Hello! Welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight. I, @zombiepie, am once again honored to be your host as we look back at the best user-created endeavors from the community!
First off, let's give Jean-Luc Seipke a huge round of applause. For the past two weeks he has been filling in for Jan and did an amazing job. As I mentioned last week, you can catch him over on Twitter if you are interested.
The bigger issue, however, are the general site issues this week. Especially during the Friday stream, people encountered 500 and 404 errors when trying to log into chat. If this happens to you again, try refreshing and see if chat comes up. If it does, hopefully you should see the video! Likewise, people have noticed the front page of the site seems to be buggy with announcements of streams that are not actually up. If you notice this, let Giant Bomb know on Twitter, but be aware the engineers are working to address these issues as best they can.
In more positive news, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 turned thirteen this week and the community cannot stop talking about the Steam Deck! With all of this in mind, let's jump into the site-related housekeeping!
- Borne To Run Ep. 2 is out! Full episode is on Giant Bomb for those with a Premium subscription using the first link. Shorter episode on YouTube is available for those that are not subscribers (~21 minutes). Speaking of which, here's the abbreviated version of this week's version of GrubbSnax (~13 minutes).
- Engineers are working on the site-related issues but please be patient for resolutions over the weekend. If, for example, you notice the front page is announcing a livestream that is not real, let Giant Bomb know on Twitter.
Tweets
It's been a lot of fun helping out on @giantbomb the last two weeks with the Bombcast as well as today's Friday stream. GB is a major reason I wanted to be in video production so feels pretty wild to actually be on it.
— Jean-Luc Seipke (@JeanLucSeipke) July 16, 2021
ALSO huge thanks to @_janjerome for all the prep help! pic.twitter.com/d9QamFsXza
When does a McChicken become fatal?
— Giant Bomb Out of Context (@giantbomb_ooc) July 14, 2021
- Jeff Gerstmann, 2019
I think this was from the work-in-progress test site when Giantbomb was redesigning its layout. pic.twitter.com/jplyr8UwFh
— Ryan Bloom (@BlazeHedgehog) July 13, 2021
So massive thanks to @unastrike, @_janjerome, @JeanLucSeipke, @danauer, @mondoben, @tamoorh, @jeffbakalar and (whoever I'm forgetting) for all the production / admin helps these past few weeks. 🙏
— danny o'dwyer (@dannyodwyer) July 15, 2021
And @JeremyBJayne, @FrankHowley & @megancomposer who make Noclip happen. 🤟
Finally got my @giantbomb dad hat after months of it being sold out ☺️ pic.twitter.com/xodpoGR0hv
— Giuseppe Stromboli 🤌🏼 (@MikeFavata) July 12, 2021
Persona 4 was originally released in Japan 13 years ago today on July 10, 2008 for the PlayStation 2. pic.twitter.com/f56bJFPuNH
— Persona Central (@Persona_Central) July 9, 2021
Videos
GrubbSnax Selects Ep. 03: Steam Deck, Loki, and Meat Sweats&Phalanx For the Lovely Knight - Borne to Run FREE s01e02 (By: Giant Bomb)
Blogs
Some Thoughts On Final Fantasy (By: @danielkempster)
The Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters inspired danielkempster to reexamine their relationship with the Final Fantasy franchise and the highs and lows they have had following the series.
I Own A Series X And A PS5, So Why Am I Playing 2016's Gundam Breaker 3? (By: @nillock)
Nillock has an Xbox Series X as well as a PlayStation 5 and can't stop playing old games. Right now, they are enamored by the mediocrity of Gundam Breaker 3! Read all about it using the link above!