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 latest community creations from the previous two weeks and for the first time in 2024!
This weekend marks the end of Giant Bomb GOTY 2023 content on the site. If you have enjoyed the return of the Guest Lists, please send a HUGE "THANK YOU" to @marino! He put in hours of hard work editing lists and adding media to them to make them beautiful! So, if the return of guest lists brought you joy, thank him for transforming them from Word docs and emails to what you see today.
The Community GOTY results will be posted on Sunday as the true ending of GOTY 2023.
Speaking of which, Marino published a new blog that breaks down all of the cool stats associated with the Giant Bomb staff's GOTY lists as well as some fun stats associated with the guest lists. Did you know that both Grubb AND Jan made changes to their GOTY lists? Yep! Their lists are different from what they said in LA. Learn all about it by clicking that link!
You might have heard that Dan is suffering through a broken finger as a result of a tragic mac-and-cheese-related injury. To make sure he remains in good spirits, the Giant Bomb community is encouraged to flock to the Giant Bomb Discord and record a voice message in the q-and-a-questions channel on the Discord. If you are not already a member of the Discord, here's an invite link.
Likewise, Jan has been out sick and injured this past week. If you have any spare time, please wish him a speedy recovery!
When it comes to bug reports and customer service issues, @dtoast and the rest of Fandom's engineering team have returned from a Holiday and New Year break. While many of the bugs and issues with the site have already been logged and continue to be a priority, Dylan is now available to log issues with notifications being unresponsive, the Premium Podcast feed sending people the ad version, and video player issues.
In positive programming news, the "lost" third season of Friday Night Forking is live now on YouTube and efforts are being made to make it grace the Giant Bomb site as well.
2023 GOTY Roundup!
Staff GOTY Roundup
- Here's What Won - GOTY 2023 (By: @marino) - Want to see which games won every single one of Giant Bomb's 2023 GOTY categories? If so, this article by Marino is for YOU!
- Data Dump: GOTY 2023 Staff & Guests Breakdown
- Dan Ryckert's Top 10 Games of 2023
- Tamoor Hussain's Top Games of 2023
- Lucy James' Top 10 Games of 2023
- Jeff Grubb's Top 10 Games of 2023
- Bailey Meyers' Top 10 Games of 2023
- TurboShawn's Top 10 Games of 2023
- Mike Minotti's Top 10 Games of 2023
- Jeff & Dylan Bakalar's Top 10 Games of 2023
- Jan Ochoa's Top 10 Games of 2023
- Giant Bomb Moderators' Top 10 Games of 2023
- GOTY Day One Podcast [Day One Video]
- GOTY Day Two Podcast [Day Two Video]
- GOTY Day Three Podcast [Day Three Video]
- GOTY Finale Podcast [GOTY Finale Video]
- BONUS DAY | Best Game Music Podcast [BONUS DAY | Best Game Music Video]
- Giant Bomb at Nite: The Game Awards Podcast [The Game Awards VOD]
Community GOTY Lists