Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight, and I am honored to be your host as always! This week let's all agree to not rely on RUN GFB for alliances or getting jobs done. I wouldn't even trust the motley crew with yard work.
State of the Site
With the insanity of PAX East finally concluded we can now return to normalcy on Giant Bomb. For those that missed them you can catch the archive for PAXAMANIA over here, and the 404ing It (Featuring Vinny) over here. The Giant Bomb Community Eve Online Corporation, Kite Co., has started selling their own t-shirts! Check out the design that they selected over here. Finally as always remember that the The Giant Bomb Community Endurance is still all set for April 12th, and you can volunteer to help the effort over here. Wit that let's get on with the latest edition of the Giant Bomb community Spotlight!
Clip of the Week
Well...I am not exactly excited at the promo image that @turboman selected for the latest edition of his "Best of Giant Bomb" video series, but I guess well all just have to deal with it.
Awesome Artwork
A very hearty thanks is in store for @electrickumquat for creating an awesome set of Unplugged themed D&D figurines. @datarez is on a roll with the iRacing car designs with and Alt+F1 and a Tested.com design this week. Finally cosmic-bacon on Tumblr has created some AWESOME Dirty Dan and Dr. Tracksuit artwork.
Community Activities
- Sebring 12 Hours 2015 iRacing.com Tournament - Set for March 28th - Sign Up Here!
- Helldivers PSN ID Trading Thread - Find a Co-Op Partner Over Here!
Wonderful Wikis
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. has a MASSIVE wiki page largely thanks to the hard work of DeF. Hotline Miami 2 also has the community in a buzz and you can learn more about the game on our wiki page as well.
Best of Blogs
Sarumarine found Hotline Miami 2 to be a completely brutal, but overall enjoyable experience this week. kyle_is_1derful on the other hand has done a fantastic job of translating and explaining what in the world Hissatsu Shigotonin, a Japanese only game, is all about. thatpinguino dabbled with the Khans of Tarkir card set in Magic the Gathering, as well as continuing his speed running theorization of bosses from Final Fantasy IX. MajorMitch details the science and logic of the games that graced his top fifty games of all time list. MooseyMcMan finally had the pleasure of going to PAX East for the first time this year and shares what the experience was like. ArbitraryWater takes a stab at trying to explain the appeal of Monster Hunter games as someone who played over 100 hours of Monster Hunter 4. Abyss Odyssey is an oddity that was mostly overlooked by the press and gaming community and Ford_Dent has a blog pleading everyone to give it a shot. noahtheboa999 recently fell down the Starcraft 2 rabbit hole...again, and he details why he has no regrets. Similarly VincentAvatar decide to go back to Titanfall and shares how the community in that game has been doing. JBG4 questions Microsoft's decision to create a Master Chief Collection Xbox One bundle, and finally Marino welcomes you to join him in trying to summarize PAX East in 100 words.
- Recently Played: Hotline Miami 2 - Wrong Number (By: @sarumarine)
- Telling A Personal Journey Through Trading Cards (By: @thatpinguino)
- Baby Deep Look: Final Fantasy IX- Speed Run Tips: Plant Brain Salad (By: @thatpinguino)
- Hissatsu Shigotonin [Translated: Deadly Work People] (NES/Famicom) (By: @kyle_is_1derful)
- The Big 5-0 (By: @majormitch)
- Moosey's First PAX East! (By: @mooseymcman)
- 100 Hours of MH (and Other Excellent Uses of Time and Money but Not Really Because I Just Played Monster Hunter) (By: @arbitrarywater)
- Staring Into the Abyss (Odyssey) (By: @ford_dent)
- Loving Starcraft 2 Again (By: @noahtheboa999)
- I Kept Forgetting to Finish This Post about Titanfall (By: @vincentavatar)
- Happy Monday Duders - Remakes, Retries, and a Freakin' Master Chief Collection XBOX One Bundle, Really?!?! 03/09/15 (By: @jbg4)
- PAX East 2015 in 100 Words (By: @marino)
Fantastic Forums
As the artwork showcase shows electrickumquat has done a bang up job with his D&D figurines inspired by the most recent Unplugged video series. So please join the rest of the community telling him that he has done a job well done. Hotline Miami 2 is the recent release that has the forums in a buzz, and you can feel free to discuss the story or soundtrack. Kaysauce has created some hilarious Terminator 2 inspired posters. thatpinguino wants you to help him in planning the format for the upcoming Giant Bomb Community Endurance Run charity stream. The Evil Within got new DLC and the JRPG sub-community wants to see if you bought Atelier Shallie. Finally please join the rest of the Giant Bomb community in paying our respects to the late great Sir Terry Pratchett.
- Unplugged: D&D - Adventurer Figures (By: @electrickumquat)
- Hotline Miami 2 Story and Spoiler Discussion Thread (By: @theht)
- Hotline Miami 2 Soundtrack Discussion Thread (By: @sunbrozak)
- RIP Sir Terry Pratchett (By: @starvinggamer)
- Custom Terminator Posters with Jeff's Sentiments (By: @kaysauce)
- What Type of MTG Format Should The GBCER FNM Be? (By: @thatpinguino)
- The Assignment DLC for The Evil Within (By: @getz)
- Atelier Shallie Discussion Thread (By: @dagas)
Lovable Lists
To follow up his blog about what it takes for a game to appear on his all time favorites list, MajorMitch has updated his list to include some recent releases. Similarly brodehouse has gone back to the games of 2000 and re-examined what he thinks are the best games of that year.
Useful User Reviews
- @jaypb08's review of There Came an Echo
- @gamer_152's review of Invisible Apartment
- @mento's review of Gone Home
- @sparky_buzzsaw's review of Quest for Infamy
- @malice16's review of Ori and the Blind Forest
- @geekcomplex's review of Helldivers
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