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.
Well, I guess an explanation is in store from me on why things on the forums are the way they are this week. As many of you probably noticed, a spammer bumped about 200+ threads and articles. The spammer has been banned and nuked, but you as you can see, my articles continue to clog up the forums. The issue is being investigated, but it appears anything posted by staff members might have some kind of immunity against reverting threads to their normal spots. This is not intentional, and the engineers are working on identifying why this is happening.
For more context on why The Spotlight in particular seems popular with spambots, this has been an issue for years. For example, search "Giant Bomb Community Spotlight" on Twitter and be amazed at how many bots retweet these articles. As things stand, we are banning and nuking bots when they appear as soon as possible.
In terms of something you all can do to help the site get back to "normal," I have an idea. As you view this edition of the Spotlight, when you see a blog or thread you find exciting, please, drop a comment in support of that blogger or drop a relevant on-topic reply in the thread. If we can get even a handful of people to do this, the amazing things everyone posted and created will finally return center stage, which is what they deserve in the first place.
Finally, Tamoor ended up guesting on an episode of Nextlander's movie podcast to talk about Demolition Man. To give this podcast a listen, consider joining Nextlander for $10 a month! With that out of the way, let's jump into the Community Spotlight!
Tweets
LRT every post about Chat GPT going wrong just makes me want to watch the Giant Bomb Bot Colony video again pic.twitter.com/AZqmEJMXtu
— Steven (@StevenWallaby) February 14, 2023
Tender Loving Care is $2.99 on GOG https://t.co/Pwevn5JP03 #ad
— Wario64 (@Wario64) February 14, 2023
Giantbomb - Slice of Pizza https://t.co/3b72QsrFvE pic.twitter.com/sV7aawMgoY
It’s hard to watch Ant-Man 3 and not imagine Ryan Davis laughing uncontrollably every time M.O.D.O.K. appears on screen.
— Brad Lynch (@MarinoV1) February 17, 2023
If you don't remember this Quick Look, trust me, it's a real good one (and it's a decade old). pic.twitter.com/3xrlQrEbiy
— Moosey. (@MooseyMcMan) February 15, 2023
Congrats to @JeffGrubb on conquering BUBSY 3D, something that is about fifty times harder than beating Mike Tyson in Punch-Out. Bask in your glory, and rest easy knowing @DanRyckert has to play more Sonic 06 🫡 pic.twitter.com/mfGb2yaatu
— VoidBurger (AKA Jess) 🍔🎮 (@VoidBurger) February 16, 2023
Me watching that new Psychonauts documentary pic.twitter.com/JT1PRujJoL
— Steve Kim (@Fobwashed) February 11, 2023
Activities
The GB Album Club 024 - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie (By: @unclejam23)
Talk about a classic! This edition of the Community Album Club is for The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie! If want to discuss Bowie or you are interested in joining the fun, click the link!
The Legend of Tianding Is The 3rd Selection Of UUGPGC Year 2! Finish By Feb 13 2023! Spoilers Open!(By: @bigsocrates)
Coffee Talk is the 4th game selected for the Community Game Pass Game Club! If you have any non-spoiler impressions of the game, its structure, and general aesthetic choices, feel free to share them in the first thread.
The Game Pass Game Club also opened its discussion for The Legend of Tianding to SPOILERS! If you have any thoughts or impressions of the game's story and its commentary about class, share them in the thread!
Blogs
The Tower Of Dubious Horror Games 11-18: I Might As Well Finish These Write-ups (By: @arbitrarywater)