2018

Strap on your cardboard backpack and hop into this Tesla because it's time for the latest Community Spotlight!

Art provided by natt0 on Twitter. Support online artists when you can!
Art provided by natt0 on Twitter. Support online artists when you can!

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight and I, @zombiepie, am honored to be your host this week! I can feel it, I can feel the heat of Summer and the deluge of E3 nonsense right around the corner. I bet many of you feel the same way. Hopefully the "Summer game drought," won't be as bad as it normally is, and the Steam Summer Sale lives up to everyone's expectations. I don't know about you, but I need at least one of the quarters of the year to go off without a hitch. But whatever, you didn't come here to listen to me rant about our poor position in the greater world, so let's jump right into the site related housekeeping!

Community Activities

House Giant Bomb: A Multi-Player Community for Battletech (By: @dasakamov)

We already have an online community for BattleTech! Post your Steam ID over here and play the game with other Giant Bomb users!

Tweets Of The Week

Clips Of The Week

Giant Bomb Conquers The Labo (By: @indeedcodybrown)

Here's a hilarious compilation video of Jeff's progress in making a backpack to pilot a robot. The Ben segment is by far the best part of the video.

Giant Bomb Galleria

Banner - Spelunky Ben (By: natt0)

Over on Twitter, natt0 heard Jan's request for a version of Ben as the Spelunky protagonist, and they obliged with this work of art.

Ben Pack as Spelunky Guy (By: @jaypethian)

jaypethian tried their hand at creating a version of the Spelunky Guy using Ben's image. Here's the awesome end result of their hard work.

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In Commemoration of Jeff Getting in the Robot I Made This (By: @retsugavan)

Whelp, in commemoration of Jeff getting into the robot he created in Labo, Giant Bomb user retsugavan created this work of art.

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Best Of Blogs

I hate this sequence in Ys Origins so, SO MUCH!
I hate this sequence in Ys Origins so, SO MUCH!

My Season of Ys Part 2: Impressions of Ys Origin (PC) (By: @deckard)

Giant Bomb user deckard continues they re-exploration of the Ys franchise with a thorough examination of the PC port of Ys Origin. Good to hear he too hates the "Evil Ring" moment.

The World Desperately Needs Another Putt-Putt (By: @jeremyf)

JeremyF briefly comments on why gaming children, and the greater world in general, deserves and desperately NEEDS a new Putt-Putt game.

So, When Should I Buy Your Game? (By: @themist997)

TheMist997 uses their latest blog to pontificate how game developers and publishers are encouraging consumers to wait before purchasing games.

Learn all about why Bosconian is BALLER on jeffrud's blog!
Learn all about why Bosconian is BALLER on jeffrud's blog!

Social Commentary Of Gameplay By Way Of Future Detroit [gb 23.] (By: @bonbolapti)

bonbolapti writes why they were especially let-down by the gameplay sequences and overall direction in the Detroit: Become Human demo.

NamCompendium 8: Bosconian (By: @jeffrud)

jeffrud wrote a MASSIVE blog piece on the often forgotten Namco classic, Bosconian, and its many computer home ports. It's really a work of art!

Saturday Summaries 2018-04-28: Randomized Edition (By: @mento)

On his weekly periodical, Mento discusses trying other randomizers after his entertaining time with a scrambled version of A Link to the Past, and also provides his final words on Final Fantasy XV and Snake Pass.

Join The Discussion

If only this were
If only this were "real." [Image provided by JeremyM]

God of War Ending/Post-Game Discussion (Spoilers) (By: @seikenfreak)

For those of you who have completed God of War, you can share your spoiler-filled impressions of the game's late game content and ending over here.

Warmind Reveal and Destiny Summit (Updated 4/27/18) (By: @hestilllives19)

What are your big takeaways from the Destiny 2 Warmind DLC reveal? Did the reveal stream leave you feeling positive or negative about the game's future?

Campo Santo Joins Valve (By: @cupofdoom)

What do you make of Valve's purchase of Campo Santo? Are you excited at the prospect of Valve publishing video games again? No one is going to argue that this means Half Life 3 is right around the corner.

Share your favorite Yakuza scenes! This guy demands it!
Share your favorite Yakuza scenes! This guy demands it!

Best Yakuza Series Moment? (By: @shindig)

With the Western release of Yakuza 6, what do you think is the best "individual scene" the franchise has shown off? Share and defend your favorite Yakuza moment over here.

EuroVision Hype Thread (By: @soulcake)

CALLING ALL EUROVISION FANS! We now have a community "hype thread" for the musical contest everyone cannot wait to watch.

Detroit: Become Human - Demo Impressions (By: @glots)

What are YOUR impressions of the Detroit: Become Human demo? Is it a tour de force of technical excellence, or undeniably problematic?

Lovable Lists

I saw an opportunity to include an image of Love Live on this Spotlight, and I took it.
I saw an opportunity to include an image of Love Live on this Spotlight, and I took it.

The Definitive List Of The Best Mobile Rhythm Games, Definitively (By: @imhungry)

Rhythm games are going through a bit of a renaissance on mobile phones and imhungry uses their latest list to prove it! Give it a read to find out the best music experiences on iOS/Android.

Best Games of 2016 (By: @guip1408)

2016 seems like such a long time ago, and that's why guip1408 thought it was important to go back and annotate their favorite games from the year.

Useful User Reviews

SURPRISE! Sonic Heroes is a bad game!
SURPRISE! Sonic Heroes is a bad game!

Wonderful Wikis

Grief Beard

The default image of the Grief Beard wiki concept page has been changed! What a great concept page.