Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! I, @zombiepie, am honored to be your host as always! E3 is now completely behind us, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a lot to talk about in regards to the site. Firstly, Mr. Rorie would like for everyone to be aware that Paypal should now be usable as a payment option directly on Giant Bomb. If you have any issues regarding using PayPal on the site contact Mr. Rorie at support@giantbomb.com. Speaking of the support line, if you sent a support e-mail during E3, Mr. Rorie is requesting that you re-send your support request as there is a significant backlog due to him performing other duties during E3. With all of that behind us let's get on with the latest episode of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight!
Clip(s) of the Week
This week @turboman has compiled Giant Bomb's best and funniest E3 2015 moments on the latest entry of his "Best of Giant Bomb" video series ranging from Da Hoop Gawd to Dave Lang's Phone!
The Giant Bomb Weekly Gallery
It is photoshop madness this week when it comes to the best user created artwork. Firstly, on the last edition of the Spotlight, @pimblycharles photoshopped an image of Johnny V to one of his favorite personal photos of the staff. Alex did horrible things when crossing CNN with Dave Lang. Finally, Jeff is really concerned about the state of Brad this week.
Gallery
Community Activities
Best of Blogs
- Nier to One's Heart (Or: Why Should Anyone Care About Nier?) (By: @mento) - While the director behind Nier caught everyone's attention during E3 for his moon mask, Mento has taken the time to extrapolate on why Nier is an interesting and bizarre experience worth having.
- Best of Giant Bomb 79 - THA HOOP GAWD (By: @turboman) - As already mentioned TurboMan is the man to thank for the clip of the week for this edition of the Community Spotlight! Feel free to share your thanks, or recommend funny Giant Bomb moments you think he could use for his next episode.
- Lost in the Myst: Part 1 & Lost in the Myst: Part 2- I Wish I Could Save (By: @thatpinguino) - Despite being crippled by the inability to save thatpinguino has been making good progress with Myst, and you can read all about how the clock tower treated him here.
- Three Minutes of Hyperdimension Neptunia (By: @mattyftm) - How can you write a blog about a game that you only played three minutes of? Well check out MattyFTM's latest work to see how he did and why he couldn't tolerate a single second more of Hyperdimension Neptunia.
- The Witcher 3 - Can There be too Much (Moral Dilemmas)? (By: @cornbredx) - Too much of a good thing can spoil it, and from that point CornBREDX questions The Witcher 3's use, and potential overuse, of moral dilemmas on his latest blog.
- Bewitchered by The Witcher 3 (By: @mooseymcman) - MooseyMcMan thoroughly enjoyed playing The Witcher 3, and you can read all about it on this extensive blog post here.
- Playing My First Final Fantasy Game - Parts 9-20: Final Fantasy VIII is Breaking Me (By: @zombiepie) - You know what? I'm going to break character for this. This blog series is slowly but surely eating away at my insanity. So if you wish to read the latest entry on the downfall of a man...here you go.
- Her Story: FMV Done Right (By: @egge) - Egge wants you to join him on his quick, but interesting, write-up about Her Story and how it uses FMV to its benefit rather than detriment.
- My Top 5 Games of E3 2015 (By: @darthorange) - DarthOrange found E3 2015 to be a solid conference filled to the brim with quality games. This blog shares the five games that DarthOrange is most excited to get around to playing.
- Sega-CD: Beyond FMV (By: @jasonr86) - JasonR86 can't help but hold a tad bit of nostalgia for the Sega-CD, and on this blog he shares why the consoles' true gaming highlights had nothing to do with FMV.
- RElapsed Fan – Resident Evil Code: Veronica X (By: @nightriff) - Nightriff is continuing with his retrospective of the Resident Evil franchise with Resident Evil Code: Veronica X, which he enjoyed despite some nightmarish boss battles that you can read about here.
- Data Dump: E3 2015 Trailers Edition (By: @marino) - E3 may have come and gone, but while most of us were recovering from the myriad of game reveals and announcements Marino was compiling the stats of all of the teasers and trailers he posted on Giant Bomb during the event.
- Street Fighter V: Our Wishlist (By: @perfidioussinn) - PerfidiousSinn blogged about what he suspects most are hoping will be included or featured in Street Fighter V on this wishlist of the game.
Join the Discussion
- Her Story Speculation and Spoiler Discussion Thread (By: @marco724) - Are you you the type of person that reads that last few pages of a book before starting it? Well this spoiler thread for the psychological thriller, Her Story, might just be up your alley!
- Great Games That DON'T Need a Sequel (By: @kumatose) - Can you think of a game near and dear to your heart that you would not wish to see have a sequel? Share and discuss your picks on this community discussion thread.
- Lincoln Force Guild Hall Poll (By: @jack_lafayette) - The GB Community Guild Wars 2 Guild, Lincoln Force, wants YOUR INPUT as to where their guild hall should be located.
- Tales from the Borderlands Episode 3 Story Discussion Thread [SPOILER WARNING] (By: @smtdante89) - What were your choices and/or thoughts about the third episode of Tales of the Borderlands? Feel free to discuss those points as well as your hopes for future entries here!
- Persona 5 Promotional Video #02 Tease Discussion Thread (By: @donutfever) - How are you feeling about Persona 5 after viewing the second promotional video? Join the community discussion here.
- Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition (By: @fredchuckdave) - What has it been like playing as "old-school" Dante with the special edition re-release of Devil May Cry 4? Discuss if you have been enjoying this port right here.
Lovable Lists
- Most Anticipated of E3 2015 (By: @theht) - There were a number of games shown off at E3 2015 that caught the attention of TheHT, ten to be exact! See what they are on this list.
- The Top 10 Indie/Niche Games of E3 2015 & E3 2015 Top 10 Big Budget Games (By: @riostarwind) - RioStarwind found himself enjoying games both big and small during E3 and has two lists compiling his favorites of each.
- E3 2015 Most Anticipated (By: @elyk247) - Elyk247 couldn't just limit himself to ten games from E3 that he is looking forward to, so instead check out the TWELVE games from E3 2015 he cannot wait to get his hands on!
- My Top Ten Games of 2003 (By: @thesilentgod) - TheSilentGod continues his retrospective of the years of gaming past with the best games of 2003, which he found to be "sparse" in comparison to previous years.
Wonderful Wikis
- Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward - This week some great work has been done on our wiki page for the latest expansion for Final Fantasy XIV to keep it up to date! Check out the wonderfully detailed page right here.
- Devil May Cry 4 - While we have a separate page for the Special Edition re-release, you should still check out our wiki page for the original game as the page details everything you could possibly want to know about Devil May Cry 4.
- Super Noah's Ark 3D - This little chestnut came out on Steam recently, and you can read all about how Super Noah's Ark 3D managed to circumnavigate Nintendo's approval process by checking out our wiki page.
Useful User Reviews
- @coolarman found himself enjoying the core of Batman: Arkham Knight even if it didn't feel especially original as you can see on his review.
- @cairnsythebeard decided to go back and play through the Director's Cut of Deus Ex: Human Revolution after enjoying what he saw of the game's sequel during E3.
- @freezyfrog decided to play SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge for the WiiU, and SURPRISE! IT IS TERRIBLE! Read all about this nightmare of a game on his review.