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 creations from the week!
This week the most exciting news pertained to the site's ambitious plans for PAX West this year! For those unaware, PAX West 2023 will be taking place from September 1st through the 4th at the Seattle Convention Center in Washington. During PAX West, Giant Bomb will host not one, but TWO panels! These panels are:
- The PAX Panel Show - Friday, Sep 1, 2023 at 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT
- Giant Bomb: The Voicemail Dump Truck Rolls into PAX West (13+) - Saturday, Sep 2, 2023 at 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM PDT
For those wondering the panel show will be attended by Jan, Grubb, Lucy, Tamoor and Jenna Stoeber as a special guest. The PAX West Voicemail Dump Truck will feature Jan, Grubb, Lucy, and Tamoor.
The second biggest issue or topic on the site pertains to old episodes of the Bombcast, Beastcast, and other podcasts not appearing on the RSS feed or third-party podcast apps. Bakalar investigated the issue and ended up downloading the entire podcast archive, including legacy podcasts like the Beastcast, and believes the best/only course of action is to resend all the missing episodes all at once. This worked for the most part for the Beastcast and the site staff and engineering team are looking into doing the same with the Bombcast. Nonetheless, please continue to file bug reports of missing episodes and be ready to see hundreds of podcasts appear on your feed or podcast app.
Finally, GameSpot released an episode of Spot On with Tam and Lucy where they talk about the pitfalls of hype in the video game industry.
Also, Tam has recently recovered from his fourth bout of COVID and would appreciate any words of kindness or support you can spare.
Tweets
— Giant Bomb Out of Context (@GBombOOC) August 17, 2023
One of the first images that comes up when you Google "Lex Luddy Giant Bomb" is this... pic.twitter.com/rAihP9652t
— lex luddy (@BasicalliLexi) August 17, 2023
🚨New episode of Spot On 🚨 @lucyjamesgames and I talk about keeping hype in check, especially for events like Opening Night Live and The Game Awards. Another fantastic edit by @GreatBriTom https://t.co/B7EdyjqWHS
— Tamoor Hussain (@tamoorh) August 18, 2023
Hey @giantbomb users! Looks like the Beastcast feed is fixed. This will likely cause some of you to get updates saying you have 100+ new podcasts as they had to be resent. If you notice missing episodes still, drop a comment here!
— GB Duders Feed (@GBDudersFeed) August 15, 2023
Bug Reporting Thread: https://t.co/Hv7z9GV9QZ
Janimorphs Book Club...
— Macho Man Jandy Savage (@_janjerome) August 16, 2023
Come meet E.T., Jan, Lucy, Tam, and RoboMitch at 5 p.m. on Saturday in the Bluejay theater at #PAXWest pic.twitter.com/tJ9o1Zlpj8
— Grubb (@JeffGrubb) August 17, 2023
Activities
Slayers X Is The 16th Selection Year 2 Of The UUGPGC! Finish By August 14, 2023! Spoilers Open!(By: @bigsocrates)
Supraland Six Inches Under is the he 17th selection of season two of the Game Pass Game Club! If you have any impressions of the first-person Metroidvania game set in the Supraland IP or the Supraland world in general, SHARE NOW!