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 best community creations from the week! For this edition of the Spotlight, Halloween and Extra Life's November 4th Game Day are the biggest talking points.
When it comes to Extra Life, we have a lot of NEW information for you to review. If there is one thing I would like to ask, it is for donations from those of you that enjoy the Spotlight feature on the site. I'm trying to raise $1,000 for the site's Extra Life Team and even if all of you can donate is a few dollars, every bit counts.
For those of you wondering about bug fixes and other updates to how the site is performing, tickets will be starting for major site fixes soon. For many, it seems that the previous workarounds for getting the proper cookies settings to stick for more than a day are not working.
Still consider adding a cookie exception (Settings --> Privacy & Security --> "Cookies and Site Data" header --> Manage Exceptions) if that bug crops up.
As per the most recent Townhall on the Giant Bomb Discord, there's going to be a new podcast supplemental to the Giant Bombcast in the coming weeks. Every Friday, you'll get a podcast titled "R" or "Revengeance." This podcast will be focused on one specific topic or will continue discussions from the main podcast that could not be completed due to NDAs or other obligations. This new production is not a replacement of the main Bombcast, and the average length will be 60 to 90 minutes. For example, if this new project was in effect this week, the podcast feed would appear as:
- Tuesday - Giant Bombcast 812: Sam Raimi Mode
- Friday - Giant Bombcast 812R
Giant Bomb's Extra Life 2023 Information
We are quickly approaching Extra Life 2023's Game Day on November 4th. We have a few hints about what the staff are planning for Extra Life!
Secondly, Jan and someone else are planning something that will involve in-person streaming goodness. The hope, and fingers crossed this will work, is there will be a 12-hour west coast in-person team steam for Extra Life that should be followed by the East Coast team!
Giant Bomb's Individual Extra Life account is up and taking donations! If you enjoy what Jan, Grubb, and others do during Game Day, that is the account to send donations.
Now, for those of you that have joined the team and want to be hosted on chat, the sign-up sheet is HERE! Keep in mind that you can still opt to stream on Friday and Saturday if you are not available on November 4th.
If you cannot join or are not a streamer, no worries! You can still help the effort by donating to the accounts that have already joined the team! As with previous years, we always try to make sure that everyone on the Giant Bomb Extra Life Team has at least one donation and that we have ZERO PEOPLE AT $0! If you cannot donate, maybe spread the word and share a team page at $0 to someone you know that might be interested in donating!
- Giant Bomb's Extra Life 2023 Team Page - JOIN NOW!
- Giant Bomb's Individual Donation Page - Donate HERE during the main Giant Bomb Extra Life Streams!
- Giant Bomb's Extra Life 2023 Announcement Thread - Now being updated DAILY with details!
- Dan Ryckert (Giant Bomb Staffer) - DONATION GOAL OF $7,440
- Shawn McDowell (Giant Bomb Social Media & Team Captain) - DONATION GOAL OF $100
- ZombiePie (That's ME!) - DONATION GOAL OF $1,000
Tweets
— evie mae 🏳️⚧️ (@ethers_elixirs) October 26, 2023
That feeling when you’ve just witnessed some fully clothed good ole fashioned Americana @JeffGrubb pic.twitter.com/8rbnDYxvkr
— 🎃Josh Stevens🎃 (@JStevens1015) October 25, 2023
After waiting for the restock, I finally purchased the final SNES Boards for Ryckert’s Island from @RetroStage_PCB! When they arrive I’ll send all 5 copies to @FireEscapeCast, @JeffGrubb, & @MinnMaxShow (only like 8 months later than I wanted to 😅). Finally!! pic.twitter.com/EwkmqKUhlH
— SmashNcrab 🦀 (@SmashNcrab) October 24, 2023
Don't forget to play some Fantavision or Tekken Tag today. pic.twitter.com/4zU0IVYeU3
— Brad Lynch (@MarinoV1) October 26, 2023
What if we fucked around and got back into competitive Pokemon again🤔?
— Jan-O Lantern (@_janjerome) October 23, 2023
Activities
Gris Is The 22nd Selection Of Year 2 Of The UUGPGC! SPOILERS OPEN! (By: @bigsocrates)