The Community Spotlight 2024.02.03

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 last week.

First, as some of you are aware, multiple employees at GameSpot and Fandom were laid off last week. As Grubb and others have stated, these layoffs have not impacted any of the personnel associated with Giant Bomb, but some people let go were personal friends and associates to the staff. Please be considerate and reach out on social media to those still looking for help and support.

For reasons that are still unknown, notifications on Giant Bomb have been up and down. I actually had a meeting with the reps from Fandom last week and they indicated that previously, the notification system was busted across multiple sites and not Giant Bomb. This issue appears to be fixed, but feel free to let me or @dtoast know if it breaks again.

Speaking of that meeting, the topic of the video player came up and while I cannot divulge too much, I can affirm that resources and manpower is being relocated to address this problem. Likewise, while I cannot reveal everything, there are some ideas on how to get new traffic on the boards and site. I'm not going to say any of these ideas will get things back to a self-perceived "glory days", but it is something that's being discussed and will be tested in the future.

Tweets

Author's Note: Definitely check out Lexi's Tweet thread this week. They fantasy cast every single Giant Bomb staffer present and historical as characters in the Yakuza/Like a Dragon franchise and there's no denying how accurate they are. Just check out how they cast Rorie to get what I mean.

Galleria

Test Your Blight + Giant Bomb Meets Ichiban (By: @kone)

This week, Kone was on kind of an art-making roll! Obviously, people have been enjoying the most recent Blight Club and they went ahead and imagined all of the "wonderful" costumes we have seen as fighters in the original Mortal Kombat game. I love the palette swap on Dan.

Also, with everyone enjoying Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Kone imagined a world where some of the Giant Bomb staffers meet with and snap a selfie with Ichiban.

A Call For A New Mitch Meme! (By: Tosshi)

Everyone seems to be enjoying this current Blight Club where Mitch continues to get miserable with Mortal Kombat Mythologies: Sub-Zero. So, why not make more memes from some of the hilarious moments from the feature! Tosshi, pulled this screencap and I think it has incredible potential!

Feel free to post what you made using this image in the comments and I promise to put it on the next Spotlight!