Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight and I, @zombiepie, am once again honored to be your host as we look back on the best creative endeavors of the Giant Bomb community! Sorry for the delay in what was meant to be a "return to normalcy" for the Community Spotlight, but as they say, shit happens. Anyways, it was a busy news week for the site, and we have a lot to review before jumping into the wonderful things the community has been up to recently. So, let's jump right into it!
- For those users struggling to keep up with all of the streaming content during Lockdown 2020, user TigerDX made a terminal application for grabbing the latest videos on the site!
- The French Abby parody account on Twitter is a complete delight. If you are not following it right now, then you should fix that immediately.
- Moderator @finaldasa celebrated their birthday last week! Feel free to wish they a "Happy Birthday" if you have not already done so.
- Ben started a huge debate on Twitter if the Mario in the Paper Mario franchise is canonically the Mario in the mainline series or some alternate timeline bullshit.
Tweets
On this day in 2008 (can that possibly be right?), there was a website about...video games. pic.twitter.com/m1q1ZDmiYQ
— Giant Bomb (@giantbomb) July 29, 2020
This feels like Twilight Princess all over again. https://t.co/N0F4N3tFXT
— I'll Be Right Ben (@bvigeant) July 28, 2020
Me finding out Uzumaki was delayed... *sigh* #uzumaki #junjiito @adultswim @junjiitofficial pic.twitter.com/sFW5lDBF29
— Jea;rum (@jea_rum) July 28, 2020
There are somehow over 200 emotes in @giantbomb chat now.
— Brad Lynch (@MarinoV1) July 31, 2020
I'm only responsible for about 40 of them. You know...the good ones. pic.twitter.com/on6qUDFJr1
Two years ago, on this very day, it was proven undeniably that you absolutely cannot beat 35%.
— Tony (@Boots_33) August 1, 2020
Happy 2-Year Anniversary, Exquisite Corps.
o7 #XCOM @giantbomb @VinnyCaravella @alex_navarro @ybbaaabby @DanRyckert pic.twitter.com/Z8SSBhSo9N
@giantbomb Big fan of the site.....I'll see myself out now pic.twitter.com/91wia1Wu3M
— Hey I Like That Game (@LikeThatGame) July 28, 2020
Clips
Gamespot/G4 Cinematech - Full Episode (1998) Found (By: @jford)
So, long story short on this one: GameSpot's Cinematech episodes where brought up during a HotSpot a few weeks ago. What some people maybe do not know, is until this week the episodes were considered "lost media" with the shuttering of G4 and GameSpot unable to re-acquire the episodes. However, this week, a user took to the forums to post live recordings of the episodes.
Artwork
Twochadeer (By: @danauer)
This week site design lead Dan Auer shared a Luchadeer design they have been working on that combines the Icon of Sin with the proverbial Giant Bomb mascot, Luchadeer.
Community Activities
Giant Bomb Unofficial: Path of Exile Community Guild (By: @meatsofevil)
The community Path of Exile community guild, Path of Duders, just got updated! Read what has changed and how you can join the fun using the link above!