The Community Spotlight 2023.04.29

Welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! I, @zombiepie, am happy to be your host once again as we look back at the best community-created works from the previous week.

If you have been heeding my previous Spotlights, then you should know that this weekend marks the Giant Bomb Community Endurance Run, the community-run spring charity drive. For more details, just scroll down.

Before we get into the video issues, there's a bit of good news that comes from Jeff Grubb. Giant Bomb plans to ramp up its coverage of games in the form of Quick Looks in the near future. To help in that, you can expect to see fellow co-workers and friends of the site from Fandom Gaming and GameSpot take up prominent roles in those Quick Looks. This is going to help the site bring more of the same high-quality coverage you want to see. For example, Giant Bomb didn't get a Jedi Survivor code until after the review embargo, so they brought in Tom Caswell from GameSpot to help. Please, be kind and civil and do not be a jerk.

With the video player, there have been multiple tickets filed, the lead engineer has been notified, and the entire team has been working on the issue. They thought that they had fixed the issue, but it appears that does not appear to be the case. Feel free to file a comment in here. Continue to send in emails to support@giantbomb.com and keep dropping comments in the bug reporting threads. As Dylan put it, we want as much ammo to show that this is a priority.

I can tell you that everyone from Fandom I have talked to, whether it be community outreach or the engineering team, has confirmed that they view this issue as a problem that should not exist and can confirm that it's not a sign that they do not care. It's absolutely okay to feel frustrated and angry that such an important part of the site is not working. Everyone there agrees.

In regards to Giant Bomb Infinite, ping the moderators via the PM Mod button on the forums and we can reset Infinite with the help of Dylan. However, just to reiterate a point that can up on the Giant Bomb Discord, Infinite has been "janky" since day one. Full disclosure, former design lead Will Carle made it over a single weekend as a fun design challenge activity.

I was able to talk to people higher up about the bug regarding images not being clickable on the wiki and forums, and a new support ticket was filed that reiterated that the issue is a larger and more widespread issue than initially thought.

When it comes to future Bug Reports, please consider pinging @dtoast in your thread or comment especially if you think the issue in question has not been reported yet. Emails to support@giantbomb.com are also appreciated

Giant Bomb Community Endurance Run

It is time for the Giant Bomb Community Spring-time charity event known as the Giant Bomb Community Endurance Run. If you are reading this on Saturday and Sunday, hop in chat and watch some community members play games in the name of charity!

I (@zombiepie) will be a participant in the Giant Bomb Community Endurance Run, and if you have enjoyed the Community Spotlight feature on the site, please consider donating to my charity page. Even small amounts are appreciated, and if you can't donate, consider sharing the page to someone you think might be able to.

• Announcement Thread
• Team Donation Page
• PersonZ's Giant Bomb Community Endurance Run XIII Shenanigans
• ZombiePie's Streaming Plans For The Giant Community Endurance Run - 2023 Edition
• My Personal Donation Page

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