Hello everyone 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 at the last week. Goodness, I hope first impressions are not everything, because already I am starting to have my doubts about 2021. As many of you already are aware, Ben has announced Friday January 22nd will be his last week working at Giant Bomb. Below, you will find a link to an appreciation thread where you can thank Ben for all he has done on the site and the many memories he has provided. However, as is the case whenever a staff member leaves the site, please keep all of your comments civil and respectful. This is not the time to share your disagreements or grievances with Ben nor is it a time for rampant speculation. This includes commenting who you would like to see be hired in Ben's position. With all of that in mind, let's jump into the site related housekeeping.
- Here's the Ben Pack Appreciation Thread. As mentioned in the introduction, please head the warnings and requests by the moderation team. Any comments caught speculating or spreading rumors will not be tolerated.
- Community Voting for the Giant Bomb Community GOTY is open until January 25th! If you submitted your vote early and want to change your vote you still can until January 25th!
- Mr. Rorie got married! You can join the rest of the community in congratulating him for taking this next step in his life!
- Speaking of Mr. Rorie, they published a blog on the site wherein they shared all of the TV shows they watched in 2020 and detailed the programs they liked and disliked in great detail! Give it a read if you are in need of some streaming suggestions.
- The VinnyVania shirts have finally started shipping you should receive your shirt in the next two weeks. Also, Giant Bomb is looking at possibly restocking the VinnyVania t-shirts due to high demand.
- The Giant Bomb tracksuits arrived in the warehouse on Tuesday of last week. They should be shipping soon and if your order does not arrive in two weeks, please contact Social Imprints on Twitter.
GOTY 2020
Author's Note: After a long delay, I finally got around to reviewing and compiling some, but obviously not all of the user-created lists on the site. If I missed your list or blog, PLEASE drop a link to it using the comments section and I will happily showcase it next time! That said, the next edition will likely be the last time the Spotlight has a dedicated section for user-made GOTY content.
User-Created GOTY Lists
- GOTY 2020 (By: @dochaus)
- audioBusting's 10 GotY 2020 List (+10 Personal Resolutions For 2021) (By: @audiobusting)
- Games of the Year: 2020 (By: @takashichea)
- 2020 GOTY (By: @bigsteve33)
- The Best Games I Played in 2020 (By: @barthvader25)
- Yours Truly's 2020 Game of the Year Awards (By: @genessee)
- GOTY 2020 (By: @infinitespark)
- GOTY 2020 (By: @krataur)
- Top Eight of Twenty Twenty (By: @extintor)
- Game of the Year 2020 (By: @bobafettjm)
- Rio's Game Of The Year List Version 1.0 (By: @riostarwind)
GOTY Blogs
BladeOfCreation's Games of 2020 (By: @bladeofcreation)
BladeOfCreation reviews every game they played in 2020, both new and old, and discusses what they liked and disliked from the year! Definitely give it a read if you need some game recommendations.
ArbitraryWater's Favorite Games Of 2020 (That Didn't Come Out In 2020) (By: @arbitrarywater)
ArbitraryWater uses their latest blog on Giant Bomb to talk about their favorite 2020 gaming experiences involving games that did not come out in 2020! Give it a read and be amazed at all of the video game fun they got up to last year!