Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight, and as always I, @zombiepie, am honored to be your host! Last week many of you may have recalled that Ryan's Widow, Anna Carlson, was attempting to crowdfund a honeymoon. Thanks in large part due to the kind efforts of the Giant Bomb Community the effort has met its goal, BUT international shipping has now been added for non-United States users. An option to donate directly to Anna without buying a t-shirt is still being worked on so please stayed tuned for more information about that another time.
A significant change is in store for the Giant Bomb video API. Please use that link to read about what the changes are, and send a yelp to an engineer if you have any concerns. The creator of the QLCrew.com application for example is asking for user input on which features he should continue or scrap. Finally, we have been getting reports that users have begun getting their Giant Bomb Coffee Mugs if they pre-ordered the item.
Clip of the Week
Firstly the Giant Bomb Terraria Community have been up to some amazing things on the community server, which you can learn more about in the "Community Activities" tab. I mean just look at this video of their mine cart system that takes you directly to Hell in about a minute!
The Giant Bomb Weekly Gallery
- Video Gamesmen - The banner this week was provided by Chris Savely over on Tumblr.
- Metal Gear Scanlon Fanart (By: @fobwashed) - Fobwashed has created some GREAT fan-art depicting Drew in the style of Metal Gear Solid's water color-esque character portraits.
- Old Scanlon Box-art (By: @sanj) - Sanj went ahead and photoshopped Drew onto the Metal Gear Solid 4 box-art, and the results are...worth checking out to say the least.
Gallery
Community Activities
- Private GB Community Server for Terraria 1.3 - Learn How to Join the Server Here!
- TrackMania 2 Stadium Server - TrackMania 2 has Seen a Bit of a Resurgence on Giant Bomb! If you are Interested in Playing the Game with Other Giant Bomb Users Learn How to Join the Community Server Over Here!
Best of Blogs
- EVO 2015 Preview (July 17-19, live from Las Vegas) 3 days, 9 World Championships to be Decided! (By: @flstyle) - FLStyle has everything you would possibly want and need to know about EVO 2015 on one blog post! Check it out and feel free to use his blog to discuss EVO as well.
- Rocksteady Should Make a Harry Potter Game (By: @mattarrojas) - Check out and read mattarroja's impassioned plea for a Harry Potter game developed by Rocksteady, and why it would result in a Harry Potter game for everyone.
- A Few Thoughts on Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax Ultimate Boy (By: @wemibelec90) - Check out wemibelec90's extensive thoughts regarding Half-Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax Ultimate Boy on his latest blog.
- My Adventures in the Witcher... Novel. Also, X-Files. (By: @sparky_buzzsaw) - Sparky_Buzzsaw decided to give one of The Witcher books, The Last Wish, a shot. Check out his thoughts about that AND his completely incorrect opinions about The X-Files.
- Playing My First Final Fantasy Game - Parts 38-55: HELP! This Game is Melting My Brain! (By: @zombiepie) - What more is there to say about Final Fantasy VIII that I haven't said already? The game is bonkers, it's mechanically broken, and the scariest part of all is that everyone keeps telling me that the worst is yet to come. This game is going to kill me!
- Lost in the Myst: Part 4 - Riven Rysing & Lost in the Myst : Part 5 - Riven is Trying to Kill Me &Deepish Look: Riven: The Sequel To Myst - This Game Is The Best/Worst (By: @thatpinguino) - thatpinguino partied like it was 1997 and played a crap load of Riven thanks to me! Check any of these three blogs to see how the game shaved off bits of his sanity as he played more of it.
- Arkham, Knight? I Hardly Know Him! (By: @mooseymcman) - Check out MooseyMcMan's massive blog in order to read all about the highs and lows of Batman: Arkham Knight.
- The Monster in the Closet Will be Right Back After Its Scheduled Claw Sharpening (By: @mogarth) - Mogarth LOVES horror and discusses how he wants to see the horror genre evolve, and what his dream scenario for a stealth survival horror game would look like today.
- Final Fantasy V Four Job Fiesta: Part 4 (By: @theblue) - The fourth part of TheBlue's Final Fantasy V Four Job Fiesta is up! Check out what he committed to for his latest job
- ST-urday #002: Terminator 2: Judgment Day & Experiments in Anachronic Storytelling (By: @mento) - Mento once again graces us with TWO blogs this week. The first discusses the Atari ST port of Terminator 2: Judgment Day as part of his retrospective of the Atari ST as a gaming platform. The second uses Her Story as a platform to discuss games that have used anachronic storytelling: showing events out of chronological sequence.
- Monthly Roundup, June 2015 (By: @majormitch) - Pillars of Eternity and Heroes of the Storm dominated MajorMitch's last month, and you can read about his thoughts on both on this blog.
Join the Discussion
- Video Game Book Club [no books required] (By: @dkessler175)- dkessler175 is attempting to set up a community game club where the community votes on a game every so often and plays it in a set span of time. If you are interested in participating in this feel free to drop a comment here.
- A Guide To Level Up [House of Wolves Update] (By: @zevvion) - Check out Zevvion's MASSIVE guide on how to best level up in the House of Wolves Update of Destiny over here
- What are your Pet Peeves About the Games you Play? (By: @jeust) - What are your gaming "pet peeves"? Share and discuss design decisions and gameplay annoyances that just drive you crazy.
- Best Risk-reward Mechanics in a Video Game? (By: @beachthunder) - Which games do you think have the best risk-reward mechanics? Discuss the games you feel motivated you to take some risks right here.
- Popular Games that Passed you by (By: @c0l0nelp0c0rn1) - What are some popular games that you missed jumping on when they were first released and feel like they passed you by? Share your games on this thread.
- The Witcher 3 Patch 1.07 Notes and Discussion Thread (By: @spectrea) - What are your thoughts about the Patch 1.07 for The Witcher 3? See what the changes are in the first place and feel free to discuss their merit with other users over here.
- Star Wars: Battlefront Platform Preference Discussion Thread and Poll (By: @mb) - Battlefront may be four months away, but what platform do you plan on buying it on? Vote and discuss the matter on this community forum topic.
Lovable Lists
- Resident Evil's Anti-Helicopter Pilot Propaganda (By: @yummylee) - Yummylee extrapolates on Resident Evil's anti-helicopter pilot propaganda on this list annotating every helicopter pilot that has met an unfortunate demise in the franchise.
- The Full Fisticuffs Folio (+ Some Supplementary Scrublords) (By: @mento) - Check out Mento's second list related to games featured in content provided by Super Best Friends Play, this time focused on the fighter games presented in their Fisticuffs/Scrublords series.
Wonderful Wikis
- Yatagarasu: Attack on Cataclysm - If the Quick Look piqued your interest in Yatagarasu: Attack on Cataclysm, check out our wiki page to learn more.
- Rory McIlroy PGA Tour - See how the PGA Tour franchise has been doing without any stripes on our wiki page for Rory McIlroy PGA Tour.
Useful User Reviews
- @zzombie13 discusses why the Batmobile almost killed Batman: Arkham Knight for him on his review for the game.
- @jaypb08 declared The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt an "instant classic" on his review for the game, and you can read why.
- @eccentrix extrapolates on why he found Assassin's Creed Rogue to be as enjoyable as Brotherhood on his review for the game.
- @morecowbell24 discusses why playing Star Wars: Republic Commando was not entirely the experience he was hoping for.