Hello and welcome to a very charitable-focused 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 community offerings from the previous week. Yup, this is the weekend of the Giant Bomb Community Endurance Run! You will find a special section dedicated to the Giant Bomb Community Endurance Run, but many thanks to those of you who have donated! As many of you already known, I will be one of MANY participants in the Spring charity drive and if you can, here's a link to my personal donation page. If you cannot donate, please promote and spread news of the event to everyone you know! Also, if you are reading this after the event has ended, don't worry, you can donate to any GBCER participant's page until the end of the year! With all of that in mind, let's jump into the site-related housekeeping!
- As you will see in the Tweets section, Jeff Bakalar is leaving CNET to transition to a full-time position at GameSpot and Giant Bomb! As such, "welcome" them to the fold in our unofficial "WELCOME" thread!
- Mr. Rorie is wondering if anyone has gotten their print-on-demand shirts, and if you have, they are trying to see how the quality of the shirts have been. Whether your shirt was a banger or a mote of dust, share your experiences with the program on Twitter!
Giant Bomb Community Endurance Run
Giant Bomb Community Endurance Run XI Announcement Thread (By: @thatpinguino)
I'm Playing One Of The Worst Final Fantasy Games Ever Made For Ten Hours... FOR CHARITY! (By: @zombiepie)
PersonZ's Potentially Swole Inducing and Wallet Emptying Endurance Run (By: @personz)
ArbitraryWater's 2021 GB Community Endurance Run Poor Life Choices Plan (By: @arbitrarywater)
IT'S HAPPENING! THIS IS THE WEEK when the Giant Bomb spring-time community charity effort, the Giant Bomb Community Endurance Run happens! This year, the event is returning to its previous charity, Pencils of Promise! Pencils of Promise is an educational charity that works to promote literacy and access to clean water in Ghana, Guatemala, Laos and Nicaragua. You can read more about the event and some of the people who will be participating! Also, I'm going to link to my donation page as well.
If you are reading this after the charity streams have ended, don't worry, you can still donate until the end of the year!
Tweets
Hello my friends, some news:
— Jeff Bakalar (@jeffbakalar) April 8, 2021
After many fulfilling years at CNET I will be moving over to the Games division at Red Ventures to work with the fine people at Gamespot and another website about videogames, Giant Bomb™, to help lead content strategy/development and partnerships
Hello my friends, some news:
— Jeff Bakalar (@jeffbakalar) April 8, 2021
After many fulfilling years at CNET I will be moving over to the Games division at Red Ventures to work with the fine people at Gamespot and another website about videogames, Giant Bomb™, to help lead content strategy/development and partnerships
how big do we want Big Labor? https://t.co/7mk37yTA1s pic.twitter.com/gnqsjH4ePO
— DSA-LA 🌹 (@DSA_LosAngeles) April 7, 2021
Two people are being forced to fight each other to the death. They are both equally inexperienced and of the same height and build. They are fighting in a flat open area.
— Joseph Anderson (@jph_anderson) April 6, 2021
One has a 6 inch hunting knife. The other has a 34 inch wooden baseball bat.
Who is likely to win?
In this game, Sherlock Holmes? He dies. And this is... his testament.
— Giant Bomb Out of Context (@giantbomb_ooc) April 9, 2021
- Justin McElroy, 2012
Galleria
Many thanks to Pat O'Day on the Giant Bomb Discord for making this "Coach McVin" in response to @VinnyCaravella's beginning bit for the Beastcast!
Videos
Giant Bomb - History of DMX Goomba (By: Jake Lunn)
Giant Bombcast 04/07/2015 - DMX's Recent Legal Issues (By: Myggen Myggen)
In light of DMX's passing, it felt appropriate to remind everyone of one of the funnier recurring bits on the site, "DMX Goomba!" Here are two clips on YouTube highlighting some of the best moments, the first of which documents the first appearances of DMX Goomba on Giant Bomb.