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 best user-generated offerings from the last week! This time we have a little bit of everything for the third week of February! Tweets, blogs, threads, and even admirable wiki pages!
Speaking of user-generated goodness, I was recently made aware that I became the most commented blogger on the site. It's weird to think, and it only took me about thirteen years, but indeed, I am only one of two users on the site with over 10,000 blog comments. Though, @mento has everyone beat when it comes to the number of published blogs on the site by a country mile. Regardless, all hail your new "king," and if you got that classic Giant Bomb forum reference, then good for you. I mention all of this to encourage each of you to keep the written word alive on the site even if the number of comments or views might be discouraging. To write without commendation is as admirable as writing with commendation and the process of jotting down your thoughts and ideas is so liberating. All this meditative musing aside, let's jump into the housekeeping.
- There is a known issue with Giant Bomb videos not working on the PS4 browser. Rorie has filed a ticket and will provide updates on when the issue is fixed.
- Likewise, there's an issue with users not being able to log-in if they use the Safari browser. Rorie has filed a ticket and the engineers are aware it is an issue on Giant Bomb's end. This bug will impact iPhones and iPads as well as laptops and desktops.
- In better news, Splodey, a user-created Giant Bomb player for macOS and iOS got a much-needed update. New features include playlists, live streams, and Chromecast lock screen controls as well as general bug fixes.
- The Purple Twitch Screen Of Doom has definitely been edited to last significantly longer than before. The staff are aware of the issue and moving forward, will use the dedicated video player for most livestreams. However, be aware the video player is bit harder to set up and for "informal" livestreams, staff are bound to prefer to use Twitch.
Tweets
Looking through an old art folder and noticed something when I sorted it by name instead of date... There are a lotta files that start with "Austin_" >,< pic.twitter.com/qmJ3VbbJ7X
— Steve Kim (@Fobwashed) February 19, 2021
@dannyodwyer Sounds great! pic.twitter.com/xv8IAt3z5L
— Steve Kim (@Fobwashed) February 16, 2021
Late night flight sim with @giantbomb pint class. pic.twitter.com/Ptu5f1tR8n
— Hip-Hop Hot Dog (@ElRealCarlito) February 19, 2021
The @giantbomb Beastcast mug is hilariously huge https://t.co/hCiObvepuS pic.twitter.com/IssA85DJX5
— Mikhail Popov (@bearloga) February 19, 2021
this series is probably the most consistently entertaining thing gb ever did. mario party is suffering
— Carmyn! (@magicmeows) February 20, 2021
Huh... today I silently became the most commented blogger on @giantbomb. All hail your "new" king?
— GB Duders Feed (@GBDudersFeed) February 16, 2021
Regardless, thanks to everyone who made this possible and to those of you still following the written word on the site. pic.twitter.com/rTwl3QjPmK
Welcome to the internet. We're playing Garfield games.
— Giant Bomb Out of Context (@giantbomb_ooc) February 20, 2021
- Jeff Gerstmann, 2018
Galleria
Brad: The Mega Cartridge (By: @jearum)
As most of you know, the topic of "the worst boxart" came up jearum decided to make a comeback with this truly magical creation! Taking Brad's "greatest moment" and turning it into a Sega Master System-styled box art!
Blogs
What Would It Take To Marry Someone In Every Video Game? (By: @franzlska)
Here is a MUST READ blog on the site that a lot of people can enjoy! User FRANZlSKA looked at how marriage works in a handful of MMOs and MMORPGs and shares the different approaches each has with showing your love and devotion!
Mega Archive: Part XXVII: From Puyo Puyo to T2: The Arcade Game +