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The Community Spotlight - 06/23/2011 (Featuring a New Starlet)

Special Thanks to User FoxxFireArt for the Banner!
Special Thanks to User FoxxFireArt for the Banner!

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! As we get nearer and nearer to the Summer Game Drought you can rest asssured that the Giant Bomb Community will keep each of you entertained! Check out intern Babylonian's blog about the start of his internship in the headquarters of Whiskey Media. The other interns talk about...comics whatever those are. There's a new Trenched based Community Quest Set with a limited number of slots for bonus points. Giant Bomb got obsessed with photo editing Robin William's beard on things. Something that I purposefully ignored until it was on the front page....Finally are there any Giant Bomb photo edits you think would look good as posters? Post you would be photobombs or faux movie posters here! With this all in mind let's check out this edition of the Community Starlet brought to you by mracoon:

Community Starlet: Video_Game_King

Welcome back to the Community Spotlight where we highlight the best and brightest of the Giant Bomb community. This week, by royal decree, the title is bestowed on our very own wannabe monarch Video_Game_King. If you've ever taken a gander at the forums then you'll have undoubtedly noitced VGK and one of his over 13,000 posts. While there's no way to verify his claims that he's the King of the Moon or over 300 years old, there's no denying that the dude likes to blog. And write reviews. And make lists. And edit the wiki. It's hard to find another all-round contributor on his level.

That's a lot of content so let's start with his blogs. Again, you've probably seen his 'Renegade Ego' blogs on the forums as, unlike me, he's able to stick to a weekly schedule. Asking him for his personal favourites he pointed to some... well, I'll let the titles speak for themselves: 'A very special diabetes edition of Renegade Ego', 'Possibly the darkest and most hate-fueled blog I've ever written', 'Portal and Mortal Kombat, all in one blog', 'More titles that are just plain cryptic' and 'Wait, I'm doing Neo Geo games now? Since when?'. If you've got a penchant for older or little-known games then VGK's blogs are designed for you. While he mostly dabbling in the obscure, from time to time he ventures out of his domain and talks about more modern titles, so there's something for everyone.

The King's work also spreads to the Giant Bomb wiki. His top contributions are for Samurai Shodown II and the lesser-known Mystic Ark for the SNES. My personal pick has to go to Cocoron, a game that could easily have gotten no attention but VGK still took the time to flesh it out. If you want to see all the pages that VGK has created then he's made a handy list and while there also check out the list for all the games he's completed which is closing in on 1000.

Upcoming Fun Stuff

  • The New and Improved Bad Company 2 Bombing Runs! Play Bad Company 2 with Fellow Users HERE!

  • Vito's Game Giveaway #23! One New Game Added! See if You Can Win Some FREE GAMES HERE!

  • Gemini Rue Discount for ALL Giant Bomb Users! Due June 26th - Get Your Discount on HERE!

  • Giant Bomb Community SC2 EU Tournament #9, June 25th - Sign Up to Play StarCraft with Fellow Users HERE!

  • Giant Bomb Community Trenched Project! Help Spread the Game of Love to Your Fellow Giant Bomb Users HERE!

Wonderful Wikis

Lovable Lists

Fantastic Forums/Best of Blog

User Reviews

User Created Podcasts

Author's Note: Did you find or create any showcase worthy content on Giant Bomb be it related to the wiki or forums? Well then drop a comment on this here feature with a link to anything you have created or found and I promise to showcase it next week. Also to stay up on the best of the best of the Giant Bomb Community follow me on Twitter @GiantBombSquad.

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