The Community Spotlight 2022.11.26

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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 community-created works from the previous week.

The feel-good Giant Bomb Extra Life team storyline of 2022 continues! Last weekend, khetix hosted their stream and raised $1,139, hightopninja was able to raise $4,280, AND mookie1515 captured $2,600 during their belated Extra Life Stream! If you missed their charity drives, don't forget that you can still donate by clicking any of the links I provided.

For this weekend, oleetku will be streaming and hopes to raise $550, followed by fasajones who is aiming for $1,000, and jake_plays_things who has their sights set at $1,500! Again, click any of the provided links if you have even a small donation to spare.

As you will see in the Tweets section, the theme this week are ways for you to follow the staff on Hive, the new social media platform. However, I have been asked by a few of y'all when or if I plan to the Giant Bomb Community Twitter account on Twitter to other possible platforms. Honestly, I was hoping if you all could tell me where you'd like me to go. If you'd like to have a community feed like I do on Twitter on Mastodon, Hive, Tumblr, CoHost, or elsewhere, please drop a comment and I will see what I can do.

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Alright, let's talk about the spam problem on the site. After looking at the issue, Rorie believes our normal anti-spam tool might not be functioning as designed, and this maybe has something to do with the ongoing migration to Fandom. As such, he'll bring up the issue with the engineers on Monday as a top priority. But, be aware that it has been a busy time for them with migration stuff to Fandom.

With winter looming right around the corner, many people have been curious about the site's 2022 GOTY plans. Unfortunately, due to scheduling issues, while Giant Bomb will have plenty of streams and video coverage during 2022 GOTY season, it will not be done in-person. That said, you can still expect a deluge of guest lists and livestreams as always.

Some people have been asking questions about the status Friday Night Forking and the fourth episode on the site being the "Season 1 Finale." The feature was contracted to be a four episode first season. So, if you enjoyed the feature, let the site know in the comments. For now, follow The_Windbag on Twitch if you enjoyed the shows.

Some of you may recall that the site was scheduled to do a Quick Look for The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me this week, but the video was cancelled due to major technical issues with the initial release of the game, which made recording a Quick Look difficult. In more positive news, Jess will be appearing on a RiffTrax Twitch stream on Monday the 28th!

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Mike Minotti Kayak Meme Playdate +

Mike Minotti Kayak Meme Super Mario Bros. (By: @kone)

Last week, I mentioned how friend of the site, Mike Minotti managed to start a meme of sorts after they posted a picturing of them kayaking. Kone went ahead and had a field day this week and I think their Playdate-inspired artwork is one of the most impressive things I have seen this year. I can only imagine getting those pixels was a nightmare.

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