The Community Spotlight - 01/31/2014
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Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! I have a bit of good news for all of you that did not get a chance to buy a poster from the store. Due to a glitch that said we were sold out of the signed posters the posters have been temporarily pulled from the store. However, they will be back this Monday so keep on the watch for that! If you haven't done so already wish @alexisg a happy birthday! Artist @aurahack just wants to die.
Clip of the Week
@turboman deserves a round of applause for reaching his fiftieth episode for his Best of Giant Bomb video series! This one features a lot of Patrick screaming and "Bat-Tech!"
Community Activities
- New Giant Bomb Community Rust Server - Join the Now Official U.S. Server Over Here!
Wonderful Wikis
Old school PC game aficionado took the time to put in a bunch of good work into the Might & Magic X Legacy wiki page. Also, our tradition of having huge wiki pages for Touhou Project games continues.
Best of Blogs
Fobwashed is the man of the hour this week with his own custom Spelunky skin that allows you to play as Patrick! Download it and see if you too can beat Chris Remo!
Former site engineer ltsquigs may have moved on, but he still would like for you to know why he really likes Final Fantasy XIII-2. Mento wades in the interesting waters of indie Metroidvania games, whereas Video_Game_King got killed by a slew of video game zombies this week. D_W ended up making a game during the Candy Game Jam, and wants you to test out and play what he made. Stubbleman is back with the fourth edition of his career retrospective of Liam O'Brien, and similarly lordgodalming is back to share a handful of games that he enjoys, but thinks cheat in order to create difficulty. Tarfuin finally experienced the insanity of Saints Row IV and talks about why he enjoyed it more than the third game in the series. Jim_Efantis details why he thinks Battlefield 4 is perpetually making two steps forward but always is taking one step back. EXTomar provides a break down of the New Bloom event in Dota 2, whereas GunstarRed shares his first experiences with his Playstation 4. The_Nubster rounded up January with metal Gear Rising, and similarly dankempster also provides a summary of his gaming this month. Humanity explains why he made the questionable decision of playing Assassin's Creed II after Black Flag. MooseyMcMan shares his hatred for Brothers and enjoyment of Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. MMMman theorizes why he spent so much time wasting away on Cookie Clicker, and ildon takes the position of defending Conan O'Brien being paid to play games on his show. Finally sammo21 shares his foray into Pathfinder, and BlazeHedgehog finally has his 2013 GOTY blog, but also has an amazing video to accompany it.
- Patrick Klepek Spelunky Skin (By: @fobwashed)
- Case For Final Fantasy XIII-2 (By: @ltsquigs)
- Indie Metroidvania Freemium eSports Roguelikelike MOBA Early Access Microtransactions Candy Saga (By: @mento)
- Demons are out. Zombies are in. (By: @video_game_king)
- I Made a Game for the Candy Jam (By: @d_w)
- Behind the Voice: Liam O'Brien - Part 4 (By: @stubbleman)
- So I Just Played: Saints Row IV (By: @tarfuin)
- Battlefield 4: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back (PC) (By: @jim_efantis)
- The New Bloom (By: @extomar)
- Next Gen Blog (By: @gunstarred)
- End of January Round-Up: Nanomachines Edition (By: @the_nubster)
- Playing Assassins Creed 3 Directly After Black Flag (By: @humanity)
- Spelunkin' with Blood Dragons and Brothers (By: @mooseymcman)
- Post Game Dan-alysis - January 2014 (By: @dankdankempster)
- Good Games that Cheat, Vol. 2 (By: @lordgodalming)
- Rogue Cookie Legacy (Clicker): Baking Something out of Nothing (By: @mmmman)
- Why Clueless Gamer Being Paid For Isn't a Problem (By: @ildon)
- Finding Your Path: The Righteous Paladin (By: @sammo21)
- My Game of the "Year" 2013 (?) - NOW WITH A RIDICULOUS VIDEO (By: @blazehedgehog)
Fantastic Forums
If the banner isn't a dead giveaway it was all about the art this week! Spacedongle did a great Persona 5 banner, saik0u envisioned Brad as a wizard in Demon's Souls, and 1Gorebash remade the music video for "Money For Nothing" with the Bomb Squad! After checking all of those out feel free to join any of the many discussion threads we have on the site that range from playing EVE Online to predicting how bad the Sly Cooper movie will be.
- Made a Persona 5 Giant Bomb Poster (By: @spacedongle)
- Brad's Souls! (Drawing/Illustration) (By: @saik0u)
- I Want My Giant Bomb (WIP) (By: @1gorebash1)
- EVE Fun of a KiteCo. Variety (By: @turambar)
- Octodad: Dadliest Catch First Impression Thread (By: @metalsnakezero)
- Broken Age Act 1 - Which Character's Storyline Did you Like Best? (By: @beachthunder)
- Which Game Would you Show for Encyclopedia Bombastica? (By: @trancequina)
- Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate is Coming Out in the West in Early 2015, Will you Play It? (By: @fattony12000)
- Sly Cooper the Movie Discussion Thread (By: @lackingsaint)
Useful User Reviews
- @geraltitude's review of The Banner Saga
- @gamer_152's review of Sleeping Dogs
- @jeanluc's review of Fable: The Lost Chapters
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