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 site-related news and best community creations from the previous week!
This week on Giant Bomb, Dan caused a bit of a stir with his lack of historical knowledge and Grubb flew a plane. Totally normal week.
When it comes to bugs and issues, there are still some users reporting issues when it comes to linking their premium subscription to the Giant Bomb store. If that’s the case, drop a comment in the thread that I linked but remember to ping @dtoast. You can also ping Dtoast in the “Site-Tech-Issues” board on the Giant Bomb Discord as well as send him an email to [email protected]. Either way, Dtoast seems to have developed a fairly quick protocol when it comes to resolving issues with this specific problem.
Likewise, the issues that I detailed about the Premium Podcast feeds should be mostly fixed. Shows have been resent and the feeds should be functional for most of you. If you are still having issues with Pocketcast specifically, go to this page https://www.giantbomb.com/feeds/ and click “RSS” to the right of “Giant Bombcast (Premium)” (in a desktop browser, sometimes mobile redirects it to an app). Look for the text in the first couple “paragraphs” of “Most of the usual crew was out this week, so guest host Tam brings in Shawn, Niki, and Mike” (you can just search with CTRL+F). If it’s there, the RSS feed is working properly for you and it’s a Pocket Casts thing (maybe re-submit it at https://pocketcasts.com/submit/).
Finally, don’t forget that while Bee Week is over, you can still buy a Bee Week 2024 t-shirt and/or sweatshirt on the Giant Bomb store.
Tweets
Giant Bomb meeting is currently 7 people telling Dan about the Roman Empire.
— Tamoor Hussain (@tamoorh) September 18, 2024
Dan Ryckert: Does metal conduct electricity?
[long pause]
Jeff, smiling: Are…(stops smiling)…is that for real— Imran Khan (@imranzomg) September 19, 2024
Gallery
The Dan Ryckert Cycle Of Despair (By: @ogto)
Dan is still Dan and seemingly has an endless supply of historical and scientific gaps in his knowledge. This week, he seemingly expressed shock about the size of the Roman Empire and didn’t know South Sudan existed. He may have even uttered “WHEN DID ENGLAND START??” during a Fandom meeting. Who can say?!
Grubb The Pilot (By: @theMaximumYeti)
So, Grubb flew an airplane and documented the experience! If you haven’t seen the video yet, you definitely should. In response, chucktowski/theMaximumYeti decided to have some fun with Photoshop to mark the occasion, but as you can see below, they were not the only person.
Grubb x Otto (By: @jearum)
I know I’m not the only person who felt like there was a serious the lack of Airplane references during Grubb’s airplane video. Luckily, jearum has me and everyone else covered with this work of Photoshoppery goodness.
Activities
Spirit Of The North Is The 19th Game Of UUGPGC Year 3! Finish By September 23! Mark All Spoilers!+
Unsanctioned Unofficial Game Pass Game Club Voting Thread For Cycle Starting September 23 2024 (By: @bigsocrates)
Spirit of the North by Infuse Studio LLC is the latest pick for the Giant Bomb Game Pass Game Club! Have any of you checked out this single-player adventure game set in a fantastical take of Iceland? If so, join the discussion over here!
Also, it is time to vote for the next game for the Game Pass Game Club! Here are the nominees and remember, you can VOTE FOR TWO GAMES on this list! Additionally, feel free to suggest future nominees in a comment as well.
The GB Album Club 070 – Pokémon 25: The Album by Various Artists (Cycle Finale!) (By: @unclejam23)
This is definitely news that Jan is bound to enjoy, but the latest Giant Bomb Album of the Week pick is Pokémon 25: The Album! Have any of you given any of these tracks a listen? How about the entire album? Join the fun NOW!
Videos
STEVE ENDORFFINS – (Season 4 Episode 2) – An Animated Giant Bomb Blight Club Series (By: Pickle Giraffe)
Release your endorphins with a new animated Blight Club from Pickle_Giraffe that catalogues the best moments involving Mike’s adventures with Alone in the Dark. This episode has plenty of wacky vehicular hijinks that are bound to make you laugh!
Blogs
10k Posts And Sixteen Years Later… (By: @sparky_buzzsaw)
Sparky_Buzzsaw is a name many of you may recall and this week they decided to talk about reaching the venerable 10,000 forum post milestone on Giant Bomb as well as reflect on what has kept them around on the site for sixteen years.
Astro Bot, Nostalgia, And… Uncharted. The First One. (By: @mooseymcman)
Nostalgia is a helluva drug and MooseyMcMan got a good hit of it while playing Astro Bot. Check out their latest blog on the site to read why they think the game is an incredibly heartfelt tour through PlayStation’s memorable highs and lows!
Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II Is My Least Favorite Non-broken Big Budget Game I’ve Finished In Years +
I Got Spooked While Playing VR Last Night (By: @bigsocrates)
bigsocrates doesn’t deny the technical beauty, polish, and incomparable craft of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, but shares on their latest blog why they found the game to be actively unpleasant to play and experience.
Additionally, following the release of Astro Bot, bigsocrates to dust off the OG PSVR to play Astro Bot Rescue Mission. However, as they share on their latest blog, they got spooked in a not so great way that speaks to a shortcoming with VR.
Indie Game of the Week 388: Frogun +
Anyway, Here’s WonderSwan (Part Eight) (By: @mento)
It’s time for another edition of Mento’s “Indie Game of the Week” series and this one looks at Frogun by Molegato! Remember a few years ago when grappling hooks made a comeback?
Mento also has a new blog looking at the WonderSwan and a handful of the games that came out on it or the WonderSwan Color! Makai Toushi SaGa, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Shito Ikusei, and Rockman EXE N1 Battle are just a few of them!
Discussion Threads
It Has Happened: Nintendo And The Pokémon Company Have Filed A Lawsuit Against Palworld for Infringement (By: @zombiepie)
After it being a recurring joke in the gaming community, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company have filed a lawsuit against Pocket Pair Inc., the maker of Palworld. What do you make of the lawsuit and its odds of success? Have you picked a side?
Any Sort Of Games That You’re Wishing To See On The PC, Next Xbox And PS6 Instead Of PS5 Pro And Upgraded Xbox Series X? (By: @gtxforza)
With the rumor mill continuing to speculate about the next Xbox and the release of the PS5 Pro right around the corner, are there any remasters of Xbox One or PlayStation 4 games on new or better hardware?
What’s The Longest Game You’ve Completed And Enjoyed? (By: @topcyclist)
The length of a game obviously doesn’t guarantee its quality. However, what are the longest games you have played, outside of MMOs, and still enjoyed? Have you ever fully committed to completing everything in a game for a solid year?
The Wall Street Journal Has Reported Qualcomm Has Approached Intel About A Corporate Takeover (By: @zombiepie)
The Wall Street Journal recently issued a report that Qualcomm has approached Intel and inquired about either fully taking it over or buying up all of its foundries.
Any New Or 2024 Roguelike Game Recommendations? (By: @leonokarin)
The genre still is doing well, especially on PC, but what are the best roguelikes from 2024? Whether it be on the Switch or a less-reported indie gem on Game Pass, were there any roguelike highlights from the year?
What’s The Most Boring Videogame You Brought And Still Own? (By: @topcyclist)
Physical game collections are becoming harder and harder to maintain these days, but what is the most boring or outright least enjoyable game you still own physically? Discounting hate plays, share your game pick.
Lists
Marvel Characters In The MvC Series But Not In Marvel Snap (By: @devoureroftime)
DevourerOfTime is working on an interesting list that is more than welcome to additional examples and suggestions. They are working to catalogue “Marvel characters in the MvC series but not in Marvel Snap.” So, click the link and see if you can think of additional examples they may have missed!
Best of 1995 (By: @lelcar)
Lelcar continues with their retro GOTY list feature with a quick annotation of their favorite video games from 1995! Can you think of any all-timers from the year? If so, share your list when you have time as well!
Wiki Of The Week
Just say this to yourself: The Dreamcast is twenty-five. I vividly remember being in a classroom and lamenting the death of the console as I read about Sega pulling out of the console market in the weekly Scholastic News reader. Big props to those of you that know what I’m talking about; we got those article summaries done and our AR points together.
To those of you that missed out on the Dreamcast, give our wiki page of the console a read and see what made it so special to so many people, especially its incredible launch games.
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