Welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! I, @zombiepie, am honored to be your host as we look back at the latest great works from the Giant Bomb Community.
Many thanks to everyone for working through all of the hiccups with the new video player, and if you are still experiencing issues with the player, feel free to drop a comment in the official bug reporting thread. Known issues include videos starting muted, no saved positions are saved, and there is no longer a red progress bar anymore. This is a company-wide video player, but the Fandom engineering team are taking input from the Giant Bomb community in an effort to improve it as best they can. If you wish to have moment-to-moment updates on how the video player is improving, feel free to join the Giant Bomb Discord and drop a comment in the "Site Tech Issues" channel.
For those asking about why the 02/10/2023 UPF archive is not on the site, Jan and company are still getting accustomed to the site's new encoding method and they will have to delay the site archive for a bit. For now, catch the VOD on Twitch. Encoding issues are also the reason why recent features have been slow to hit the site.
Tam and Lucy will be at DICE and GDC. If you or someone you know will be attending either even and are interested to talk to them about opportunities and plans for GameSpot, Giant Bomb, and Fandom, send them a DM or reply on Twitter. They are also reaching out to developers, publishers, and PR reps.
Finally, the last week has BEEN SOMETHING for the forum and chat Moderation Team at Giant Bomb. This community stands in support of all people, including those in the LGBTQIA communities forever and always. All I will add beyond that is to recommend everyone say something nice to someone you value in your life.
Tweets
RIP, Jeff
— Bend Studio (@BendStudio) February 10, 2023
Ten years since Giant Bomb played David Lynch's Lego Island. pic.twitter.com/wAsLWGDJdC
— Moosey. (@MooseyMcMan) February 8, 2023
Once again highly recommending Giant Bomb's FIlm and 40s commentaries of the first 7 (???) movies. pic.twitter.com/5viMXZzRcp
— Steven (@StevenWallaby) February 11, 2023
I’ve been meaning to try this out, but I made fanart of Game Mess Decides’ (@JeffGrubb and @Tolkoto) Mount Rushmore of 2D Platformers. Which include Super Mario Bros. (NES), Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis), Celeste and Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest. pic.twitter.com/wNHClJ39UN
— TRBucket (@TRBucket) February 11, 2023
Look what finally came in today…
— SmashNcrab 🦀 (@SmashNcrab) February 6, 2023
“Dan” Render and Sprite Art by @jea_rum.
Box Art, Logo, and Cartridge designed by Yours Truly 😊 pic.twitter.com/8srID00lJh
giant bombcast, 02/23/16. timecode 2:09:20-2:14:34 https://t.co/1S0hNXOabr
— Colin Spacetwinks (@spacetwinks) February 9, 2023
Activities
The GB Album Club 023 - The Wall by Pink Floyd (By: @unclejam23)
It's time for the community Album Club to tackle a venerable "classic" as this week's topic is The Wall by Pink Floyd! If you have any thoughts about this album and its legacy, feel free to drop a comment in the thread linked below!
The Legend of Tianding Is The 3rd Selection Of UUGPGC Year 2! Finish By Feb 13 2023! Mark All Spoilers! (By: @bigsocrates)
Don't forget that the current pick for the Game Pass Game Club is The Legend of Tianding! If you have any non-spoiler impressions of the 2D action platformer, starring Liao Tianding, feel free to share them!