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The Community Spotlight 2024.08.03

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Welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! I, @zombiepie, am once again honored to be your host as we look back at the best community creations from the week!

With most of the staff back from their breaks/vacations, things are returning to normal. With that in mind, this is a friendly reminder that those of you still struggling to get your Lifetime Subscription should ping Dtoast in the Giant Bomb Discord's "Site-Tech-Issues" channel. @dtoast is also the person to reach out if you notice Giant Bomb Infinite not working, there's a technical issue with the video player, or have issues with the API.

For those of you pointing out issues with the podcast RSS feed or are experiencing issues with the feed sending you ad-versions of podcasts when you have Giant Bomb Premium, you want to ping @turboshawn in that same channel. Shawn is now in charge of any podcast app, RSS Feed, or premium Feed problems. For any of you adverse to using Discord, you can continue to send emails to [email protected]. Giant Bomb also has a Zendesk page.

Over on YouTube, the staff are trying to get back into making compilation and highlight videos. This week, they created a thirty-minute-long video compiling the best moments from the Superman edition of Blight Club.

There have been some changes to the Giant Bomb store and the 2024 Summer Collection. Those of you that bought merchandise that is no longer available should have been refunded and the final suite of Summer-themed Giant Bomb goods are:

However, final reminder to those of you attempting to buy premium merchandise and are not seeing your discount, you need to sign in on Giant Bomb and then sign in separately there on the store store. There are some of you that use different emails for the store and the site and if that's the case, you might not be able to see your merch discount or the new premium-only t-shirt. In that case, just create a new Giant Bomb store account with an e-mail that matches your Giant Bomb account and if they line-up, you should be fine.If that is still not working, send an email to [email protected] or head on over to the Giant Bomb Discord to ask for help.

Finally, TurboShawn and Abby have joined the rest of the community in sharing their favorite Giant Bomb moments as part of the site's 16th anniversary celebration.

Tweets

Video

Womack - (S3 Ep.9) - An Animated Giant Bomb Blight Club Series (By: Pickle Giraffe)

Pickle_Giraffe definitely has a knack for conveying the insanity of Blight Club.

It's another week and Pickle_Giraffe has another animated Giant Bomb Blight Club video for your enjoyment! As the title of this one suggests, Sean Connery has some choice words for Womack.

Activities

The GB Album Club 065 - Wolves of Glendale by Wolves of Glendale (By: @unclejam23)

Have any of you heard of this musical group before?

The latest edition of the Album of the week club is for Wolves of Glendale by Wolves of Glendale! Are any of you aware of this band? What do you think of their self-titled album? Are there other works of theirs you recommend?

Flintlock: The Siege Of Dawn Is The 16th Game Of UUGPGC Year 3! Finish By August 12. Mark Spoilers! +

The Case Of The Golden Idol Is The 15th Game Of UUGPGC Year 3! Finish By July 29. Spoilers Open (By: @bigsocrates)

Any thoughts about this gunpowder-based god-slaying video game?

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn from A44 is the latest pick for the Giant Bomb Game Pass Game Club! Have any of you played this action-adventure game with a gunpowder-based twist? If so, join the fun discussion about it now.

Likewise, The Game Pass Game Club just opened up its discussion for The Case of the Golden Idol to SPOILERS! For those of you that put the game on your 2022 GOTY lists, what do you think of its ending? Also, do any of you have hype for the sequel?

Blogs

I Am Part-time Worker!! Is Another Reminder That The Meme Game Is Not Exclusive To The English-Speaking World (By: @zombiepie)

Are you having one those days?

Moderator ZombiePie gave I Am Part-time Worker!! a shot after watching a few Vtubers play it for fun. Read their blog about the game and learn why the title is a sneaky homage and time capsule to 2010s Japanese meme culture.

Mento's Month: July '24 +

Indie Game of the Week 381: Toem (By: @mento)

We are in the back half of summer, but moderator Mento starts August off with a nice wrap-up post about the games they played and anime they watched last month! If you want some game or show recommendations, give it a read!

Additionally, Mento has a new edition of their "Indie Game of the Week" series and this one is all about Toem. Read to discover how things went in their adventure to help people through the power of photography!

Retae Ekans (By: @infantpipoc)

One of the most iconic moments in sci-fi film history?

infantpipoc has another classic movie review/retrospective and this time they are looking at the original Predator! Does the film still hold up and should it be classified as an action film or a horror film? Read what they think!

I Don't Normally Review... Anything, But I Saw Bruce Springsteen Live Last Week (By: @sombre)

sombre ended up attending Bruce Springsteen live last week at Wembley Stadium. Read all about the experience and share your stories of being able to see a long-standing band you were a fan of live!

Discussion Threads

Another Layoff Has Hit Bungie Making 220 People Unemployed; 155 Redirected Into Other Sony Divisions (By: @zombiepie)

How screwed do you think the Marathon reboot is at this point?

The layoffs that put hundreds of employees at Bungie out of work are gut-wrenching. Also, what is your reaction to news of the studio's mismanagement leading up to the layoffs? Get some of the details and discuss them in the thread linked above.

Game Informer Shutting Down After 33 Years (By: @bigsocrates)

Game Informer is shutting down after 33 years. What do you make of this news? Do you have any favorite editions of the magazine or fond memories of it? Join the discussion and wish those impacted the best.

ROMhacking.net Is Shutting Down And Moving Content To Internet Archive; Reasons Are Incredibly Messy (By: @zombiepie)

RIP

Romhacking dot net is shutting down and becoming read-only with all of its ROMs and fan translations relocated to The Internet Archive. Do you have thoughts about the news? Also, how screwed is the hobby if the IA loses its lawsuit?

Disney Hits The Panic Button With The MCU: Robert Downey Jr. Is Back As Dr. Doom (By: @zombiepie)

So... Robert Downey Jr. is returning to the MCU but as Dr. Doom in upcoming Avenger's films helmed by the Russo brothers. Is this good news? Is this a sign that Disney has hit the "panic button?"

Jonathan Blow Claims Yet Another Remaster Sells Horribly(By: @sparky_buzzsaw)

What alternatives are you turning to given this news?

Jonathan Blow is claiming that the anniversary edition of Braid "sold like shit." Do you believe him? Also, is Braid a flash in the pan video game who's time came and went?

With The Bethesda Game Studios And The World of Warcraft Teams Unionizing, ~1,750 Game Workers At MS Are Unionized (By: @zombiepie)

Over 1,000 game workers at Microsoft are now unionized at Bethesda Softworks and Blizzard Entertainment! Is this a shift that will lead to more unionization efforts? Also, are you expecting to see big publishers put their foots down more than Microsoft?

Lists

Homesteading Games (By: @pugtato)

Give this list a read and help Pugtato out with more examples!

Pugtato is working on a list that needs YOUR HELP! As you can see in the picture here, they are trying to create a list of games that features homesteading! See what they have and share examples they may have missed!

Reviews

Anyone else play Fox Zelda?

@pauljeremiah has a new review and this one tackles Tunic! Click the link below to learn why they fell in love with its charm and depth. Why do they highly recommend this fox-based action-adventure game? Read to find out!

@pauljeremiah also reviewed Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions! Geometry Wars purists at the time were nonplussed by the game and its boss-focused adventure mode, but they loved it.

@pauljeremiah's Super Star Wars review seeks to strike a balance between SNES-based nostalgia and objective truth about its punishing difficulty. Read all about where they stand overall.

What an incredibly weird start to a now iconic video game series.

@sbc515 is starting a new review retrospective and this one will be tackling the Need for Speed franchise. For the first week, check out their reviews for The Need for Speed: Special Edition, Need for Speed II, and Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed!

Wiki Of The Week

EVO Championship Series

No fighting game stone was left unturned with Giant Bomb's EVO concept page!

Huge props to @marino for going wild on the EVO Championship Series concept page! Giant Bomb now is your #1 source to know what games were played, who the top 3 players were, and how much they won for the entire history of EVO starting in 1996. He's even included some historical facts and photos from each year.