The Community Spotlight 2024.09.28

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 site-related news best community creations from the previous week!

If you enjoyed the video of Grubb flying a real plane as part of a promotional event for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, you might be interested to watch a recent crossover Grubb did with MinnMax wherein Charles Harte tried to conquer their fears of heights and spent some time with Jeff Grubb and Vinny Caravella.

Regarding site-related issues or bugs, @dtoast is filing tickets and sending out new API requests over here and is advising everyone that still cannot apply their premium subscription to the Giant Bomb store to create a Giant Bomb store account with the one you used for your Giant Bomb proper account, though, if you are still struggling with that, you can send him a ping over here.

Over on the Giant Bomb Discord, the Site-Tech-Issues channel has been reporting episodes that are mislabeled to the wrong video series. For example, episode two of Alone in the Mitch wasn't under the Alone in the Mitch tab on the Blight Club show page. If you have more examples of this issue in the past or present, feel free to drop a comment over there and someone will get to fixing the mislabeling issue when they can.

Finally, I have done a bad job of communicating when I will be attending meetings with Fandom higher ups about site improvements and timetables, but I will be attending one Monday, September 30th. If you can think of any bugs, missing site features, concerns, or community engagement ideas, drop a comment in the article and I will promise to bring things up.

Tweets

Gallery

Does Metal Conduct Electricity? (By: @cyklone)

It seems some people are still having fun at Dan's expense with his not understanding the concept of conductivity. Over on the Giant Bomb Discord, which you can join using the link provided above, Cyklone decided to revive a classic meme to call them out.

Big Brain/Forehead Jordan Middler (By: chrom)

Here's another fun Giant Bomb Discord creation! Jordan Middler has been on the site a lot, and some of the members of the Discord decided to take a shot of Jordan out of context to make it seem like he has a massive forehead.

Activities

Bros! Broforce Is The 20th Game Of UUGPBC Year 3! Finish By Octbrober 7! Mark All Sbroilers! +

Spirit Of The North Is The 19th Game Of UUGPGC Year 3! Finish By September 23! Spoilers Open! (By: @bigsocrates)

The latest edition of the Giant Bomb Game Pass Game Club is for Broforce by Free Lives and Devolver Digital! Did you enjoy the game beyond its gory '80s, '90s and 00's action aesthetical choices? Is this the game Dudebro™ — My Shit Is Fucked Up So I Got to Shoot/Slice You II: It’s Straight-Up Dawg Time wanted to be?

Also, don't forget that the Game Pass Game Club has opened its discussion about Spirit of the North to story and SPOILER discussions! How do you feel about how the game ends and its narrative ambitions?

Video

TOO. MUCH. HOLE. - (Season 4 Episode 3) - An Animated Giant Bomb Blight Club Series (By: Pickle Giraffe)

Things have definitely gotten "interesting with Mike's Alone in the Dark Wii Blight Club. Instead of being tortured by water or lava, he now faces constant struggles with the fact the game has "too much hole." If you or someone you know is struggling with too much hole, call the hotline.

Blogs

64 in 64: Episode 46 +

Indie Game of the Week 389: Four Last Things (By: @mento)

A lot of people seem to be excited about Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, but Mento went ahead and played the notorious N64 port of Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine this week, as well as Bass Rush, and you can read all about it!

This edition of moderator Mento's Indie Game of the Week feature looks at Four Last Things by Joe McRichardson ! Read why they enjoyed its goofy rendition of the Renaissance, including its puzzles, in the blog linked below!

My Monthlong Quest To Win The 1872 United States Presidential Election As Horace Greeley (Part 1) (By: @zombiepie)

ZombiePie wants to talk about politics, but not really. For about a month they have been using and playing a browser game called The New Campaign Trail and provide a snapshot of their recent efforts in it to get Horace Greeley elected president in 1872.

Quick Hits! Vol. 4: Cozy Comfort Gaming (By: @jeremyf)

jeremyf has a new blog in which they talk about and discuss the games they have been playing recently. Read all about their time with Ape Escape 2, Persona 3 Reload, and Ace Attorney Investigations Collection.

My Incredibly Cursed Time Playing The Evil Within (1). (By: @mooseymcman)

Friend of the site MooseyMcMan committed themselves to playing and finishing the Evil Within in the year of our Lord, 2024. What ensued was one of the most cursed video game experiences of their adult life.

Corner Stone: Civilization VI on How Societies Are Made (By: @gamer_152)

Moderator Gamer_152 recently penned an essay about Civilization VI and how the game successfully and unsuccessfully depicts the rise and fall of societies and civilizations. Give their thesis a read and see if you agree.

Discussion Threads

But Do You ACTUALLY Want To Play A Game That Is Led By Majima AGAIN? (By: @zombiepie)

Most Like a Dragon fans seem to be excited or optimistic about the recently announced Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. However, how do you feel about the Like a Dragon team pulling out Majima to helm a more comedic adventure?

Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Discussion Thread (By: @leonokarin)

Are there any of you out there that have played Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster? How do you feel about the way Dead Rising has been modernized? Are there any quality of life changes that you hated or want to see in the future?

Those Of You Who Have Or Do Work From Home. Have You Ever Played Videogames While Working From Home? (By: @topcyclist)

For those of you still working at home at least partially, how many of you are sneaking in gaming during work hours? Does your workplace use monitoring software when you are working at home? Are you sneaking gaming into your work hours using your phone?

Best Story Based Games 20 hours Or Less (By: @nocall)

What are your favorite video game stories that conclude in twenty hours or less? Is it a big AAA title or an indie game? How do these games get the job done with a relatively brisk or up-tempo pace?

Lists

Games With The Carpet Pattern From "The Shining," You Know The One (By: @romination)

A new list just dropped that needs more community input and it is a FUN ONE! This list is trying to annotate "Games with the carpet pattern from The Shining." You know... THAT ONE! Click the link and share away!

Three Strings Left From 2021 (By: @infantpipoc)

infantpipoc noticed that recently they have been playing a good amount of games from 2021, so much so, they might re-do their GOTY list. However, today they talked about three games from the year that did not shape up over here

Reviews

@sbc515's Burnout 3: Takedown review lays out why they think the game still is a banger and all-time racing game great and holds up shockingly well even decades after its release.

Wiki Of The Week

Kerafyrm

It's time to give HUGE PROPS to @marino for crossing the 10,000 wiki pages created mark on Giant Bomb! As has been his tradition for a while, he marked this milestone with another new page from EverQuest!

This time, it's Kerafyrm, the crystalline dragon that was at the epicenter of the game's first and only one-time-only event, which took place during the The Scars of Velious expansion.