Last week I informed everyone about Drew's yearly charity effort for National MS Society! Drew managed to raise $68,248 of his goal of $75,000 and beat out teams led by Google! Regardless, here's a link to the video archive of their charity stream, and don't forget, you can continue to donate to their page to help them get to their goal! Donate what you can and if you cannot; spread the word!
In case you missed it, Jeff will be off the site for a while as his wife recently gave birth to their second child! If you have not done so already, please congratulate them on Twitter! However, I do want to commend @voidburger as she was a great addition to this week's UPF panel.
Speaking of UPF, here's the round-up of premium programs in case you missed something:
- Unprofessional Fridays: 09/17/2021
- Bak 2 Skool 6: Our Oceans
- GrubbSnax Ep. 12: KOTOR Remake, Making Stocks Drop, and Bidets
- ALBUMMER! 07: Judas Priests' "Juggulator"
- Armed and Rangerous 04
Likewise, Rorie is planning on starting a new FREE video series on Giant Bomb where they run through Magic: The Gathering: Innistrad: Midnight Hunt in Magic: The Gathering Arena! The first episode had some audio wonkiness, but it is the start of something pretty cool. With all of that in mind, let's jump into the Spotlight!
Extra Life Announcements!
Giant Bomb's Extra Life Page (By: @marino)
Alright everyone, we have all been through a lot the past year, the site included. However, it's officially time to get excited about Extra Life 2021! You can feel free to join Giant Bomb's team or donate! If you can't donate, please spread the word to people who can! The team goal is to raise $223,566 so Giant Bomb can crest $2,000,000 raised for Extra Life!
Marino is the current team captain for Giant Bomb's Extra Life team and if anything is "off" with the page, please let him know! That said, we currently only have 5 team members and definitely want to get that up before the end of next week!
Tweets
I’m so grateful for everything that Giant Bomb has done for the culture.
— Stop Skeletons From Fighting | ➕🔥🔥 (@stopskeletons) September 17, 2021
(Also congrats to @jeffgerstmann!) pic.twitter.com/cgcFhtMUMl
Just dawned on me that I'm now making stuff for @GameSpot, @giantbomb, and @KindaFunnyVids, companies and teams that I've loved for as long as I can remember. And video games made it happen. Wild.
— Tamoor Hussain (@tamoorh) September 16, 2021
Gamers - get your fill of industry news, gaming insights and reviews in this collection of podcasts. 🎮 https://t.co/YvqCbNMuSu pic.twitter.com/VzowXrlmzc
— Apple Podcasts (@ApplePodcasts) September 15, 2021
Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.
— Drew Scanlon (@drewscanlon) September 15, 2021
If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!
Donate at https://t.co/JkdnTG7DCO pic.twitter.com/E0ChZ9brNL
Holy Shit!!! I've been trying to remember a game since I was like 8... All I could remember was that you fought robots and were able to replace your parts with theirs... Thanks to @giantbomb I now have the name of it!!! Cyborg Justice!!!
— Stephen (@RiarioTheBard) September 15, 2021
I joined @frailgesture for some Innistrad: Midnight Hunt on @giantbomb. It's all wins this time baby! https://t.co/sFsQY93Ric
— Gino Grieco (@ThatPinguino) September 18, 2021
going back through giant bomb extra life for some background noise while i work and 2012 drew has called up in my brain the extremely specific description of "background character in Freaked (1993) by Alex Winter". couldn't tell you why pic.twitter.com/4SAgEPdPbO
— Colin Spacetwinks (@spacetwinks) September 15, 2021
It's early, but the Extra Life @giantbomb Team page is now live if you wanna join our squad. Over the last 11 years combined, we've raised over $1.77 million #ForTheKids, so we're gonna try to break $2,000,000.https://t.co/SYdLpBMprI pic.twitter.com/xn7W0fhoco