Hello and welcome to yet another edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight and I, @zombiepie, am once again happy to be your host this week as we look back at the best creative endeavors from the community! It's been a slow week as we hit the dregs of the post-Christmas "Winter Game Drought." I have to say, as someone who has been following games for as long as I could remember, this drought, as well as the "Summer Game Drought," has been an industry-wide issue since the dawn of time. Which is why I personally have to dismiss politely any notions that Giant Bomb's content is slowing down. THERE JUST AREN'T MANY NEW GAMES COMING OUT! That aside, the community has been as active as ever, and before we jump into that, let's address the handful of site-related items worth mentioning.
- As some of you have noticed, Giant Bomb will not be present at PAX East this year. That should not stop you from having fun at the convention or thinking the amount of content coming from the site will be slowing down any time soon!
- The bug some users encountered earlier this week related to the horizontal scroll being too wide on the front page has been resolved. If you are still encountering issues, please report it using this link.
- @fobwashed created a fun application for anyone who frequents Giant Bomb Infinite: SaltyBomb! As they explained on Twitter, it allows you to bet on stuff in Giant Bomb Infinite. It's still being tested, but if you follow them on Twitter, you can be on top of updates and the next time they plan to host betting events!
Tweets Of The Week
After catching up with last weeks @giantbomb content, I felt an urge to edit this together using the intro from the 'Playdate: Abby's Birthday Party Stream!'. Enjoy! pic.twitter.com/qgCKJhkY2g
โ ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ธ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ๐๐ท๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐น๏ธ (@ToxicAntidote) January 29, 2020
Apparently it's the three year anniversary of the start of 13 Deadly Sims. It was a very fun feature and the first couple episodes are free online right now!!! I love the sims almost as much as I love murder. https://t.co/fh1u0X6d6p
โ abby russell (@ybbaaabby) January 31, 2020
Bat? Knife? The debate carries on, but this classic Bombcast clip will show you where it all started: https://t.co/bk7MskszUM
โ Giant Bomb (@giantbomb) January 27, 2020
This is really dumb but I'm happy it works. I'll probably try to automate it more later when I've got some time. Love to bet on games. =P pic.twitter.com/QP3Soc9ZnS
โ Steve Kim (@Fobwashed) January 30, 2020
Clips Of The Week
I Set Doom Eternal Footage To The Animal Crossing Trailer (By: @butterednoodles)
butterednoodles, a user, set recent Doom Eternal footage to the Animal Crossing trailer music and the results are AMAZING! Seriously, it's uncanny how well this actually works!
Best Of Blogs
Back on the Digital Farm: Part 1 Littlewood (By: @stantongrouse)
In case you missed it, definitely check out user stantongrouse's blog on the "peaceful" indie RPG, Littlewood! It explains exactly why they think more people should check it out!
Ranking of Factions: Total War Warhammer II (part 1) +
Ranking of Factions: Total War Warhammer II (part 2) (By: @arbitrarywater)
ArbitraryWater continues their highly "scientific" rankings of the playable factions in Total War: Warhammer II! Check out to see why they think the Warriors of Chaos are definitely the worst faction as well as which nations rose above the bottom-tier but didn't quite manage to make the top!
Most Metal Game Ever (That Isn't Doom) Kingdom Under Fire: Crusaders Is Getting A PC Port This Year (By: @brackstone)
Kingdom Under Fire Crusaders is coming to PC later this year and user Brackstone blogs about how the game is one of the most gloriously "metal" video games ever made!
I Went to NieR: Orchestra Concert re:12018: A Report From the Scene (By: @clagnaught)