Welcome to a very GOTY-themed 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 week. As said in the introduction, this week is all about surfacing staff and community GOTY goodness. If you or someone you know posted a GOTY list or blog that I missed, feel free to drop a link to it in the comments and I promise to get it on the next Community Spotlight! With that in mind, let's get into it.
News
Obviously, the big news is that the site dropped three days worth of GOTY content last week for everyone to watch and enjoy. If you somehow managed to miss these streams, here are the archives:
- Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2022: Day 1
- Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2022: Day 2
- Giant Bomb's Game of the Year 2022: Day 3
Community 2022 GOTY voting has begun as well! If you feel like diverge from the staff in their final rankings of games released in 2022, then send in a vote for the community pick. If you have any questions about voting or experience any issues or bugs when trying to send in your vote, here's the thread for that. In general, don't worry about games that came out in previous years or were only in Early Access. If you liked it, vote for it.
For those asking about any other GOTY content, we know the site will not be hosting guest lists this year. This year was an adjustment for many and the decision to do things digitally and not in-person were not made lightly.
Moving on...
Dan recently announced that his cousin Matt passed after following his battle with pancreatic cancer. On his Twitch, he'll be streaming TONIGHT (SATURDAY) AT 7 PM EST to raise money for charity. So, follow his account if you have not done so already and donate what you can.
You may recall that there was a UPF scheduled for last week that got removed from the docket. The site decided to record a new batch of Quick Looks so it would have video content to post during Christmas and New Year's vacations. Also, the staff are taking input from the community and will have "Classic Style" UPFs labeled as such as.
Community GOTY 2022 Content
Community GOTY 2022 Lists
- GOTY 2022 (By: @thechadster789)
- Valorian Endymion's GOTY 2022 List (By: @valorianendymion)
- Sparky B's Best of 2022 (By: @sparky_buzzsaw)
- ArbitraryWater's Games Of The Year 2022 (Which Came Out In 2022) (By: @arbitrarywater)
- Best of 2022 (By: @finaldasa)
- Game of the Year 2022 (By: @aodhhinsai)
- Best of 2022 (By: @davrivs)
- 2022 Game of the Year (By: @chiknfingaz)
- GOTY 2022 (By: @dudewantshisrug)
GOTY 2022 Blogs
Go! Go! GOTY! 2022: Ghost Song +
Go! Go! GOTY! 2022: Return to Monkey Island (By: @mento)
Mento continues with their blog series assessing contenders and pretenders for any GOTY list or debate! This week they check out Return to Monkey Island and Ghost Song, two smaller titles that seem to be in the "dark horse" category for many sites and people.
JeremyF's Top 10 of 2022: I Don't Care About Elden Ring (By: @jeremyf)
What was 2022 in gaming like for someone that doesn't like Elden Ring or Souls games? You can find the answer to that question by reading JeremyF's GOTY 2022 blog and learn why they didn't have any problems making a top ten list for the year!
My Games of 2022 (By: @chamurai)
chamurai wrote up a blog annotating their favorite games and gaming experiences from 2022 on the site. Give it a read by clicking the link below and don't forget to consider making a GOTY blog of your own on the site.