Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! I, @zombiepie, am once again honored to be your host. With the celebrations behind us, I just want to wish all of you that are working on-site or possibly returning to school environments in-person the best. Stay safe out there and keep doing your best. However, we have a TON of site-related housekeeping to review, so, let's jump right into it!
First, the site's GOTY content officially has a start date! Giant Bomb's guest lists and GOTY podcasts will begin publishing the week of January 24th! On a related note, the 2021 Community GOTY voting HAS BEGUN! If you experienced issues trying to submit your vote earlier this week, the submission form has been fixed. Feel free to report other technical issues or bugs with the community voting on the official error reporting thread. If you wish to vote for a game released prior to 2021, go ahead and do that! Also, for DLC and grey areas like Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury, vote for the original game release and the site will try to figure things out down the road.
Likewise, during episode 719 of the Bombcast, it was announced that Giant Bomb will not be returning to a studio any time soon. Jeff stated with the new Omicron variant and staff being all around the US, the decision has been made to not require staff to return to a studio or on-site locations. Furniture and props are being collected and Jeff did hint that he's trying to plan an alternative for the future.
We have a few programming notes worth addressing about premium content. Danny O'Dwyer announced on Twitter their Giant Bomb premium content is on hiatus due to life reasons. If you have a Twitter, please send them your positivity and well wishes. Also, Ranking of EVIL has been hit with a few scheduling conflicts, but will return in the future!
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— Steve Kim (@Fobwashed) January 5, 2022
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Hey @jeffgerstmann, the best I could do real quick was the first 10 minutes of The Pest on GBA, but I hope it fulfills the sick fantasy you mentioned on the most recent bombcast. pic.twitter.com/zvYqYR32re
— Collin Json's Console Mods (@JsonMods) January 6, 2022
bugdom 100% playthrough complete.... some cheats pic.twitter.com/g1lpiqTIjb
— fanbyte (@FanbyteMedia) January 5, 2022
I cannot be stopped.
— Logan J (@_hellogan) January 2, 2022
@GBDudersFeed pic.twitter.com/fkZZ90VSrm
I did a faceswap of Jeff Gerstmann and Leo in Inception for a dumb forum shitpost but I feel compelled to post it here too pic.twitter.com/jiOVTLSKCR
— Steven (@StevenWallaby) January 5, 2022
— Johnny (@johnnydork) January 5, 2022
Community-Created GOTY Content!
Author's Note: If you wrote a 2021 GOTY list or blog on the site and you do not see it here, feel free to post it over here on the official community GOTY list sharing thread! I you post anything in the thread after the publishing of this Spotlight, I will try to include your list or blog on the next one.