The Community Spotlight 2023.10.07

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 and site-related news from the previous week!

First, let's review some exciting news related to the site's programming. Following a lot of positive buzz from the community, Wednesday Night Wars and Thursday Night Throwdown are becoming more regular features on the site. The Wednesday Counter Strike 2 stream and Thursday's Titanfall 2 community event all went well and have all of the staff excited to do similar video streams like those in the future.

Second, Thursday Friday Night Forkin' will be returning in the near future! As many of you may recall Forkin' was meant to have a mini-revival during Giant Bomb's Not-E3 coverage, but technical issues prevented most of that from happening. Now, a proper return is right around the corner.

Now, let's talk about site-related issues. Some people are reporting political ads that espouse social and political beliefs antithetical to Giant Bomb's policy of valuing diversity and inclusion. If and when you hear anything like this, please use this thread to report the ads. Be sure to include a timestamp and a brief description of what the ad said. Doing those two extra steps will make it easier to remove the ads in question.

Some people are reporting that when they pull the GMM premium feed via the video site as instructed that it's not updating. When a new episode goes up, they need to uninstall and then reinstall the premium feed. DToast got confirmation that a fix is coming but I wasn't provided a timeline.

Finally, it seems a site update or refresh may have reset progress with the video player. It started with Firefox and then impacted all browsers. That issue should be resolved, but please report and ping DToast in the thread if you are still having issues.

Tweets

Activities

Unsanctioned Unofficial Game Pass Game Club Voting Thread For Cycle Starting October 9th, 2023 +

Giant Bomb Community Announcement: Quake II Is The 21st Selection Of Year 2 Of The UUGPGC! Finish By October 9, 2023! Mark All Spoilers!(By: @bigsocrates)

The Giant Bomb Game Pass Community has a few things for you to be aware about this week. First, Cocoon, Gris, and Battletoads (2020) are just a few of the games headlining the latest round of voting for the Community Game Pass Game Club! Here's the full list and click the first link to vote for two games you'd like to play!

Also, don't forget that this time the Game Pass Game Group is playing Quake II! Whether you are playing the original or the 2023 remaster, join the fun!

The GB Album Club 042 - Nina Simone in Concert by Nina Simone (Cycle Finale!) (By: @unclejam23)

Community Album Club is wrapping up another successful cycle! The final album for your consideration for this season is "Nina Simone in Concert" by Nina Simone! Join the community discussion about this jazz legend NOW!

Art

Author's Note: I'm honestly having a hard time trying to keep track of every single work of fan art that comes out of the Giant Bomb Discord or social media. If you frequent any of these and come across Giant Bomb-themed works of art, please drop a comment in the current Spotlight and include links to works in question. My ability to share as many Grubb memes as possible this week is largely thanks to a helpful comment by AlwaysBeClothing!

The Grawn Template (By: @chucktowski)

A new Jeff Grubb emote just dropped in the Giant Bomb Discord thanks to chucktowski! If you would like to have your hand at making a different emote or .gif, here's the reference. Go wild!