The Community Spotlight - 02/03/2018

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight and I, @zombiepie, am honored to be your host this week! For what feels like the first time in the site's history, the Giant Bomb community is buzzing about anime. With the announcement of a new podcast series starring Dan and Jeff in which they take the plunge into watching Dragon Ball, it goes without saying Dragon Ball FighterZ is the big talking point of the week. Monster Hunter: World was no slouch either with several community groups hitting the max. It's great to see the community mobilizing in a positive way like this. So, without further ado, let's talk about the two bits of housekeeping I have for everyone.

• Have you noticed issues with Giant Bomb's fonts loading slowly? If so, let out a yelp on our bug reporting thread about the issue.
• It's anime related, but still worth mentioning, @scottjay01 created a helpful Dragon Ball beginners guide for anyone enamored by Dragon Ball FighterZ, but hasn't followed the anime since the 90s

Clips Of The Week

Giant Bomb Murderin': Best of Player Unknown's Battlegrounds Pt. IV (By: Carachmegil)

Re-live Giant Bomb's BEST and funniest moments on Murder Island! Here's another GREAT Giant Bomb Murder Island highlight video from Youtube user Carachmegil.

GB FGC Discord Weekly Weekend Recap Jan 19-21 & 26-28, 2018 (By: @ps_vam)

The Giant Bomb FGC discord weekly recap video series is back! This episode summarizes the past 2 weekends of fighting game nonsense from the Giant Bomb FGC discord!

Giant Bomb Galleria

BANNER - Gerstmann And Friends (By: natt0)

Over on Twitter, natt0 spent their Friday drawing a sketch inspired by Giant Bomb's recent coverage of Garfield Lasagna World Tour. Jeff's look of disdain is so perfect I love it.

Giant Bayeux Dot Com (Yt's A Webbesyte Abovt Vydeogymes) (By: @sweep)

The Giant Bomb Community Bayeux Tapestry generator continues to deliver! Check out the latest hilarious offerings from the community.

Gallery

Tweets Of The Week

Community Activities

(Un)Official Monster Hunter World Squad + Discord! (By: @bollard)

The unofficial Giant Bomb community discord for Monster Hunter: World is 100+ members strong! Learn more about the many community squads we have for the game.

League of Legends GB EUW Club (By: @polkaduke)

There's a NEW Giant Bomb community EUW League of Legends club and Discord you can join and partake in for fun.

Best Of Blogs

Eater of World: Raid Lair Guide (By: @hestilllives19)

Calling all Destiny 2 fans! Giant Bomb user Hestilllives19 published a comprehensive guide for anyone struggling with the "Eater of Worlds" raid! Give it a read if you are in need of some help.

Dragon Ball FighterZ and Old Spongebob PC Games: How Both Transitioned 2D Animation to 3D (By: @mocbucket62)

MocBucket62 the old Spongebob PC games made by AWE Games should get some recognition for trying to do what Arc System Works accomplished in Dragon Ball FighterZ. I promise it's not as crazy as it sounds.

February Vita Lineup And Upcoming Titles (By: @blacklagoon)

BlackLagoon annotated every game set to release on the PlayStation Vita during February 2018! Surprisingly, the platform is still kicking.

My BackBlog - Week 4 (By: BIG_DENIM)

Big_Denim discusses why something about Cuphead's controls are causing the game to not "click" with him, despite being in love with the artstyle.

My Top Five Anticipated Releases of February 2018 & My Thoughts on Laser League Beta (By: @themist997)

TheMist997 annotates the five video game releases he's most anticipating this month, and after giving his blog a thorough read, feel free to share your own picks. Also, TheMist997 played around with the Laser League beta. Read all about their early impressions of the future sports game, and its viability

Less is More, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying About the HUD and Love the Game (By: @notnert427)

notnert427 uses modern-day PC FPS to discuss why he thinks more games should go "HUD-less." Give it a read and see if you agree.

Putting The 'Play' Back Into Playing Games (By: @danielkempster)

DanielKempster's back to talk about what it means when games prioritize "play", factoring in his time spent with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Saturday Summaries 2018-02-03: JRPG Phoenixes Edition (By: @mento)

Mento's weekly periodical covers JRPG franchises due for a Nier: Automata style comeback, as well as parsing his thoughts on Persona 5 and early impressions on Rise of the Tomb Raider.

Join The Discussion

'All Systems Goku' Waititng Room (By: @fngbomber)

We now have a community "Waititng Room" for the upcoming "All Systems Goku" podcast! Feel free to join it if you can't wait to talk about Dragon Ball on Giant Bomb without fear of judgement.

An Old Discussion But I Need To Know. Fight Sticks With Dragon Ball FighterZ?v(By: @zentheninja)

Speaking of Dragon Ball FighterZ, is it the kind of game that warrants a fighting game stick? If so, which stick is best for the game?

Your DLC Characters Wish List (By: @katpottz)

What does your DLC "wishlist" look like for Dragon Ball FighterZ? Share and discuss your pick over here, but I'm going to predict there will be a TON of filler-arc or movie-only characters sold as DLC.

What Is The Future Of MMOs? (By: @relenus)

With the looming release of World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth and Anthem, the Giant Bomb community is busy debating the future viability of MMOs in the next decade.

Gigantic Bites The Dust (By: @werupenstein)

The 5v5 third-person shooter and MOBA hybrid, Gigantic, is being shut down. Did you enjoy your time with the game? Are you surprised the game has been shuttered?

What Platform Is Everyone Playing Celeste On? (By: @wumbo3000)

What platform are you playing the difficult platformer, Celeste, on? Vote and discuss your preference, and detail any platform-specific hiccups you have noticed.

Best Myst-like Games Today? (By: @homemadetshirt)

Can you think of modern games that scratch the same itch as Myst? Share and discuss your favorite modern Myst-likes over here.

How Long Did It Take You To Beat Cuphead? (By: @pompouspizza)

How long did it take you to beat every boss in Cuphead at least once? Share your hours played, and discuss which boss hitched you up the most.

Which Games Stress You Out The Most To Play? (By: @liquiddragon)

Which games create stress rather than manage or relieve it? XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Dark Souls seem to be the most common nominees from the Giant Bomb community.

Subnautica Has Finally Been Released! (By: @reasonableman)

Subnautica finally released officially! If you have played the game, join our community discussion about it and talk all about your submariner adventures.

Lovable Lists

January 2018: Month Of Yakuza (By: @riostarwind)

Moderator RioStarwind had January be his "month of Yakuza!" Read all about the highs and lows of his valiant effort to play most of the series.

NamCompendium RANKED (By: @jeffrud)

jeffrud has been on his historical journey through Namco's back catalog of games for a while, so this week he decided to rank the games he's played as part of his journey.

That Garfield artwork is nice work.

thanks for the feature and pic inclusion.

Come on in!

Come to the place where

Fun never ENDS!

I love that Garfield banner. Thanks for the mention this week!

Damn, that’s a shame about Gigantic. As someone who doesn’t like MOBAs I really enjoyed that game.

Hey, thanks for mentioning my video you guys!

I'm so phenomenally pissed at myself for never having thought of that Garfield gag. That is almost too good!

Well done natt0

Banner is fantastic!

Special shout-out to @kone who posted this humorous video in the comments section of Garfield with Gerstmann! :

I would 100% buy a Gerstmann and Friends shirt.

Am I the one who's gonna have to say it? The only thing missing from this Community Showcase? Lewd fight sticks.

The best part of that Garfield art is there can be no question of what Brad is so delighted by on his laptop.

Woot, thanks for the shoutout!

What is the "lewd fight stick" reference to?

@oddyoh: yeah it is, I can't wait to see the final panel. I hear it get real saucy and involves a Doctor Telling one of them that they are going to have bunch of puppies.

Watch the most recent Garfield stream...if you dare.

@marino: I really wish I hadn’t looked it up

I hope all the monster hunter hype can last till im able to pick the game up myself.

@zombiepie Thank you so much for giving mention to my guide! :)

This community spotlight is amazing! So much great art and content. Kudos everyone!

@marino the title of the post says 02/03/2017

It's 2018 tho

@dizzuncan: That's what you think.

A month late, however, thanks for the tweets of the week, cool to see the image was used on Who's The Boss?
I side note, I will never forget how you mentioned my name, I'm the idiot who did not send his name phonetically, boo to me. :)